๖. รุรุมิคจริยา

|16.47| Punāparaṃ yadā homi sutattakanakasannibho migarājā ruru nāma paramasīlasamāhito. |16.48| Ramme padese rammaṇīye vivitte amanussake tattha vāsaṃ upagañchiṃ gaṅgākūle manorame. |16.49| Atha upari gaṅgāya dhanikehi paripīḷito puriso gaṅgāya patati jīvāmi vā marāmi vā. @Footnote: 1 Ma. Yu. na mevāyaṃ maññamāno aññepevaṃ karissati @ teva tassa vadhissanti sā me mutti bhavissati. |16.50| Rattindivaṃ so gaṅgāya vuyhamāno mahodake ravanto karuṇaṃ ravaṃ majjhe gaṅgāya gacchati. |16.51| Tassāhaṃ saddaṃ sutvāna karuṇaṃ paridevato gaṅgāya tīre ṭhatvā 1- apucchiṃ kosi tvaṃ naro. |16.52| So me puṭṭho [2]- viyākāsi attano kāraṇaṃ tadā dhanikehi bhīto tasito pakkhannomaṃ 3- mahānadiṃ. |16.53| Tassa katvāna kāruññaṃ cajitvā mama jīvitaṃ pavisitvā nīharintassa andhakāramhi rattiyā. |16.54| Assatthakālamaññāya tassāhaṃ idamabraviṃ ekantaṃ varaṃ yācāmi mā maṃ kassaci pāvada. |16.55| Nagaraṃ gantvāna ācikkhi pucchito dhanahetuko rājānaṃ so gahetvāna upagañchi mamantikaṃ. |16.56| Yāvatā kāraṇaṃ sabbaṃ rañño ārocitaṃ mayā rājā sutvāna vacanaṃ usuṃ tassa pakappayi. |16.57| Idheva ghāṭayissāmi mittadubbhiṃ anariyaṃ tamahaṃ anurakkhanto nimminiṃ mama attanā. |16.58| Tiṭṭha te so mahārāja kāmakāro bhavāmi te anurakkhiṃ mama sīlaṃ nārakkhiṃ mama jīvitaṃ sīlavā hi tadā āsiṃ bodhiyāyeva kāraṇāti. Rurumigacariyaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ. @Footnote: 1 Ma. Yu. ṭhatvāna. 2 Ma. Yu. ca. 3 Ma. pakkhandohaṃ. Yu. pakkhantohaṃ.