[169] "Again, Ānanda, the householder-treasure (gahapatiratana) appeared to King Mahāsudassana. There manifested in him the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), born of the ripening of kamma (kammavipāka), by which he sees buried treasure, both owned and ownerless. He approached King Mahāsudassana and said: 'Be untroubled, sire; with your wealth I shall do what is to be done with wealth.' In former times, Ānanda, King Mahāsudassana, testing that very householder-treasure, boarded a boat, put out into the stream in the middle of the river Gaṅgā, and said to the householder-treasure: 'Householder, I have need of coined and uncoined gold.' 'Then, great king, let the boat draw up to one bank.' 'It is right here, householder, that I have need of coined and uncoined gold.' Then, Ānanda, that householder-treasure, plunging both hands into the water, drew up a pot full of coined and uncoined gold and said to King Mahāsudassana: 'Is this much enough, great king? Has this much been done, great king?' King Mahāsudassana said: 'This much is enough, householder; this much has been done, householder; this much has been offered, householder.' Such, Ānanda, was the householder-treasure that appeared to King Mahāsudassana."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.