[282] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho serī devaputto bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi annamevābhinandanti ubhayo devamānusā atha kho nāma so yakkho yaṃ annaṃ nābhinandatīti.

[283] Ye naṃ dadanti saddhāya vippasannena cetasā tameva annaṃ bhajati asmiṃ loke paramhi ca tasmā vineyya maccheraṃ dajjā dānaṃ malābhibhū puññāni paralokasmiṃ patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinanti.

[284] Acchariyaṃ bhante abbhūtaṃ bhante yāva subhāsitañcidaṃ bhante bhagavatā ye naṃ dadanti saddhāya vippasannena cetasā tameva annaṃ bhajati asmiṃ loke paramhi ca tasmā vineyya maccheraṃ dajjā dānaṃ malābhibhū puññāni paralokasmiṃ patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinanti.

[285] Bhūtapubbāhaṃ bhante serī nāma rājā ahosiṃ dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī . tassa mayhaṃ bhante catūsu dvāresu dānaṃ dīyittha samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavaṇibbakayācakānaṃ . atha Kho maṃ bhante itthāgāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca devassa kho dānaṃ dīyati amhākaṃ dānaṃ na dīyati sādhu mayampi devaṃ nissāya dānāni dadeyyāma puññāni kareyyāmāti . tassa mayhaṃ bhante etadahosi ahaṃ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī dānaṃ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyanti . so khvāhaṃ bhante paṭhamadvāraṃ itthāgārassa adāsiṃ tattha itthāgārassa dānaṃ dīyittha mama dānaṃ paṭikkami. {285.1} Atha kho maṃ bhante khattiyā anuyuttā upasaṅkamitvā maṃ etadavocuṃ devassa kho dānaṃ dīyati itthāgārassa dānaṃ dīyati amhākaṃ dānaṃ na dīyati sādhu mayampi devaṃ nissāya dānāni dadeyyāma puññāni kareyyāmāti . tassa mayhaṃ bhante etadahosi ahaṃ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī dānaṃ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyanti . so khvāhaṃ bhante dutiyadvāraṃ khattiyānaṃ anuyuttānaṃ adāsiṃ tattha khattiyānaṃ anuyuttānaṃ dānaṃ dīyittha mama dānaṃ paṭikkami. {285.2} Atha kho maṃ bhante balakāyo upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca devassa kho dānaṃ dīyati itthāgārassa dānaṃ dīyati khattiyānaṃ anuyuttānaṃ dānaṃ dīyati amhākaṃ dānaṃ na dīyati sādhu mayampi devaṃ nissāya dānāni dadeyyāma puññāni kareyyāmāti . Tassa mayhaṃ bhante etadahosi ahaṃ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī dānaṃ dassāmāti Vadante kinti vadeyyanti . so khvāhaṃ bhante tatiyadvāraṃ balakāyassa adāsiṃ tattha balakāyassa dānaṃ dīyittha mama dānaṃ paṭikkami . Atha kho maṃ bhante brāhmaṇagahapatikā upasaṅkamitvā etadavocuṃ devassa kho dānaṃ dīyati itthāgārassa dānaṃ dīyati khattiyānaṃ anuyuttānaṃ dānaṃ dīyati balakāyassa dānaṃ dīyati amhākaṃ dānaṃ na dīyati sādhu mayampi devaṃ nissāya dānāni dadeyyāma puññāni kareyyāmāti . tassa mayhaṃ bhante etadahosi ahaṃ khosmi dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī dānaṃ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyanti . so khvāhaṃ bhante catutthadvāraṃ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ adāsiṃ tattha brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ dānaṃ dīyittha mama dānaṃ paṭikkami. {285.3} Atha kho maṃ bhante purisā upasaṅkamitvā etadavocuṃ na khodāni devassa koci dānaṃ dīyatīti . Evaṃ vuttāhaṃ bhante te purise etadavocaṃ tenahi bhaṇe yo bāhiresu janapadesu āyo sañjāyati tato upaḍḍhaṃ antepuraṃ pavesetha upaḍḍhaṃ tattheva dānaṃ detha samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavaṇibbakayācakānanti . so khvāhaṃ bhante evaṃ dīgharattaṃ katānaṃ puññānaṃ evaṃ dīgharattaṃ katānaṃ kusalānaṃ pariyantaṃ nādhigacchāmi ettakaṃ puññanti vā ettako puññavipākoti vā ettakaṃ samagge ṭhātabbanti vāti.