Evaṃ mahāsattassa iminā niyāmeneva anvaddhamāsaṃ uposathakammaṃ karontassa dīgho addhā vītivatto. Evaṃ gacchante kāle ekadivasaṃ aññataro nesādabrāhmaṇo somadattena nāma attano puttena saha taṃ ṭhānaṃ patvā aruṇuggamanasamaye nāgakaññāhi parivāriyamānaṃ mahāsattaṃ disvā tassa santikaṃ agamāsi. Tāvadeva nāgakaññāyo paṭhaviyaṃ nimujjitvā nāgabhavanameva gatā. Brāhmaṇo mahāsattaṃ pucchi "ko nu kho tvaṃ mārisa devo vā yakkho vā nāgo vā"ti. Bodhisatto "yathābhūtaṃ attānaṃ āvikatvā sacāyaṃ ito gaccheyya, idha me vāsaṃ mahājanassa pākaṭaṃ kareyya, tena me uposathavāsassa antarāyopisiyā, yannūnāhaṃ ito imaṃ nāgabhavanaṃ netvā mahatiyā sampattiyā yojeyyaṃ, evāyaṃ tattheva abhiramissati, tena me uposathakammaṃ addhaniyaṃ siyā"ti. Atha naṃ āha "brāhmaṇa mahantaṃ te yasaṃ dassāmi, ramaṇīyaṃ nāgabhavanaṃ, ehi tattha gacchāmā"ti. "sāmi

Mahāsatto te ubhopi ādāya attano ānubhāvena nāgabhavanaṃ ānesi. Tesaṃ tattha dibbo attabhāvo pātubhavi. Atha tesaṃ mahāsatto dibbasampattiṃ datvā cattāri cattāri nāgakaññāsatāni adāsi. Te mahatiṃ sampattiṃ anubhaviṃsu.

Bodhisattopi appamatto uposathakammaṃ karoti, anvaddhamāsaṃ mātāpitūnaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā dhammakathaṃ kathetvā tato ca brāhmaṇassa santikaṃ gantvā ārogyaṃ pucchitvā "yena te attho, taṃ vadeyyāsī"ti āpucchitvā "anukkaṇṭhamāno abhiramā"ti vatvā somadattenapi saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā attano nivesanaṃ gacchati. Brāhmaṇo ekasaṃvaccharaṃ tattha vasitvā mandapuññatāya ukkaṇṭhitvā anicchamānampi puttaṃ gahetvā bodhisattaṃ āpucchitvā tena diyyamānaṃ bahuṃ dhanaṃ sabbakāmadadaṃ maṇiratanampi alakkhikatāya aggahetvā "manussalokaṃ gantvā pabbajissāmī"ti āha. Mahāsatto nāgamāṇavake āṇāpetvā taṃ saputtakaṃ manussalokaṃ pāpesi. Te ubhopi dibbābharaṇāni dibbavatthāni ca omuñcitvā nhāyituṃ ekaṃ pokkharaṇiṃ otariṃsu, tasmiṃ khaṇe tāni antaradhāyitvā nāgabhavanameva agamaṃsu, atha paṭhamanivatthakāsāvapilotikāva sarīre paṭimuñci, dhanusarasattiyo gahetvā araññaṃ gantvā mige vadhitvā purimaniyāmeneva jīvikaṃ kappesuṃ.