[240] Evametaṃ bhūtapubbanti evametaṃ dhātuvibhajanaṃ ceva dasathūpa- karaṇañca jambūdīpe bhūtapubbanti. Pacchā saṅgītikārakā āhaṃsu. Evaṃ patiṭṭhitesu pana thūpesu mahākassapatthero dhātūnaṃ antarāyaṃ disvā rājānaṃ ajātasattuṃ upasaṅkamitvā "mahārāja evaṃ dhātunidhānaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti āha. Sādhu bhante nidhānakammaṃ tāva mama hotu, sesadhātuyo pana kathaṃ āharāmīti. Na mahārāja dhātuāharaṇaṃ tuyhaṃ bhāro, amhākaṃ bhāroti, sādhu bhante tumhe dhātuyo āharatha, ahaṃ nidhānaṃ karissāmīti. Thero tesaṃ tesaṃ rājakulānaṃ paṭicaraṇamattameva ṭhapetvā sesadhātuyo āhari. Rāmagāme pana dhātuyo nāgā pariggaṇhiṃsu, tāsaṃ antarāyo natthi. "anāgate kāle laṅkādīpe mahāvihāre mahācetiyamhi nidahissantī"ti tā anāharitvā sesehi sattahi nagarehi āharitvā rājagahassa pācīnadakkhiṇadisābhāge ṭhapetvā "imasmiṃ ṭhāne yo pāsāṇo atthi, so antaradhāyatu, paṃsu suvisuddhā hotu, udakaṃ mā uṭaṭhahatū"ti adhiṭṭhāsi.
Rājā taṃ ṭhānaṃ khaṇāpetvā tato uddhaṭapaṃsunā iṭṭhakā kāretvā asītimahāsāvakānaṃ cetiyāni kāreti. "idha rājā kiṃ kāretī"ti pucchantānaṃpi "mahāsāvakānaṃ cetiyānī"ti vadanti, na koci dhātunidhānabhāvaṃ jānāti. Asītihatthagambhīre pana tasmiṃ padese jāte heṭṭhā lohasantharaṃ santharāpetvā tattha thūpārāme cetiyagharappamāṇaṃ tambalohamayaṃ gehaṃ kārāpetvā aṭṭha aṭṭha haricandanādimaye karaṇḍe ca thūpe ca kārāpesi. Atha bhagavato dhātuyo haricandanakaraṇḍe pakkhipitvā taṃ haricandanakaraṇḍampi aññasmiṃ haricandanakaraṇḍe pakkhipitvā
@3 cha.Ma. dhātunidhānaṃ. 4 cha.Ma., i. ayaṃ pāṭho na dissati. Tampi aññasminti evaṃ aṭṭha haricandanakaraṇḍe ekato katvā eteneva upāyena te aṭṭha karaṇḍe aṭṭhasu haricandanathūpesu, aṭṭha haricandanthūpe aṭṭhasu lohitacandanakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha lohitacandanakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu lohitacandanathūpesu, aṭṭha lohitacandanathūpe aṭṭhasu dantakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha dantakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu dantathūpesu, aṭṭha dantathūpe aṭṭhasu sabbaratanakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha sabbaratanakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu sabbaratanathūpesu, aṭṭha sabbaratanathūpe aṭṭhasu suvaṇṇakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha suvaṇṇakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu suvaṇṇathūpesu, aṭṭha suvaṇṇathūpe aṭṭhasu rajatakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha rajatakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu rajatathūpesu, aṭṭha rajatathūpe aṭṭhasu maṇikaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha maṇikaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu maṇithūpesu, aṭṭha maṇithūpe aṭṭhasu lohitaṅgakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha lohitaṅgakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu lohitaṅgathūpesu, aṭṭha lohitaṅgathūpe aṭṭhasu masāragallakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha masāragallakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu masāragallathūpesu, aṭṭha masāragallathūpe aṭṭhasu phalikamayakaraṇḍesu, aṭṭha phalikamayakaraṇḍe aṭṭhasu phalikamayathūpesu pakkhipi.