[165] Puna caparaṃ ānanda rañño mahāsudassanassa hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi sabbaseto sattappatiṭṭho iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo uposatho nāma nāgarājā . [2]- disvā rañño mahāsudassanassa cittaṃ pasīdi bhaddakaṃ vata bho hatthiyānaṃ sace damathaṃ upeyyāti . Athakho taṃ ānanda hatthiratanaṃ seyyathāpi nāma bhaddo hatthājānīyo dīgharattaṃ suparidanto evameva damathaṃ upagacchi . Bhūtapubbaṃ ānanda rājā mahāsudassano tameva hatthiratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṃ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṃ paṭhaviṃ anuyāyitvā kusāvatiṃ rājadhāniṃ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi . rañño ānanda mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi.