Tena ca samayena aññataro tāpaso supaṇṇarājato laddhaṃ ālambāyanamantaṃ tassa anucchavikāni osadhāni mantūpacārañca attānaṃ upaṭṭhahantassa aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa adāsi. So "laddho me jīvikūpāyo"ti katipāhaṃ vasitvā tāpasaṃ āpucchitvā pakkamanto anupubbena yamunātīraṃ patvā taṃ mantaṃ sajjhāyanto mahāmaggena gacchati. Tadā bodhisattassa bhavanato tassa paricārikā nāgamāṇavikā taṃ sabbakāmadadaṃ maṇiratanaṃ

Brāhmaṇo taṃ maṇiratanaṃ ādāya pāyāsi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe so nesādabrāhmaṇo puttena saddhiṃ migavadhāya araññaṃ gacchanto tassa hatthe taṃ maṇiratanaṃ disvā "idaṃ bhūridattassa sabbakāmadadaṃ maṇiratanan"ti sañjānitvā taṃ gaṇhitukāmo tena saddhiṃ allāpasallāpaṃ katvā mantavādibhāvaṃ jānitvā evamāha "sace me tvaṃ imaṃ maṇiratanaṃ dassasi, evāhaṃ te mahānubhāvaṃ nāgaṃ dassessāmi, yaṃ tvaṃ gahetvā gāmanigamarājadhāniyo caranto bahudhanaṃ lacchasī"ti. "tena hi dassetvā gaṇhāhī"ti vutte taṃ ādāya bodhisattaṃ uposathakaraṇaṭṭhāne vammikamatthake bhoge ābhujitvā nipannaṃ avidūre ṭhito hatthaṃ pasāretvā dassesi.

Mahāsatto taṃ nesādaṃ disvā "ayaṃ uposathassa me antarāyaṃ kareyyāti nāgabhavanaṃ netvā mahāsampattiyaṃ patiṭṭhāpitopi na icchi. Tato apakkamitvā sayaṃ gantukāmo mayā diyyamānampi maṇiratanaṃ gaṇhituṃ na icchi. Idāni pana ahituṇḍikaṃ gahetvā āgacchati. Sacāhaṃ imassa mittadubbhino kujjheyyaṃ, sīlaṃ me khaṇḍaṃ bhavissati. Mayā kho pana paṭhamaṃyeva caturaṅgasamannāgato uposatho adhiṭṭhito, so yathādhiṭṭhitova hotu. Alampāyano maṃ chindatu vā mā vā, nevassa kujjhissāmī"ti cintetvā akkhīni nimmīletvā adhiṭṭhānapāramiṃ purecārikaṃ katvā bhogantare sīsaṃ pakkhipitvā niccalova hutvā nipajji. Nesādabrāhmaṇopi "bho alampāyana imaṃ nāgaṃ gaṇha, maṇiṃ me dehī"ti āha. Alampāyano nāgaṃ disvā tuṭṭho maṇiṃ kismiñci agaṇetvā "gaṇha brāhmaṇā"ti hatthe khipi. So tassa hatthato bhassitvā paṭhaviyaṃ patitamattova paṭhaviṃ pavisitvā nāgabhavanameva gato. Nesādabrāhmaṇo maṇiratanato bhūridattena saddhiṃ mittabhāvato ca parihāyitvā nippaccayova pakkanto.