[261] |261.1| Naguttame girivare gandhamādane Modanti tā devavarābhipālitā athāgamā isivaro sabbalokagū supupphitaṃ dumavarasākhamādiya. |261.2| Suciṃ sugandhaṃ tidasehi sakkataṃ pupphuttamaṃ amaravarebhi sevitaṃ aladdhamaññehi va dānavehi aññatra devehi tadārahaṃ hitaṃ . |261.3| Tato catasso kanakattacūpamā uṭṭhāya nāriyo pamadādhipā muniṃ āsā ca saddhā ca sirī tato hirī iccabravuṃ nāradaṃ devabrāhmaṇaṃ. |261.4| Sace anuddiṭṭhaṃ tayā mahāmuni pupphaṃ idaṃ pārichattassa brahme dadāhi no sabbā gati te ijjhatu tvaṃpi no hohi yatheva vāsavo. |261.5| Taṃ yācamānābhisamekkha nārado iccābravī saṅkalahaṃ udīrayi na mayhamatthatthi imehi koci naṃ yāyeva vo seyyasi sā pilandhatu.

[262] Tvaṃ nottamevābhisamekkha nārada Yassicchasi tassamanuppavecchasu yassā hi no nārada tvaṃ padassasi sāyeva no hehiti seṭṭhasammatā.

[263] Akallametaṃ vacanaṃ sugatte ko brāhmaṇo ko kalahaṃ udīraye gantvāna bhūtādhipameva pucchatha sace na jānātha idhuttamadhammaṃ.

[264] Tā nāradena paramappakopitā udīritā vaṇṇamadena mattā sakāsaṃ gantvāna sahassacakkhuno pucchiṃsu bhūtādhipaṃ kā nu seyyasi.