[50] Atha uparigaṅgāyāti ettha athāti adhikāre nipāto, tena mayi tattha tathā vasante idaṃ adhikārantaraṃ uppannanti dīpeti. Uparigaṅgāyāti gaṅgāya nadiyā uparisote. Dhanikehi paripīḷitoti iṇaṃ gahetvā taṃ dātuṃ asakkonto iṇāyikehi bodhiyamāno.

Eko kira bārāṇasiseṭṭhi attano puttaṃ "ayaṃ sippaṃ uggaṇhanto kilamissatī"ti kiñci sippaṃ na uggaṇhāpesi. Gītavāditanaccakhādanabhojanato uddhaṃ na kiñci aññāsi. Taṃ vayappattaṃ patirūpena dārena saṃyojetvā manaṃ niyyātetvā mātāpitaro kālamakaṃsu. So tesaṃ accayena itthidhuttasurādhuttādiparivuto nānābyasanamukhehi sabbaṃ dhanaṃ viddhaṃsetvā tattha tattha iṇaṃ ādāya tampi dātuṃ asakkonto dhanikehi codiyamāno "kiṃ mayhaṃ jīvitena, tenevamhi attabhāvena añño viya jāto, maraṇaṃ me seyyo"ti cintetvā iṇāyike āha "tumhākaṃ iṇapaṇṇāni gahetvā āgacchatha, gaṅgātīre me nihitaṃ kulasantakaṃ dhanaṃ atthi, taṃ vo dassāmī"ti. Te tena saddhiṃ agamaṃsu. So "idha dhanaṃ, ettha dhanan"ti nidhiṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhanto viya "evaṃ me iṇamokkho bhavissatī"ti palāyitvā gaṅgāyaṃ pati. So caṇḍasotena vuyhanto kāruññaravaṃ ravi. Tena vuttaṃ:-