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7. "With surpassing beauty (vaṇṇa) … and your beauty shines forth in all directions."
That devatā (deity), delighted at being questioned by Moggallāna, … of what deed (kamma) this is the fruit (phala):
"A handful of blue water-lilies (indīvara) I gave
to a bhikkhu walking for alms,
in the city lofty with pillars (esikā),
in excellent, delightful Paṇṇakata.
Because of that my beauty is such … and my beauty shines forth in all directions." (1)
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"With surpassing beauty … and your beauty shines forth in all directions."
That devatā, delighted at being questioned by Moggallāna, … of what deed this is the fruit:
"A handful of blue lotuses (nīluppala) I gave
to a bhikkhu walking for alms,
in the city lofty with pillars,
in excellent, delightful Paṇṇakata.
Because of that my beauty is such … and my beauty shines forth in all directions." (2)
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"With surpassing beauty … and your beauty shines forth in all directions."
That devatā, delighted at being questioned by Moggallāna, … of what deed this is the fruit:
"One white of root and green of leaf,
grown in the water of a lake, I gave
to a bhikkhu walking for alms,
in the city lofty with pillars,
in excellent, delightful Paṇṇakata.
Because of that my beauty is such … and my beauty shines forth in all directions." (3)
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"With surpassing beauty … and your beauty shines forth in all directions."
That devatā, delighted at being questioned by Moggallāna, … of what deed this is the fruit:
"I, glad of heart, gave buds of jasmine (sumana),
ivory in color,
to the glad-hearted bhikkhu walking for alms,
in the city lofty with pillars,
in excellent, delightful Paṇṇakata.
Because of that my beauty is such … and my beauty shines forth in all directions." (4)
The Mansion of the Four Women (Caturitthi-vimāna), the seventh.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.