When Kittikumāra, born in a needy family of Benares, had reached adolescence, King Brahmadatta sent him to fetch a thousand petal lotus blossoms. Bearing magic weapons given to him by Indra Kittikumāra reached the land of the yakşas where he married the king's daughter. Having learned from a hermit that the lotus he was looking for grew in Manorah's garden, Kittikumāra set out again and reached a lake in which seven kinnaris were bathing. After having married Manorah, Kittikumāra took the lotus blossom and brought it back to King Brahmadatta. When the king died, Kittikumāra was asked by the dignitaries to succeed him on the throne.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in early morning on the first day of the week. Monk Nanda wrote this manuscript for Buddhism so that the religion could last until the end of 5,000 years.
May the merit support me and my family members.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ suttinaṃ vatta me dānaṃ.