Vv 27Alms Giver’s Mansion

– STORIES OF HEAVENLY MANSIONS

– A. THE FEMALE DEVAS' HEAVENLY MANSIONS

– THE CITTALATĀ CHAPTER

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BJT 269"O goddess, you stand with a radiant complexion, making all the directions blaze with light, like the star Osadhī.

BJT 270By reason of what do you have such a complexion? By reason of what has this come to pass for you here? And by reason of what do pleasant enjoyments arise for you?

BJT 271O goddess of great might, I ask you: 'When you were a human being, what meritorious deed did you perform? By reason of what do you have such blazing power, and your complexion illuminates all the directions?'"

BJT 272That goddess, delighted at being questioned by the venerable Moggallāna, being asked the question, explained which kamma this result belonged to:

BJT 273"I, when I was a human being in the human realm, in a former life in the world of humans, I saw the Buddha, the one without defilement, pure, undisturbed. With confidence, I offered food to Him with my own hands.

BJT 274By reason of that, I have such a complexion. By reason of that, this has come to pass for me here. And by reason of that, pleasant enjoyments arise for me.

BJT 275Venerable bhikkhu of great might, I declare to you the meritorious deed I performed when I was a human being. By reason of that, I have such blazing power, and my complexion illuminates all the directions."

The Heavenly Mansion of the Woman Who Gave Alms Food.