deva pubbe imasmiññeva nagare eko puriso patthanaṃ katvā puttaṃ labhi. So tassa jātakāle putto me laddhoti pītisomanassa- jāto taṃ posetvā vayappattakāle dārena saṃyojetvā aparabhāge jaraṃ patvā kammantaṃ adhiṭṭhātuṃ nāsakkhi. Atha naṃ putto tvaṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ na sakkosi ito nikkhamāti gehato nīhari. So kicchena kasirena bhikkhāya jīvitaṃ kappento paridevamāno gāthamāha

yena jātena nandissaṃ yassa vibhavamicchisaṃ

so maṃ gharā nicchubhati jātaṃ saraṇato bhayanti.

Tattha so manti so putto maṃ gharato nīharati svāhaṃ bhikkhaṃ caritvā dukkhaṃ jīvāmi saraṇatoyeva me bhayaṃ jātanti.