Tattha na bhañjeyyāti na chindeyya. Mittadubbhoti mittesu dubbhanaṃ tesaṃ anatthuppādanaṃ. Pāpakoti abhaddako mittadubbho. Yo hi sītacchāyo rukkho ghammābhitattassa purisassa parissamavinodako, tassāpi nāma pāpakaṃ na cintetabbaṃ, kimaṅgaṃ pana sattabhūtesu. Ayaṃ devaputto sappuriso pubbakārī amhākaṃ dukkhapanūdako bahūpakāro, na tassa kiñci anatthaṃ cintetabbaṃ, aññadatthu so pūjetabbo evāti dasseti.

Taṃ sutvā brāhmaṇo "atthassa mūlaṃ nikativinayo"ti nītimaggaṃ nissāya aṅkurassa paṭilomapakkhe ṭhatvā:-

[260] "yassa rukkhassa chāyāya nisīdeyya sayeyya vā