“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho belaṭṭho kaccāno bhagavato paṭissuṇitvā vighāsāde guḷehi santappesi. Ekacce vighāsādā kolambepi ghaṭepi pūresuṁ, piṭakānipi ucchaṅgepi pūresuṁ. Atha kho belaṭṭho kaccāno vighāsāde guḷehi santappetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca— “santappitā, bhante, vighāsādā guḷehi, bahu cāyaṁ guḷo avasiṭṭho. Kathāhaṁ, bhante, paṭipajjāmī”ti? “Nāhaṁ taṁ, kaccāna, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yassa so guḷo paribhutto sammā pariṇāmaṁ gaccheyya, aññatra tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā. Tena hi tvaṁ, kaccāna, taṁ guḷaṁ appaharite vā chaḍḍehi, appāṇake vā udake opilāpehī”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho belaṭṭho kaccāno bhagavato paṭissuṇitvā taṁ guḷaṁ appāṇake udake opilāpeti. Atha kho so guḷo udake pakkhitto cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati padhūpāyati sampadhūpāyati. Seyyathāpi nāma phālo divasaṁsantatto udake pakkhitto cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati padhūpāyati sampadhūpāyati; evameva so guḷo udake pakkhitto cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati padhūpāyati sampadhūpāyati.