[317] Tenahi rājañña upamante karissāmi upamāyapīdhekacce viññū purisā bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānanti . bhūtapubbaṃ rājañña aññataro aggiko jaṭilo araññāyatane paṇṇakuṭiyā sammati . Athakho rājañña aññataro janapado satthavāso vuṭṭhāsi . athakho so satthavāso tassa aggikassa jaṭilassa assamassa sāmantā ekarattiṃ vasitvā pakkāmi . athakho rājañña tassa aggikassa jaṭilassa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ yena so satthavāso tenupasaṅkameyyaṃ appevanāmettha kiñci upakaraṇaṃ adhigaccheyyanti . athakho so aggiko jaṭilo kālasseva vuṭṭhāya yena so satthavāso tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā addasa tasmiṃ satthavāse daharaṃ kumāraṃ Maṇḍaṃ uttānaseyyakaṃ chaḍḍitaṃ . disvānassa etadahosi na kho me taṃ paṭirūpaṃ yaṃ me pekkhamānassa manussabhūto kālaṃ kareyya yannūnāhaṃ imaṃ dārakaṃ assamaṃ netvā āpādeyyaṃ poseyyaṃ vaḍḍheyyanti . athakho so aggiko jaṭilo taṃ dārakaṃ assamaṃ netvā āpādesi posesi vaḍḍhesi . yadā so dārako dasavassuddesiko vā hoti dvādasavassuddesiko vā athakho tassa aggikassa jaṭilassa janapade kiñcideva karaṇīyaṃ uppajji . athakho so aggiko jaṭilo taṃ dārakaṃ etadavoca icchāmahaṃ tāta janapadaṃ gantuṃ aggiṃ tāta paricareyyāsi mā ca te aggi nibbāyi sace va te aggi nibbāyeyya ayaṃ vāsī imāni kaṭṭhāni idaṃ araṇisahitaṃ aggiṃ nibbattetvā aggiṃ paricareyyāsīti . athakho so aggiko jaṭilo taṃ dārakaṃ evaṃ anusāsitvā janapadaṃ agamāsi . Tassa khiḍḍāpasutassa aggi nibbāyi. {317.1} Athakho tassa dārakassa etadahosi pitā kho maṃ evaṃ avaca aggiṃ tāta paricareyyāsi mā ca te aggi nibbāyi sace va te aggi nibbāyeyya ayaṃ vāsī imāni kaṭṭhāni idaṃ araṇisahitaṃ aggiṃ nibbattetvā aggiṃ paricareyyāsīti yannūnāhaṃ aggiṃ nibbattetvā aggiṃ paricareyyanti . athakho so dārako araṇisahitaṃ vāsiyā tacchi appevanāma aggiṃ adhigaccheyyanti . neva so aggiṃ adhigacchi araṇisahitaṃ dvidhā phālesi tidhā phālesi catudhā phālesi pañcadhā phālesi dasadhā Phālesi vīsatidhā phālesi sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ akāsi sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ karitvā udukkhale koṭesi udukkhale koṭetvā mahāvāte ophuni appevanāma aggiṃ adhigaccheyyanti. Neva so aggiṃ adhigacchi. {317.2} Athakho so aggiko jaṭilo janapade taṃ karaṇīyaṃ tīretvā yena sako assamo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā taṃ dārakaṃ etadavoca kacci te tāta aggi nibbutoti . idha me tāta khiḍḍāpasutassa aggi nibbāyi tassa me etadahosi pitā kho maṃ evaṃ avaca aggiṃ tāta paricareyyāsi mā ca te tāta aggi nibbāyi sace va te aggi nibbāyeyya ayaṃ vāsī imāni kaṭṭhāni idaṃ araṇisahitaṃ aggiṃ nibbattetvā aggiṃ paricareyyāsīti yannūnāhaṃ aggiṃ nibbattetvā aggiṃ paricareyyanti athakhohaṃ tāta araṇisahitaṃ vāsiyā tacchiṃ appevanāma aggiṃ adhigaccheyyanti . nevāhaṃ aggiṃ adhigacchiṃ araṇisahitaṃ dvidhā phālesiṃ tidhā phālesiṃ catudhā phālesiṃ pañcadhā phālesiṃ dasadhā phālesiṃ vīsatidhā phālesiṃ sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ akāsiṃ sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ karitvā udukkhale koṭesiṃ udukkhale koṭetvā mahāvāte ophuniṃ appevanāma aggiṃ adhigaccheyyanti nevāhaṃ aggiṃ adhigacchinti. {317.3} Athakho tassa aggikassa jaṭilassa etadahosi yāva bālo ayaṃ dārako abyatto kathañhi nāma ayoniso aggiṃ gavesissatīti . tassa pekkhamānassa araṇisahitaṃ Gahetvā aggiṃ nibbattetvā taṃ dārakaṃ etadavoca evaṃ kho tāta aggi nibbattetabbo na tveva yathā tvaṃ bālo abyatto ayoniso aggiṃ gavesissasīti . evameva kho tvaṃ rājañña bālo abyatto ayoniso paralokaṃ gavesissasi paṭinissajjetaṃ rājañña pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ paṭinissajjetaṃ rājañña pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ mā te ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāyāti.