Athāyasmā mahāmoggallāno devacārikaṃ caranto taṃ pasādaṃ disvā attānaṃ vandituṃ āgate devaputte pucchi "kassāyaṃ pāsādo"ti. "imassa bhante pāsādassa sāmiko manussaloke bārāṇasiyaṃ nandiyo nāma kuṭumbiyaputto saṃghassa isipatana- mahāvihāre catusālaṃ kāresi, tassāyaṃ nibbatto pāsādo"ti āhaṃsu. Pāsāde nibbattadevaccharāyopi theraṃ vanditvā "bhante mayaṃ bārāṇasiyaṃ nandiyassa nāma upāsakassa paricārikā bhavituṃ idha nibbattā, tassa evaṃ vadetha `tuyhaṃ paricārikā bhavituṃ nibbattā devatāyo tayi cirāyante ukkaṇṭhitā, devalokasampatti nāma mattikābhājanaṃ bhinditvā suvaṇṇabhājanassa gahaṇaṃ viya atimanāpan'ti vatvā idhāgamanatthāya tassa vadethā"ti āhaṃsu. Thero "sādhū"ti paṭissuṇitvā sahasā devalokato āgantvā catuparisamajjhe bhagavantaṃ pucchi "nibbattati nu kho bhante Katapuññānaṃ manussaloke ṭhitānaṃyeva dibbasampattī"ti. Nanu te moggallāna nandiyassa devaloke nibbattā dibbasampatti sāmaṃ diṭṭhā, kasmā maṃ pucchasīti. Evaṃ bhante nibbattatīti. Athassa satthā "yathā ciraṃ vippavasitvā āgataṃ purisaṃ mittabandhavā abhinandanti sampaṭicchanti, evaṃ katapuññaṃ puggalaṃ ito paralokaṃ gataṃ sakāni puññāni sampattihatthehi sampaṭicchanti paṭiggaṇhantī"ti dassento:-

[861] "cirappavāsiṃ purisaṃ dūrato sotthimāgataṃ

ñātimittā suhajjā ca abhinandanti āgataṃ.

[862] Tatheva katapuññampi asmā lokā paraṃ gataṃ