Tasmiṃ khaṇe maṭṭhakuṇḍalī antogehābhimukho nipanno hoti. Satthā attano apassanabhāvaṃ ñatvā, ekaṃ rasmiṃ vissajjesi. Māṇavo "kiṃ obhāso nāmesoti parivattitvā nippannova satthāraṃ disvā "andhabālapitaraṃ nissāya evarūpaṃ buddhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā kāyaveyyāvaṭikaṃ vā kātuṃ dānaṃ vā dātuṃ dhammaṃ vā sotuṃ nālatthaṃ, idāni me hatthāpi avidheyyā, aññaṃ kattabbaṃ natthīti manameva pasādesi. Satthā "alaṃ ettakena imassāti pakkāmi. So tathāgate cakkhupathaṃ vijahanteyeva, pasannamano kālaṃ katvā suttappabuddho viya devaloke tiṃsayojanike kanakavimāne nibbatti.
Brāhmaṇopissa sarīraṃ jhāpetvā āḷāhane rodanaparāyano ahosi, devasikaṃ āḷāhanaṃ gantvā rodati "kahaṃ ekaputtaka, kahaṃ ekaputtakāti.
Devaputtopi attano sampattiṃ oloketvā "kena kammena laddhāti upadhārento "satthari manopasādenāti ñatvā "ayaṃ brāhmaṇo mama aphāsukakāle bhesajjaṃ akāretvā idāni āḷāhanaṃ gantvā rodati; vippakārappattametaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatīti maṭṭhakuṇḍalivaṇṇenāgantvā āḷāhanassāvidūre bāhā paggayha rodanto aṭṭhāsi. Brāhmaṇo taṃ disvā "ahaṃ tāva puttasokena rodāmi, esa kimatthaṃ rodati; pucchissāmi nanti pucchanto imaṃ gāthamāha
"alaṅkato maṭṭhakuṇḍalī