Verses on Dhamma 6.5.p13

6.5.p13

Athassa pubbe ekassa seṭṭhino gehaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā ‘‘ettha jāte gacche harāpetvā gehaṃ uṭṭhāpetvā vasāhī’’ti āha. Tassa taṃ ṭhānaṃ sodhetvā samaṃ katvā bhūmiyā khaññamānāya aññamaññaṃ āhacca nidhikumbhiyo uṭṭhahiṃsu. Tena rañño ārocite ‘‘tava puññena nibbattā, tvameva gaṇhāhī’’ti āha. So gehaṃ kāretvā sattāhaṃ buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa mahādānaṃ adāsi. Tato parampi yāvatāyukaṃ tiṭṭhanto puññāni karitvā āyupariyosāne devaloke nibbatto.

As the ground was being cleared and leveled, urns of treasure came to light with their brims touching each other. When Mahāduggata reported this to the king, the latter said, “It is through your merit that these urns have come to light; you alone shall have them.” When Mahāduggata had completed the house, he gave alms for seven days to the congregation of monks presided over by the Buddha. Thereafter, having lived out his allotted term of life in the performance of works of merit, Mahāduggata was reborn at the end of his life in the World of the Gods. After enjoying celestial glory for the space of the interval between the appearances of two Buddhas, he passed from that state of existence in the dispensation of the present Buddha, and was conceived in the womb of the daughter of a rich merchant of Sāvatthi, a retainer of the Elder Sāriputta.