| 1 | The world! The world! ' is the saying, Lord. Pray how far, Lord, does this saying go? | |
| 2 | But what do you see in me, Evil One, that you say to me, 'Exercise rulership , Blessed One! | |
| 3 | That, great king, has not been declared by the Blessed One: 'The Tathagata exists after death. | |
| 4 | That is what the Blessed One said. Gratified, the monks delighted in the Blessed One's words. | |
| 5 | Some of them sat to one side having saluted him with their hands palm-to-palm over their hearts. |