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Second Needle Mansion

Dutiyasūcivimānavatthu

Offering a needle to an Arahant brought much happiness to a deva.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Mahārathavagga

0.49. Dutiyasūcivimānavatthu

1.1“Uccamidaṁ maṇithūṇaṁ vimānaṁ,1.2Samantato dvādasa yojanāni;1.3Kūṭāgārā sattasatā uḷārā,1.4Veḷuriyathambhā rucakatthatā subhā.

2.1Tatthacchasi pivasi khādasi ca,2.2Dibbā ca vīṇā pavadanti vagguṁ;2.3Dibbā rasā kāmaguṇettha pañca,2.4Nāriyo ca naccanti suvaṇṇachannā.

3.1Kena tetādiso vaṇṇo,3.2…pe…3.3Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

4.1So devaputto attamano,4.2…pe…4.3yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

5.1“Ahaṁ manussesu manussabhūto,5.2Purimajātiyā manussaloke.

6.1Addasaṁ virajaṁ bhikkhuṁ,6.2vippasannamanāvilaṁ;6.3Tassa adāsahaṁ sūciṁ,6.4pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

7.1Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,7.2…pe…7.3Vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

8.1Dutiyasūcivimānaṁ navamaṁ.