[174] Puna caparaṃ ānanda rājā mahāsudassano brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ piyo ahosi manāpo . seyyathāpi ānanda pitā puttānaṃ piyo hoti manāpo evameva kho ānanda rājā mahāsudassano brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ piyo ahosi manāpo . Rañño pana ānanda mahāsudassanassa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā ahesuṃ manāpā . seyyathāpi ānanda pitu puttā piyā honti manāpā evameva kho ānanda raññopi mahāsudassanassa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā ahesuṃ manāpā. {174.1} Bhūtapubbaṃ ānanda rājā mahāsudassano caturaṅginiyā senāya uyyānabhūmiṃ niyyāsi . athakho ānanda brāhmaṇagahapatikā rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṃsu ataramāno deva yāhi yathā taṃ mayaṃ cirataraṃ passeyyāmāti. Rājāpi ānanda mahāsudassano sārathi āmantesi ataramāno sārathi rathaṃ pesehi yathā ahaṃ brāhmaṇagahapatike cirataraṃ passeyyanti . rājā ānanda mahāsudassano imāya catutthāya iddhiyā samannāgato ahosi . rājā ānanda mahāsudassano Imāhi catūhi iddhīhi samannāgato ahosi.

[175] Athakho ānanda rañño mahāsudassanassa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ imāsu tālantarikāsu dhanusate dhanusate pokkharaṇiyo māpeyyanti . māpesi kho ānanda rājā mahāsudassano tāsu tālantarikāsu dhanusate dhanusate pokkharaṇiyo . tā kho panānanda pokkharaṇiyo catunnaṃ vaṇṇānaṃ iṭṭhakāhi citā ahesuṃ ekā iṭṭhakā sovaṇṇamayā ekā rūpiyamayā ekā veḷuriyamayā ekā phalikamayā. {175.1} Tāsu kho panānanda pokkharaṇīsu cattāri sopāṇāni ahesuṃ catunnaṃ vaṇṇānaṃ ekaṃ sopāṇaṃ sovaṇṇamayaṃ ekaṃ rūpiyamayaṃ ekaṃ veḷuriyamayaṃ ekaṃ phalikamayaṃ . sovaṇṇamayassa sopāṇassa sovaṇṇamayā thambhā ahesuṃ rūpiyamayā suciyo ca uṇhīsañca . rūpiyamayassa sopāṇassa rūpiyamayā thambhā ahesuṃ sovaṇṇamayā suciyo ca uṇhīsañca . veḷuriyamayassa sopāṇassa veḷuriyamayā thambhā ahesuṃ phalikamayā suciyo ca uṇhīsañca . Phalikamayassa sopāṇassa phalikamayā thambhā ahesuṃ veḷuriyamayā suciyo ca uṇhīsañca . tā kho panānanda pokkharaṇiyo dvīhi vedikāhi parikkhittā ahesuṃ ekā vedikā sovaṇṇamayā ekā rūpiyamayā . sovaṇṇamayāya vedikāya sovaṇṇamayā thambhā ahesuṃ rūpiyamayā suciyo ca uṇhīsañca . rūpiyamayāya vedikāya rūpiyamayā thambhā ahesuṃ sovaṇṇamayā suciyo ca uṇhīsañca . athakho Ānanda rañño mahāsudassanassa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ imāsu pokkharaṇīsu evarūpaṃ mālaṃ ropāpeyyaṃ uppalaṃ padumaṃ kumudaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sabbotukaṃ sabbajanassa anāvaṭṭanti . ropāpesi kho ānanda rājā mahāsudassano tāsu pokkharaṇīsu evarūpaṃ mālaṃ uppalaṃ padumaṃ kumudaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sabbotukaṃ sabbajanassa anāvaṭṭaṃ . Athakho ānanda rañño mahāsudassanassa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ imāsaṃ pokkharaṇīnaṃ tīre nhāpake purise ṭhapeyyaṃ ye āgatāgataṃ janaṃ nhāpessantīti . ṭhapesi kho ānanda rājā mahāsudassano tāsaṃ pokkharaṇīnaṃ tīre nhāpake purise ye āgatāgataṃ janaṃ nhāpesuṃ . {175.2} Athakho ānanda rañño mahāsudassanassa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ imāsaṃ pokkharaṇīnaṃ tīre evarūpaṃ dānaṃ paṭṭhapeyyaṃ annaṃ annatthikassa pānaṃ pānatthikassa vatthaṃ vatthatthikassa yānaṃ yānatthikassa sayanaṃ sayanatthikassa itthiṃ itthitthikassa hiraññaṃ hiraññatthikassa suvaṇṇaṃ suvaṇṇatthikassāti . paṭṭhapesi kho ānanda rājā mahāsudassano tāsaṃ pokkharaṇīnaṃ tīre evarūpaṃ dānaṃ annaṃ annatthikassa pānaṃ pānatthikassa vatthaṃ vatthatthikassa yānaṃ yānatthikassa sayanaṃ sayanatthikassa itthiṃ itthitthikassa hiraññaṃ hiraññatthikassa suvaṇṇaṃ suvaṇṇatthikassāti.