“Bhante nāgasena, ‘nakulassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabban’ti yaṃ vadesi, katamaṃ taṃ ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, nakulo uraga­mupa­gacchanto bhesajjena kāyaṃ paribhāvetvā uraga­mupa­gacchati gahetuṃ; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena kodhā­ghāta­bahulaṃ kala­havig­gaha­vivāda­viro­dhā­bhi­bhū­taṃ loka­mupa­gacchan­tena mettā­bhesaj­jena mānasaṃ anulimpitabbaṃ. Idaṃ, mahārāja, nakulassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabbaṃ. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhamma­senā­patinā—

‘Tasmā sakaṃ paresampi,
kātabbā mettabhāvanā;
Mettacittena pharitabbaṃ,
etaṃ buddhāna sāsanan’”ti.

Nakulaṅgapañho pañcamo.