[214] "This, dear sir, is that Āṭānāṭiya protection for the guarding, the protection, the freedom from harm, and the comfortable abiding of bhikkhus, bhikkhunīs, laymen (upāsaka), and laywomen (upāsikā).
Dear sir, for whatever bhikkhu or bhikkhunī, layman or laywoman this Āṭānāṭiya protection shall have been well grasped and mastered in its entirety — if any non-human (amanussa), whether a yakkha, a yakkhinī, a young yakkha, a young yakkhinī, a yakkha chief minister, a yakkha councillor, or a yakkha servant; a gandhabba, a gandhabbī, a young gandhabba, a young gandhabbī, a gandhabba chief minister, a gandhabba councillor, or a gandhabba servant; a kumbhaṇḍa, a kumbhaṇḍī, a young kumbhaṇḍa, a young kumbhaṇḍī, a kumbhaṇḍa chief minister, a kumbhaṇḍa councillor, or a kumbhaṇḍa servant; or a nāga, a nāginī, a young nāga, a young nāginī, a nāga chief minister, a nāga councillor, or a nāga servant — with a malevolent mind (paduṭṭhacitta) should follow that person as they walk, stand near them as they stand, sit near them as they sit, or lie down near them as they lie down, then, dear sir, that non-human would not receive honor or respect in my villages or towns; that non-human, dear sir, would not receive a site or a dwelling in my royal capital named Āḷakamandā; that non-human, dear sir, would not get to go to the assembly of my yakkhas. Moreover, dear sir, the non-humans would make him one with whom they neither take nor give in marriage. Moreover, dear sir, the non-humans would revile him with full personal abuse. Moreover, dear sir, the non-humans would overturn even an empty bowl upon his head. Moreover, dear sir, the non-humans would even split his head into seven pieces.
For there are, dear sir, non-humans who are fierce, savage, and violent. They heed neither the Great Kings, nor the men of the Great Kings, nor the men of the men of the Great Kings. Those non-humans, dear sir, are called rebels against the Great Kings. Just as, dear sir, the bandits in the realm of the King of Magadha heed neither the King of Magadha, nor the men of the King of Magadha, nor the men of the men of the King of Magadha — and those great bandits, dear sir, are called rebels against the King of Magadha — even so, dear sir, there are non-humans who are fierce, savage, and violent. They heed neither the Great Kings, nor the men of the Great Kings, nor the men of the men of the Great Kings. Those non-humans, dear sir, are called rebels against the Great Kings.
For if any non-human whatsoever, dear sir — whether a yakkha, a yakkhinī, a young yakkha, a young yakkhinī, a yakkha chief minister, a yakkha councillor, or a yakkha servant; a gandhabba, a gandhabbī, a young gandhabba, a young gandhabbī, a gandhabba chief minister, a gandhabba councillor, or a gandhabba servant; a kumbhaṇḍa, a kumbhaṇḍī, a young kumbhaṇḍa, a young kumbhaṇḍī, a kumbhaṇḍa chief minister, a kumbhaṇḍa councillor, or a kumbhaṇḍa servant; or a nāga, a nāginī, a young nāga, a young nāginī, a nāga chief minister, a nāga councillor, or a nāga servant — with a malevolent mind should follow a bhikkhu, a bhikkhunī, a layman, or a laywoman as they walk, stand near them as they stand, sit near them as they sit, or lie down near them as they lie down, then one should make appeal, cry aloud, and call out to these yakkhas, great yakkhas, generals, and great generals: 'This yakkha seizes me! This yakkha possesses me! This yakkha vexes me! This yakkha harasses me! This yakkha harms me! This yakkha injures me! This yakkha does not let me go!'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.