[842] |842.1| Tato so mudukā bhisiyā muducittakasanthate mudupaccatthate rājā ekamantaṃ upāvisi. |842.2| Nisajja rājā sammodi kathaṃ sārāṇiyaṃ tato Kacci yāpanīyaṃ bhante vātānamaviyattatā. |842.3| Kacci akasirā vutti labhasi piṇḍiyāpanaṃ appābādho casi kacci cakkhu na parihāyati.

[843] |843.1| Taṃ guṇo paṭisammodi vedehaṃ vinaye rataṃ yāpanīyaṃ mahārāja sabbametaṃ tadūbhayaṃ. |843.2| Kacci tuyhaṃpi vedeha paccantā na balīyare kacci arogaṃ yoggante kacci vahati vāhanaṃ kacci te byādhiyo natthi sarīrassupatāpiyā .

[844] |844.1| Paṭisammodito rājā tato pucchi anantarā atthaṃ dhammañca ñāyañca dhammakāmo rathesabho. |844.2| Kathaṃ dhammañcare macco mātāpitūsu kassapa kathañcare ācariye puttadāre kathañcare. |844.3| Kathañcareyya vuḍḍhesu kathaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇe kathañca balakāyasmiṃ kathaṃ janapade care. |844.4| Kathaṃ dhammañcaritvāna pecca gacchanti suggatiṃ kathañceke adhammaṭṭhā patanti nirayaṃ adho.

[845] |845.1| Vedehassa vaco sutvā kassapo etadabravi suṇohi me mahārāja saccaṃ avitathaṃ padaṃ. |845.2| Natthi dhammacaritassa phalaṃ kalyāṇapāpakaṃ Natthi deva paraloko ko tato hi idhāgato. |845.3| Natthi deva pitaro vā kuto mātā kuto pitā natthi ācariyo nāma adantaṃ ko damessati. |845.4| Samatulyāni bhūtāni natthi jeṭṭhāpacāyikā natthi balaṃ viriyaṃ vā kuto uṭṭhānaporiso . |845.5| Niyatāni hi bhūtāni yathā goṭaviso tathā laddheyyaṃ labhate macco tattha dānaphalaṃ kuto. |845.6| Natthi dānaphalaṃ deva avaso devavīriyo bālehi dānaṃ paññattaṃ paṇḍitehi paṭicchitaṃ avasā denti dhīrānaṃ bālā paṇḍitamānino.