Tattha jeṭṭhakapesakāro dve bhikkhū catūhi paccayehi sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhahi, itare ekekaṃ bhikkhuṃ upaṭṭhahiṃsu. Jeṭṭhakapesakārassa bhariyā assaddhā appasannā micchādiṭṭhikā maccharinī bhikkhū na sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhāti. So taṃ disvā tassāyeva kaniṭṭhabhaginiṃ ānetvā attano gehe issariyaṃ niyyādesi, sā saddhā pasannā hutvā sakkaccaṃ bhikkhū paṭijaggi. Te sabbe pesakārā vassaṃ vuṭṭhānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ekekassa ekekaṃ sāṭakamadaṃsu. Tattha maccharinī jeṭṭhakapesakārassa bhariyā paduṭṭhacittā attano sāmikaṃ paribhāsi "yaṃ tayā samaṇānaṃ sakyaputtiyānaṃ dānaṃ dinnaṃ annapānaṃ, taṃ te paraloke gūthamuttaṃ pubbalohitañca hutvā nibbattatu, sāṭakā ca jalitā ayomayapaṭṭā hontū"ti.
Tattha jeṭṭhakapesakāro aparena samayena kālaṃ katvā viñjhāṭaviyaṃ ānubhāvasampannā rukkhadevatā hutvā nibbatti, tassa pana kadariyā bhariyā kālaṃ katvā tasseva vasanaṭṭhānassa avidūre petī hutvā nibbatti. Sā naggā dubbaṇṇarūpā jighacchāpipāsābhibhūtā tassa bhūmadevassa santikaṃ gantvā āha "ahaṃ sāmi niccoḷā ativiya jighacchāpipāsābhibhūtā vicarāmi, dehi me vatthaṃ annapānañcā"ti. So tassā dibbaṃ uḷāraṃ annapānaṃ upanesi. Taṃ tāya gahitamattameva gūthamuttaṃ pubbalohitañca sampajjati, sāṭakañca dinnaṃ tāya paridahitaṃ pajjalitaṃ ayomayapaṭṭaṃ hoti. Sā mahādukkhaṃ anubhavantī taṃ chaḍḍetvā kandantī vicarati.
Tena ca samayena aññataro bhikkhu vuṭṭhavasso satthāraṃ vandituṃ gacchanto mahatā satthena saddhiṃ viñjhāṭaviṃ paṭipajji. Satthikā rattiṃ maggaṃ gantvā divā vane sandacchāyūdakasampannaṃ padesaṃ disvā yānāni muñcitvā muhuttaṃ vissamiṃsu. Bhikkhu pana vivekakāmatāya thokaṃ apakkamitvā aññatarassa sandacchāyassa vanagahanapaṭicchannassa rukkhassa mūle saṅghāṭiṃ paññapetvā nipanno rattiyaṃ maggagamanaparissamena kilantakāyo niddaṃ upagañchi, satthikā vassamitvā maggaṃ paṭipajjiṃsu, so bhikkhu na paṭibujjhi. Atha sāyaṇhasamaye uṭṭhahitvā te apassanto aññataraṃ kummaggaṃ paṭipajjitvā anukkamena tassā devatāya vasanaṭṭhānaṃ sampāpuṇi. Atha naṃ so devaputto disvā manussarūpena upagantvā paṭisanthāraṃ katvā attano vimānaṃ pavesetvā pādabbhañjanādīni datvā payirupāsanto nisīdi. Tasmiṃ ca samaye sā petī āgantvā "dehi me sāmi annapānaṃ sāṭakañcā"ti āha, so tassā tāni adāsi, tāni ca tāya gahitamattāni gūthamuttapubbalohitapajjalitaayopaṭṭāyeva ahesuṃ. So bhikkhu taṃ disvā sañjātasaṃvego taṃ devaputtaṃ:-