Atha kho mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū— “hiyyo kho, āvuso, amhākaṁ kalyāṇabhattikassa gahapatino bhattaṁ uddiṭṭhaṁ; sve amhe kalyāṇabhattiko gahapati saputtadāro upatiṭṭhitvā parivisissati; aññe odanena pucchissanti, aññe sūpena pucchissanti, aññe telena pucchissanti, aññe uttaribhaṅgena pucchissantī”ti. Te teneva somanassena na cittarūpaṁ rattiyā supiṁsu. Atha kho mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena kalyāṇabhattikassa gahapatino nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu. Addasā kho sā dāsī mettiyabhūmajake bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante; disvāna koṭṭhake āsanaṁ paññapetvā mettiyabhūmajake bhikkhū etadavoca— “nisīdatha, bhante”ti. Atha kho mettiyabhūmajakānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ etadahosi— “nissaṁsayaṁ kho na tāva bhattaṁ siddhaṁ bhavissati yathā mayaṁ koṭṭhake nisīdāpiyāmā”ti.