8. Nandivisālasuttaṃ

109. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho nandivisālo devaputto bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Catucakkaṃ navadvāraṃ, puṇṇaṃ lobhena saṃyutaṃ;

Paṅkajātaṃ mahāvīra, kathaṃ yātrā bhavissatī’’ti.

‘‘Chetvā naddhiṃ varattañca, icchālobhañca pāpakaṃ;

Samūlaṃ taṇhamabbuyha, evaṃ yātrā bhavissatī’’ti.