adiṭṭhapubbaṃ disvāna macco maccubhayaddito

byamhito nābhivādesi na idaṃ paññavatamivāti.

Tattha byamhitoti bhīto. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti paṇḍita tvaṃ adiṭṭhapubbaṃ nāgabhavanaṃ disvā maraṇabhayena ca addito bhīto hutvā yaṃ maṃ nābhivādesi idaṃ kāraṇaṃ paññavantānaṃ na hotīti.

Evaṃ nāgarājānaṃ vandanaṃ paccāsiṃsamānaṃ mahāsatto na tvaṃ mayā vanditabboti avatvāva attano ñāṇatāya upāyako sallena ahaṃ vajjhappattabhāvena taṃ na vandāmīti vadanto gāthadvayamāha