Puna naṅguṭṭhe gahetvā dussaṃ pothento viya pothesi. Mahāsatto evarūpaṃ dukkhaṃ anubhontopi neva kujjhittha, aññadatthu attano sīlameva āvajjesi. Iti so mahāsattaṃ dubbalaṃ katvā vallīhi peḷaṃ sajjetvā mahāsattaṃ tattha pakkhipi. Sarīraṃ panassa mahantaṃ tattha na pavisati. Atha naṃ paṇhiyā koṭṭento pavesetvā peḷaṃ ādāya ekaṃ gāmaṃ gāmamajjhe otāretvā "nāgassa naccaṃ daṭṭhukāmā āgacchantū"ti saddamakāsi. Sakalagāmavāsino sannipatiṃsu. Tasmiṃ khaṇe alampāyano "nikkhama mahānāgā"ti āha. Mahāsatto cintesi "ajja mayā parisaṃ tosentena kīḷituṃ vaṭṭati, evaṃ alampāyano bahudhanaṃ labhitvā tuṭṭho maṃ vissajjessati, yaṃ yaṃ esa maṃ kāreti, taṃ taṃ karissāmī"ti.

Atha naṃ so peḷato nikkhamantaṃ "mahā hohī"ti āha, so mahā ahosi. "khuddako vaṭṭo viphaṇo ekaphaṇo dviphaṇo yāva sahassaphaṇo ucco nīco dissamānakāyo adissamānakāyo dissamānaupaḍḍhakāyo nīlo pīto lohito odāto mañjiṭṭho hohi, dhūmaṃ vissajjehi, jālasikhaṃ udakañca vissajjehī"ti vutte, tena vuttaṃ taṃ taṃ ākāraṃ nimminitvā naccaṃ dassesi. Taṃ disvā manussā acchariyabbhutacittajātā bahūni hiraññasuvaṇṇavatthālaṅkārādīni akaṃsu. Iti tasmiṃ gāme satasahassamattaṃ labhi. So kiñcāpi mahāsattaṃ gaṇhanto "sahassaṃ labhitvā taṃ vissajjessāmī"ti āha. Taṃ pana dhanaṃ labhitvā "gāmakepi tāva mayā ettakaṃ dhanaṃ laddhaṃ, nagare kira bahudhanaṃ labhissāmī"ti dhanalobhena na muñci.