57.
Vassavalāhakasuttaṃ
606.
Sāvatthinidānaṃ.
Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca -
‘‘ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī’’ti?
‘‘Santi, bhikkhu, vassavalāhakā nāma devā.
Tesaṃ yadā evaṃ hoti -
‘yaṃnūna mayaṃ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṃ taṃ cetopaṇidhimanvāya devo vassati.
Ayaṃ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṃ paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī’’ti.
Sattapaññāsamaṃ.