[554] Ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā therā bhikkhū macchikāsaṇḍe viharanti ambāṭakavane . atha kho citto gahapati yena therā bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā there bhikkhū abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho citto gahapati there bhikkhū etadavoca adhivāsentu me bhante therā svātanāya gokule bhattanti . adhivāsesuṃ kho therā bhikkhū tuṇhībhāvena . atha kho citto gahapati therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā there bhikkhū abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.

[555] Atha kho therā bhikkhū tassā rattiyā accayena pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena cittassa gahapatino gokulaṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdiṃsu . atha kho citto gahapati there bhikkhū paṇītena sappipāyāsena sahatthā Santappesi sampavāresi . atha kho therā bhikkhū bhuttāvino onītapattapāṇino uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃsu . cittopi kho gahapati sesakaṃ visajjethāti vatvā there bhikkhū piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhi . Tena kho pana samayena uṇhaṃ hoti kuṭṭhitaṃ . te ca therā bhikkhū paveliyamānena maññe kāyena gacchanti yathā taṃ bhojanaṃ bhuttāvino.

[556] Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahako tasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe sabbanavo hoti . atha kho āyasmā mahako āyasmantaṃ theraṃ etadavoca sādhu khvassa bhante therassa sītako ca vāto vāyeyya abbhasaṃpilāpo ca assa devo ca ekamekaṃ phusayeyyāti . Sādhu khvassa āvuso mahaka yaṃ sītako ca vāto vāyeyya abbhasaṃpilāpo ca assa devo ca ekamekaṃ phusayeyyāti . atha kho āyasmā mahako tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhari yathāyaṃ sītako ca vāto vāyi abbhasaṃpilāpo ca assa devo ca ekamekaṃ phusi.

[557] Atha kho cittassa gahapatino etadahosi yo kho imasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe sabbanavo bhikkhu tassāyaṃ evarūpo iddhānubhāvoti . Atha kho āyasmā mahako ārāmaṃ sampāpuṇitvā āyasmantaṃ theraṃ etadavoca alamettāvatā bhante therāti . alamettāvatā āvuso mahaka katamettāvatā āvuso mahaka pūjitamettāvatā āvuso mahakāti . atha kho therā bhikkhū yathāvihāraṃ agamaṃsu āyasmāpi mahako sakaṃ vihāraṃ agamāsi . atha kho citto gahapati yenāyasmā Mahako tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā sāyasmantaṃ mahakaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho citto gahapati āyasmantaṃ mahakaṃ etadavoca sādhu me bhante ayyo mahako uttarimanussadhammaṃ iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ dassetūti . tenahi tvaṃ gahapati āḷinde uttarāsaṅgaṃ paññapetvā tiṇakalāpaṃ okāsehīti . evambhanteti kho citto gahapati āyasmato mahakassa paṭissutvā āḷinde uttarāsaṅgaṃ paññapetvā tiṇakalāpaṃ okāsesi. {557.1} Atha kho āyasmā mahako vihāraṃ pavisitvā sucighaṭikaṃ datvā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhari yathā tāḷacchiggaḷena ca aggaḷantarikāya ca acci nikkhamitvā tiṇāni jhāpesi na uttarāsaṅgaṃ jhāpesi . atha kho citto gahapati uttarāsaṅgaṃ papphoṭetvā saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . Atha kho āyasmā mahako vihārā nikkhamitvā cittaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca alamettāvatā gahapatīti . alamettāvatā bhante mahaka katamettāvatā bhante mahaka pūjitamettāvatā bhante mahaka abhiramatu bhante ayyo mahako macchikāsaṇḍe ramaṇīyaṃ ambāṭakavanaṃ ahaṃ ayyassa mahakassa ussukkaṃ karissāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānanti. Kalyāṇaṃ vuccati gahapatīti . atha kho āyasmā mahako senāsanaṃ saṃsāmetvā pattacīvaramādāya macchikāsaṇḍamhā pakkāmi yaṃ macchikāsaṇḍamhā pakkāmi tathā pakkantova ahosi na puna paccāgacchīti. Catutthaṃ.