[522] At Sāvatthī. Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, what now is the cause, what is the condition, why some moisture-born (saṃsedaja) nāgas here observe the uposatha and relinquish their bodies?"
… (The whole should be expanded in full.) …
"This, bhikkhu, is the cause, this is the condition, why some moisture-born nāgas here observe the uposatha and relinquish their bodies."
[Footnotes of the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ In the Po. (recension), in all sections the reading "carāmā ti" appears. ² In the Po. (recension), the word "kho" appears.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.