The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Mahārathavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Vimānavatthu · Petavatthu · Theragāthā · Therīgāthā · Vol. 26 · Section 55

[55] 5. "Lofty is this mansion (vimāna) with pillars of gems, twelve yojanas all around, … and your beauty (vaṇṇa) shines in all directions." That young deva (devaputta), delighted, questioned by Moggallāna, … of what deed (kamma) this is the fruit. "Divine is my lifespan of a thousand years — [merit] voiced by speech and sustained by mind: for just so long will the doer of merit remain, endowed with divine sensual pleasures. Because of that my beauty is such … and my beauty shines in all directions." (1) The Dvārapālaka Vimāna, the fifth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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