Saṃyutta Nikāya 1
4. Satullapakāyikavagga
37. Samayasutta
Evaṃ me sutaṃ— ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi; dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṃghañca. Atha kho catunnaṃ suddhāvāsakāyikānaṃ devatānaṃ etadahosi: “ayaṃ kho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi; dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṃghañca. Yannūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekaṃ gāthaṃ bhāseyyāmā”ti.
Atha kho tā devatā—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva—suddhāvāsesu devesu antarahitā bhagavato purato pāturahesuṃ. Atha kho tā devatā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
“Mahāsamayo pavanasmiṃ,
Devakāyā samāgatā;
Āgatamha imaṃ dhammasamayaṃ,
Dakkhitāye aparājitasaṅghan”ti.
Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
“Tatra bhikkhavo samādahaṃsu,
Cittamattano ujukaṃ akaṃsu;
Sārathīva nettāni gahetvā,
Indriyāni rakkhanti paṇḍitā”ti.
Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
“Chetvā khīlaṃ chetvā palighaṃ,
Indakhīlaṃ ūhacca manejā;
Te caranti suddhā vimalā,
Cakkhumatā sudantā susunāgā”ti.
Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
“Ye keci buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gatāse,
Na te gamissanti apāyabhūmiṃ;
Pahāya mānusaṃ dehaṃ,
Devakāyaṃ paripūressantī”ti.