7. Ajakalāpakasuttaṃ

7. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā pāvāyaṃ [pāṭaliyaṃ (pī.)] viharati ajakalāpake cetiye, ajakalāpakassa yakkhassa bhavane. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṃ abbhokāse nisinno hoti; devo ca ekamekaṃ phusāyati. Atha kho ajakalāpako yakkho bhagavato bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato avidūre tikkhattuṃ ‘‘akkulo pakkulo’’ti akkulapakkulikaṃ akāsi – ‘‘eso te, samaṇa, pisāco’’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi –

‘‘Yadā sakesu dhammesu, pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo;

Atha etaṃ pisācañca, pakkulañcātivattatī’’ti. sattamaṃ;