8. Cūḷaseṭṭhipetavatthu

246. ‘‘Naggo kiso pabbajitosi bhante, rattiṃ kuhiṃ gacchasi kissa hetu;

Ācikkha me taṃ api sakkuṇemu, sabbena vittaṃ paṭipādaye tuva’’nti.

247. ‘‘Bārāṇasī nagaraṃ dūraghuṭṭhaṃ, tatthāhaṃ gahapati aḍḍhako ahu dīno;

Adātā gedhitamano āmisasmiṃ, dussīlyena yamavisayamhi patto.

248. ‘‘So sūcikāya kilamito tehi,

Teneva ñātīsu yāmi āmisakiñcikkhahetu;

Adānasīlā na ca saddahanti,

Dānaphalaṃ hoti paramhi loke.

249. ‘‘Dhītā ca mayhaṃ lapate abhikkhaṇaṃ, ‘dassāmi dānaṃ pitūnaṃ pitāmahānaṃ’;

Tamupakkhaṭaṃ parivisayanti brāhmaṇā [brāhmaṇe (sī.)], ‘yāmi ahaṃ andhakavindaṃ bhottu’’’nti.

250. Tamavoca rājā ‘‘anubhaviyāna tampi,

Eyyāsi khippaṃ ahamapi kassaṃ pūjaṃ;

Ācikkha me taṃ yadi atthi hetu,

Saddhāyitaṃ hetuvaco suṇomā’’ti.

251. ‘Tathā’ti vatvā agamāsi tattha, bhuñjiṃsu bhattaṃ na ca dakkhiṇārahā;

Paccāgami rājagahaṃ punāparaṃ, pāturahosi purato janādhipassa.

252. Disvāna petaṃ punadeva āgataṃ, rājā avoca ‘‘ahamapi kiṃ dadāmi;

Ācikkha me taṃ yadi atthi hetu, yena tuvaṃ cirataraṃ pīṇito siyā’’ti.

253. ‘‘Buddhañca saṅghaṃ parivisiyāna rāja, annena pānena ca cīvarena;

Taṃ dakkhiṇaṃ ādisa me hitāya, evaṃ ahaṃ cirataraṃ pīṇito siyā’’ti.

254. Tato ca rājā nipatitvā tāvade [tāvadeva (syā.), tadeva (ka.)], dānaṃ sahatthā atulaṃ daditvā [atulañca datvā (syā. ka.)] saṅghe;

Ārocesi pakataṃ [ārocayī pakatiṃ (sī. syā.)] tathāgatassa, tassa ca petassa dakkhiṇaṃ ādisittha.

255. So pūjito ativiya sobhamāno, pāturahosi purato janādhipassa;

‘‘Yakkhohamasmi paramiddhipatto, na mayhamatthi samā sadisā [mayhamiddhisamasadisā (sī. syā.)] mānusā.

256. ‘‘Passānubhāvaṃ aparimitaṃ mamayidaṃ, tayānudiṭṭhaṃ atulaṃ datvā saṅghe;

Santappito satataṃ sadā bahūhi, yāmi ahaṃ sukhito manussadevā’’ti.

Cūḷaseṭṭhipetavatthu aṭṭhamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.

Bhāṇavāraṃ paṭhamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.