So gopālake asannihite bhattavelāyaṃ sayameva gantvā kālārocanatthaṃ paṇṇasāladvāre bhussati, antarāmaggepi caṇḍamige disvā bhussitvā palāpeti, so paccekabuddhe mudukena cittena kālaṃ katvā devaloke nibbatti, tatrāssa ghosakadevaputtotveva nāmaṃ ahosi, so devalokato cavitvā kosambiyaṃ ekasmiṃ kulaghare nibbatti, taṃ aputtako seṭṭhī tassa mātāpitūnaṃ dhanaṃ datvā puttaṃ katvā aggahesi, atha so attano putte jāte sattakkhattuṃ mārāpetuṃ upakkami, so puññavantatāya sattasupi ṭhānesu maraṇaṃ apatvā avasāne ekāya seṭṭhidhītāya veyyattiyena laddhajīvito aparabhāge pituaccayena seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ patto ghositaseṭṭhī nāma jāto, aññepi kosambiyaṃ kukkuṭaseṭṭhīpāvārikaseṭṭhīti dve seṭṭhino atthi, iminā saddhiṃ tayo ahesuṃ.

Tena ca samayena tesaṃ sahāyakānaṃ seṭṭhīnaṃ kulūpakā pañcasatā isayo pabbatapāde vasiṃsu, te kālena kālaṃ loṇambilasevanatthāya manussapathaṃ āgacchanti. Athesmiṃ vāre gimhasamaye manussapathaṃ āgacchantā nirudakamahākantāraṃ atikkamitvā kantārapariyosāne mahantaṃ nigrodharukkhaṃ disvā cintesuṃ "yādiso ayaṃ rukkho, addhā ettha mahesakkhāya devatāya bhavitabbaṃ, sādhu vatassa, sace no pānīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā dadeyyā"ti. Devatā isīnaṃ ajjhāsayaṃ viditvā imesaṃ saṅgahaṃ karissāmīti attano ānubhāvena viṭapantarato naṅgalasīsamattaṃ udakadhāraṃ pavattesi. Isigaṇo rajatakkhandhasadisaṃ udakavaṭṭiṃ disvā attano bhājanehi udakaṃ gahetvā paribhogaṃ katvā cintesi "devatāya amhākaṃ paribhogaudakaṃ dinnaṃ, idaṃ pana

Devatā isīnaṃ upasaṅkappanavasena dibbāni yāgukhajjakādīni datvā santappesi. Isayo cintayiṃsu "devatāya amhākaṃ paribhogaudakaṃpi bhojanaṃpi sabbaṃ dinnaṃ, sādhu vatassa, sace no attānaṃ dasseyyā"ti.

Devatā tesaṃ ajjhāsayaṃ viditvā upaḍḍhakāyaṃ dassesi. Te āhaṃsu "devate mahatī te sampatti, kiṃ kammaṃ katvā imaṃ sampattiṃ adhigatāsī"ti. Bhante nātimahantaṃ parittaṃ kammaṃ katvāti, upaḍḍhauposathakammaṃ nissāya hi devatāya sā sampatti laddhā.