[948] Then, bhikkhus, Sakka, lord of the devas (devānaminda), approached that anger-eating (kodhabhakkha) yakkha. Having approached, he arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, set his right knee on the ground,¹ raised his joined palms in reverential salutation toward that anger-eating yakkha, and announced his name three times: "I, dear sir, am Sakka, lord of the devas … I, dear sir, am Sakka, lord of the devas." And, bhikkhus, the more Sakka, lord of the devas, announced his name, the uglier and the more deformed that yakkha became; and having become uglier and more deformed, he vanished right there.
¹ Siam ed. note: Po. reads *nihacca*; Ma. and Yu. read *nihantvā* — variants for the text's *nihatvā* ("having set down").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.