yadā ahu nemirājā paṇḍito kusalatthiko"ti-

taṃ sutvā sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ ādiṃ katvā sabbe devā bodhisattaṃ daṭṭhukāmā ahesuṃ. Athekadivasaṃ mahāpurisassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa pacchimayāme pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā nisinnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi "dānaṃ nu kho varaṃ, udāhu brahmacariyan"ti. So taṃ attano kaṅkhaṃ chindituṃ nāsakkhi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe sakkassa bhavanaṃ uṇhākāraṃ dassesi. Sakko taṃ kāraṇaṃ āvajjento bodhisattaṃ tathā vitakkentaṃ disvā "handassa vitakkaṃ chindissāmī"ti āgantvā purato ṭhito

Sakko brahmacariyameva uttamaṃ katvā dassento:-

"hīnena brahmacariyena khattiye upapajjati