[59] 9. "Lofty is this mansion with its pillars of gems,
twelve yojanas all around;
…
and your complexion shines forth in every direction."
That young deva (devaputta), elated at being questioned by Moggallāna,
… of what kamma this is the fruit:
"When I was a human being among humans,
in a former birth, in the human world,
I saw a stainless bhikkhu, serene and unclouded;
confident at heart, I gave him a needle with my own hands.
Because of that such is my complexion; …
and my complexion shines forth in every direction." (5)
The Second Needle Mansion (Dutiyasūcivimāna), the ninth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.