1At Sāvatthī.

“Once upon a time, mendicants, as Sakka, lord of gods, was in private retreat this thought came to his mind, ‘I should never betray even a sworn enemy.’

And then Vepacitti, lord of demons, knowing what Sakka was thinking, approached him.

Sakka saw Vepacitti coming off in the distance, and said to him: ‘Stop, Vepacitti, you’re caught!’

2‘Dear sir, don’t give up the idea you just had!’

3‘Swear, Vepacitti, that you won’t betray me.’

6‘Whatever bad things happen to a liar,
or to someone who slanders the noble ones,
or to someone who betrays a friend,
or to someone who’s ungrateful,
the same bad things impact
anyone who betrays you, Sujā’s husband.’”

1Sāvatthiyaṁ.

"Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakkassa devānamindassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi: ‘yopi me assa supaccatthiko tassapāhaṁ na dubbheyyan’ti.

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo sakkassa devānamindassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya yena sakko devānamindo tenupasaṅkami.

Addasā kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo vepacittiṁ asurindaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ. Disvāna vepacittiṁ asurindaṁ etadavoca: ‘tiṭṭha, vepacitti, gahitosī’ti.

2‘Yadeva te, mārisa, pubbe cittaṁ, tadeva tvaṁ mā pajahāsī’ti.

3‘Sapassu ca me, vepacitti, adubbhāyā’ti.

4‘Yaṁ musā bhaṇato pāpaṁ,
Yaṁ pāpaṁ ariyūpavādino;
Mittadduno ca yaṁ pāpaṁ,
Yaṁ pāpaṁ akataññuno;
Tameva pāpaṁ phusatu,