85. 11. Sunikkhittavimānavaṇṇanā

uccamidaṃ maṇithūṇaṃ vimānanti sunikkhittavimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane. Tena samayena āyasmā mahāmoggallāno heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva devacārikaṃ caranto tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ upagato. Tasmiṃ ca khaṇe aññataro devaputto attano vimānadvāre ṭhito āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ disvā sañjāta- gāravabahumāno upasaṅkamitvā pañcapatiṭṭhitena vanditvā añjaliṃ paggayha aṭṭhāsi.

So kira atīte kassapasammāsambuddhe parinibbute tassa sarīradhātuyo pakkhipitvā yojanike kanakathūpe ca kate catasso parisā kālena kālaṃ upasaṅkamitvā gandhapuppha- dhūpādīhi cetiye pūjaṃ karonti, tattha aññataro upāsako aññesu pupphapūjaṃ katvā gatesu tehi pūjitaṭṭhāne dunnikkhittāni pupphāni disvā tattheva tāni sammadeva ṭhapento sannivesavasena dassanīyaṃ pāsādikaṃ vibhattivisesayuttaṃ pupphapūjaṃ akāsi. Katvā ca pana etaṃ ārammaṇaṃ gaṇhanto satthu guṇe anussaritvā pasannacitto taṃ puññaṃ hadaye ṭhapesi.

So aparabhāge kālaṃ katvā tasseva kammassa ānubhāvena tāvatiṃsabhavane dvādasajonike kanakavimāne nibbatti, mahānubhāvo mahā cassa parivāro ahosi. Taṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ "tasmiṃ ca khaṇe aññataro devaputto .pe. Aṭṭhāsī"ti. Atha naṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno yathāladdhasampattikittanamukhena katasucaritaṃ kammaṃ imāhi gāthāhi pucchi:-