Viyahapannatti 18.7.742

18.7.742

rāyagihe jāva evaṃ vayāsī–annautthiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! evamāikkhaṃti jāva parūveṃti–evaṃ khalu kevalī jakkhāesenaṃ āissai, evaṃ khalu kevalī jakkhāesenaṃ āiṭṭhe samāṇe āhacca do bhāsāo bhāsati, taṃ jahā–mosaṃ vā, saccāmosaṃ vā, se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ?
goyamā! jaṇṇaṃ te annautthiyā jāva je te evamāhaṃsu micchaṃ te evamāhaṃsu, ahaṃ puṇa goyamā! evamāikkhāmi bhāsemi pannavemi parūvemi– no khalu kevalī jakkhāesenaṃ āissai, no khalu kevalī jakkhāesenaṃ āiṭṭhe samāṇe āhacca do bhāsāo bhāsati, taṃ jahā– mosaṃ vā, saccāmosaṃ vā| kevalī ṇaṃ asāvajjāo aparovaghāiyāo āhacca do bhāsāo bhāsati, taṃ0 saccaṃ vā, asaccāmosaṃ vā|

In Rājagṛha, up to: he spoke thus: "Venerable Sir, the followers of other doctrines declare thus, up to: propound thus: 'Indeed, a kevalin is possessed by the possession of a yakṣa; and indeed, being possessed by the possession of a yakṣa, a kevalin at times speaks two kinds of speech, namely: falsehood or mixed truth-and-falsehood.' How is that so, Venerable Sir?"
"Gautama! That which those followers of other doctrines, up to: those who say thus, say falsely. But I, Gautama, declare thus, speak, explain, and propound: A kevalin is never possessed by the possession of a yakṣa; a kevalin, being possessed by the possession of a yakṣa, never at times speaks two kinds of speech, namely: falsehood or mixed truth-and-falsehood. A kevalin at times speaks two kinds of speech that are blameless and non-injurious to others, namely: truth, or neither-truth-nor-falsehood."