Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “yebhuyyena, bhikkhave, dasasu lokadhātūsu devatā sannipatitā honti, tathāgataṁ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca. Yepi te, bhikkhave, ahesuṁ atītamaddhānaṁ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tesampi bhagavantānaṁ etapparamāyeva devatā sannipatitā ahesuṁ seyyathāpi mayhaṁ etarahi. Yepi te, bhikkhave, bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṁ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tesampi bhagavantānaṁ etapparamāyeva devatā sannipatitā bhavissanti seyyathāpi mayhaṁ etarahi. Ācikkhissāmi, bhikkhave, devakāyānaṁ nāmāni; kittayissāmi, bhikkhave, devakāyānaṁ nāmāni; desessāmi, bhikkhave, devakāyānaṁ nāmāni. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasikarotha, bhāsissāmī”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: “Silokamanukassāmi, yattha bhummā tadassitā; Ye sitā girigabbharaṁ, pahitattā samāhitā. Puthūsīhāva sallīnā, lomahaṁsābhisambhuno; Odātamanasā suddhā, vippasannamanāvilā. Bhiyyo pañcasate ñatvā, vane kāpilavatthave; Tato āmantayī satthā, sāvake sāsane rate. ‘Devakāyā abhikkantā, te vijānātha bhikkhavo’; Te ca ātappamakaruṁ, sutvā buddhassa sāsanaṁ. Tesaṁ pāturahu ñāṇaṁ, amanussānadassanaṁ; Appeke satamaddakkhuṁ, sahassaṁ atha sattariṁ.