Satthā sāmaṇerena saddhiṃ samadhurena gacchanto "sāmaṇera ayaṃ padeso ko nāma, ayaṃ padeso ko nāmāti pubbe tassa upāsakena dassitappadese pucchanto agamāsi. Sāmaṇeropi "bhante ayaṃ itthannāmo, ayaṃ itthannāmoti ācikkhamānova agamāsi. Satthā tassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā pabbatamatthakaṃ abhiruhi. Tattha ṭhitānaṃ pana mahāsamuddo paññāyati. Satthā sāmaṇeraṃ pucchi "tissa pabbatamatthake ṭhito ito cito ca oloketvā kiṃ passasīti. "mahāsamuddaṃ bhanteti. "samuddaṃ disvā kiṃ cintesīti. "mama dukkhitakāle rodantassa, catūhi mahāsamuddehi atirekatarena assunā bhavitabbanti idaṃ bhante cintesinti. "sādhu sādhu tissa, evametaṃ, ekekassa hi sattassa dukkhitakāle paggharitaassu catūhi mahāsamuddehi atirekataramevāti. Idañca pana vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"catūsu samuddesu jalaṃ parittakaṃ,

tato bahuṃ assujalaṃ anappakaṃ

dukkhena phuṭṭhassa narassa socato;