[526] Then Sakka, lord of the devas (devānaminda), together with eighty thousand deities, approached the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna; having approached, he paid homage to the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna and 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, lord of the devas, 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, lord of the devas, 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, lord of the devas, 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. … Good, dear sir Moggallāna, is the going for refuge to the Saṅgha. Because of going for refuge to the Saṅgha, dear sir Moggallāna, some beings here, with the breakup of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.