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"He spoke no idle chatter (samphappalāpa), no reckless utterance,
and his course of speech was not scattered;
what was unbeneficial he dispelled,
and he spoke what was beneficial and what made for the happiness of the many people.
Having done that, passing away from here, he arose in heaven,
and there experienced the ripened result, the fruit of deeds well done;
passing away, come back here again,
he obtained that supreme jaw of the noblest of beasts.
He becomes a king most difficult to assail, a lord of men,
sovereign over humankind, of great majesty;
he becomes the equal of the best in the excellent city of heaven (tidiva),
like Inda, most excellent among the gods.
By gandhabbas, by asuras, by Sakka and by rakkhasas,
by the very gods (sura), one of such a nature is not easily assailed;
if here he becomes of such a kind,
[he stands unassailed] in the quarters, the counter-quarters, and the intermediate directions."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.