81. 7. Kaṇṭhakavimānavaṇṇanā

puṇṇamāse yathā candoti kaṇṭhakavimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane. Tena samayena āyasmā mahāmoggallāno heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva devacārikaṃ caramāno tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ gato, tasmiṃ khaṇe kaṇṭhako devaputto sakabhavanato nikkhamitvā dibbayānaṃ abhiruhitvā mahantena parivārena mahatiyā deviddhiyā uyyānaṃ gacchanto āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ disvā sañjātagārava- bahumāno sahasā yānato oruyha theraṃ upasaṅkamitvā pañcapatiṭṭhitena vanditvā sirasmiṃ añjaliṃ paggayha aṭṭhāsi. Atha naṃ thero:-

[1171] "puṇṇamāse yathā cando nakkhattaparivārito

samantā anupariyāti tārakādhipatī saSī.