So "ajjeva mayā mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamituṃ vaṭṭatī"ti sayanā vuṭṭhāya dvārasamīpaṃ gantvā "ko etthā"ti āha. Ummāre sīsaṃ katvā nipanno channo "ahaṃ ayyaputta channo"ti āha. "ajjāhaṃ mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamitukāmo, ekaṃ me assaṃ kappehī"ti āha. So "sādhu devā"ti assabhaṇḍakaṃ gahetvā assasālaṃ gantvā gandhatelappadīpesu jalantesu sumanapaṭṭavitānassa heṭṭhā ramaṇīye bhūmibhāge ṭhitaṃ kaṇṭhakaṃ assarājānaṃ disvā "ajja mayā imameva kappetuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti kaṇṭhakaṃ kappesi. So kappiyamānova aññāsi "ayaṃ kappanā ativiya gāḷhā, aññesu divasesu uyyānakīḷādigamanakāle kappanā viya na hoti, mayhaṃ ayyaputto ajja mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamitukāmo bhavissatī"ti. Tato tuṭṭhamānaso mahāhasitaṃ hasi, so saddo sakalanagaraṃ pattharitvā gaccheyya, devatā pana naṃ sannirumbhitvā na kassaci sotuṃ adaṃsu.
Bodhisattopi kho channaṃ pesetvāva "puttaṃ tāva passissāmī"ti cintetvā nisinnapallaṅkato uṭṭhāya rāhulamātuyā vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā gabbhadvāraṃ vivari. Tasamiṃ khaṇe antogabbhe gandhatelappadīpo jhāyati, rāhulamātā sumanamallikādīnaṃ pupphānaṃ ambaṇamattena abhippakiṇṇe sayane puttassa matthake hatthaṃ ṭhapetvā niddāyati. Bodhisatto ummāre pādaṃ ṭhapetvā ṭhitakova oloketvā "sacāhaṃ deviyā hatthaṃ apanetvā mama puttaṃ gaṇhissāmi, devī pabujjhissati, evaṃ me gamanantarāyo bhavissati, buddho
Hutvāva āgantvā puttaṃ passissāmī"ti pāsādatalato otari. Yaṃ pana jātakaṭṭhakathāyaṃ "tadā sattāhajāto rāhulakumāro hotī"ti vuttaṃ, taṃ sesaṭṭhakathāsu natthi, tasmā idameva gahetabbaṃ.
Evaṃ bodhisatto pāsādatalā otaritvā assasamīpaṃ gantvā evamāha "tāta kaṇṭhaka tvaṃ ajja ekarattiṃ maṃ tāraya, ahaṃ taṃ nissāya buddho hutvā sadevakaṃ lokaṃ tārayissāmī"ti. Tato ullaṅghitvā kaṇṭhakassa piṭṭhiṃ abhiruhi. Kaṇṭhako gīvato paṭṭhāya āyāmena aṭṭhārasahattho hoti tadanucchavikena ubbedhena samannāgato thāmajavasampanno sabbaseto dhotasaṅkhasadiso. So sace haseyya vā padasaddaṃ vā kareyya, saddo sakalanagaraṃ avatthareyya, tasmā devatā attano ānubhāvena tassa yathā na koci suṇāti, evaṃ hasitasaddaṃ sannirumbhitvā akkamanaakkamanapadavāre hatthatalāni upanāmesuṃ. Bodhisatto assavarassa piṭṭhivemajjhagato channaṃ assassa vāladhiṃ gāhāpetvā aḍḍharattasamaye mahādvārasamīpaṃ patto. Tadā pana rājā "evaṃ mama putto yāya kāyaci velāya nagaradvāraṃ vivaritvā nikkhamituṃ na sakkhissatī"ti dvīsu dvārakavāṭesu ekekaṃ purisasahassena vivaritabbaṃ kāresi. Bodhisatto pana thāmabalasampanno hatthigaṇanāya koṭisahassahatthīnaṃ balaṃ dhāresi, purisagaṇanāya dasakoṭisahassapurisānaṃ balaṃ dhāresi. So cintesi "sace dvāraṃ na vivariyyati, ajja kaṇṭhakassa piṭṭhe nisinnova vāladhiṃ gahetvā ṭhitena channena saddhiṃyeva kaṇṭhakaṃ ūrūhi nippīḷetvā aṭṭhārasa hatthubbedhaṃ pākāraṃ uppatitvā atikkamissāmī"ti. Channopi cintesi "sace dvāraṃ na vivariyyati, ahaṃ attano sāmikaṃ ayyaputtaṃ khandhe nisīdāpetvā kaṇṭhakaṃ dakkhiṇena hatthena kucchiyaṃ parikkhipanto upakacchantare katvā pākāraṃ uppatitvā atikkamissāmī"ti. Kaṇṭhakopi cintesi "sace dvāraṃ na vivariyyati, ahaṃ attano sāmikaṃ piṭṭhe yathānisinnameva channena vāladhiṃ gahetvā ṭhitena saddhiṃyeva ukkhipitvā pākāraṃ uppatitvā