Hatthiratanaṃ
246.‘‘ Puna caparaṃ , ānanda , rañño mahāsudassanassa hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi sabbaseto sattappatiṭṭho iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo uposatho nāma nāgarājā .
Taṃ disvā rañño mahāsudassanassa cittaṃ pasīdi –
‘ bhaddakaṃ vata bho hatthiyānaṃ , sace damathaṃ upeyyā ’ ti .
Atha kho taṃ , ānanda , hatthiratanaṃ – seyyathāpi nāma gandhahatthājāniyo dīgharattaṃ suparidanto , evameva damathaṃ upagacchi .
Bhūtapubbaṃ , ānanda , rājā mahāsudassano tameva hatthiratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṃ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṃ pathaviṃ anuyāyitvā kusāvatiṃ rājadhāniṃ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi .
Rañño , ānanda , mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi .