45. 7. Caturitthivimānavaṇṇanā

abhikkantena vaṇṇenāti caturitthivimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavati sāvatthiyaṃ viharante āyasmā mahāmoggallāno heṭṭhā vuttanayena devacārikaṃ caranto tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ gato. So tattha paṭipāṭiyā ṭhitesu catūsu vimānesu catasso devadhītaro paccekaṃ accharāsahassaparivārā dibbasampattiṃ anubhavantiyo disvā tāhi pubbe katakammaṃ pucchanto:-

[755] "abhikkantena vaṇṇena yā tvaṃ tiṭṭhasi devate

obhāsentī disā sabbā osadhī viya tārakā.