[131] "Seen by you are the hells (nirayā), the animal realm (tiracchānayoni),
petas (petā), asuras, and also¹ humans and devas;
you have seen for yourself the ripening of your own kamma (kammavipāka).
I shall lead you, unharmed, to Pāṭaliputta;
having gone there, do wholesome kamma (kusalaṃ kammaṃ)."
"You desire my welfare, O yakkha; you desire my good, O deity (devatā);
I shall act upon your word; you are my teacher (ācariya).
Seen by me are the hells, the animal realm,
petas, asuras, and also humans and devas;
I have seen for myself the ripening of my own kamma;
I shall do merits (puññāni) in no small measure."
¹ The Burmese and European (PTS) editions read: "atha vāpi manussā devā" ("or again, humans and devas").
The Pāṭaliputta Petavatthu, the Eleventh.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.