[212] From here that is the western quarter:
so the people declare it.
That quarter is watched over
by a great king endowed with glory,
the overlord of the nāgas,
Virūpakkha by name;
he delights in dance and song,
honored by the nāgas.
He too has many sons
of a single name, so I have heard:
eighty and ten and one,
named Inda, of great strength.
And they too, having seen the Awakened One,
the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun (ādiccabandhu),
pay homage to him from afar,
the great one, free from timidity:
"Homage to you, thoroughbred of men!
Homage to you, supreme among men!
With skill you look upon [beings];
even the non-humans pay homage to you."
This we have heard repeatedly;
therefore we speak thus:
"Do you pay homage to Gotama the Victor (jina)?"
"We pay homage to Gotama the Victor,
accomplished in true knowledge (vijjā) and conduct —
we pay homage to Gotama the Buddha."
Where delightful Uttarakuru lies,
with Mahāneru fair to behold,
humans are born there
who call nothing "mine" and hold no possessions.
They sow no seed,
nor are ploughs drawn forth;
the humans there enjoy
rice that ripens on untilled ground —
free of bran, free of husk, pure,
fragrant, bearing grains of rice;
having cooked it on the tuṇḍikira [oven],
they then partake of that food.
Having made a cow single-hoofed,
they travel from quarter to quarter;
having made a beast single-hoofed,
they travel from quarter to quarter.
Having made a woman a vehicle,
they travel from quarter to quarter;
having made a man a vehicle,
they travel from quarter to quarter.
Having made a girl a vehicle,
they travel from quarter to quarter;
having made a boy a vehicle,
they travel from quarter to quarter.
Mounted upon those vehicles,
the attendants of that king
travel round all the quarters.
Elephant-vehicle, horse-vehicle,
and celestial vehicle stand ready,
with palaces and palanquins as well,
for the great king endowed with glory.
And his are cities
well built in the sky:
Āṭānāṭā, Kusināṭā, Parakusināṭā,
Nāṭapariyā, Parakusiṭanāṭā;
to the north, Kapīvanta,
and Janogha beyond;
Navanavatiya, Ambara-Ambaravatiya,
and the royal capital named Āḷakamandā.
Now, dear sir (mārisa), the royal capital of the Great King Kuvera is named Visāṇā; therefore the Great King Kuvera is called "Vessavaṇa."
Investigating [affairs], they make them known:
Tatolā, Tattalā, Tatotalā,
Ojasī, Tejasī, Tatojasī,
Sura, Rājā, Ariṭṭha, and Nemī.
There too is a lake named Dharaṇī,
from which the clouds pour down rain,
from which the rains spread abroad;
there too is a hall named Bhagalavatī,
where the yakkhas gather in attendance.
There the trees are ever in fruit,
thronged with flocks of birds of many kinds,
resounding with peacocks and cranes,
and with the sweet-voiced cuckoos.
Here is the call of the jīvañjīvaka birds,
and of the oṭṭhavacittaka too;
there are jungle fowl and crabs,
and, in the wood, the pokkharasātaka birds.
Here is the sound of parrots and mynahs,
and of the daṇḍamāṇavaka birds as well.
That lotus pond of Kuvera
shines in beauty at all times, forever.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.