Atha aparena samayena kālaṃ katvā petesu nibbatto naggo virūparūpo bhayānakadassano supinepi annapānaṃ ajānanto sīse ābandhitauddālakakusumamālākalāpo "cundaṭṭhilāyaṃ ñātakānaṃ santike kiñci labhissāmī"ti gaṅgāya udake abhijjamāne paṭisotaṃ padasā gacchati. Tena ca samayena koliyo nāma rañño bimbisārassa mahāmatto kupitaṃ paccantaṃ vūpasametvā paṭinivattento hatthiassādi- parivārabalaṃ thalapathena pesetvā sayaṃ gaṅgāya nadiyā anusotaṃ nāvāya āgacchanto taṃ petaṃ tathā gacchantaṃ disvā pucchanto:-

[387] "abhijjamāne vārimhi gaṅgāya idha gacchasi

naggo pubbaḍḍhapetova māladhārī alaṅkato

kuhiṃ gamissasi peta kattha vāso bhavissatī"ti