1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā vātehābādhiko hoti; āyasmā ca upavāṇo bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ āmantesi:  "ingha me tvaṃ, upavāṇa, uṇhodakaṃ jānāhī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho āyasmā upavāṇo bhagavato paṭissutvā nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena devahitassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṃ tenupasankami; upasankamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Addasā kho devahito brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ tuṇhībhūtaṃ ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ. Disvāna āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

2 "Tuṇhībhūto bhavaṃ tiṭṭhaṃ,
muṇḍo sanghāṭipāruto;
Kiṃ patthayāno kiṃ esaṃ,
kiṃ nu yācitumāgato"ti.

3 "Arahaṃ sugato loke,
vātehābādhiko muni;
Sace uṇhodakaṃ atthi,
munino dehi brāhmaṇa.

4 Pūjito pūjaneyyānaṃ,
sakkareyyāna sakkato;
Apacito apaceyyānaṃ,
tassa icchāmi hātave"ti.

5 Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo uṇhodakassa kājaṃ purisena gāhāpetvā phāṇitassa ca puṭaṃ āyasmato upavāṇassa pādāsi. Atha kho āyasmā upavāṇo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ uṇhodakena nhāpetvā uṇhodakena phāṇitaṃ āloletvā bhagavato pādāsi. Atha kho bhagavato ābādho paṭippassambhi.

6 Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

7 "Kattha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ,
kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;
Kathañhi yajamānassa,
kathaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā"ti.

8 "Pubbenivāsaṃ yo vedī,
saggāpāyañca passati;
Atho jātikkhayaṃ patto,
abhiññāvosito muni.

9 Ettha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ,
ettha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;
Evañhi yajamānassa,
evaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā"ti.

10 Evaṃ vutte, devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.