Mahāsatto ca gantvā purato ṭhito, yakkhiniputto taṃ vīmaṃsitukāmo "kosi tvaṃ, kuto āgato, kiṃ maṃ na jānāsi `luddo manussamaṃsakhādako'ti kasmā ca idhāgatosī"ti pucchi. Kumāro "ahaṃ jayadisarañño putto tvaṃ porisādakoti jānāmi, pitu jīvitaṃ rakkhituṃ idhāgato, tasmā taṃ muñca, maṃ khādā"ti āha. Puna yakkhiniputto mukhākāreneva "taṃ tassa puttoti ahaṃ jānāmi, dukkaraṃ pana tayā kataṃ evaṃ āgacchantenā"ti āha. Kumāro "na idaṃ dukkaraṃ, yaṃ pitu atthe jīvitapariccajanaṃ, mātāpituhetu hi evarūpaṃ puññaṃ katvā ekanteneva sagge pamodati, ahañca `amaraṇadhammo nāma koci satto natthī"ti jānāmi, attanā kiñci ca kataṃ pāpaṃ nāma na sarāmi, tasmā maraṇatopi me bhayaṃ natthi, idaṃ sarīraṃ mayā te nissaṭṭhaṃ, aggiṃ jāletvā khādā"ti āha. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[83] "ujjālehi mahāaggiṃ papatissāmi rukkhato

tvaṃ pakkakālamaññāya bhakkhaya maṃ pitāmahā"ti.

Taṃ sutvā yakkhiniputto "na sakkā imassa maṃsaṃ khādituṃ, upāyena imaṃ palāpessāmī"ti cintetvā "tena hi araññaṃ pavisitvā sāradārūni āharitvā niddhūme aṅgāre karohi, tattha te maṃsaṃ pacitvā khādissāmī"ti āha. Mahāsatto tathā katvā tassa ārocesi. So taṃ olokento "ayaṃ purisasīho maraṇatopi bhayaṃ natthi, evaṃ nibbhayo nāma na mayā diṭṭhapubbo"ti lomahaṃsajāto kumāraṃ olokesi. Kumāro kissa maṃ olokesi, na yathāvuttaṃ karosīti. Yakkhiniputto mahāsattaṃ "sattadhā tassa muddhā phaleyya, yo taṃ khādeyyā"ti āha. Sace maṃ na khāditukāmosi, atha kasmā