Atīte kira kāsiraṭṭhe bārāṇasiyaṃ dhammapālaṃ nāma brāhmaṇakulaṃ ahosi. Tattha brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇī putto dhītā suṇisā dāsīti ime sabbepi maraṇānussati- bhāvanābhiratā ahesuṃ. Tesu yo gehato nikkhamati, so sesajane ovaditvā nirapekkhova nikkhamati. Athekadivasaṃ brāhmaṇo puttena saddhiṃ gharato nikkhamitvā khettaṃ gantvā kasati, putto sukkhatiṇapaṇṇakaṭṭhāni ālimpeti. Tattheko kaṇhasappo ḍāhabhayena rukkhasusirato nikkhamitvā imaṃ brāhmaṇassa puttaṃ ḍaṃsi, so visavegena mucchito tattheva paripatitvā kālakato sakko devarājā hutvā nibbatti. Brāhmaṇo puttaṃ mataṃ disvā kammantasamīpena gacchantaṃ ekaṃ purisaṃ evamāha "samma mama gharaṃ gantvā brāhmaṇiṃ evaṃ vadehi `nhāyitvā suddhavatthanivatthā ekassa bhattaṃ mālāgandhādīni ca gahetvā turitaṃ āgacchatū"ti. So tattha gantvā tathā ārocesi, gehajanopi tathā akāsi. Brāhmaṇo nhātvā bhuñjitvā vilimpitvā parijanaparivuto puttassa sarīraṃ citakaṃ āropetvā aggiṃ datvā dārukkhandhaṃ ḍahanto viya nissoko nissantāpo aniccasaññaṃ manasikaronto aṭṭhāsi.

Atha brāhmaṇassa putto sakko hutvā nibbatti, so ca amhākaṃ bodhisatto ahosi. So attano purimajātiṃ katapuññañca paccavekkhitvā pitaraṃ ñātake ca anukampamāno brāhmaṇavasena tattha āgantvā ñātake asocante disvā "ambho migaṃ jhāpetha, amhākaṃ maṃsaṃ detha, chātomhī"ti āha. "na migo, manusso brāhmaṇā"ti āha. Kiṃ tumhākaṃ paccatthiko esoti. "na paccatthiko, ure jāto oraso mahāguṇavanto taruṇaputto"ti āha. Kimatthaṃ tumhe tathārūpe guṇavati taruṇaputte mate na socathāti, taṃ sutvā brāhmaṇo asocanakāraṇaṃ kathento:-

[85] "uragova tacaṃ jiṇṇaṃ hitvā gacchati santanuṃ