tatthacchi sattuvadhako kumbhīlo luddadassano"ti.

Atha mahāsatto cintesi "añño me gamanamaggo natthi, ajja mayā kumbhīlo vañcetabbo, evaṃ hi ayañca mahatā pāpato mayā parimocito siyā, mayhañca jīvitaṃ laddhan"ti. So kumbhīlaṃ āha "samma kumbhīla ahaṃ tuyhaṃ upari patissāmī"ti. Kumbhīlo "vānarinda papañcaṃ akatvā ito āgacchāhī"ti āha. Mahāsatto "ahaṃ āgacchāmi, tvaṃ pana attano mukhaṃ vivaritvā maṃ tava santikaṃ āgatakāle gaṇhāhī"ti avoca. Kumbhīlānañca mukhe vivaṭe akkhīni nimmīlanti. So taṃ kāraṇaṃ asallakkhento mukhaṃ vivari. Athassa akkhīni nimmīliṃsu. So mukhaṃ vivaritvā sabbaso nimmīlitakkhī hutvā nipajji. Mahāsatto tassa tathābhāvaṃ ñatvā dīpakato uppatito gantvā kumbhīlassa matthakaṃ akkamitvā tato uppatanto vijjulatā viya vijjotamāno paratīre aṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[69] "so maṃ asaṃsi ehīti ahampemīti taṃ vadiṃ