[133] Now at that time the son of a merchant of Bārāṇasī, while playing at acrobatic tumbling (mokkhacikā), contracted an affliction of a knot in the intestines. Because of it, the rice-gruel he drank was not properly digested, the rice he ate was not properly digested, and his evacuation of excrement and urine was not regular. Because of it he became thin, wretched, of poor complexion, growing more and more yellowish, his body covered over with prominent veins.
Then it occurred to the merchant of Bārāṇasī: "My son has such an affliction: the rice-gruel he drinks is not properly digested, the rice he eats is not properly digested, and his evacuation of excrement and urine is not regular. Because of it he is thin, wretched, of poor complexion, growing more and more yellowish, his body covered over with prominent veins. What if I were to go to Rājagaha and request the physician Jīvaka from the king, to treat my son?"
Then the merchant of Bārāṇasī went to Rājagaha and approached King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha; having approached, he said to King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha: "Your Majesty, my son has such an affliction: the rice-gruel he drinks is not properly digested, the rice he eats is not properly digested, and his evacuation of excrement and urine is not regular. Because of it he is thin, wretched, of poor complexion, growing more and more yellowish, his body covered over with prominent veins. It would be good, Your Majesty, if you would command the physician Jīvaka to treat my son."
Then King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha commanded Jīvaka Komārabhacca: "Go, good Jīvaka; having gone to Bārāṇasī, treat the son of the merchant of Bārāṇasī."
"Even so, Your Majesty," Jīvaka Komārabhacca replied in assent to King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha; and having gone to Bārāṇasī, he approached the son of the merchant of Bārāṇasī. Having approached and observed the abnormal condition of the merchant's son, he had the people withdraw, enclosed the place with a curtain, bound him to a pillar, and, placing the wife in front, cut open the skin of the belly, drew out the knot in the intestines, and showed it to the wife, saying: "See your husband's affliction. Because of this, the rice-gruel he drinks is not properly digested, the rice he eats is not properly digested, and his evacuation of excrement and urine is not regular. Because of this he is thin, wretched, of poor complexion, growing more and more yellowish, his body covered over with prominent veins." Then he disentangled the knot in the intestines, put the intestines back in place, sewed up the skin of the belly, and applied an ointment.
Then before long the son of the merchant of Bārāṇasī was restored to health. Then the merchant of Bārāṇasī, thinking, "My son stands restored to health," presented sixteen thousand to Jīvaka Komārabhacca. Then Jīvaka Komārabhacca, taking those sixteen thousand, returned once more to Rājagaha.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.