kākaṃ sokāya randhehi macche sokā pamocayā"ti gāthamāha.

Tattha abhitthanaya pajjunnāti pajjunno vuccati megho, ayaṃ pana meghavasena laddhanāmaṃ vassavalāhakadevarājānaṃ ālapati. Ayaṃ hissa adhippāyo:- devo nāma anabhitthanayanto vijjulatā anicchārento pavassantopi na sobhati, tasmā tvaṃ abhitthanayanto vijjulatā nicchārento vassāpehīti. Nidhiṃ kākassa nāsayāti kākā kalalaṃ pavisitvā ṭhite macche tuṇḍena koṭṭetvā nīharitvā khādanti, tasmā tesaṃ antokalale macchā "nidhī"ti vuccanti, taṃ kākasaṅghassa nidhiṃ devaṃ vassāpento udakena paṭicchādetvā nāsehi. Kākaṃ sokāya randhehīti kākasaṅgho imasmiṃ mahāsare udakena puṇṇe macche alabhamāno socissati, taṃ kākagaṇaṃ tvaṃ imaṃ kaddamaṃ pūrento sokāya randhehi, sokassatthāya pana vassāpayatha, yathā antonijjhānalakkhaṇaṃ sokaṃ pāpuṇāti, evaṃ karohīti attho. Macche sokā pamocayāti mama ñātake sabbeva macche imamhā maraṇasokā pamocehi. "mañca sokā pamocayā"ti jātake paṭhanti, tattha cakāro sampiṇḍanattho, mañca mama ñātake cāti sabbeva maraṇasokā pamocehi. Macchānaṃ hi anudakabhāvena paccatthikānaṃ ghāsabhāvaṃ gacchāmāti mahāmaraṇasoko, mahāsattassa pana tesaṃ anayabyasanaṃ paṭicca karuṇāyato karuṇāpatirūpamukhena sokasambhavo veditabbo.

Evaṃ bodhisatto attano paricārikaceṭakaṃ āṇāpento viya pajjunnaṃ ālapitvā sakale kosalaraṭṭhe mahāvassaṃ vassāpesi. Mahāsattassa hi sīlatejena saccakiriyāya samakālameva sakkassa paṇḍukambalasilāsanaṃ uṇhākāraṃ dassesi. So "kiṃ nu kho"ti āvajjento taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā vassavalāhakadevarājānaṃ pakkosāpetvā "tāta mahāpuriso maccharājā ñātīnaṃ maraṇasokena vassāpanaṃ icchati, sakalaṃ kosalaraṭṭhaṃ ekameghaṃ katvā vassāpehī"ti āha.