[515] Seeing Sāma, her dear young son, fallen and smeared with dust, the mother, anguished with grief for her son, spoke a truth (sacca):
"By the truth that this Sāma was formerly one who lived by the Dhamma (dhammacārī) — by this utterance of truth (saccavajja), may Sāma's poison be destroyed.
[Edition footnote: ¹ The Burmese edition reads *santapessati*; ² the Burmese edition reads *me*.]
By the truth that this Sāma was formerly one who lived the holy life (brahmacārī) — by this utterance of truth, may Sāma's poison be destroyed.
By the truth that this Sāma was formerly a speaker of truth (saccavādī) — by this utterance of truth, may Sāma's poison be destroyed.
By the truth that this Sāma was a supporter of his mother and father (mātāpetibhara) — by this utterance of truth, may Sāma's poison be destroyed.
By the truth that this Sāma was one who honored the elders in the family (jeṭṭhāpacāyika) — by this utterance of truth, may Sāma's poison be destroyed.
By the truth that this Sāma is dearer to me than life itself — by this utterance of truth, may Sāma's poison be destroyed.
Whatever merit (puñña) there is that has been done by me and by your father — by all that wholesome merit (kusala), may Sāma's poison be destroyed."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.