[115] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi . dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca.

[116] Atha kho catunnaṃ suddhāvāsakāyikānaṃ devānaṃ etadahosi ayaṃ kho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca yannūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekagāthā bhāseyyāmāti.

[117] Atha kho tā devatā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva suddhāvāsesu devesu antarahitā bhagavato purato pāturahaṃsu. Atha kho tā devatā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.

[118] Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike Imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi mahāsamayo pavanasmiṃ devakāyā samāgatā āgatamha imaṃ dhammasamayaṃ dakkhitāyeva aparājitasaṅghanti.