Lakkhaṇaṃ passa āyantaṃ ñātisaṅghapurakkhitaṃ,

atha passasimaṃ kālaṃ suvihīnaṃva ñātibhīti idaṃ jātakaṃ kathesi. Puna bhikkhūhi "bhante devadatto kira dve aggasāvake ubhosu passesu nisīdāpetvā `buddhalīḷhāya dhammaṃ desessāmīti tumhākaṃ anukiriyaṃ karīti vutte, "na bhikkhave idāneva; pubbepesa mama anukiriyaṃ kātuṃ vāyami, na pana sakkhīti vatvā

"api vīraka passesi sakuṇaṃ mañjubhāṇakaṃ

mayuragīvasaṅkāsaṃ patiṃ mayhaṃ saviṭṭhakaṃ?