[532] At Sāvatthī. A certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, what is the cause, what is the condition, whereby someone here, with the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in the companionship of the egg-born (aṇḍaja) supaṇṇas?"
"Here, bhikkhu, someone acts in a twofold way (dvayakārī) by body, acts in a twofold way by speech, acts in a twofold way by mind. He has heard: 'The egg-born supaṇṇas are long-lived, beautiful, and abounding in happiness.' It occurs to him thus: 'Oh, that with the breaking up of the body, after death, I might be reborn in the companionship of the egg-born supaṇṇas!' With the breaking up of the body, after death, he is reborn in the companionship of the egg-born supaṇṇas. This, bhikkhu, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby someone here, with the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in the companionship of the egg-born supaṇṇas."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.