[174] Furthermore, Ānanda, King Mahāsudassana was dear and agreeable to the brahmins and householders. Just as, Ānanda, a father is dear and agreeable to his children, even so, Ānanda, was King Mahāsudassana dear and agreeable to the brahmins and householders. And to King Mahāsudassana, Ānanda, the brahmins and householders were dear and agreeable. Just as, Ānanda, children are dear and agreeable to their father, even so, Ānanda, were the brahmins and householders dear and agreeable to King Mahāsudassana.
Once upon a time, Ānanda, King Mahāsudassana went out to the pleasure-park grounds with his fourfold army. Then, Ānanda, the brahmins and householders approached King Mahāsudassana and said: "Go unhurriedly, sire, so that we may behold you the longer." And King Mahāsudassana, Ānanda, addressed his charioteer: "Drive the chariot unhurriedly, charioteer, so that I may behold the brahmins and householders the longer."
King Mahāsudassana, Ānanda, was endowed with this fourth blessing (iddhi). King Mahāsudassana, Ānanda, was endowed with these four blessings.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.