60. 10. Paṭhamanāgavimānavaṇṇanā

susukkakhandhaṃ abhiruyha nāganti paṭhamanāgavimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane. Tena samayena āyasmā mahāmoggallāno heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva devacārikaṃ caranto tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ upagato tattha addasa aññataraṃ devaputtaṃ sabbasetaṃ mahantaṃ dibbanāgaṃ abhiruyha mahantena parivārena mahatā dibbānubhāvena ākāsena gacchantaṃ, sabbā disā cando viya sūriyo viya ca obhāsayamānaṃ. Disvā yena so devaputto tenupasaṅkami. Atha so devaputto tato oruyha āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ abhivādetvā añjaliṃ paggayha aṭṭhāsi. Atha thero tassa sampattikittanamukhena katakammaṃ pucchi:-

[961] "susukkakhandhaṃ abhiruyha nāgaṃ

akācinaṃ dantiṃ baliṃ mahājavaṃ