[488] Devayāniyo maggoti pāṭiyekko devalokagamanamaggo nāma natthi, iddhividhañāṇasseva panetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Tena hesa yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṃ vattento devalokaṃ yāti. Tasmā taṃ "devayāniyo maggo"ti vuttaṃ. Yena cātummahārājikāti samīpe ṭhitaṃpi bhagavantaṃ apucchitvā dhammatāya codito devatā mahānubhāvāti maññamāno upasaṅkami. Mayaṃpi kho bhikkhu na jānāmāti buddhavisaye pañhaṃ pucchitā devatā na jānanti, tenevamāhaṃsu. Atha kho so bhikkhu "mama imaṃ pañhaṃ na kathetuṃ na labbhā, sīghaṃ kathethā"ti tā devatā ajjhottharati, punappunaṃ pucchati, tā "ajjhottharati no ayaṃ bhikkhu, handa naṃ hatthato mocessāmā"ti cintetvā "atthi kho bhikkhu cattāro mahārājāno"ti ādimāhaṃsu. Tattha abhikkantatarāti atikkamma kantataRā. Paṇītarāti vaṇṇayasaissariyādīhi uttamataRā. Etena nayena sabbavāresu attho veditabbo.

[491-493] Ayaṃ pana viseso:- sakko kira devarājā cintesi "ayaṃ pañho buddhavisayo, na sakkā aññena vissajjituṃ, ayañca bhikkhu aggiṃ pahāya khajjopanakaṃ dhamento viya, bheriṃ pahāya udaraṃ vādento viya ca loke aggapuggalaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ pahāya devatā pucchanto vicarati, pesemi naṃ satthu santikan"ti. Tato punadeva so cintesi "sudūraṃpi gantvā satthu santikeva nikkaṅkho bhavissati, atthiceva puggalo nāmesa thokaṃ tāva āhiṇḍanto kilamatu pacchā jānissatī"ti. Tato naṃ "ahaṃpi kho"ti ādimāha. Brahmayāniyopi devayāniyasadisova. Devayāniyamaggoti vā brahmayāniyamaggoti vā dhammasetūti vā ekacittakkhaṇikaappanāti vā sanniṭṭhānikacetanāti vā mahaggatacittanti vā abhiñāṇanti vā sabbametaṃ idadhividhañāṇasseva nāmaṃ.

[494] Pubbanimittanti āgamanapubbabhāge nimittaṃ suriyassa udayato aruṇuggaṃ viya. Tasmā idāneva brahmā āgamissati, evaṃ mayaṃ jānāmāti dīpayiṃsu. Pāturahosīti pākaṭo ahosi. Atha kho so brahmā tena bhikkhunā puṭṭho attano avisayabhāvaṃ ñatvā sacāhaṃ "na jānāmī"ti vakkhāmi, ime mamaṃ paribhavissanti,