[436] Then the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this to Sakka, lord of the gods, who was seated to one side: "But how, Kosiya, did the Blessed One speak to you in brief of liberation through the destruction of craving (taṇhā)? It would be good if we too might have a share in hearing that talk."
"Good sir (mārisa) Moggallāna, we have many duties, many things to be done — both with our own business and, moreover, with the business of the gods of the Tāvatiṃsa. And furthermore, good sir Moggallāna, what has been well heard, well grasped, well attended to, and well retained does not quickly vanish from us. Once in the past, good sir Moggallāna, a battle between the gods and the asuras was arrayed. In that battle, good sir Moggallāna, the gods conquered and the asuras were defeated. Having won that battle between the gods and the asuras, good sir Moggallāna, I returned from it victorious in battle and had the palace named Vejayanta built. Now the Vejayanta Palace, good sir Moggallāna, has one hundred towers (niyyūha); in each tower there are seven hundred peaked chambers (kūṭāgāra); in each peaked chamber there are seven celestial nymphs (accharā); and each nymph has seven attendants. Would you not wish, good sir Moggallāna, to see the loveliness of the Vejayanta Palace?"
The Venerable Mahāmoggallāna consented by silence.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.