apehi etto kimidhaṭṭhitosi

na mādisā tuyhaṃ dadanti jammā"ti.

Athakho bodhisatto "dānaṃ nāma saguṇassapi nigguṇassapi yassa kassaci dātabbaṃ, yathā hi ninnepi thalepi patiṭṭhāpitaṃ bījaṃ paṭhavīrasaṃ āporasañca āgamma sampajjati, evaṃ nipphalaṃ nāma natthi, sukhette vapitabījaṃ viya guṇavante mahapphalaṃ hotī"ti dassetuṃ imaṃ gāthamāha:-

"thale ca ninne ca vapanti bījaṃ