[77] 3.
"Lofty is this gem-pillared mansion (vimāna),
twelve yojanas all around;
seven hundred magnificent gabled halls (kūṭāgāra),
with pillars of beryl, delightfully spread, beautiful.
There you dwell, you drink and you eat,
and divine lutes (vīṇā) sound forth sweetly;
here are the five strands of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa) of divine savor,
and women clad in gold are dancing.
Because of what is your complexion such? …
and your complexion shines in all directions?"
That devaputta, elated at being questioned by Moggallāna,
… of which deed this is the fruit:
"When I was a human being among humans,
I made a walkway on a path in the wilderness,
and I planted trees for a park;
and the virtuous were dear to me.
With a confident mind (citta), respectfully,
I gave an abundant gift of food and drink.
Because of that my complexion is such, …
and my complexion shines in all directions."
The Maṇithūṇa Vimāna, the third.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.