sutasome pabbajite
kiṃ nu menaṃ karissāmīti.
Tassattho yannūna imaṃ lañcatthāya gahiṃ taṃ pabhaṅkaraṃ suppabhāsaṃ maṇiṃ dadeyyaṃ ko nu mayhaṃ sutasomanarinde pabbajite iminā nāma atthoti. Kiṃ nu menaṃ karissāmīti ahaṃ tasmiṃ pabbajite imaṃ na labhissāmi labhantīpi ca kiṃ nu etaṃ karissāmi passatha me kammanti.
Tato mahāsenagutto cintesi sacāyaṃ rājā me gehe dhanaṃ mandanti saññaṃ karoti maññe bahubhāvamassa kathessāmīti. So uṭṭhāya vanditvā gāthamāha