78. 4. Suvaṇṇavimānavaṇṇanā

sovaṇṇamaye pabbatasminti suvaṇṇavimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavā andhakavinde viharati. Tena samayena aññataro upāsako saddho pasanno vibhavasampanno tassa gāmassa avidūre aññatarasmiṃ muṇḍakapabbate sabbākārasampannaṃ bhagavato vasanānucchavikaṃ gandhakuṭiṃ kāretvā tattha bhagavantaṃ vasāpento sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhahi, sayañca niccasīle patiṭṭhito suvisuddhasīlasaṃvaro hutvā kālaṃ katvā tāvatiṃsabhavane nibbatti. Tassa kammānubhāvasaṃsūcakaṃ nānāratanaraṃsijālasamujjalaṃ vicitta- vedikāparikkhitataṃ vividhavipulālaṅkāropasobhitaṃ suvibhattabhittitthambhasopānaṃ ārāmaramaṇīyakaṃ kañcanapabbatamuddhani vimānaṃ uppajji. Taṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno devacārikaṃ caranto disvā imāhi gāthāhi paṭipucchi:-

[1134] "sovaṇṇamaye pabbatasmiṃ vimānaṃ sabbatopabhaṃ

hemajālapaṭicchannaṃ kiṅkiṇijālakappitaṃ.