passāmi vītivattantaṃ brahmaloke pabhassaraṃ

svāhaṃ ajja kathaṃ vajjaṃ ahaṃ niccomhi sassatoti.

Athakho bhagavā taṃ brahmānaṃ saṃvejetvā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso .pe. Evameva tasmiṃ brahmaloke antarahito jetavane pāturahosi. Athakho so brahmā aññataraṃ brahmapārisajjaṃ āmantesi "ehi tvaṃ mārisa yenāyasmā mahāmoggallāno tesupasaṅkama, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ evaṃ vadehi `atthi nu kho mārisa moggallāna aññepi tassa bhagavato sāvakā evaṃmahiddhikā evaṃmahānubhāvā seyyathāpi bhavaṃ moggallāno kassapo kappino anuruddho"ti. "evaṃ mārisā"ti kho so brahmapārisajjo tassa brahmuno paṭissuṇitvā yenāyasmā mahā- moggallāno tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ etadavoca "atthi nu kho mārisa moggallāna aññepi tassa bhagavato sāvakā evaṃmahiddhikā evaṃmahānubhāvā seyyathāpi bhavaṃ moggallāno kassapo kappino anuruddho"ti. Athakho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno taṃ brahmapārisajjaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:-

"tevijjā iddhipattā ca cetopariyāyakovidā