Sūtra on the Origins of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭha and Bhāradvāja 2.5

2.5

「復次，白衣！地味既沒，地餅復生。色如飡那迦，味如甘蔗，又或如蜜，香美細妙，為人所食。彼時有情，次食地餅，久為資養。以彼有情貪食多者，色相瘦弱；若食少者，色相充實。時，充實者，見瘦弱者，不知其故，乃作是言：『汝是瘦弱者，我是充實者。』由此乃起憍慢之想，以是緣故，地餅隱沒。爾時有情，見彼地餅既隱沒已，咸唱是言：『苦哉！苦哉！今此地餅，何故隱沒？』

'Furthermore, Vāsiṣṭha, after the rasapṛthivī had disappeared, pṛthivīparpaṭaka arose. In color it was like canaka; in taste it was like sugarcane, or else like honey, fragrant, sweet, and delicate, edible for humans. The sentient beings of that time then ate pṛthivīparpaṭaka, which nourished them for a long time. Those sentient beings who greedily ate much became thin and weak in bodily appearance, while those who ate little became plump and solid in bodily appearance. Then those who were plump and solid, seeing those who were thin and weak, did not know the cause and said: "You are thin and weak, but I am plump and solid." From this, they gave rise to thoughts of māna; because of this condition, the pṛthivīparpaṭaka disappeared. At that time, the sentient beings, having seen that the pṛthivīparpaṭaka had disappeared, all cried out, saying: "Alas, what misery! Alas, what misery! Why has this pṛthivīparpaṭaka now disappeared?"