1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā therā bhikkhū macchikāsaṇḍe viharanti ambāṭakavane. Atha kho citto gahapati yena therā bhikkhū tenupasankami; upasankamitvā there bhikkhū abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho citto gahapati there bhikkhū etadavoca:  "adhivāsentu me, bhante therā, svātanāya gokule bhattan"ti. Adhivāsesuṃ kho therā bhikkhū tuṇhībhāvena. Atha kho citto gahapati therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā there bhikkhū abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi. Atha kho therā bhikkhū tassā rattiyā accayena pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena cittassa gahapatino gokulaṃ tenupasankamiṃsu; upasankamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdiṃsu.

2 Atha kho citto gahapati there bhikkhū paṇītena sappipāyāsena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi. Atha kho therā bhikkhū bhuttāvino onītapattapāṇino uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃsu. Cittopi kho gahapati "sesakaṃ vissajjethā"ti vatvā there bhikkhū piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhi. Tena kho pana samayena uṇhaṃ hoti kuthitaṃ; te ca therā bhikkhū paveliyamānena maññe kāyena gacchanti, yathā taṃ bhojanaṃ bhuttāvino.

3 Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahako tasmiṃ bhikkhusanghe sabbanavako hoti. Atha kho āyasmā mahako āyasmantaṃ theraṃ etadavoca:  "sādhu khvassa, bhante thera, sītako ca vāto vāyeyya, abbhasampilāpo ca assa, devo ca ekamekaṃ phusāyeyyā"ti.

4 "Sādhu khvassa, āvuso mahaka, yaṃ sītako ca vāto vāyeyya, abbhasampilāpo ca assa, devo ca ekamekaṃ phusāyeyyā"ti. Atha kho āyasmā mahako tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisankhāraṃ abhisankhari yathā sītako ca vāto vāyi, abbhasampilāpo ca assa, devo ca ekamekaṃ phusi. Atha kho cittassa gahapatino etadahosi:  "yo kho imasmiṃ bhikkhusanghe sabbanavako bhikkhu tassāyaṃ evarūpo iddhānubhāvo"ti. Atha kho āyasmā mahako ārāmaṃ sampāpuṇitvā āyasmantaṃ theraṃ etadavoca:  "alamettāvatā, bhante therā"ti? "Alamettāvatā, āvuso mahaka. Katamettāvatā, āvuso mahaka. Pūjitamettāvatā, āvuso mahakā"ti. Atha kho therā bhikkhū yathāvihāraṃ agamaṃsu. Āyasmāpi mahako sakaṃ vihāraṃ agamāsi.

5 Atha kho citto gahapati yenāyasmā mahako tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahakaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho citto gahapati āyasmantaṃ mahakaṃ etadavoca:  "sādhu me, bhante, ayyo mahako uttari manussadhammaṃ iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ dassetū"ti. "Tena hi tvaṃ, gahapati, ālinde uttarāsangaṃ paññapetvā tiṇakalāpaṃ okāsehī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho citto gahapati āyasmato mahakassa paṭissutvā ālinde uttarāsangaṃ paññapetvā tiṇakalāpaṃ okāsesi. Atha kho āyasmā mahako vihāraṃ pavisitvā sūcighaṭikaṃ datvā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisankhāraṃ abhisankhari yathā tālacchiggaḷena ca aggaḷantarikāya ca acci nikkhamitvā tiṇāni jhāpesi, uttarāsangaṃ na jhāpesi. Atha kho citto gahapati uttarāsangaṃ papphoṭetvā saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Atha kho āyasmā mahako vihārā nikkhamitvā cittaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca:  "alamettāvatā, gahapatī"ti?

6 "Alamettāvatā, bhante mahaka. Katamettāvatā, bhante, mahaka. Pūjitamettāvatā, bhante mahaka. Abhiramatu, bhante, ayyo mahako macchikāsaṇḍe. Ramaṇīyaṃ ambāṭakavanaṃ. Ahaṃ ayyassa mahakassa ussukkaṃ karissāmi cīvara­piṇḍapāta­senāsana­gilānappaccaya­bhesajja­parikkhārānan"ti. "Kalyāṇaṃ vuccati, gahapatī"ti. Atha kho āyasmā mahako senāsanaṃ saṃsāmetvā pattacīvaramādāya macchikāsaṇḍamhā pakkāmi. Yaṃ macchikāsaṇḍamhā pakkāmi, tathā pakkantova ahosi; na puna paccāgacchīti.

Catutthaṃ.