Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsikaraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ mahābhogakule nibbattitvā vayappatto gharāvāsaṃ aggahesi. Tadā bārāṇasiyaṃ ekassa manussassa sunakho ahosi. So piṇḍabhattaṃ labhanto thūlasarīro jāto. Atheko gāmavāsī bārāṇasiṃ āgato taṃ sunakhaṃ disvā tassa manussassa uttarisāṭakañca kahāpaṇañca datvā sunakhaṃ gahetvā cammayottena bandhitvā yottakoṭiyaṃ gahetvā gacchanto aṭavimukhe ekaṃ naḷasālaṃ pavisitvā sunakhaṃ bandhitvā phalake nipajjitvā niddaṃ okkami. Tasmiṃ kāle bodhisatto kenacideva karaṇīyena aṭaviṃ paṭipanno taṃ sunakhaṃ yottena bandhitvā ṭhapitaṃ disvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha

bālo vatāyaṃ sunakho yo varattaṃ na khādati,

bandhanā ca pamoceyya asitova gharaṃ vajeti.