Sudassanopi devarājā yakkhasamāgamato āgacchanto attano bhavanato chabbaṇṇarasmiyo niccharante disvā cintesi "aññesu pana divasesu mama bhavanassa edisī anekaraṃsijālasamujjalavibhūti na diṭṭhapubbā. Ko nu kho idha paviṭṭho devo vā manusso vā"ti olokento udayagirisikharamatthake saradasamayadivasakaramiva chabbaṇṇaraṃsijālena abhijalantaṃ nisinnaṃ bhagavantaṃ disvā cintesi "ayaṃ muṇḍakasamaṇo mama parivārena parijanena parivuto varasayane Nisinno"ti kodhābhibhūtamānaso "handāhaṃ imassa attano balaṃ dassessāmī"ti cintetvā sakalaṃ taṃ pabbataṃ ekajālamakāsi. "iminā aggijālena chārikābhūto muṇḍakasamaṇo"ti olokento anekaraṃsijālavisaravipphuritavarasarīraṃ pasannavadanavaṇṇasobhaṃ vippasannacchavirāgaṃ dasabalamabhijjalantaṃ disvā cintesi "ayaṃ samaṇo aggidāhaṃ sahati, handāhaṃ imaṃ samaṇaṃ udakoghena osādetvā māressāmī"ti atigambhīraṃ udakoghaṃ vimānābhimukhaṃ pavattesi.

Tato udakoghena puṇṇe tasmiṃ vimāne nisinnassa tassa bhagavato cīvare aṃsumattaṃ vā sarīre lomamattaṃ vā na temittha. Tato sudassano devarājā "iminā samaṇo nirassāso mato bhavissatī"ti mantvā udakaṃ saṅkhipitvā olokento bhagavantaṃ asitajaladharavivaragataṃ saradasamayarajanikaramiva vividharaṃsijālavisarena virocamānaṃ sakaparisaparivutaṃ nisinnaṃ disvā attano makkhaṃ asahamāno "handa māressāmi nan"ti kodhena navavidhaāvudhavassaṃ vassesi, athassa bhagavato ānubhāvena sabbāvudhāni nānāvidhaparamaruciradassanā surabhikusumamālā hutvā dasabalassa pādamūle nipatiṃsu.

Tato taṃ acchariyaṃ disvā sudassano devarājā paramakupitamānaso bhagavantaṃ ubhohi hatthehi pādesu gahetvā attano bhavanato nīharitukāmo ukkhipitvā mahāsamuddaṃ atikkamitvā cakkavāḷapabbataṃ gantvā "kiṃ nu kho samaṇo jīvati vā mato vā"ti olokento tasmiṃyeva āsane nisinnaṃ disvā "aho mahānubhāvo ayaṃ samaṇo, nāhaṃ imaṃ samaṇaṃ ito nikkaḍḍhituṃ sakkomi. Yadi hi maṃ koci jānissati, anappako me ayaso bhavissati, yāvimaṃ koci na passati, tāva naṃ vissajjetvā gamissāmī"ti cintesi.