"diso disanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā kosalajanapade viharanto nandagopālakaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Sāvatthiyaṃ kira anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatino nando nāma gopālako goyūthaṃ rakkhati aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo. So kira yathā keṇiyo jaṭilo pabbajitavesena evaṃ gopālakattena rājapīḷaṃ pariharanto attano kuṭumbaṃ rakkhati. So kālānukālaṃ pañcagorase ādāya anāthapiṇḍikassa santikaṃ āgantvā satthāraṃ passati dhammaṃ suṇāti attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ āgamanatthāya satthāraṃ yācati. Satthā tassa ñāṇaparipākaṃ āgamayamāno āgantvā tassa paripakkabhāvaṃ

Ñatvā ekadivasaṃ mahābhikkhusaṅghaparivuto cārikaṃ caranto maggā okkamma tassa vasanaṭṭhānāsanne aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisīdi. Nando satthu santikaṃ gantvā vanditvā paṭisanthāraṃ katvā satthāraṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa paṇītaṃ pañcagorasadānaṃ adāsi. Sattame divase satthā anumodanaṃ katvā dānakathādibhedaṃ anupubbīkathaṃ kathesi. Kathāpariyosāne nandagopālako sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāya satthu pattaṃ gahetvā satthāraṃ anugacchanto dūraṃ gantvā "tiṭṭha upāsakāti nivattiyamāno vanditvā nivatti. Atha naṃ eko luddhako vijjhitvā māresi. Pacchato āgacchantā bhikkhū disvā gantvā satthāraṃ āhaṃsu "nando bhante gopālako tumhākaṃ idhāgatattā mahādānaṃ datvā anugantvā nivattanto mārito; sace tumhe nāgacchissatha, nāssa maraṇaṃ abhavissāti. Satthā "bhikkhave mayi āgatepi anāgatepi, tassa catasso disā catasso anudisā gacchantassāpi, maraṇato muccanupāyo nāma natthi; yaṃ hi neva corā na verino karonti, taṃ imesaṃ sattānaṃ anto pavattaṃ micchāpaṇihitaṃ cittameva karotīti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"diso disaṃ yantaṃ kayirā verī vā pana verinaṃ,