@4 Sī.,i. pana 5 Sī.,i. svāhaṃ 6 Ma. maddeyya

"yato yato garudhuraṃ yato gambhīravattanī

tadāssu kaṇhaṃ yojenti svāssu taṃ vahate dhuran"ti idaṃ kaṇhajātakaṃ āharitabbaṃ. Atīte kira eko satthavāho ekissā mahallikāya gehe nivāsaṃ gaṇhi. Athassa ekissā dhenuyā rattibhāgasamanantare gabbhavuṭṭhānaṃ ahosi. Sā ekaṃ vacchakaṃ vijāyi. Mahallikāya vacchakaṃ diṭṭhakālato paṭṭhāya puttasineho udapādi. Punadivase satthavāhaputto "tava gehavetanaṃ gaṇhāhī"ti āha. Mahallikā "mayhaṃ aññena kammaṃ natthi, imaṃ me vacchakaṃ dehī"ti āha. Gaṇhāhi ammāti. Sā taṃ gaṇhitvā khīraṃ pāyetvā yāgubhattatiṇādīni dadamānā posesi. So vuḍḍhimanvāya paripuṇṇarūpo balaviriyasampanno ahosi sampannācāro, kāḷako nāma nāmena. Athekassa satthavāhassa pañcahi sakaṭasatehi āgacchantassa udakabhinnaṭṭhāne sakaṭacakkaṃ laggi. So dasapi vīsatipi tiṃsatipi sampayojetvā nīharāpetuṃ asakkonto kāḷakaṃ upasaṅkamitvā āha "tāta tava vetanaṃ dassāmi, sakaṭamme ukkhipitvā dehī"ti. Evaṃ vacanaṃ vatvā taṃ ādāya "añño iminā saddhiṃ dhuraṃ vahituṃ samattho natthī"ti dhurasakaṭe yottaṃ bandhitvā taṃ ekaṃyeva yojesi. So taṃ sakaṭaṃ ukkhipitvā thale patiṭṭhāpetvā eteneva nīhārena pañca sakaṭasatāni nīhari. So sabbapacchimaṃ sakaṭaṃ nīharitvā mociyamāno "sun"ti katvā sīsaṃ ukkhipi.

Satthavāho "ayaṃ ettakāni sakaṭāni ukkhipanto evaṃ na akāsi, vetanatthaṃ maññe karotī"ti sakaṭagaṇanāya kahāpaṇe gahetvā pañcasatabhaṇḍikaṃ tassa gīvāyaṃ bandhāpesi. So aññesaṃ attano santikaṃ allīyituṃ adento ujukaṃ gehameva agamāsi. Mahallikā disvā mocetvā kahāpaṇabhāvaṃ ñatvā "kasmā putta evamakāsi, so tvaṃ `mayā kammaṃ katvā ābhatena ayaṃ jīvissatī'ti saññamakāsī"ti vatvā goṇaṃ