Atha naṃ maddī kiṃ nu kho esa evarūpaṃ vacanaṃ bhaṇatīti cintetvā kasmā deva imaṃ ayuttakaṃ kathaṃ kathesīti pucchi. Atha naṃ mahāsatto bhadde mayā hatthissa dinnattā siviyo kuddhā maṃ raṭṭhā pabbājenti sve ahaṃ sattasatakamahādānaṃ datvā tatiyadivase nagarā nikkhamissāmīti vatvā āha

Ahaṃ hi vanaṃ gacchāmi ghoraṃ bāḷamigāyutaṃ

saṃsayo jīvitaṃ mayhaṃ ekakassa brahāvaneti.

Tattha saṃsayoti anekapaccatthike ekantasukhumālassa mama vane vasantassa kuto jīvitaṃ nicchayena marissāmīti adhippāyenevamāha