"middhī yadāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto rājānaṃ pasenadikosalaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekasmiṃ hi samaye rājā taṇḍuladoṇassa odanaṃ tadupiyena sūpabyañjanena bhuñjati. So ekadivasaṃ bhuttapātarāso bhattasammadaṃ avinodetvāva satthu santikaṃ gantvā kilantarūpo ito cito ca samparivattati niddāya abhibhuyyamānopi ujukaṃ nipajjituṃ asakkonto ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Atha naṃ satthā āha "kiṃ mahārāja avissamitvāva āgatosīti. "āma bhante, bhuttakālato paṭṭhāya me mahādukkhaṃ hotīti. Atha naṃ satthā "mahārāja atibahubhojanassa evaṃ dukkhaṃ hotīti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca