ຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງ ພະຜູ້ມີພະພາກເຈົ້າ ປະທັບຢູ່ວັດເຊຕະວັນມະຫາວິຫານ ພະພຸດທະອົງຕັດເທສະໜາແກ່ພິກຂຸທັງຫລາຍທີ່ມາປະຊຸມນຸມກັນທີ່ໂຮງທໍາມະສະພາ ສົນທະນາເລື່ອງເຈົ້າທະນັນໄຊຍະເສດຖີ ຜູ້ມີຊັບສົມບັດ ໘໐ ໂກດ ແຕ່ເປັນຄົນຕະໜີຂີ້ໜຽວ ບໍ່ທໍາບຸນໃຫ້ທານ. ໃນກາລະເມື່ອລ່ວງແລ້ວ ມີເສດຖີຜູ້ໜຶ່ງ ຊື່ວ່າ ໂມຫະເສດຖີ ມີຊັບສົມບັດ ໑໘ ໂກດ. ຕໍ່ມາ ເສດຖີນັ້ນມີລູກສາວ ໗ ຄົນ ເມື່ອລູກສາວທັງ ໗ ໃຫຍ່ຂຶ້ນ ກໍ່ໃຊ້ຈ່າຍຊັບສົມບັດຂອງເສດຖີ ເຮັດໃຫ້ຊັບສົມບັດນັ້ນເຫຼືອໜ້ອຍລົງໄປເລື່ອຍໆ. ສະນັ້ນ, ເສດຖີຈຶ່ງເອົາລູກສາວທັງເຈັດ ໄປໃສ່ແພໄຫຼນໍ້າທີ່ແມ່ນໍ້າເນຣັນຊະຣາ ພຽງເພື່ອຮັກສາຊັບສົມບັດຂອງຕົນ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ່ ໑໗ ໜ້າ ໒: ພຸດທະສັງກາດ ໒໔໙໗ ປີກາບສະງ້າ ເດືອນ ໑໐ ແຮມ ໘ ຄໍ່າ ວັນຈັນ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມ ໓ ໂມງແລງ ສົມເດັດພະສັງຄະຣາດ ທໍາມະຍາໂນ ວັດໃໝ່ ສຸວັນນະພູມມາຣາມ ເປັນເຈົ້າມູນລະສັດທາ ໄດ້ສ້າງທໍາມະຜູກນີ້ ໄວ້ກັບພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ ໕ ພັນພະວັດສາ ຂໍໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ສໍາຣິດທິໂດຍດັ່ງມາໂນຣົດຄໍາປາດຖະໜາຈົ່ງທຸກປະການເທີ້ນ.
On one occasion, while residing at the Jetavanna monastery, the Buddha delivered a sermon to bhikkhus at the Dhamma hall, who were talking about Thanonsai millionaire who had property of 80 Koti (a numeral measure equal to 10,000,000 million), but the millionaire was very stingy, he did not give alms. Then the Buddha related about another stingy millionaire named Moha who owned property of 18 Koti. When his seven daughters were grown up, they spent his property and made it remained less and less. Therefore, the millionaire floated all his daughters with a raft on Neransara river just in order to conserve his property. Colophon: Folio 17 on the verso side: Buddhist Era (BE) 2497, a kap sanga year, the eighth day of the waning moon of the tenth lunar month, Monday, the writing was accomplished at 3.00 p.m. Somdet Phasangkharat (Supreme Patriarch) Thammanyano from Vat Mai Suvannaphummaram is the sponsor of the making of this manuscript, to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May wishes and desires of mine come true.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 18 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.6 cm, width 58.7 cm, depth 0.8 cm.
Condition of original material: Good.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, BE 2497, a kap sanga year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 17.
