[72] 8. "Adorned, wearing garlands, well-clothed,
with fine earrings, with hair and beard well-groomed,
with ornaments fastened upon your arms, glorious,
[Siam ed. footnote: 1 Po. Yu.: adāsiṃ. 2 Po. Yu.: kummāsaṃ.]
you are in a divine mansion (vimāna), even as the moon;
and divine lutes sound forth sweetly,
while in eights of eight — sixty-four — trained and of lovely form,
divine maidens, splendid ones who range the heaven of the Thirty (Tidasa),
dance, sing, and give delight.
You have attained divine power (deviddhi); you are of great majesty.
When you were a human being, what merit (puñña) did you do?
By what is your majesty thus blazing,
and your radiance (vaṇṇa) shines forth in every direction?"
That young deva (devaputta), elated, questioned by Moggallāna,
… of what deed this is the fruit:
"When I was a human being among humans,
having seen ascetics (samaṇa) possessed of virtue,
accomplished in true knowledge (vijjā) and conduct, glorious,
greatly learned, attained to the destruction of craving (taṇhā),
with a mind (citta) full of confidence I respectfully gave
an abundant gift (dāna) of food and drink.
Because of that my radiance is such …
and my radiance shines forth in every direction."
The Kuṇḍalī Mansion, the eighth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.