Visuddhimagga XXIII-36

Anadhiṭṭhahato pana aggiādīhi vinassati mahānāgattherassa viya.

如果他不作这样的决定，则未免受火等的损失，正如摩诃那伽长老的事相似：

Ñ(XXIII,36): If he does not resolve in this way, they may be destroyed by fire, etc., as in the case of the Elder Mahā-Nāga.

Thero kira mātuupāsikāya gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Upāsikā yāguṃ datvā āsanasālāya nisīdāpesi. Thero nirodhaṃ samāpajjitvā nisīdi. Tasmiṃ nisinne āsanasālāya agginā gahitāya sesabhikkhū attano attano nisinnāsanaṃ gahetvā palāyiṃsu. Gāmavāsikā sannipatitvā theraṃ disvā ‘‘alasasamaṇo’’ti āhaṃsu. Aggi tiṇaveṇukaṭṭhāni jhāpetvā theraṃ parikkhipitvā aṭṭhāsi. Manussā ghaṭehi udakaṃ āharitvā nibbāpetvā chārikaṃ apanetvā paribhaṇḍaṃ katvā pupphāni vikiritvā namassamānā aṭṭhaṃsu. Thero paricchinnakālavasena vuṭṭhāya te disvā ‘‘pākaṭomhi jāto’’ti vehāsaṃ uppatitvā piyaṅgudīpaṃ agamāsi. Idaṃ nānābaddhaavikopanaṃ nāma.

据说，这长老入了他母亲优婆夷的村落中乞食。那优婆夷施他一些粥，并请他在休息所中坐着。这长老便坐下而入灭定。当他在坐时，这休息所失了火，别的比丘们都各自拿了座具逃走。村人来集，见此长老说：「这懒惰的沙门，这懒惰的沙门」！火已烧了（屋的）盖草及竹木等，并已包围了长老。人们以水瓮取了水，灭了火，除了灰，净了地，向他散花礼拜。长老在预定之时而出定，看见了他们说：「我已被他们发现了」，便升空而去毕云古岛[毕云古岛（Pivangu-dipa），在《大史》中24,25,104等处都提到此岛之名。据说此岛即锡兰的Jaffna附近。据《大史》英译本的注说明，此岛便是Panicum或Saffron岛。]了。

Ñ: The elder, it seems, went for alms into the village where his mother, a lay follower, lived. She gave him rice gruel and seated him in the sitting hall. The elder sat down and attained cessation. While he was sitting there the hall caught fire. The other bhikkhus each picked up their seats and fled. The villagers gathered together, and seeing the elder, they said, 'What a lazy monk! What a lazy monk!'. The fire burned the grass thatch, the bamboos and timbers, and it encircled the elder. People brought water and put it out. They removed the ashes, did repairs, scattered flowers, and then stood respectfully waiting. The elder emerged at the time he had determined. Seeing them, he said, 'I am discovered!', and he rose up into the air and went to Piyaṅgu Island. This is 'non-damage to others' property'.