[162] 5. Thus have I heard:
On one occasion the Blessed One, wandering on tour among the Mallas together with a large Saṅgha of bhikkhus, arrived at Pāvā. There the Blessed One dwelt at Pāvā in the mango grove of Cunda the smith (kammāraputta). Cunda the smith heard: "It is said that the Blessed One, wandering on tour among the Mallas together with a large Saṅgha of bhikkhus, has reached Pāvā and is dwelling at Pāvā in my mango grove." Then Cunda the smith approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. As Cunda the smith sat to one side, the Blessed One instructed, urged, roused, and gladdened him with a talk on the Dhamma. Then Cunda the smith — instructed, urged, roused, and gladdened by the Blessed One with a talk on the Dhamma — said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, may the Blessed One together with the Saṅgha of bhikkhus consent to accept tomorrow's meal from me." The Blessed One consented by remaining silent. Then Cunda the smith, having understood the Blessed One's consent, rose from his seat, paid homage to the Blessed One, circumambulated him keeping his right side towards him, and departed. Then, when that night had passed, Cunda the smith had excellent hard and soft food prepared in his own dwelling, together with abundant tender pork (sūkaramaddava), and announced the time to the Blessed One: "It is time, venerable sir; the meal is ready." Then in the morning the Blessed One dressed, and taking bowl and robe he approached the dwelling of Cunda the smith together with the Saṅgha of bhikkhus; having approached, he sat down on the seat that had been prepared. Having sat down, the Blessed One addressed Cunda the smith: "Cunda, serve me with the tender pork that you have prepared, and serve the Saṅgha of bhikkhus with the other hard and soft food that has been prepared." "Yes, venerable sir," Cunda the smith replied to the Blessed One; and he served the Blessed One with the tender pork that had been prepared, and served the Saṅgha of bhikkhus with the other hard and soft food that had been prepared. Then the Blessed One addressed Cunda the smith: "Cunda, whatever tender pork is left over, bury it in a pit. I do not see anyone, Cunda, in the world with its devas, Māra, and Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, by whom that food, once eaten, could come to proper digestion, other than the Tathāgata." "Yes, venerable sir," Cunda the smith replied to the Blessed One; and having buried in a pit the tender pork that was left over, he approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. As Cunda the smith sat to one side, the Blessed One, having instructed, urged, roused, and gladdened him with a talk on the Dhamma, rose from his seat and departed.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.