[2495] Ariyāvakāsosi pasannanetto Maññe bhavaṃ pabbajito kulamhā kathaṃ nu vittāni pahāya bhoge pabbaji nikkhamma gharā sapañño .

[2496] Sayaṃ vimānaṃ naradeva disvā mahānubhāvassa mahoragassa disvāna puññāna mahāvipākaṃ saddhāyahaṃ pabbajitomhi rāja.

[2497] Na kāmakāmā na bhayā na dosā vācaṃ musā pabbajitā bhaṇanti akkhāhi me pucchito etamatthaṃ sutvāna me jāyihitippasādo.

[2498] Vāṇijja raṭṭhādhipa gacchamāno pathe addasāsimhi bhojaputte pavaḍḍhakāyaṃ uragaṃ mahantaṃ ādāya gacchante pamodamāne. Sohaṃ samāgamma janinda tehi pahaṭṭhalomo avacamhi bhīto kuhiṃ ayaṃ nīyati bhīmakāyo nāgena kiṃ kāhatha bhojaputtā . Nāgo ayaṃ nīyati bhojanatthaṃ Pavaḍḍhakāyo urago mahanto sāduñca thūlañca muduñca maṃsaṃ na tvaṃ rasaññāsi videhaputta. Ito mayaṃ gantvā sakaṃ niketaṃ ādāya satthāni vikopayitvā maṃsāni bhakkhāma pamodamānā mayaṃ hi vo sattavo pannagānaṃ. Sace ayaṃ nīyati bhojanatthaṃ pavaḍḍhakāyo urago mahanto dadāmi vo balibaddhāni soḷasa nāgaṃ imaṃ muñcatha bandhanasmā. Addhā hi no bhakkho ayaṃ manāpo bahū ca no oragā bhuttapubbā karoma te taṃ vacanaṃ aḷāra mittañca no hohi videhaputta. Tadassu te bandhanā mocayiṃsu yaṃ natthuto paṭimokkhassa pāse mutto ca so bandhanā nāgarājā pakkāmi pācīnamukho muhuttaṃ. Gantvāna pācīnamukho muhuttaṃ Puṇṇehi nettehi palokayī maṃ tadassahaṃ piṭṭhito anvagacchiṃ dasaṅgulī añjaliṃ paggahetvā. Gaccheva kho tvaṃ taramānarūpo mā taṃ amittā punaraggahesuṃ dakkho hi luddehi punā samāgamo adassanaṃ bhojaputtāna gaccha. Agamāsi so rahadaṃ vippasannaṃ nīlobhāsaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ sutitthaṃ samonataṃ jambuhi vedisāhi pāvekkhi nittiṇṇabhayo patīto. So taṃ pavissa na cirassa nāgo dibbena me pāturahū janinda upaṭṭhahī maṃ pitaraṃva putto hadayaṅgamaṃ kaṇṇasukhaṃ bhaṇanto. Tvaṃ mesi mātā ca pitā aḷāra abbhantaro pāṇadado sahāyo sakañca iddhiṃ paṭilābhakosmi aḷāra passa me nivesanāni pahūtabhakkhaṃ bahuannapānaṃ Masakkasāraṃ viya vāsavassa.