jalaṃ hatthe ākiritvā brāhmaṇānaṃ adaṃ gajan"ti.

Tattha yācakamanuppatteti yācake anuppatte. Anucchavoti anucchaviko patirūPo. Mā me bhijji samādānanti sabbaññutaññāṇatthāya sabbassa yācakassa sabbaṃ anavajjaṃ icchitaṃ dadanto dānapāramiṃ pūressāmīti yaṃ mayhaṃ samādānaṃ,

Tasmā dassāmi vipulaṃ gajanti mahantaṃ imaṃ maṅgalahatthiṃ dassāmīti. Adanti adāsiṃ.

[25] Tasmiṃ pana hatthimhi dinne amaccā bodhisattaṃ etadavocuṃ "kasmā mahārāja maṅgalahatthiṃ dadattha, nanu añño hatthī dātabbo, raññā nāma evarūpo opavayho maṅgalahatthī issariyaṃ abhivijayañca ākaṅkhantena na dātabbo"ti. Mahāsatto "yaṃ maṃ yācakā yācanti, tadeva mayā dātabbaṃ, sace pana maṃ rajjaṃ yāceyyuṃ, rajjampi tesaṃ dadeyyaṃ, mayhaṃ rajjatopi jīvitatopi sabbaññutaññāṇameva piyataraṃ, tasmā taṃ hatthiṃ adāsin"ti āha. Tena vuttaṃ "tassa nāge padinnamhī"tiādi. Tattha tassāti tassa tena, tasmiṃ nāge hatthimhi dinne.