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Vv 62

12. Tatiyanāgavimānavatthu

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Mahārathavagga

12. Tatiyanāgavimānavatthu

“Ko nu dibbena yānena,
sabbasetena hatthinā;
Tūriyatāḷitanigghoso,
antalikkhe mahīyati.

Devatā nusi gandhabbo,
adu sakko purindado;
Ajānantā taṁ pucchāma,
kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

“Namhi devo na gandhabbo,
nāpi sakko purindado;
Sudhammā nāma ye devā,
tesaṁ aññataro ahan”ti.

“Pucchāma devaṁ sudhammaṁ,
Puthuṁ katvāna añjaliṁ;
Kiṁ katvā mānuse kammaṁ,
Sudhammaṁ upapajjatī”ti.

“Ucchāgāraṁ tiṇāgāraṁ,
vatthāgārañca yo dade;
Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ datvā,
sudhammaṁ upapajjatī”ti.

Tatiyanāgavimānaṁ dvādasamaṁ.

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