kapotakajātakaṃ

idāni khomhīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ lolabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Lolavatthu anekaso vitthāritameva. Taṃ pana satthā saccaṃ kira tvaṃ bhikkhu loloti pucchitvā āma bhanteti vutte na kho bhikkhu idāneva pubbepi tvaṃ lolosi lolyabhāvena pana jīvitakkhayaṃ pattoti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.

Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto pārāvatayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā bārāṇasīseṭṭhino mahānase nīḷapacchiyaṃ vasati. Atheko kāko macchamaṃsaluddho tena saddhiṃ mettiṃ katvā tattheva vasi. So ekadivasaṃ bahuṃ macchamaṃsaṃ disvā imaṃ khādissāmīti nitthunāyanto nīḷapacchiyaṃyeva nipajjitvā pārāvatena ehi samma gocarāya gamissāmāti vuccamānopi ajīrakena nimmadomhi gaccha tvanti vatvā tasmiṃ gate gato me paccāmittakaṇṭako idāni yathāruciṃ macchamaṃsaṃ khādissāmīti cintento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha