Sā ca pokkharaṇī vesāliyā tiyojanamatthake hoti, tathāpi so puriso maraṇabhayatajjito vātavegena pubbaṇheyeva taṃ pokkharaṇiṃ sampāpuṇi. "sā ca pokkharaṇī amanussapariggahitā"ti pageva sutattā bhayena so "atthi nu kho ettha koci parissayo"ti samantato anupariyāyati. Taṃ disvā pokkharaṇipālako amanusso karuṇāyamānarūpo manussarūpena upasaṅkamitvā "kimatthaṃ bho purisa idhāgatosī"ti āha, so tassa taṃ pavattiṃ kathesi. So "yadi evaṃ yāvadatthaṃ gaṇhāhī"ti attano dibbarūpaṃ dassetvā antaradhāyi.

So tattha aruṇavaṇṇamattikaṃ rattuppalāni ca gahetvā anatthaṅgateyeva sūriye nagaradvāraṃ sampāpuṇi, taṃ disvā dvārapālo tassa viravantasseva dvāraṃ thakesi.

Taṃ sutvā so āha "ahaṃ sūle āvuto vajjho maraṇābhimukho kathaṃ tava sakkhi homi, eko panettha peto mahiddhiko mama samīpaṃ āgamissati, taṃ sakkhiṃ karohī"ti. Kathaṃ pana so mayā daṭṭhabboti. Idheva tvaṃ tiṭṭha, sayameva dakkhissasīti. So tattha ṭhito majjhimayāme taṃ petaṃ āgataṃ disvā sakkhiṃ akāsi. Vibhātāya ca rattiyā raññā "mama āṇā tayā atikkantā, tasmā rājadaṇḍaṃ te karissāmī"ti vutte deva mayā tava āṇā nātikkantā, anatthaṅgate eva sūriye ahaṃ idhāgatoti. Tattha ko te sakkhīti. So tassa sūlāvutassa purisassa santike āgacchantaṃ naggapetaṃ "sakkhī"ti niddisitvā "kathametaṃ amhehi saddhātabban"ti raññā vutte "ajja rattiyaṃ tumhehi saddhātabbaṃ purisaṃ mayā saddhiṃ pesethā"ti āha. Taṃ sutvā rājā sayameva tena saddhiṃ tattha gantvā ṭhito petena ca tatthāgantvā "jīva bho, jīvitameva seyyo"ti vutte taṃ "seyyā nisajjā nayimassa atthī"tiādinā pañcahi gāthāhi paṭipucchi. Idāni ādito pana "vesālī nāma nagaratthi vajjīnan"ti gāthā tāsaṃ sambandhadassanatthaṃ saṅgītikārehi ṭhapitā:-