@3 cha.Ma. ayaṃ pāṭho na dissati 4 ka. nāṭakāni 5 cha.Ma.,i. sitamattampi Alaṅkaromī'ti. Tato naṅgalāni chaḍḍetvā mahājanakāyo sannipati, te ca manussā atirekasattavassāni nānākīḷikādayo dassentāpi taṃ nāsakkhiṃsu hasāpetuṃ. Tato sakko devanaṭaṃ pesesi, so dibbanāṭakaṃ dassetvā hasāpesi. Atha te manussā attano attano vasanokāsābhimukhā pakkamiṃsu. Te paṭipathe mittasuhajjādayo disvā paṭisanthāramakaṃsu `kacci bhoto kusalaṃ, kacci bhoto kusalan'ti. Tasmā taṃ `kusalan'ti saddaṃ upādāya so padeso `kosalo'ti vuccatī"ti vaṇṇayanti. Sundarikāya nadiyā tīreti sundarikāti evaṃnāmikāya nadiyā tīre.

Tena kho panāti yena samayena bhagavā taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vinetukāmo gantvā tassā nadiyā tīre sasīsaṃ pārupitvā rukkhamūle nisajjāsaṅkhātena iriyāpathavihārena viharati. Sundarikabhāradvājoti so brāhmaṇo tassā nadiyā tīre vasati, aggiñca juhati, bhāradvājoti cassa gottaṃ, tasmā evaṃ vuccati. Aggiṃ juhatīti āhutipakkhipanena jāleti. Aggihuttaṃ paricaratīti agyāyatanaṃ sammajjanūpalepana- balikammādinā payirupāsati. Ko nu kho imaṃ habyasesaṃ bhuñjeyyāti so kira brāhmaṇo aggamhi juhitvā avasesaṃ pāyāsaṃ disvā cintesi "aggimhi tāva pakkhittapāyāso mahābrahmunā bhutto, ayaṃ pana avaseso atthi. Taṃ yadi brahmuno mukhato jātassa brāhmaṇasseva dadeyyaṃ, evaṃ me pitarā saha puttopi santappito bhaveyya, suvisodhito ca brahmalokagāmimaggo assa, handāhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gavesāmī"ti. Tato brāhmaṇadassanatthaṃ uṭṭhāyāsanā catuddisā anuvilokesi "ko nu kho imaṃ habyasesaṃ bhuñjeyyā"ti.

Aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūleti tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe seṭṭharukkhamūle. Sasīsaṃ pārutanti saha sīsena pārutakāyaṃ. Kasmā pana bhagavā evamakāsi, kiṃ nārāyanasaṅkhātabalopi