Atha naṃ devaputto "brāhmaṇa tava gehe bahuṃ dhanaṃ atthi, satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā dānaṃ dehi dhammaṃ suṇāhi, pañhaṃ pucchāhīti vatvā tatthevantaradhāyi.

Brāhmaṇopi gehaṃ gantvā brāhmaṇiṃ āmantetvā "bhadde ahaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ nimantetvā pañhaṃ pucchissāmi; sakkāraṃ karohīti vatvā vihāraṃ gantvā satthāraṃ neva abhivādetvā na paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ekamantaṃ ṭhito "bho gotama adhivāsehi me ajjatanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti āha. Satthā adhivāsesi. So satthu adhivāsanaṃ viditvā vegenāgantvā sakanivesane khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpesi. Satthā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto tassa gehaṃ gantvā paññattāsane nisīdi. Brāhmaṇo sakkaccaṃ parivisi. Mahājano sannipati. Micchādiṭṭhikena kira tathāgate nimantite, dve janakāyā sannipatanti: micchādiṭṭhikā "ajja samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ pañhaṃ pucchāya viheṭhiyamānaṃ passissāmāti sannipatanti, sammādiṭṭhikā "ajja buddhavisayaṃ buddhalīḷhaṃ passissāmāti sannipatanti. Atha brāhmaṇo katabhattakiccaṃ tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā nīcāsane nisinno, pañhaṃ pucchi "bho gotama tumhākaṃ dānaṃ adatvā pūjaṃ akatvā dhammaṃ assutvā uposathavāsaṃ avasitvā kevalaṃ manopasādamatteneva sagge nibbattā nāma hontīti. "brāhmaṇa kasmā maṃ pucchasi, Nanu te puttena maṭṭhakuṇḍalinā mayi manaṃ pasādetvā attano sagge nibbattabhāvo kathitoti. "kadā bho gotamāti. "nanu tvaṃ ajja susānaṃ gantvā kandanto avidūre bāhā paggayha kandantaṃ ekaṃ māṇavaṃ disvā

`alaṅkato maṭṭhakuṇḍalī

mālābhārī haricandanussadoti dvīhi janehi kathitaṃ kathaṃ pakāsento sabbaṃ maṭṭhakuṇḍalivatthuṃ kathesi. Tenevetaṃ buddhabhāsitaṃ nāma jātaṃ. Taṃ kathetvā ca pana, "na kho brāhmaṇa ekasataṃ, na dve, athakho mayi manaṃ pasādetvā sagge nibbattānaṃ gaṇanā natthīti āha. Mahājano vematiko ahosi. Athassa anibbematikabhāvaṃ viditvā satthā "maṭṭhakuṇḍalidevaputto vimāneneva saddhiṃ āgacchatūti adhiṭṭhāsi. So tigāvutappamāṇena dibbābharaṇapaṭimaṇḍitena attabhāvenāgantvā vimānā oruyha satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Atha naṃ satthā "tvaṃ imaṃ sampattiṃ kiṃ kammaṃ katvā paṭilabhīti pucchanto,