“Evaṁ, devā”ti kho so mahāmatto rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa paṭissuṇitvā caturaṅginiyā senāya yena bhaddiyaṁ tena pāyāsi. Anupubbena yena bhaddiyaṁ yena meṇḍako gahapati tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā meṇḍakaṁ gahapatiṁ etadavoca— “ahañhi, gahapati, raññā āṇatto— ‘amhākaṁ kira, bhaṇe, vijite bhaddiyanagare meṇḍako gahapati paṭivasati, tassa evarūpo iddhānubhāvo, sīsaṁ nahāyitvā …pe… bhariyāya … puttassa … suṇisāya … dāsassa evarūpo iddhānubhāvo, ekena naṅgalena kasantassa satta sītāyo gacchantīti, gaccha, bhaṇe, jānāhi. Yathā mayā sāmaṁ diṭṭho, evaṁ tava diṭṭho bhavissatī’ti. Passāma te, gahapati, iddhānubhāvan”ti. Atha kho meṇḍako gahapati sīsaṁ nahāyitvā dhaññāgāraṁ sammajjāpetvā bahidvāre nisīdi, antalikkhā dhaññassa dhārā opatitvā dhaññāgāraṁ pūresi. “Diṭṭho te, gahapati, iddhānubhāvo. Bhariyāya te iddhānubhāvaṁ passissāmā”ti.