[319] The Blessed One said this: "Bhikkhus, here a bhikkhu is endowed with faith (saddhā), endowed with virtue (sīla), endowed with learning (suta), endowed with generosity (cāga), and endowed with wisdom (paññā). The thought occurs to him: 'Oh, that with the breaking up of the body, after death, I might be reborn in the company of affluent khattiyas (khattiyamahāsālā)!' He applies that mind (citta), resolves upon that mind, develops that mind. Those volitional formations (saṅkhārā) and those abidings (vihārā) of his, thus developed, thus cultivated, lead to rebirth there. This, bhikkhus, is the path, this is the way of practice that leads to rebirth there."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.