[66] Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the leaves of the Pāricchattaka coral tree (pāricchattaka koviḷāra) of the Tāvatiṃsa devas have turned yellow (paṇḍupalāsa), on that occasion the Tāvatiṃsa devas are delighted: "Now the Pāricchattaka coral tree's leaves have turned yellow; before long it will shed its leaves (sattapalāsa)." Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas has shed its leaves, on that occasion the Tāvatiṃsa devas are delighted: "Now the Pāricchattaka coral tree has shed its leaves; before long it will put forth its network of shoots (jālakajāta)." Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas has put forth its network of shoots, on that occasion the Tāvatiṃsa devas are delighted: "Now the Pāricchattaka coral tree has put forth its network of shoots; before long it will form its buds (khārakajāta)." Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas has formed its buds, on that occasion the Tāvatiṃsa devas are delighted: "Now the Pāricchattaka coral tree has formed its buds; before long its buds will swell (kuḍumalakajāta)." Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the buds of the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas have swelled, on that occasion the Tāvatiṃsa devas are delighted: "Now the buds of the Pāricchattaka coral tree have swelled; before long its buds will be about to burst open (kokāsakajāta)." Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the buds of the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas are about to burst open, on that occasion the Tāvatiṃsa devas are delighted: "Now the buds of the Pāricchattaka coral tree are about to burst open; before long it will be in full blossom (sabbaphāliphulla)." Bhikkhus, on the occasion when the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas is in full blossom, the Tāvatiṃsa devas, delighted, furnished and endowed with the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa), amuse themselves for four celestial months at the foot of the Pāricchattaka coral tree. And, bhikkhus, when the Pāricchattaka coral tree is in full blossom, its radiance pervades fifty yojanas all around, and its fragrance travels a hundred yojanas with the wind. Such is the power of the Pāricchattaka coral tree.
Even so, bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple (ariyasāvaka) intends to go forth from the household life into homelessness, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one whose leaves have turned yellow, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple, having shaved off hair and beard and put on the ochre robes, has gone forth from the household life into homelessness, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one who has shed his leaves, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple, secluded from sensual pleasures … enters upon and dwells in the first jhāna, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one who has put forth his network of shoots, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple, with the subsiding of thought and examination … enters upon and dwells in the second jhāna, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one who has formed his buds, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple, with the fading away of rapture (pīti) … enters upon and dwells in the third jhāna, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one whose buds have swelled, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple, with the abandoning of pleasure … enters upon and dwells in the fourth jhāna, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one whose buds are about to burst open, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas. Bhikkhus, on the occasion when a noble disciple, through the destruction of the taints (āsava) … having realized it, enters upon and dwells in it, on that occasion, bhikkhus, the noble disciple is one in full blossom, like the Pāricchattaka coral tree of the Tāvatiṃsa devas.
On that occasion, bhikkhus, the earth-dwelling devas raise the cry: "This venerable one of such-and-such a name, the pupil (saddhivihārika) of the venerable one of such-and-such a name, having gone forth from the household life into homelessness from such-and-such a village or town, through the destruction of the taints … having realized it, enters upon and dwells in it." Having heard the cry of the earth-dwelling devas, the devas of the realm of the Four Great Kings (Cātummahārājikā) … the Tāvatiṃsa devas … the Yāmā devas … the Tusitā devas, the realm of the satisfied gods … the Nimmānaratī devas, the realm of the gods who rejoice in their own creations … the Paranimmitavasavattī devas, the realm of gods who lord over the creation of others … the devas of Brahmā's retinue raise the cry: "This venerable one of such-and-such a name, the pupil of the venerable one of such-and-such a name, having gone forth from the household life into homelessness from such-and-such a village or town, through the destruction of the taints … having realized it, enters upon and dwells in it." Thus at that moment, at that instant, the sound ascends as far as the Brahmā world (Brahma-loka). Such is the power of a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed (khīṇāsava).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.