Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kuruṅgamigo hutvā ekasmiṃ araññāyatane phalāphalāni khādanto vasati. So ekasmiṃ kāle phalasampanne sepaṇṇirukkhe sepaṇṇiphalāni khādati. Atheko gāmavāsī aṭṭakaluddako phalitarukkhamūlesu migānaṃ padāni upadhāretvā uparirukkhe aṭṭakaṃ bandhitvā tattha nisīditvā phalāni Khādituṃ āgate mige sattiyā vijjhitvā tesaṃ maṃsaṃ vikkiṇanto jīvitaṃ kappesi. So ekadivasaṃ tasmiṃ rukkhamūle bodhisattassa padavalañjaṃ disvā tasmiṃ sepaṇṇirukkhe aṭṭakaṃ bandhitvā pātova bhuñjitvā sattiṃ ādāya vanaṃ pavisitvā taṃ rukkhaṃ abhiruhitvā aṭṭake nisīdi. Bodhisattopi pātova vasanaṭṭhānā nikkhamitvā sepaṇṇiphalāni khādissāmīti āgamma taṃ rukkhamūlaṃ sahasāva apavisitvā kadāci aṭṭakaluddakā rukkhesu aṭṭakaṃ bandhanti atthi nu kho evarūpo upaddavoti pariggaṇhanto bāhiratova aṭṭhāsi. Luddakopi bodhisattassa anāgamanabhāvaṃ ñatvā aṭṭake nisinnova sepaṇṇiphalāni khipitvā tassa purato pātesi. Botisatto imāni phalāni āgantvā mayhaṃ purato patanti atthi nu kho tassa upari luddakoti punappunaṃ olokento luddakaṃ disvā apassanto viya hutvā ambho rukkha pubbe tvaṃ olambakaṃ cālento viya ujukameva phalāni pātesi idāni rukkhadhammaṃ pariccajasi evaṃ tayā rukkhadhamme pariccatte ahamaññaṃpi rukkhamūlaṃ upasaṅkamitvā mayhaṃ āhāraṃ pariyesissāmīti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

ñātametaṃ kuruṅgassa yaṃ tvaṃ sepaṇṇi seyyasi

aññaṃ sepaṇṇiṃ gacchāmi na me te ruccate phalanti.

Tattha ñātanti pākaṭaṃ jātaṃ. Etanti idaṃ kammaṃ. Kuruṅgassāti kuruṅgamigassa. Yaṃ tvaṃ sepaṇṇi seyyasīti yaṃ tvaṃ ambho sepaṇṇirukkha purato phalāni pātiyamāno seyyasi visiṇṇaphalo ahosi Taṃ sabbaṃ kuruṅgamigassa pāpakaṃ jātaṃ. Na me te ruccateti evaṃ phalaṃ dadamānāya na me tava phalaṃ ruccati tiṭṭha tvaṃ ahaṃ aññattha gamissāmīti agamāsi.