Atha naṃ ekadivasaṃ corā samāgatā evamāhaṃsu "ambho purisa kiṃ tuyhaṃ iminā dujjīvitena, taruṇo tvamasi thāmajavabalasampanno, kasmā hatthapādavikalo viya acchasi, ehi amhehi saha corikāya paresaṃ santikaṃ gahetvā sukhena jīvikaṃ

So "nāhaṃ corikaṃ kātuṃ jānāmī"ti āha. Corā "mayaṃ taṃ sikkhāpema, kevalaṃ tvaṃ amhākaṃ vacanaṃ karohī"ti āhaṃsu. So "sādhū"ti sampaṭicchitvā tehi saddhiṃ agamāsi. Atha te corā tassa hatthe mahantaṃ muggaraṃ datvā sandhiṃ chinditvā gharaṃ pavisantā taṃ sandhimukhe ṭhapetvā āhaṃsu "sace idha añño koci āgacchati, taṃ iminā muggarena paharitvā ekappahāreneva mārehī"ti. So andhabālo hitāhitaṃ ajānanto paresaṃ āgamanameva olokento tattha aṭṭhāsi, corā pana gharaṃ pavisitvā gayhūpagaṃ bhaṇḍaṃ gahetvā gharamanussehi ñātamattāva ito cito ca palāyiṃsu. Gharamanussā uṭṭhahitvā sīghaṃ sīghaṃ dhāvantā ito cito ca olokentā taṃ purisaṃ sandhidvāre ṭhitaṃ disvā "hare duṭṭhacorā"ti gahetvā hatthapāde muggarādīhi pothetvā rañño dassesuṃ "ayaṃ deva coro sandhimukhe gahito"ti. Rājā "imassa sīsaṃ chindāpehī"ti nagaraguttikaṃ āṇāpesi. "sādhu devā"ti nagaraguttiko taṃ gāhāpetvā pacchābāhaṃ gāḷhabandhanaṃ bandhāpetvā rattavaṇṇaviralamālābandhakaṇṭhaṃ iṭṭhakacuṇṇamakkhitasīsaṃ vajjhapahatabheridesitamaggaṃ rathikāya rathikaṃ siṅghāṭakena siṅghāṭakaṃ vicarāpetvā kasāhi tāḷento āghātanābhimukhaṃ neti, "ayaṃ imasmiṃ nagare vilumpamānakacoro gahito"ti kolāhalaṃ ahosi.

Tena ca samayena tasmiṃ nagare sulasā nāma nagarasobhiṇī pāsāde ṭhitā vātapānantarena olokentī taṃ tathā piyamānaṃ disvā pubbe tena kataparicayā "ayaṃ puriso imasmiṃyeva nagare mahatiṃ sampattiṃ anubhavitvā idāni evarūpaṃ anatthaṃ anayabyasanaṃ patto"ti tassa kāruññaṃ uppādetvā cattāro modake pānīyañca pesesi, nagaraguttikassa ca ārocāpesi "tāva ayyo āgametu, yāvāyaṃ puriso ime modake khāditvā pānīyaṃ pivissatī"ti.