Sā "ahaṃ pubbe paribhavapattā hutvā puttassa jātakālato paṭṭhāya sakkāraṃ pāpuṇiṃ, ime mayhaṃ puttaṃ bahi chaḍḍetumpi vāyamantī"ti sokummādavasena matakaḷevaraṃ aṅkenādāya "puttassa me bhesajjaṃ dethā"ti gehadvārapaṭipāṭiyā nagare vicarati. Manussā "bhesajjaṃ kuto"ti paribhāsanti. Sā tesaṃ kathaṃ na gaṇhāti. Atha naṃ eko paṇḍitapuriso "ayaṃ puttasokena cittavikkhepaṃ pattā, etissā bhesajjaṃ dasabaloyeva jānissatī"ti cintetvā "amma tava puttassa bhesajjaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā pucchā"ti āha. Sā satthu dhammadesanāvelāya vihāraṃ gantvā "puttassa me bhesajjaṃ detha bhagavā"ti āha. Satthā tassā upanissayaṃ disvā "gaccha nagaraṃ pavisitvā yasmiṃ gehe koci matapubbo natthi, tato siddhatthakaṃ āharā"ti āha. Sā "sādhu bhante"ti tuṭṭhamānasā nagaraṃ pavisitvā paṭhamageheyeva "satthā mama puttassa bhesajjatthāya siddhatthakaṃ āharāpeti, sace etasmiṃ gehe koci matapubbo Natthi, siddhatthakaṃ me dethā"ti āha. Ko idha mate gaṇetuṃ sakkotīti. Kiṃ tena hi alaṃ idha siddhatthakehīti dutiyaṃ tatiyaṃ gharaṃ gantvā buddhānubhāvena vigatummādā pakaticitte ṭhitā cintesi "sakalanagare ayameva niyamo bhavissati, idaṃ hitānukampinā bhagavatā diṭṭhaṃ bhavissatī"ti saṃvegaṃ labhitvā tatova bahi nikkhamitvā puttaṃ āmakasusāne chaḍḍetvā imaṃ gāthamāha:-

"na gāmadhammo nigamassa dhammo

na cāpiyaṃ ekakulassa dhammo

sabbassa lokassa sadevakassa