dn26:12.1 Assosuṁ kho, bhikkhave, manussā:
dn26:12.2 ‘ye kira, bho, paresaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyanti, tesaṁ rājā dhanamanuppadetī’ti.
dn26:12.3 Sutvāna tesaṁ etadahosi:
dn26:12.4 ‘yannūna mayampi paresaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyeyyāmā’ti.
dn26:12.5 Atha kho, bhikkhave, aññataro puriso paresaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyi.
dn26:12.6 Tamenaṁ aggahesuṁ.
dn26:12.7 Gahetvā rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa dassesuṁ:
dn26:12.8 ‘ayaṁ, deva, puriso paresaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyī’ti.
dn26:12.9 Evaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhābhisitto taṁ purisaṁ etadavoca:
dn26:12.10 ‘saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, ambho purisa, paresaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyī’ti?
dn26:12.11 ‘Saccaṁ, devā’ti.
dn26:12.12 ‘Kiṁ kāraṇā’ti?
dn26:12.13 ‘Na hi, deva, jīvāmī’ti.
dn26:12.14 Atha kho, bhikkhave, rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa etadahosi:
dn26:12.15 ‘sace kho ahaṁ yo yo paresaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyissati, tassa tassa dhanamanuppadassāmi, evamidaṁ adinnādānaṁ pavaḍḍhissati.
dn26:12.16 Yannūnāhaṁ imaṁ purisaṁ sunisedhaṁ nisedheyyaṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ kareyyaṁ, sīsamassa chindeyyan’ti.
dn26:12.17 Atha kho, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhābhisitto purise āṇāpesi:
dn26:12.18 ‘tena hi, bhaṇe, imaṁ purisaṁ daḷhāya rajjuyā pacchābāhaṁ gāḷhabandhanaṁ bandhitvā khuramuṇḍaṁ karitvā kharassarena paṇavena rathikāya rathikaṁ siṅghāṭakena siṅghāṭakaṁ parinetvā dakkhiṇena dvārena nikkhamitvā dakkhiṇato nagarassa sunisedhaṁ nisedhetha, mūlaghaccaṁ karotha, sīsamassa chindathā’ti.
dn26:12.19 ‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, te purisā rañño khattiyassa muddhābhisittassa paṭissutvā taṁ purisaṁ daḷhāya rajjuyā pacchābāhaṁ gāḷhabandhanaṁ bandhitvā khuramuṇḍaṁ karitvā kharassarena paṇavena rathikāya rathikaṁ siṅghāṭakena siṅghāṭakaṁ parinetvā dakkhiṇena dvārena nikkhamitvā dakkhiṇato nagarassa sunisedhaṁ nisedhesuṁ, mūlaghaccaṁ akaṁsu, sīsamassa chindiṁsu.

