Tathā devatāhi ativiya piyāyitabbabhāvato imaṃ theraṃ bhagavā devatānaṃ piyamanāpa- bhāvena aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ devatānaṃ piyamanāpānaṃ yadidaṃ pilindavaccho"ti. So ekadivasaṃ bhikkhusaṃghamajjhe nisinno attano guṇe paccavekkhitvā tesaṃ kāraṇabhūtaṃ vijjānimittaṃ bhagavato santike āgamanaṃ pasaṃsanto:-

4- "svāgataṃ nāpagataṃ nayidaṃ dummantitaṃ mama

pavibhattesu dhammesu yaṃ seṭṭhaṃ tadupāgamin"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.

[9] Tattha svāgatanti sundaraṃ āgamanaṃ, idaṃ mamāti sambandho. Athavā svāgatanti suṭṭhu āgataṃ, mayāti vibhatti vipariṇāmetabbā. Nāpagatanti na apagataṃ