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Fourth Throne Mansion

Catutthapīṭhavimānavatthu

Arahant Moggallana asks a deva how he received a throne made of beryl gemstones.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Itthivimāna
  • 0.3Pīṭhavagga

0.44. Catutthapīṭhavimānavatthu

1.1“Pīṭhaṁ te veḷuriyamayaṁ uḷāraṁ,1.2Manojavaṁ gacchati yenakāmaṁ;1.3Alaṅkate malyadhare suvatthe,1.4Obhāsasi vijjurivabbhakūṭaṁ.

2.1Kena tetādiso vaṇṇo,2.2kena te idha mijjhati;2.3Uppajjanti ca te bhogā,2.4ye keci manaso piyā.

3.1Pucchāmi taṁ devi mahānubhāve,3.2Manussabhūtā kimakāsi puññaṁ;3.3Kenāsi evaṁ jalitānubhāvā,3.4Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

4.1Sā devatā attamanā,4.2moggallānena pucchitā;4.3Pañhaṁ puṭṭhā viyākāsi,4.4yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

5.1“Appassa kammassa phalaṁ mamedaṁ,5.2Yenamhi evaṁ jalitānubhāvā;5.3Ahaṁ manussesu manussabhūtā,5.4Purimāya jātiyā manussaloke.

6.1Addasaṁ virajaṁ bhikkhuṁ,6.2vippasannamanāvilaṁ;6.3Tassa adāsahaṁ pīṭhaṁ,6.4pasannā sehi pāṇibhi.

7.1Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,7.2tena me idha mijjhati;7.3Uppajjanti ca me bhogā,7.4ye keci manaso piyā.

8.1Akkhāmi te bhikkhu mahānubhāva,8.2Manussabhūtā yamakāsi puññaṁ;8.3Tenamhi evaṁ jalitānubhāvā,8.4Vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

9.1Catutthapīṭhavimānaṁ catutthaṁ.