Tasmiṃ khaṇe sakko devarājā dasasahassayojanaṃ alaṅkatadevanagaraṃ saṭṭhiyojanaṃ suvaṇṇavīthiṃ yojanasahassubbedhaṃ vejayantaṃ pañcayojanasatikaṃ sudhammasabhaṃ saṭṭhiyojanaṃ paṇḍukambalasilāsanaṃ pañcayojanāvaṭṭaṃ kañcanamālaṃ setacchattaṃ aḍḍhateyyakoṭisaṅkhātā devaccharā alaṅkatapaṭiyattaṃ attabhāvanti imaṃ attano siriṃ oloketvā kiṃ nukho katvā mayā ayaṃ yaso laddhoti cintetvā bārāṇasiyaṃ seṭṭhibhūtena pavattitaṃ dānaṃ addasa tato mama puttādayo kuhiṃ nibbattāti olokento putto me cando devaputto hutvā nibbatto tassa putto suriyo tassa putto mātali tassa putto pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto hutvā nibbattīti sabbesaṃ nibbattaṭṭhānaṃ disvā pañcasikhassa putto kīdisoti olokento Attano vaṃsassa upacchinnabhāvaṃ passi. Athassa etadahosi ayaṃ asappuriso maccharī hutvā neva attanā paribhuñjati na paresaṃ deti mama tena vaṃso upacchinno kālaṃ katvā niraye nibbattissati ovādamassa datvā mama vaṃsaṃ patiṭṭhapetvā etassa imasmiṃ devanagare nibbattanakāraṇaṃ karissāmīti. So candādayo pakkosāpetvā etha manussalokaṃ gamissāma macchariyakosiyena amhākaṃ vaṃso upacchinno dānasālā jhāpitā neva attanā paribhuñjati na paresaṃ deti idāni pana pāyāsaṃ bhuñjitukāmo hutvā ghare pacite aññassāpi pāyāso dātabbo bhavissatīti araññaṃ pavisitvā ekakova pacati etaṃ dametvā dānaphalaṃ jānāpetvā āgamissāma apica kho pana amhehi sabbehi ekato yāciyamāno tattheva mareyya mama paṭhamaṃ gantvā pāyāsaṃ yācitvā nisinnakāle tumhe brāhmaṇavaṇṇena paṭipāṭiyā gantvā yāceyyāthāti vatvā sayaṃ tāva brāhmaṇavaṇṇena taṃ upasaṅkamitvā bho kataro bārāṇasigamanamaggoti pucchi.
Atha naṃ macchariyakosiyo kiṃ ummattakosi bārāṇasimaggaṃpi na jānāsi kiṃ ito esi eto yāhīti āha. Sakko tassa vacanaṃ sutvā asuṇanto viya kiṃ kathesīti taṃ upagacchateva. Sopi are badhirabrāhmaṇa kiṃ ito esi purato yāhīti viravi. Atha naṃ sakko bho kasmā viravasi dhūmo paññāyati aggi paññāyati pāyāso pacito brāhmaṇānaṃ nimantanaṭṭhānena Bhavitabbaṃ ahaṃpi brāhmaṇānaṃ bhojanakāle thokaṃ labhissāmi kiṃ maṃ na nimantesīti vatvā natthettha brāhmaṇānaṃ nimantanaṃ purato yāhīti vutte tenahi kasmā kujjhasi tava bhojanakāle thokaṃ labhissāmīti āha. Atha naṃ so ahaṃ te ekasitthaṃpi na dassāmi thokaṃ idaṃ mama yāpanamattameva mayāpi cetaṃ yācitvāva laddhaṃ tvaṃ aññato tavāhāraṃ pariyesāhīti bhariyaṃ yācitvā laddhabhāvaṃ sandhāyeva vatvā gāthamāha