[235] 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 . Athakho 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 paccekagāthaṃ bhāseyyāmāti. {235.1} Athakho tā devatā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva suddhāvāsesu devesu antarahitā bhagavato purato pāturahaṃsu . athakho tā devatā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu . ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi