- 21 哪吒起身看水，只见波浪中出现一头水兽，兽上坐一怪物，叫道：“是甚人打死我巡海夜叉？”哪吒道：“是我。我在此避暑洗澡，与他何干；他来打我，我打死了他，有何妨！”
- 21 Nezha rose to look at the water, and saw a water-beast appearing in the waves. Atop it sat a monster, shouting: “Who killed my patrolling Yaksha?” Nezha replied: “That was me. I was here to escape the summer heat and take a bath— Why did he bother about that? He came to attack me, so I struck him dead. What of it?”