[198] Idamatthaṃ bhante brahmā sanaṅkumāro abhāsittha. Idamatthaṃ bhante brahmuno sanaṅkumārassa bhāsato aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato saro hoti vissaṭṭho ca viññeyyo ca mañjū ca savanīyo ca bindu ca avisārī ca gambhīro ca ninnādī ca . yathāparisaṃ kho pana bhante brahmā sanaṅkumāro sarena ca viññāpeti na cassa bahiddhā Parisāya ghoso niccharati . yassa kho pana bhante evaṃ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato saro hoti so vuccati brahmassaroti. {198.1} Athakho bhante brahmā sanaṅkumāro tettiṃse attabhāve abhinimminitvā devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ paccekapallaṅke nisīditvā deve tāvatiṃse āmantesi taṃ kiṃ maññanti bhonto devā tāvatiṃsā yāvañceso bhagavā bahujanahitāya paṭipanno bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ . ye hi keci bhonto buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gatā dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gatā saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gatā sīlesu paripūrīkārino te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā appekacce parinimmitavasavattīnaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjanti appekacce nimmānaratīnaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjanti appekacce tusitānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjanti appekacce yāmānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjanti appekacce tāvatiṃsānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjanti appekacce cātummahārājikānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjanti ye sabbanihīnaṃ kāyaṃ paripūrenti te gandhabbakāyaṃ paripūrentīti.