Te pana dve janā upāyena taṃ dhanaṃ āharitvā ekasmiṃ gāmasamīpe gahanaṭṭhāne dhanaṃ paṭicchādetvā eko khaggaṃ gahetvā rakkhanto nisīdi eko taṇḍule gahetvā bhattaṃ pacāpetuṃ gāmaṃ pāvisi. Lobho ca nāmeso vināsamūlamevāti. Dhanasantike nisinno cintesi tasmiṃ āgate idaṃ dhanaṃ dvekoṭṭhāsaṃ bhavissati yannūnāhaṃ taṃ āgatamattameva khaggena paharitvā ghāteyyanti. So khaggaṃ sannayhitvā tassa Āgamanaṃ olokento nisīdi. Itaropi cintesi taṃ dhanaṃ dvekoṭṭhāsaṃ bhavissati yannūnāhaṃ bhatte visaṃ pakkhipitvā taṃ purisaṃ bhojetvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā ekakova dhanaṃ gaṇheyyanti. So niṭṭhite bhatte sayaṃ bhuñjitvā sesake visaṃ pakkhipitvā taṃ ādāya tattha agamāsi. Taṃ bhattaṃ otāretvā ṭhitamattameva itaro khaggena dvidhā chinditvā paṭicchannaṭṭhāne chaḍḍetvā taṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā sayampi tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi. Evaṃ taṃ dhanaṃ nissāya sabbe vināsaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu.
Bodhisattopi kho ekāhadvīhaccayenapi dhanaṃ ādāya āgato tasmiṃ ṭhāne ācariyaṃ adisvā vippakiṇṇaṃ pana dhanaṃ disvā ācariyena mama vacanaṃ akatvā dhanaṃ vassāpitaṃ bhavissati sabbehi vināsaṃ pattehi bhavitabbanti mahāmagge pāyāsi. Gacchanto ācariyaṃ mahāmagge dvidhā chinnaṃ disvā mama vacanaṃ akatvā matoti dārūni uddharitvā citakaṃ katvā ācariyaṃ jhāpetvā vanapupphehi pūjetvā purato gacchanto jīvitakkhayaṃ patte pañcasate purato aḍḍhateyyasateti anukkamena avasāne dve jane jīvitakkhayaṃ patte disvā cintesi imaṃ dvīhi onaṃ purisasahassaṃ vināsaṃ pattaṃ aññehi dvīheva corehi bhavitabbaṃ tepi santhambhituṃ na sakkhissanti kahaṃ nu kho te gatāti gacchanto tesampi taṃ dhanaṃ ādāya gahanaṭṭhānaṃ paviṭṭhamaggaṃ disvā gacchanto bhaṇḍikabandhassa dhanassa rāsiṃ disvā ekaṃ bhattapāṭiṃ avattharitvā mataṃ addasa. Tato idaṃ nāma tehi kataṃ bhavissatīti sabbaṃ ñatvā kahaṃ nu kho so purisoti vicinanto tampi paṭicchannaṭṭhāne apaviṭṭhaṃ Disvā amhākaṃ ācariyo mama vacanaṃ akatvā attano dubbacabhāvena attanāpi vināsaṃ patto aparaṃpi tena purisasahassaṃ vināsitaṃ anupāyena vata akāraṇena attano vuḍḍhiṃ paṭṭhayamānā amhākaṃ ācariyo viya mahāvināsameva pāpuṇissantīti cintetvā imaṃ gāthamāha