[1041] Tvaṃ no vinetāsi rathaṃva naṭṭhaṃ nandanti taṃ kuruyo dassanena akkhāhi me pucchito etamatthaṃ kathaṃ pamokkho ahu māṇavassa.

[1042] |1042.1| Yaṃ māṇavotyābhivadi janinda na so manusso naravīraseṭṭha yadi te suto puṇṇako nāma yakkho rañño kuverassa hi so sajibbo. |1042.2| Bhūmindharo varuṇo nāma nāgo brahā sucī vaṇṇabalūpapanno tassānujaṃ dhītaraṃ kāmayāno irandatī nāma sā nāgakaññā. |1042.3| Tassā sumajjhāya piyāya hetu patārayittha maraṇāya mayhaṃ so ceva bhariyāya samaṅgibhūto Ahañcānuññāto maṇi ca laddho.

[1043] |1043.1| Rukkho hi mayhaṃ gharadvāre jāto paññākkhandho sīlamayassa sākhā atthe ca dhamme ca ṭhito nipāko gavapphalo hatthigavassachanno. |1043.2| Naccagītaturiyābhinādite ucchijja senaṃ puriso ahosi so no ayaṃ āgato sanniketaṃ rukkhassimassāpacitiṃ karotha. |1043.3| Yekeci vittā mama paccayena sabbeva te pātukarontu ajja tibbāni katvāna upāyanāni rukkhassimassāpacitiṃ karotha. |1043.4| Yekeci bandhā mama atthi raṭṭhe sabbeva te bandhanā mocayantu yathevayaṃ bandhanasmā pamutto evamete muñcare bandhanasmā. |1043.5| Unnaṅgalā māsamimaṃ karontu maṃsodanaṃ brāhmaṇā bhakkhayantu amajjapā majjarahā pivantu Puṇṇāhi thālāhi palissutāhi. |1043.6| Mahāpathaṃ nicca samavhayantu tibbañca rakkhaṃ vidahantu raṭṭhe yathāññamaññaṃ na viheṭhayeyyuṃ rukkhassimassāpacitiṃ karotha.

[1044] |1044.1| Orodhā ca kumārā ca vesiyānā ca brāhmaṇā bahuṃ annañca pānañca paṇḍitassābhihārayuṃ. |1044.2| Hatthārohā anīkaṭṭhā rathikā pattikārakā bahuṃ annañca pānañca paṇḍitassābhihārayuṃ. |1044.3| Samāgatā jānapadā negamā ca samāgatā bahuṃ annañca pānañca paṇḍitassābhihārayuṃ. |1044.4| Bahujjano pasannosi disvā paṇḍitamāgate paṇḍitamhi anuppatte celukkhepo pavattathāti. Vidhurajātakaṃ navamaṃ.