Tassattho appena tiṇena bahudhanaṃ icchatā evaṃ etaṃ kattabbaṃ hoti yadidaṃ pitu santakassa dhanassa sabbaṃ ādānaṃ agayhupakassa tiṇassa ca anādānaṃ iti mahārāja so brahāchatto gahetabbayuttakaṃ attano pitu santakaṃ dhanaṃ gahetvā aggahetabbayuttakaṃ tiṇaṃ cāṭīsu pakkhipitvā gato tattha kā paridevanāti.

Taṃ sutvā rājā catutthaṃ gāthamāha

sīlavanto na kubbanti bālo sīlāni kubbati

aniccasīlaṃ dussīlyaṃ kiṃ paṇḍiccaṃ karissatīti.