Tattha vippavadantīti aññamaññaṃ viruddhaṃ vadanti. Lahunti purimassa atthadīpanaṃ. Doṇinti gambhīraṃ mahānāvaṃ. Sabbayantūpapannanti sabbehi thiyārittādīhi yantehi upapannaṃ. Sā ceva no hohīti āpadatthāti sā ca no nāvā pacchāpi uppannāya āpadāya anatthā bhavissati imañca dīpaṃ na pariccajissāma. Taremūti tareyyāma. Na ve sugaṇhanti na ve ekantena sukhena gaṇhitabbaṃ. Seṭṭhanti uttamaṃ tathaṃ saccaṃ. Kaniṭṭhanti paṭhamavacanaṃ upādāya pacchimavacanaṃ kaniṭṭhaṃnāma. Idhāpi na ve sugaṇhanti anuvattaneva. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti ambho vaḍḍhakī yena kenaci paṭhamena vuttaṃ vacanaṃ idameva seṭṭhaṃ tathaṃ saccanti na sukhena gaṇhitabbameva. Yathā ca taṃ evaṃ kaniṭṭhaṃ pacchā vuttavacanaṃpi hi idameva seṭṭhaṃ tathaṃ saccanti na gaṇhitabbaṃ. Yaṃ pana sotavisayaāpāthagataṃ hoti taṃ āpāthagataṃ gahetvā idha paṇḍitapuriso purimañca pacchimañca vacanaṃ paviceyyaṃ vicinitvā tīretvā upaparikkhitvā majjhaṃ gaṇhati. Yaṃ tathaṃ saccaṃ sabhāvabhūtaṃ tameva paccakkhaṃ katvā gaṇhati. Save Naro seṭṭhamupeti ṭhānanti so uttamaṃ ṭhānaṃ upeti adhigacchati vindati paṭilabhatīti.
Evañca pana vatvā āha ambho mayaṃ dvinnaṃ devaputtānaṃ vacanaṃ karissāma nāvaṃ tāva sajjeyyāma tato sace paṭhamassa vacanaṃ saccaṃ bhavissati taṃ abhirūhitvā palāyissāma atha itarassa vacanaṃ saccaṃ bhavissati nāvaṃ ekamantaṃ ṭhapetvā idheva vasissāmāti. Evaṃ vutte bālavaḍḍhakī ambho tvaṃ udakapātiyaṃ suṃsumāraṃ passasi ativiya dīghasuttosi paṭhamo devaputto amhesu rosena kathesi pacchimo sinehena imaṃ evarūpaṃ varadīpaṃ pahāya kuhiṃ gacchissāma sace pana tvaṃ gantukāmo tava parisaṃ gaṇhitvā nāvaṃ karohi amhākaṃ nāvāya kiccaṃ natthīti āha. Paṇḍito attano parisaṃ gahetvā nāvaṃ sajjetvā sabbūpakaraṇāni āropetvā sapariso nāvāya aṭṭhāsi. Tato puṇṇamīdivase canduggamanavelāya samuddato ummi uttaritvā jāṇuppamāṇā hutvā dīpakaṃ dhovanatthā gatā. Paṇḍito samuddassa uttaraṇabhāvaṃ ñatvā nāvaṃ visajjesi. Bālavaḍḍhakīpakkhikāni pañcakulasatāni samuddato ummi dīpadhovanatthāya āgatā ettakameva ettakamevāti kathentāva nisīdiṃsu. Tato kaṭippamāṇā purisappamāṇā tālappamāṇāti sāgaraummi dīpakampi vahamānā āgacchati. Paṇḍito upāyakusalatāya rase alaggo sotthinā gato. Bālavaḍḍhakī rasagiddhena anāgatabhayaṃ anoloketvā pañcahi kulasatehi saddhiṃ vināsaṃ patto.