Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto Aññatarasmiṃ mahābhogakule nibbattitvā vayappatto akkhadhutto ahosi. Athāparo kūṭakkhadhutto bodhisattena saddhiṃ kīḷanto attano jaye vattamāne keḷimaṇḍalaṃ na bhindati parājayakāle pana akkhaṃ mukhe pakkhipitvā akkho naṭṭhoti keḷimaṇḍalaṃ bhinditvā pakkāmi. Bodhisatto tassa kāraṇaṃ ñatvā hotu jānissāmettha paṭirūpanti akkhe ādāya attano ghare halāhalavisena rañjitvā punappunaṃ sukkhāpetvā te ādāya tassa santikaṃ gantvā ehi samma akkhehi kīḷāmāti āha. So sādhu sammāti keḷimaṇḍalaṃ sajjitvā tena saddhiṃ kīḷanto attano parājayakāle ekaṃ akkhaṃ mukhe pakkhipi. Atha naṃ bodhisatto tathākarontaṃ disvā gilāhi tāva pacchā idannāmetanti jānissasīti codetuṃ imaṃ gāthamāha

littaṃ paramena tejasā

gilamakkhaṃ puriso na bujjhati

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