[495] Bhikkhus, furthermore, the householder-treasure (gahapatiratana) appears to the wheel-turning monarch (rājā cakkavatti). In him there appears the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), born of the ripening of kamma, by which he sees hidden treasure (nidhi), both owned and ownerless. He approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says this: "Sire, may you remain untroubled; I shall do for you, with your wealth, what is to be done with wealth."
Bhikkhus, formerly it happened that a wheel-turning monarch, testing that very householder-treasure, boarded a boat, put out into the current in the middle of the river Gaṅgā, and said this to the householder-treasure: "Householder, I have need of gold, both coined and uncoined (hiraññasuvaṇṇa)."
"Then, great king, let the boat draw up to one bank."
"It is right here, householder, that I have need of gold, both coined and uncoined."
Then, bhikkhus, that householder-treasure, immersing both hands in the water, drew up a pot full of gold, both coined and uncoined, and said this to the wheel-turning monarch: "Is this much enough, great king? Is this much done, great king? Is this much offered, great king?"
The wheel-turning monarch said this: "This much is enough, householder; this much is done, householder; this much is offered, householder."
Bhikkhus, such is the householder-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.