[524] Then the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna — just as a strong man might extend his flexed arm or flex his extended arm — vanished from Jeta's Grove and appeared among the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Then Sakka, lord of the devas, together with five hundred deities, approached the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna; having approached and paid homage to the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, he stood to one side. As he stood to one side, the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this to Sakka, lord of the devas:
"Good, lord of the devas, is the going for refuge (saraṇagamana) to the Buddha. Because of going for refuge to the Buddha, some beings here, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Good, lord of the devas, is the going for refuge to the Dhamma. Because of going for refuge to the Dhamma, some beings here, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Good, lord of the devas, is the going for refuge to the Saṅgha. Because of going for refuge to the Saṅgha, some beings here, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world."
"Good, dear sir Moggallāna, is the going for refuge to the Buddha. Because of going for refuge to the Buddha, dear sir Moggallāna, some beings here, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Good, dear sir Moggallāna, is the going for refuge to the Dhamma. Because of going for refuge to the Dhamma, dear sir Moggallāna, some beings here, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Good, dear sir Moggallāna, is the going for refuge to the Saṅgha … are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.