[78] 4. "On a mountain made of gold stands a mansion, radiant on every side,
covered over with a netting of gold, hung about with a net of tinkling bells.
Its pillars, eight-sided, well-wrought, are all made of beryl;
upon each single facet the seven gems are set.
Of beryl and of gold, of crystal and of silver,
with cat's-eye gems and pearls and with rubies,
the floor is variegated and delightful; no dust stirs up there.
The clustered rafters, golden-hued, there formed, bear up the roof-peak.
And four stairways stand formed, facing the four quarters;
with its chambers of manifold gems it shines like the very sun.
Four railings are there, well apportioned, measured out part by part;
blazing brilliantly, they gleam all around to the four quarters.
In that excellent mansion, O devaputta of great radiance,
you shine surpassingly in beauty, like the sun as it rises.
Is this the fruit of your giving (dāna), or else of virtue (sīla),
or of the act of reverence with joined palms (añjalikamma)?
Being asked, declare it to me."
That devaputta, elated, questioned by Moggallāna,
when the question was put, explained of what deed (kamma) this is the fruit:
"At Andhakavinda, full of confidence, with my own hands
I had a dwelling (vihāra) built for the Teacher, the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun.
There perfume and garland, requisites (paccaya) and unguent,
and the dwelling I gave to the Teacher, with a heart serenely confident.
By that has this been gained by me: I wield sway in Nandana.
In Nandana, excellent, delightful, thronged with flocks of many kinds of birds,
I delight with dancing and with song, attended by celestial nymphs (accharā)."
The Golden Mansion (Suvaṇṇavimāna), the fourth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.