Sāvatthiyaṃ jetavane. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno. Atha kho sakko ca devānamindo brahmā ca sahampati yena bhagavā tenu­pasaṅka­miṃsu; upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṃ dvārabāhaṃ nissāya aṭṭhaṃsu. Atha kho sakko devānamindo bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:

“Uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma,
Pannabhāra anaṇa vicara loke;
Cittañca te suvimuttaṃ,
Cando yathā pannarasāya rattin”ti.

“Na kho, devānaminda, tathāgatā evaṃ vanditabbā. Evañca kho, devānaminda, tathāgatā vanditabbā: 

‘Uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma,
Satthavāha anaṇa vicara loke;
Desassu bhagavā dhammaṃ,
Aññātāro bhavissantī’”ti.