Tena kho pana samayena kalyāṇabhattiko gahapati saṅghassa catukkabhattaṁ deti niccabhattaṁ. So bhattagge saputtadāro upatiṭṭhitvā parivisati— aññe odanena pucchanti, aññe sūpena pucchanti, aññe telena pucchanti, aññe uttaribhaṅgena pucchanti. Tena kho pana samayena kalyāṇabhattikassa gahapatino bhattaṁ svātanāya mettiyabhūmajakānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ uddiṭṭhaṁ hoti. Atha kho kalyāṇabhattiko gahapati ārāmaṁ agamāsi kenacideva karaṇīyena. So yenāyasmā dabbo mallaputto tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho kalyāṇabhattikaṁ gahapatiṁ āyasmā dabbo mallaputto dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi. Atha kho kalyāṇabhattiko gahapati āyasmatā dabbena mallaputtena dhammiyā kathāya sandassito samādapito samuttejito sampahaṁsito āyasmantaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ etadavoca— “kassa, bhante, amhākaṁ ghare svātanāya bhattaṁ uddiṭṭhan”ti? “Mettiyabhūmajakānaṁ kho, gahapati, bhikkhūnaṁ tumhākaṁ ghare svātanāya bhattaṁ uddiṭṭhan”ti. Atha kho kalyāṇabhattiko gahapati anattamano ahosi. Kathañhi nāma pāpabhikkhū amhākaṁ ghare bhuñjissantīti gharaṁ gantvā dāsiṁ āṇāpesi— “ye, je, sve bhattikā āgacchanti te koṭṭhake āsanaṁ paññapetvā kaṇājakena bilaṅgadutiyena parivisā”ti. “Evaṁ, ayyā”ti kho sā dāsī kalyāṇabhattikassa gahapatino paccassosi.