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Barley-Warden’s Mansion

Yavapālakavimānavatthu

A human who guarded a barley field explains how he became a deva.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Pāyāsivagga

0.47. Yavapālakavimānavatthu

1.1“Uccamidaṁ maṇithūṇaṁ vimānaṁ,1.2…pe…1.3Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

2.1So devaputto attamano,2.2…pe…2.3yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

3.1“Ahaṁ manussesu manussabhūto,3.2Ahosiṁ yavapālako;3.3Addasaṁ virajaṁ bhikkhuṁ,3.4Vippasannamanāvilaṁ.

4.1Tassa adāsahaṁ bhāgaṁ,4.2pasanno sehi pāṇibhi;4.3Kummāsapiṇḍaṁ datvāna,4.4modāmi nandane vane.

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

6.1Yavapālakavimānaṁ sattamaṁ.