[24] The Blessed One said this: "Bhikkhus, once in the past a certain deity (devatā) belonging to the Tāvatiṃsa host, in the Nandana Grove, surrounded by a troupe of celestial nymphs (accharā), supplied and endowed with the five divine cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa), being entertained [by them], on that occasion spoke this verse:
'They do not know happiness
who do not see Nandana,
the abode of the male devas (naradevā),
the glorious Thirty (tidasā).'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.