atīte kira bārāṇasiṃ nissāya nadītīre paccekabuddhassa paṇṇasālaṃ kariṃsu. So tattha viharanto nibaddhaṃ nagare piṇḍāya carati. Nāgarāpi sāyaṃ pātaṃ gandhapupphādihatthā paccekabuddhassa upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchanti. Eko bārāṇasīvāsī puriso taṃ maggaṃ nissāya khettaṃ kasi. Mahājano sāyaṃ pātaṃ paccekabuddhassa upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchanto taṃ khettaṃ maddanto gacchati. Kasako "mā me khettaṃ maddathāti vārentopi

Vāretuṃ nāsakkhi. Athassa etadahosi "sace imasmiṃ ṭhāne paccekabuddhassa paṇṇasālā na bhaveyya, na me khettaṃ maddeyyunti. So paccekabuddhassa piṇḍāya paviṭṭhakāle paribhogabhājanāni bhinditvā paṇṇasālaṃ jhāpesi. Paccekabuddho taṃ jhāmaṃ disvā yathāsukhaṃ pakkāmi. Mahājano gandhamālaṃ ādāya āgato jhāmaṃ paṇṇasālaṃ disvā "kahaṃ nu kho no ayyo gatoti āha. Sopi mahājaneneva saddhiṃ āgato mahājanamajjhe ṭhitako evamāha "mayā tassa paṇṇasālā jhāpitāti. Atha naṃ "gaṇhatha, imaṃ pāpaṃ nissāya mayaṃ paccekabuddhaṃ daṭṭhuṃ na labhimhāti daṇḍādīhi pothetvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpesuṃ. So avīcimhi nibbattitvā, yāvāyaṃ paṭhavī yojanamattaṃ ussannā; tāva niraye pacitvā pakkāvasesena gijjhakūṭe ahipeto hutvā nibbatti.

Satthā imaṃ tassa pubbakammaṃ kathetvā "bhikkhave pāpakammaṃ nāmetaṃ khīrasadisaṃ; yathā khīraṃ duyhamānameva na pariṇamati; tathā kammaṃ kariyamānameva na vipaccati, yadā pana vipaccati; tadā evarūpena dukkhena yojetīti anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"na hi pāpaṃ kataṃ kammaṃ sajjukhīraṃva muccati,