[95] 10. "Who is it that, standing within the mansion (vimāna), does not come forth?
Come forth, good lady! Let me see you, one of great power."
"I am distressed and ashamed to come outside naked;
I am covered only by my hair — the merit (puñña) I have made is small."
"Come then, I give you my outer garment; put on this cloth.
When you have put on this cloth, come outside, lovely one.
Come forth, good lady! Let me see you, one of great power."
"What is given from your hand into my hand does not avail me.
But here is a lay follower (upāsaka) endowed with faith, a disciple of the Perfectly Enlightened One:
clothe him, and dedicate the offering (dakkhiṇā) to me;
then I shall be happy, furnished with all that I could wish."
And those merchants, having bathed him and anointed him,
having clothed him with garments, dedicated the offering to her.
Immediately upon its being dedicated, the result arose:
food, clothing, and drinking water — this is the fruit of the offering.
Then, pure, clad in clean raiment, wearing the finest Kāsi cloth,
smiling she came forth from the mansion: "This is the fruit of the offering."
"Your mansion, beautifully figured and lovely, shines.
O deity (devatā), you are asked — declare: of what deed (kamma) is this the fruit?"
"To a bhikkhu of upright nature, as he was walking for alms,
I gave, with a trusting mind, the scrapings of a trough (doṇinimmujjanī).
Of that wholesome deed I experience the result
for a long interval in this mansion — and now but little of it remains.
Four months from now my death will take place,
and I shall fall into hell (niraya), utterly bitter and dreadful —
four-cornered and four-gated, divided into measured portions,
bounded by a rampart of iron, covered over with iron.
Its floor, made of iron, is blazing, charged with fire;
pervading a hundred yojanas all around, it stands for all time.
There for a long stretch of time I shall feel painful feeling (vedanā),
the fruit of evil deeds — therefore I grieve at this that has come to be."
The Khalātiyapetavatthu, the tenth, is ended.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.