[209] Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavatā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate . athakho pañcasikho gandhabbaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ gijjhakūṭaṃ pabbataṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho pañcasikho gandhabbaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca yaṃ [1]- me bhante devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sammukhā sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ ārocemetaṃ [3]- bhagavatoti. Ārocehi me tvaṃ pañcasikhāti bhagavā avoca. {209.1} Purimāni bhante divasāni purimatarāni tadahuposathe paṇṇarase pavāraṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā kevalakappā ca devā tāvatiṃsā sudhammāyaṃ sabhāyaṃ sannisinnā honti sannipatitā mahatī ca dibbaparisā samantato nisinnā honti cattāro ca mahārājāno catuddisā nisinnā honti puratthimāya disāya dhataraṭṭho mahārājā pacchābhimukho nisinno hoti devehi purakkhatvā dakkhiṇāya disāya virūḷhako mahārājā uttarābhimukho nisinno hoti devehi purakkhatvā pacchimāya disāya virūpakkho mahārājā puratthābhimukho nisinno hoti devehi purakkhatvā uttarāya disāya vessavaṇona mahārājā dakkhiṇābhimukho nisinno hoti devehi purakkhatvā yadā [5]- bhante kevalakappā ca Devā tāvatiṃsā sudhammāyaṃ sabhāyaṃ sannisinnā honti sannipatitā mahatī ca dibbaparisā samantato nisinnā honti cattāro ca mahārājāno catuddisā nisinnā honti idaṃ nesaṃ hoti āsanasmiṃ atha pacchā amhākaṃ āsanaṃ hoti ye te bhante devā bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ caritvā adhunūpapannā tāvatiṃsakāyaṃ te aññe deve atirocanti vaṇṇena ceva yasasā ca tena sudaṃ bhante devā tāvatiṃsā attamanā honti pamuditā pītisomanassajātā dibbā vata bho kāyā paripūrenti hāyanti asurakāyāti athakho bhante sakko devānamindo devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sampasādaṃ viditvā imāhi gāthāhi anumodi