Vv 62Third Elephant Mansion
Pāli / Sanskrit:Tatiyanāgavimānavatthu
A man questions a deva on how he gained a divine white elephant.
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– STORIES OF HEAVENLY MANSIONS
– B. HEAVENLY MANSIONS OF MALE BEINGS
– THE GREAT CHARIOT CHAPTER
5.12
BJT 977"Who is this one, with the conveyance of the celestial realm, upon a white elephant, resplendent throughout, with resonant sounds struck up from various musical instruments, being honored in the sky above?
BJT 978Are you a divine being, a heavenly musician, or Sakka, the lord who gave gifts in former times? Not knowing, we ask you: how might we recognize you?"
BJT 979"I am not a divine being, nor a heavenly musician, nor Sakka, the lord who gave gifts in former times; those divine beings who are known as the Sudhammā—I am one among them."
BJT 980"With hands reverently joined, we ask you, O divine being of Sudhammā: having performed what deed in the human realm were you reborn in the Sudhammā mansion?"
BJT 981"Whoever gives a house of sugarcane, a house of grass, or a house of cloth—having given any one of these three things, one is reborn in the Sudhammā mansion."
The Third Elephant Mansion.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda, 2011. Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator's website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
Used by kind permission of the translator.
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