[132] When his mind (citta) is thus concentrated (samādhi) — purified, bright, unblemished, rid of corruptions (upakkilesa), malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability — he directs and inclines his mind to the creation of a mind-made (manomaya) body. From this body he creates another body — possessed of form, mind-made, complete in all its limbs and parts, not deficient in any faculty.
Just as, great king, a man might draw a reed out from muñja grass, and it would occur to him: "This is the muñja grass, this is the reed; the muñja grass is one thing, the reed another — yet the reed has been drawn out from the muñja grass"; or just as, great king, a man might draw a sword out from its scabbard, and it would occur to him: "This is the sword, this is the scabbard; the sword is one thing, the scabbard another — yet the sword has been drawn out from the scabbard"; or just as, great king, a man might draw a snake out from its slough, and it would occur to him: "This is the snake, this is the slough; the snake is one thing, the slough another — yet the snake has been drawn out from the slough" — even so, great king, when a bhikkhu's mind is thus concentrated — purified, bright, unblemished, rid of corruptions, malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability — he directs and inclines his mind to the creation of a mind-made body. From this body he creates another body — possessed of form, mind-made, complete in all its limbs and parts, not deficient in any faculty.
This too, great king, is a fruit of the ascetic life (sāmaññaphala), visible in this very life, more excellent and more sublime than the previous fruits of the ascetic life visible in this very life.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.