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Paṭhamanāgavimānavatthu

A deva explains the results of offering eight flowers to the stupa of Kassapa Supreme Buddha.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Mahārathavagga

0.410. Paṭhamanāgavimānavatthu

1.1“Susukkakhandhaṁ abhiruyha nāgaṁ,1.2Akācinaṁ dantiṁ baliṁ mahājavaṁ;1.3Abhiruyha gajavaraṁ sukappitaṁ,1.4Idhāgamā vehāyasaṁ antalikkhe.

2.1Nāgassa dantesu duvesu nimmitā,2.2Acchodakā paduminiyo suphullā;2.3Padumesu ca tūriyagaṇā pavajjare,2.4Imā ca naccanti manoharāyo.

3.1Deviddhipattosi mahānubhāvo,3.2Manussabhūto kimakāsi puññaṁ;3.3Kenāsi evaṁ jalitānubhāvo,3.4Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

4.1So devaputto attamano,4.2moggallānena pucchito;4.3Pañhaṁ puṭṭho viyākāsi,4.4yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

5.1“Aṭṭheva muttapupphāni,5.2kassapassa mahesino;5.3Thūpasmiṁ abhiropesiṁ,5.4pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

6.1Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,6.2…pe…6.3vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

7.1Paṭhamanāgavimānaṁ dasamaṁ.