Vv 45Four Women Mansion

– STORIES OF CELESTIAL MANSIONS

– A. CELESTIAL MANSIONS OF WOMEN

– THE MAÑJEṬṬHAKA CHAPTER

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BJT 756"O goddess, you stand with a radiant complexion, making all the directions blaze with light, like the star osadhī.

BJT 757By what have you obtained such a complexion as this? By what has this achievement come to pass for you here? And by what do pleasurable enjoyments arise for you?

BJT 758O goddess of great power, I ask you: 'When you were a human being, what meritorious deed did you do? By what do you have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and your complexion illumines all the directions?'"

BJT 759That goddess, delighted at being questioned by the venerable Moggallāna, being asked the question, explained of which karma this was the fruit:

BJT 760"I offered a handful of blue water-lily blossoms to a bhikkhu going on almsround in the noble and lovely city of Paṇṇakata in the highland region of the Esika country.

BJT 761By that I have obtained such a complexion as this. By that this achievement has come to pass for me here. And by that pleasurable enjoyments arise for me.

BJT 762Venerable bhikkhu of great power, I declare to you what I did when I was a human being. By that I have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and my complexion illumines all the directions." (The woman who offered blue water-lily blossoms)

BJT 763"O goddess, you stand with a radiant complexion, making all the directions blaze with light, like the star osadhī.

BJT 764By what have you obtained such a complexion as this? By what has this achievement come to pass for you here? And by what do pleasurable enjoyments arise for you?

BJT 765O goddess of great power, I ask you: 'When you were a human being, what meritorious deed did you do? By what do you have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and your complexion illumines all the directions?'"

BJT 766That goddess, delighted at being questioned by the venerable Moggallāna, being asked the question, explained of which karma this was the fruit:

BJT 767"I offered a handful of blue lotus blossoms to a bhikkhu going on almsround in the noble and lovely city of Paṇṇakata in the highland region of the Esika country.

BJT 768By that I have obtained such a complexion as this. By that this achievement has come to pass for me here. And by that pleasurable enjoyments arise for me.

BJT 769Venerable bhikkhu of great power, I declare to you what I did when I was a human being. By that I have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and my complexion illumines all the directions." (The woman who offered blue lotus blossoms)

BJT 770"O goddess, you stand with a radiant complexion, making all the directions blaze with light, like the star osadhī.

BJT 771By what have you obtained such a complexion as this? By what has this achievement come to pass for you here? And by what do pleasurable enjoyments arise for you?

BJT 772O goddess of great power, I ask you: 'When you were a human being, what meritorious deed did you do? By what do you have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and your complexion illumines all the directions?'"

BJT 773That goddess, delighted at being questioned by the venerable Moggallāna, being asked the question, explained of which karma this was the fruit:

BJT 774"I offered a water plant with white roots and green leaves growing in the water of a pond to a bhikkhu going on almsround in the noble and lovely city of Paṇṇakata in the highland region of the Esika country.

BJT 775By that I have obtained such a complexion as this. By that this achievement has come to pass for me here. And by that pleasurable enjoyments arise for me.

BJT 776Venerable bhikkhu of great power, I declare to you what I did when I was a human being. By that I have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and my complexion illumines all the directions." (The woman who offered the plant with white roots)

BJT 777"O goddess, you stand with a radiant complexion, making all the directions blaze with light, like the star osadhī.

BJT 778By what have you obtained such a complexion as this? By what has this achievement come to pass for you here? And by what do pleasurable enjoyments arise for you?

BJT 779O goddess of great power, I ask you: 'When you were a human being, what meritorious deed did you do? By what do you have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and your complexion illumines all the directions?'"

BJT 780That goddess, delighted at being questioned by the venerable Moggallāna, being asked the question, explained of which karma this was the fruit:

BJT 781"I, Sumanā, offered ivory-colored jasmine buds to a bhikkhu of virtuous heart going on almsround in the noble and lovely city of Paṇṇakata in the highland region of the Esika country.

BJT 782By that I have obtained such a complexion as this. By that this achievement has come to pass for me here. And by that pleasurable enjoyments arise for me.

BJT 783Venerable bhikkhu of great power, I declare to you what I did when I was a human being. By that I have the power to blaze with brilliance in this way, and my complexion illumines all the directions." (The woman who offered jasmine buds)

The Celestial Mansions of the Four Women.