“Appossukko dāni tuvaṃ kapota,
Vihaṅgama na tava bhojanattho;
Khudaṃ pipāsaṃ adhivāsayanto,
Kasmā bhavaṃ­posa­thiko kapota”.

“Ahaṃ pure giddhigato kapotiyā,
Asmiṃ padesasmimubho ramāma;
Athaggahī sākuṇiko kapotiṃ,
Akāmako tāya vinā ahosiṃ.

Nānābhavā vippayogena tassā,
Manomayaṃ vedana vedayāmi;
Tasmā ahaṃposathaṃ pālayāmi,
Rāgo mamaṃ mā punarāgamāsi”. (1)

“Anujjugāmī uragā dujivha,
Dāṭhāvudho ghoravisosi sappa;
Khudaṃ pipāsaṃ adhivāsayanto,
Kasmā bhavaṃ­posa­thiko nu dīgha.

Usabho ahū balavā gāmikassa,
Calakkakū vaṇṇa­balū­papanno;
So maṃ akkami taṃ kupito aḍaṃsiṃ,
Dukkhābhitunno maraṇaṃ upāgā.

Tato janā nikkhamitvāna gāmā,
Kanditvā roditvā apakkamiṃsu;
Tasmā ahaṃposathaṃ pālayāmi,
Kodho mamaṃ mā punarāgamāsi. (2)

Matāna maṃsāni bahū susāne,
Manuññarūpaṃ tava bhojane taṃ;
Khudaṃ pipāsaṃ adhivāsayanto,
Kasmā bhavaṃ­posa­thiko siṅgāla.

Pavisi kucchiṃ mahato gajassa,
Kuṇape rato hatthimaṃsesu giddho;
Uṇho ca vāto tikhiṇā ca rasmiyo,
Te sosayuṃ tassa karīsamaggaṃ.

Kiso ca paṇḍū ca ahaṃ bhadante,
Na me ahū nikkhamanāya maggo;
Mahā ca megho sahasā pavassi,
So temayī tassa karīsamaggaṃ.

Tato ahaṃ nikkhamisaṃ bhadante,
Cando yathā rāhumukhā pamutto;
Tasmā ahaṃposathaṃ pālayāmi,
Lobho mamaṃ mā punarāgamāsi. (3)

Vammī­ka­thūpas­miṃ kipillikāni,
Nippothayanto tuvaṃ pure carāsi;
Khudaṃ pipāsaṃ adhivāsayanto,
Kasmā bhavaṃ­posa­thiko nu accha.

Sakaṃ niketaṃ atihīḷayāno,
Atricchatā mallagāmaṃ agacchiṃ;
Tato janā nikkhamitvāna gāmā,
Kodaṇḍakena paripothayiṃsu maṃ.

So bhinnasīso ruhira­mak­khi­taṅgo,
Paccāgamāsiṃ sakaṃ niketaṃ;
Tasmā ahaṃposathaṃ pālayāmi,
Atricchatā mā punarāgamāsi”. (4)

“Yaṃ no apucchittha tuvaṃ bhadante,
Sabbeva byākarimha yathāpajānaṃ;
Mayampi pucchāma tuvaṃ bhadante,
Kasmā bhavaṃ­posa­thiko nu brahme”.

“Anūpalitto mama assamamhi,
Paccekabuddho muhuttaṃ nisīdi;
So maṃ avedī gatimāgatiñca,
Nāmañca gottaṃ caraṇañca sabbaṃ.

Evampahaṃ vandi na tassa pāde,
Na cāpi naṃ mānagatena pucchiṃ;
Tasmā ahaṃposathaṃ pālayāmi,
Māno mamaṃ mā punarāgamāsī”ti. (5)

Pañ­cu­posa­thika­jātakaṃ sattamaṃ.