[134] With his mind (citta) thus concentrated (samāhita) — purified, cleansed, unblemished, rid of defilements (upakkilesa), malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability — he directs and inclines his mind to the divine ear element (dibbā sotadhātu). With the divine ear element, which is purified and surpasses the human, he hears both kinds of sounds, divine and human, those that are far as well as near. Just as, great king, a man traveling along a highway might hear the sound of a kettledrum, the sound of a clay drum, the sound of a conch, the sound of a small drum, and the sound of a tom-tom, and it would occur to him: "That is the sound of a kettledrum; that is the sound of a clay drum; that is the sound of a conch; that is the sound of a small drum; that is the sound of a tom-tom" — even so, great king, a bhikkhu, with his mind thus concentrated — purified, cleansed, unblemished, rid of defilements, malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability — directs and inclines his mind to the divine ear element. With the divine ear element, which is purified and surpasses the human, he hears both kinds of sounds, divine and human, those that are far as well as near. 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.