6 Macchajātakaṃ

na māyamaggi tapatīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto purāṇadutiyikapalobhanaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Tañhi bhikkhuṃ satthā saccaṃ kira tvaṃ bhikkhu ukkaṇṭhitoti pucchitvā saccaṃ bhanteti vutte kena ukkaṇṭhāpitosīti puṭṭho purāṇadutiyikāyāti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ayaṃ te bhikkhu itthī anatthakārikā, pubbepi tvaṃ etaṃ nissāya sūlena vijjhitvā aṅgāresu pacitvā khāditabbataṃ patto paṇḍite nissāya jīvitaṃ labhīti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.

Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa purohito ahosi. Athekadivasaṃ kevaṭṭā jāle laggaṃ macchaṃ uddharitvā uṇhavālukāpiṭṭhe ṭhapetvā aṅgāresu naṃ pacitvā khādissāmāti sūlaṃ tacchesuṃ. Maccho macchiṃ ārabbha paridevamāno imā gāthā avoca