[252] Athakho bhagavā sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ etadavoca acchariyamidaṃ āyasmato kosiyassa abbhūtamidaṃ āyasmato kosiyassa tava bahukiccassa bahukaraṇīyassa yadidaṃ idhāgamananti . cirapaṭikāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo apica devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ kehici kiccakaraṇīyehi byāvaṭo evāhaṃ nāsakkhiṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ . ekamidaṃ bhante samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati salaḷāgārake . athakhohaṃ bhante sāvatthiṃ agamāsiṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya . tena kho pana bhante samayena bhagavā aññatarena samādhinā nisinno hoti . bhujagī nāma vessavaṇassa mahārājassa paricārikā bhagavantaṃ paccupaṭṭhitā hoti pañjalikā namassamānā tiṭṭhati. {252.1} Athakhohaṃ bhante bhujagiṃ etadavocaṃ abhivādehi me tvaṃ bhagini bhagavantaṃ sakko bhante devānamindo sāmacco saparijano bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatīti . evaṃ vutte bhante sā bhujagī maṃ etadavoca akālo kho mārisa bhagavantaṃ dassanāya paṭisallīno bhagavāti . tenahi bhagini yadā bhagavā tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhito hoti atha mama vacanena bhagavantaṃ abhivādehi sakko bhante Devānamindo sāmacco saparijano bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatīti . Kacci me sā bhante bhaginī bhagavantaṃ abhivādesi sarati bhagavā tassā bhaginiyā vacananti . abhivādesi maṃ sā devānaminda bhaginī sarāmahaṃ tassā bhaginiyā vacanaṃ apicāhaṃ āyasmato cakkanemisaddena tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhitoti . ye te bhante devā amhehi paṭhamataraṃ tāvatiṃsakāyaṃ upapannā tesaṃ me sammukhā sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ yadā tathāgatā loke uppajjanti arahanto sammāsambuddhā dibbā kāyā paripūrenti hāyanti asurakāyāti . taṃ me idaṃ bhante sakkhidiṭṭhaṃ yato tathāgato loke uppanno arahaṃ sammāsambuddho dibbā kāyā paripūrenti hāyanti asurakāyāti. {252.2} Idheva bhante kapilavatthusmiṃ gopikā nāma sakyadhītā ahosi buddhe pasannā dhamme pasannā saṅghe pasannā sīlesu paripūrīkārinī sā itthīcittaṃ virājetvā purisacittaṃ bhāvetvā kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ amhākaṃ puttattaṃ ajjhupagatā tatrāpi naṃ evaṃ jānanti gopako devaputto gopako devaputtoti . aññepi bhante tayo bhikkhū bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ caritvā hīnaṃ gandhabbakāyaṃ upapannā te pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgibhūtā paricārayamānā amhākaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ āgacchanti amhākaṃ pāricariyaṃ . te amhākaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ āgate amhākaṃ pāricariyaṃ gopako devaputto paṭicodesi kutomukhā nāma Tumhe mārisā tassa bhagavato dhammaṃ āyūhittha ahaṃ hi nāma itthikā samānā buddhe pasannā dhamme pasannā saṅghe pasannā sīlesu paripūrīkārinī itthīcittaṃ virājetvā purisacittaṃ bhāvetvā kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ sakkassa devānamindassa puttattaṃ ajjhupagatā idhāpi maṃ evaṃ jānanti gopako devaputto gopako devaputtoti tumhe pana mārisā bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ caritvā hīnaṃ gandhabbakāyaṃ upapannā duddiṭṭharūpaṃ vata bho addasāma ye mayaṃ addasāma sahadhammike hīnaṃ gandhabbakāyaṃ upapanneti . tesaṃ bhante gopakena devaputtena paṭicoditānaṃ dve devā diṭṭhe va dhamme satiṃ paṭilabhiṃsu kāyaṃ brahmapurohitaṃ . eko pana devo kāme ajjhāvasi.