So kira bārāṇasiyaṃ asītikoṭivibhave kule nibbatti. Athassa mātāpitaro cintesuṃ "amhākaṃ kule mahābhogakkhandho, taṃ puttassa no hatthe ṭhapetvā yathāsukhaṃ paribhogaṃ karissāma, aññena kammena kiccaṃ natthīti; taṃ naccagītavāditamattameva sikkhāpesuṃ. Tasmiṃyeva nagare aññasmiṃ asītikoṭivibhave kule ekā dhītāpi nibbatti. Tassāpi mātāpitaro tatheva cintetvā taṃ naccagītavāditamattameva sikkhāpesuṃ. Tesaṃ vayappattānaṃ āvāhavivāho ahosi. Atha nesaṃ aparabhāge mātāpitaro kālamakaṃsu. Dveasītikoṭidhanaṃ ekasmiṃyeva gehe ahosi. Seṭṭhiputto divasassa tikkhattuṃ rañño upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchati. Atha tasmiṃ nagare dhuttā cintesuṃ "sacāyaṃ seṭṭhiputto surāsoṇḍo bhavissati, amhākaṃ phāsukaṃ bhavissati; uggaṇhāpema naṃ surāsoṇḍabhāvanti. Te suraṃ ādāya khajjamaṃse ceva loṇasakkharā ca dussante bandhitvā mūlakande gahetvā tassa rājakulato āgacchantassa maggaṃ olokayamānā nisīditvā taṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā suraṃ pivitvā loṇasakkharaṃ mukhe khipitvā mūlakandaṃ ḍaṃsitvā "vassasataṃ jīva sāmi seṭṭhiputta, taṃ nissāya mayaṃ khādanapivanasamatthā bhaveyyāmāti āhaṃsu. So tesaṃ vacanaṃ sutvā pacchato āgacchantaṃ cūḷupaṭṭhākaṃ pucchi "kiṃ ete pivantīti. "ekaṃ pānakaṃ sāmīti. "manāpajātikaṃ etanti. "sāmi imasmiṃ jīvaloke iminā sadisaṃ pātabbayuttakaṃ nāma natthīti. So "evaṃ sante mayāpi pātuṃ vaṭṭatīti thokaṃ thokaṃ āharāpetvā pivati. Athassa na cirasseva. Te dhuttā pivanabhāvaṃ ñatvā taṃ parivārayiṃsu. Gacchante kāle parivāro mahā ahosi. So satenapi satadvayenapi suraṃ āharāpetvā pivanto anukkamena nisinnaṭṭhānādīsu kahāpaṇarāsiṃ ṭhapetvā suraṃ pivanto "iminā mālā āharatha, iminā gandhaṃ, ayaṃ gīte cheko, ayaṃ nacce, ayaṃ vādite, imassa sahassaṃ detha, imassa dve sahassānīti evaṃ vikkīranto na cirasseva attano santakaṃ asītikoṭidhanaṃ khepetvā, "khīṇaṃ te sāmi dhananti vutte, "kiṃ bhariyāya me santakaṃ natthīti, "atthi sāmīti, "tenahi taṃ āharathāti, taṃpi tatheva khepetvā anupubbena khettaārāmuyyānayoggādikaṃpi antamaso bhājanabhaṇḍakaṃpi attharaṇapāvuraṇanisīdanaṃpi sabbaṃ attano santakaṃ vikkīṇitvā khādi. Athassa mahallakakāleyeva parihīnabhogassa attano gehaṃ vikkīṇitvā gahitagehā nīhariṃsu. So bhariyaṃ ādāya parajanassa gehabhittiṃ nissāya vasanto kapālakhaṇḍaṃ ādāya bhikkhāya caritvā janassa ucchiṭṭhabhattaṃ bhuñjituṃ ārabhi. Atha naṃ ekadivasaṃ āsanasālāya dvāre ṭhatvā daharasāmaṇerehi dīyamānaṃ ucchiṭṭhabhojanaṃ paṭiggaṇhantaṃ disvā satthā sitaṃ pātvākāsi. Atha naṃ ānandatthero sitakāraṇaṃ pucchi. Satthā sitakāraṇaṃ kathento "passānanda imaṃ mahādhanaseṭṭhiputtaṃ imasmiṃyeva nagare dveasītikoṭidhanaṃ khepetvā bhariyaṃ ādāya bhikkhāya Carantaṃ: sace hi ayaṃ paṭhamavaye bhoge akhepetvā kammante payojissa, imasmiṃyeva nagare aggaseṭṭhī abhavissa, sace pana nikkhamitvā pabbajissa, arahattaṃ pāpuṇissa, bhariyāpissa anāgāmiphale patiṭṭhahissa; sace majjhimavaye bhoge akhepetvā kammante payojissa, dutiyaseṭṭhī abhavissa, nikkhamitvā pabbajanto anāgāmī abhavissa, bhariyāpissa sakadāgāmiphale patiṭṭhahissa; sace pacchimavaye bhoge akhepetvā kammante payojissa, tatiyaseṭṭhī abhavissa, nikkhamitvā pabbajantopi sakadāgāmī abhavissa, bhariyāpissa sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahissa: idāni panesa gihibhogāpi parihīno sāmaññatopi parihīno; parihāyitvā ca pana sukkhapallale koñcasakuṇo viya jātoti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi