[437] Then Sakka, lord of gods, and Vessavaṇa the Great King, putting the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna in front, approached the Vejayanta Palace. The attendant maidens of Sakka, lord of gods, saw the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna coming from afar; and seeing him, feeling apprehension and shame, they entered each her own inner chamber. Just as a daughter-in-law, on seeing her father-in-law, feels apprehension and shame, even so the attendant maidens of Sakka, lord of gods, on seeing the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, feeling apprehension and shame, entered each her own inner chamber. Then Sakka, lord of gods, and Vessavaṇa the Great King had the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna walk about and wander through the Vejayanta Palace, saying: "See, good sir Moggallāna, this loveliness of the Vejayanta Palace! See, good sir Moggallāna, this loveliness of the Vejayanta Palace!"
"This shines for the venerable Kosiya, as for one who has made merit in the past. Humans too, when they see anything lovely, say: 'It shines indeed, sirs, like that of the gods of the Thirty-three!' This of the venerable Kosiya shines, as for one who has made merit in the past."
Then it occurred to the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna: "This spirit (yakkha) dwells far too negligently. What if I were to stir this spirit to a sense of urgency?" Then the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna performed such a feat of psychic power (iddhābhisaṅkhāra) that with his big toe he made the Vejayanta Palace shake, quake, and tremble. Then Sakka, lord of gods, and Vessavaṇa the Great King, and the gods of the Thirty-three were filled with wonder and amazement, saying: "How wonderful indeed, sirs, how marvellous indeed, sirs, is the great psychic power and great might of the ascetic, in that with his big toe he can make the divine abode shake, quake, and tremble!"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.