Virūpakkhehi me mettanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Taṃ kira jantāgharadvāre kaṭṭhāni phālentaṃ pūtirukkhantarā nikkhamitvā eko sappo pādaṅguliyaṃ ḍaṃsi, so tattheva mato. Tassa matabhāvo sakalavihāre pākaṭo ahosi. Dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – "āvuso, asuko kira bhikkhu jantāgharadvāre kaṭṭhāni phālento sappena daṭṭho tattheva mato"ti. Satthā āgantvā "kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā"ti pucchitvā "imāya nāmā"ti vutte "sace so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāri ahirājakulāni ārabbha mettaṃ abhāvayissa, na naṃ sappo ḍaṃseyya. Porāṇakatāpasāpi anuppanne buddhe catūsu ahirājakulesu mettaṃ bhāvetvā tāni ahirājakulāni nissāya uppajjanakabhayato mucciṃsū"ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.