@5 cha.Ma. pūjesi Khīṇāni. Parissāvanaṃ sāmaṇerassa datvā saddhiṃ saṭṭhihatthapākārena cetiyaṃ tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā catūsu ṭhānesu vanditvā pariveṇaṃ gacchanto cintesi "tāva mahiddhiko vatāyaṃ sāmaṇero, sakkhissati nu kho imaṃ iddhānubhāvaṃ rakkhitun"ti. Tato "na sakkhissatī"ti disvā sāmaṇeraṃ āha "sāmaṇera tvaṃ idāni mahiddhiko, evarūpaṃ pana iddhiṃ nāsetvā pacchimakāle kāṇapesakāriyā hatthena madditaṃ kañjiyaṃ pivissasīti. Daharakabhāvassa nāmesa dosoyaṃ, so upajjhāyassa kathāya saṃvijitvā "kammaṭṭhānaṃ me bhante ācikkhathā"ti na yāci, amhākaṃ upajjhāyo kiṃ vadatīti taṃ pana asuṇanto viya agamāsi.
Thero mahācetiyañca mahābodhiñca vanditvā sāmaṇeraṃ pattacīvaraṃ gāhāpetvā anupubbena kuṭeḷitissamahāvihāraṃ agamāsi. Sāmaṇero upajjhāyassa padānupadiko hutvā bhikkhācāraṃ na gacchati, "kataraṃ gāmaṃ pavisissatha bhante"ti pucchitvā pana "idāni me upajjhāyo gāmadvāraṃ patto bhavissatī"ti ñatvā attano ca upajjhāyassa ca pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā ākāsena gantvā therassa pattacīvaraṃ datvā piṇḍāya pavisati. Thero sabbakālaṃ ovadati "sāmaṇera mā evamakāsi, puthujjaniddhi nāma calā anibaddhā, asappāyaṃ rūpādiārammaṇaṃ labhitvā appamattakeneva bhijjati, santāya samāpattiyā parihīnāya brahmacariyavāso santhambhituṃ na sakkotī"ti. Sāmaṇero "kiṃ katheti mayhaṃ upajjhāyo"ti sotuṃ na icchati, tatheva karoti. Thero anupubena cetiyavandanaṃ karonto kambabindavihāraṃ nāma gato. Tattha vasantepi there sāmaṇero tatheva karoti.
Athekadivasaṃ ekā pesakāradhītā abhirūpā paṭhamavaye ṭhitā kambabindagāmato nikkhamitvā padumasaraṃ oruyha gāyamānā pupphāni bhañjati. Tasmiṃ samaye sāmaṇero padumasaramatthakena gacchati, gacchanto pana silesikāya kāṇamacchikā viya tassā gītasadde bajjhi. Tāvadevassa iddhi antarahitā, chinnapakkhakāko viya ahosi. Santasamāpattiphalena pana tattheva udakapiṭṭhe apatitvā simbalitūlaṃ viya patamānaṃ