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Almsfood Giver’s Mansion

Bhikkhādāyakavimānavatthu

A deva’s gains were bountiful after giving water to a thirsty monk.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Pāyāsivagga

0.46. Bhikkhādāyakavimānavatthu

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

2.1Deviddhipattosi mahānubhāvo,2.2Manussabhūto kimakāsi puññaṁ;2.3Kenāsi evaṁ jalitānubhāvo,2.4Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

3.1So devaputto attamano,3.2…pe…3.3yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

4.1“Ahaṁ manussesu manussabhūto,4.2Disvāna bhikkhuṁ tasitaṁ kilantaṁ;4.3Ekāhaṁ bhikkhaṁ paṭipādayissaṁ,4.4Samaṅgi bhattena tadā akāsiṁ.

5.1Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,5.2…pe…5.3Vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

6.1Bhikkhādāyakavimānaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.