Tassattho tātajambukaahaṃtavabhātaraṃ kosiyagottaṃ vessantaraṃ bhaginiñca te kuṇḍaliniṃ rājadhammaṃ apucchiṃ te attano balena kathesuṃ yathā panete pucchiṃ tatheva idāni putta jambuka taṃ pucchāmi taṃ rājadhammañca balānaṃ uttamabalañca kathehīti.

Evaṃ rājā mahāsattaṃ pañhaṃ pucchanto aññesaṃ pucchitaniyāmena apucchitvā visesetvā pucchi. Athassa paṇḍito tenahi mahārāja ohitasoto suṇa sabbante kathessāmīti pasāritahatthe sahassatthavikaṃ kathento viya dhammadesanaṃ ārabhi

balaṃ pañcavidhaṃ loke purisasmiṃ mahaggate

tattha bāhubalaṃ nāma carimaṃ vuccate balaṃ