Atha aparena samayena aṅkuro pañcahi sakaṭasatehi, aññataro ca brāhmaṇo pañcahi sakaṭasatehīti dvepi janā sakaṭasahassena bhaṇḍaṃ ādāya marukantāramaggaṃ paṭipannā maggamūḷhā hutvā bahuṃ divasaṃ tattheva vicarantā parikkhīṇatiṇodakāhārā ahesuṃ. Aṅkuro assadūtehi catūsu disāsu pānīyaṃ maggāpesi. Atha so kāmadadahattho yakkho taṃ tesaṃ byasanappattiṃ disvā aṅkurena pubbe attano kataṃ upakāraṃ cintetvā "handa dāni imassa mayā avassayena bhavitabban"ti attano vasanavaṭarukkhaṃ dassesi. So kira vaṭarukkho sākhāviṭapasampanno ghanapalāso sandacchāyo aneka- sahassapāroho āyāmena vitthārena ubbedhena ca yojanaparimāṇo ahosi. Taṃ disvā aṅkuro haṭṭhatuṭṭho tassa heṭṭhā khandhāvāraṃ bandhāpesi, yakkho attano dakkhiṇahatthaṃ pasāretvā paṭhamaṃ tāva pānīyena sabbaṃ janaṃ santappesi. Tato yo yo yaṃ yaṃ icchati, tassa tassa taṃ taṃ adāsi.

Evaṃ tasmiṃ mahājane nānāvidhena annapānādinā yathākāmaṃ santappite pacchā vūpasante maggaparissame so brāhmaṇavāṇijo ayoniso manasikaronto evaṃ cintesi "dhanalābhāya ito kambojaṃ gantvā mayaṃ kiṃ karissāma, imameva pana

@4 Ma. annapānena 5 Ma. ummujjanto 6 Ma. dhanahārakā Yakkhaṃ yena kenaci upāyena gahetvā yānaṃ āropetvā amhākaṃ nagarameva gamissāmā"ti. Evaṃ cintetvā tamatthaṃ aṅkurassa kathento:-