Sādhu kho, devānaminda, saṅghasaraṇagamanaṁ hoti. Saṅghasaraṇagamanahetu kho, devānaminda, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti. Te aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhanti— dibbena āyunā, dibbena vaṇṇena, dibbena sukhena, dibbena yasena, dibbena ādhipateyyena, dibbehi rūpehi, dibbehi saddehi, dibbehi gandhehi, dibbehi rasehi, dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehī”ti. “Sādhu kho, mārisa moggallāna, buddhasaraṇagamanaṁ hoti …pe… sādhu kho, mārisa moggallāna, dhammasaraṇagamanaṁ hoti …pe… sādhu kho, mārisa moggallāna, saṅghasaraṇagamanaṁ hoti. Saṅghasaraṇagamanahetu kho, mārisa moggallāna, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti. Te aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhanti— dibbena āyunā, dibbena vaṇṇena, dibbena sukhena, dibbena yasena, dibbena ādhipateyyena, dibbehi rūpehi, dibbehi saddehi, dibbehi gandhehi, dibbehi rasehi, dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehī”ti. Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcahi devatāsatehi saddhiṁ yenāyasmā mahāmoggallāno tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ mahāmoggallānaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitaṁ kho sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca: “Sādhu kho, devānaminda, buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanaṁ hoti: ‘itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti. Buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanahetu kho, devānaminda, evam’idhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti. Te aññe deve dasahi ṭhānehi adhigaṇhanti— dibbena āyunā …pe… dibbehi phoṭṭhabbehi.