[22] 5.
"Blue and yellow and black, crimson and then red —
wreathed about with filaments, of diverse hues:
you wear upon your head a garland of mandārava flowers.
Trees such as these are not found among the other hosts, O lady of excellent wisdom.
By what [deed], O glorious one, have you arisen in the Tāvatiṃsa host?
O devatā, when you are asked, declare: of what deed is this the fruit?"
"As 'Bhadditthikā' they knew me, a female lay follower (upāsikā) in Kimbilā,
endowed with faith and virtue, ever delighting in sharing.
Clothing and food, lodging and materials for lamps
I gave to those of upright nature, with a mind of clear confidence.
On the fourteenth, the fifteenth, and the eighth day of the fortnight,
and during the special fortnight (pāṭihāriyapakkha),
I observed the uposatha, well furnished with its eight factors,
ever well restrained in virtue —
abstaining from the destruction of life, and restrained from false speech,
far from theft, from sexual transgression, and from the drinking of intoxicants,
delighting in the five training precepts, skilled in the noble truths (ariyasacca),
a female lay follower of the One with Vision, dwelling in heedfulness (appamāda).
Having made my opportunity, having done wholesome deeds, passed away from there,
self-luminous, I wander through Nandana.
And I fed bhikkhus, compassionate for the highest welfare —
that pair of ascetics, the great sages.
Having made my opportunity, having done wholesome deeds, passed away from there,
self-luminous, I wander through Nandana.
The eight-factored uposatha, immeasurable, bringing happiness —
this I constantly observed.
Having made my opportunity, having done wholesome deeds, passed away from there,
self-luminous, I wander through Nandana."
The Bhadditthikā Vimāna, the fifth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.