kathaṃ samuddamatari kathaṃ atari kepukaṃ

kathaṃ satta samuddāni kathaṃ simbalimāruhīti.

Tassattho tvaṃ imaṃ jambūdīpasamuddaṃ tassa purato kepukaṃ nāma nadiṃ pabbatanresu ṭhitāni satta samuddāni ca kathaṃ atari kena upāyena tiṇṇo satta samuddāni atikkamitvā ṭhitaṃ amhākaṃ bhavanaṃ simbalīrukkhañca kathaṃ ārūhīti.

Taṃ sutvā naṭakuvero tatiyaṃ gāthamāha