Bodhisatto hi tadā himavantappadese hatthiyoniyaṃ nibbatti, so sabbaseto abhirūpo lakkhaṇasampanno mahāhatthī anekahatthisatasahassaparivāro ahosi. Mātā panassa andhā. So madhuraphalāphalāni hatthīnaṃ hatthesu datvā mātu peseti. Hatthino tassā adatvā sayaṃ khādanti. So pariggaṇhanto taṃ pavattiṃ ñatvā "yūthaṃ pahāya mātarameva posessāmī"ti rattibhāge aññesaṃ hatthīnaṃ ajānantānaṃ mātaraṃ gahetvā caṇḍoraṇapabbatapādaṃ gantvā ekaṃ naḷiniṃ upanissāya ṭhitāya pabbataguhāya mātaraṃ ṭhapetvā posesi.

[2-3] Pavane disvā vanacaroti eko vanacarako puriso tasmiṃ mahāvane vicaranto maṃ disvā. Rañño maṃ paṭivedayīti bārāṇasirañño maṃ ārocesi. So hi maggamūḷho disaṃ vavatthapetuṃ asakkonto mahantena saddena paridevi. Bodhisattopi tassa saddaṃ sutvā "ayaṃ puriso anātho, na kho panetaṃ patirūpaṃ, yaṃ esa mayi ṭhite idha vinasseyyā"ti tassa santikaṃ gantvā taṃ bhayena palāyantaṃ disvā "ambho purisa natthi te maṃ nissāya bhayaṃ, mā palāyi, kasmā tvaṃ paridevanto vicarasī"ti pucchitvā "sāmi ahaṃ maggamūḷho ajja me sattamo divaso"ti vutte "bho purisa mā bhāyi, ahaṃ taṃ manussapathe ṭhapessāmī"ti taṃ attano piṭṭhiyaṃ nisīdāpetvā araññato nīharitvā nivatti. Sopi pāpo "nagaraṃ gantvā rañño ārocessāmī"ti rukkhasaññaṃ pabbatasaññañca karontova nikkhamitvā bārāṇasiṃ agamāsi.

So puriso rājānaṃ upasaṅkamitvā mahāpurisassa attanā diṭṭhabhāvaṃ ārocesi. Tena vuttaṃ:- "tavānucchavo mahārāja, gajo vasati kānane"tiādi.