[239] Athakho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi ye keci buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gatāse na te gamissanti apāyabhūmiṃ pahāya mānusaṃ dehaṃ devakāyaṃ paripūressantīti.

[240] Athakho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi yebhuyyena bhikkhave dasasu lokadhātūsu devatā sannipatitā honti tathāgataṃ dassanāya Bhikkhusaṅghañca yepi te bhikkhave ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā tesampi bhagavantānaṃ etaparamāyeva devatā sannipatitā ahesuṃ seyyathāpi mayhaṃ etarahi yepi te bhikkhave bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā tesampi bhagavantānaṃ etaparamāyeva devatā sannipatitā bhavissanti seyyathāpi mayhaṃ etarahi ācikkhissāmi bhikkhave devakāyānaṃ nāmāni kittayissāmi bhikkhave devakāyānaṃ nāmāni desissāmi bhikkhave devakāyānaṃ nāmāni taṃ suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha bhāsissāmīti . Evambhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca

[241] Silokamanukassāmi yattha bhummā tadassitā ye sitā girigabbharaṃ pahitattā samāhitā. Puthū sīhāva sallīnā lomahaṃsābhisambhuno odātamanasā suddhā vippasannamanāvilā . Bhiyyo pañcasate ñatvā vane kāpilavatthave tato āmantayi satthā sāvake sāsane rate devakāyā abhikkantā te vijānātha bhikkhavo te ca ātappamakaruṃ sutvā buddhassa sāsanaṃ. Tesampāturahu ñāṇaṃ amanussāna dassanaṃ appeke satamaddakkhuṃ sahassaṃ atha sattariṃ. Sataṃ eke sahassānaṃ amanussānamaddasuṃ Appekenantamaddakkhuṃ disā sabbā phuṭā ahuṃ. Tañca sabbaṃ abhiññāya vavakkhitvāna cakkhumā tato āmantayi satthā sāvake sāsane rate devakāyā abhikkantā te vijānātha bhikkhavo ye vohaṃ kittayissāmi girāhi anupubbaso. Sattasahassā va yakkhā bhummā kāpilavatthavā iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. Chasahassā hemavatā yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. Sātāgirā tisahassā yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. Iccete soḷasasahassā yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. Vessāmittā pañcasatā yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ. Kumbhīro rājagahiko vepullassa nivesanaṃ bhiyyo naṃ satasahassaṃ yakkhānaṃ payirupāsati. Kumbhīro rājagahiko sopāga samitiṃ vanaṃ.