Mahāsatto taṃ sutvā "temiya soḷasa vassāni tayā kato vāyāmo matthakaṃ patto"ti haṭṭho udaggo ahosi. Mātuyā panassa hadayaṃ bhijjanākāraṃ viya ahosi. Atha tassā rattiyā accayena pātova sārathi rathaṃ ādāya dvāre ṭhapetvā sirigabbhaṃ pavisitvā "devi mā mayhaṃ kujjhi, rañño āṇā"ti puttaṃ āliṅgitvā nipannaṃ Deviṃ piṭṭhihatthena apanetvā kumāraṃ ukkhipitvā pāsādā otari. Devī uraṃ paharitvā mahāsaddena paridevitvā mahātale ohīyi.

Atha naṃ mahāsatto oloketvā "mayi akathente mātu soko balavā bhavissatī"ti kathetukāmo hutvāpi "sace kathessāmi soḷasa vassāni kato vāyāmo mogho bhavissati, akathento panāhaṃ attano ca mātāpitūnañca paccayo bhavissāmī"ti adhivāsesi. Sārathi "mahāsattaṃ rathaṃ āropetvā pacchimadvārābhimukhaṃ rathaṃ pesessāmī"ti pācīnadvārābhimukhaṃ pesesi. Ratho nagarā nikkhamitvā devatānubhāvena tiyojanaṭṭhānaṃ gato. Mahāsatto suṭṭhutaraṃ tuṭṭhacitto ahosi. Tattha vanaghaṭaṃ sārathissa āmakasusānaṃ viya upaṭṭhāsi. So "idaṃ ṭhānaṃ sundaran"ti rathaṃ okkamāpetvā maggapasse ṭhapetvā rathā oruyha mahāsattassa ābharaṇabhaṇḍaṃ omuñcitvā katvā ṭhapetvā kuddālaṃ ādāya avidūre āvāṭaṃ khaṇituṃ ārabhi. Tena vuttaṃ:-

abhisiñcitvā chattena kāresuṃ puraṃ padakkhiṇaṃ.