70. 6. Bhikkhādāyakavimānavaṇṇanā

uccamidaṃ maṇithūṇaṃ vimānanti bhikkhādāyakavimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane. Tena samayena aññataro bhikkhu addhānamaggapaṭipanno aññataraṃ gāmaṃ piṇḍāya paviṭṭho ekassa gharadvāre aṭṭhāsi. Tattha aññataro puriso dhotahatthapādo "bhuñjissāmī"ti nisinno bhojanaṃ upanetvā pātiyā pakkhitte taṃ bhikkhuṃ disvā pātiyā bhattaṃ tassa bhikkhuno patte ākiranto tena "ekadesameva dehī"ti vuttopi sabbameva ākiri, so bhikkhu anumodanaṃ vatvā pakkāmi. So

So aparabhāge kālaṃ katvā tāvatiṃsesu dvādasayojanike kanakavimāne nibbatti. Taṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallānatthero devacārikaṃ caranto mahatiyā deviddhiyā virocamānaṃ disvā imāhi gāthāhi paṭipucchi:-

[1081] "uccamidaṃ maṇithūṇaṃ vimānaṃ