The Long Āgama Sūtra 14.22

14.22

帝釋白佛言：「昔者，我以少緣，與忉利諸天集在法堂，彼諸舊天皆作是言：『若如來出世，增益諸天眾，減損阿須輪眾。』今我躬見世尊，躬見自知，躬自作證，如來、至真出現於世，增益諸天眾，減損阿須輪眾。此有瞿夷釋女，於世尊所淨修梵行，身壞命終，生忉利天宮，即為我子。忉利諸天皆稱言：『瞿夷大天子有大功德，有大威力。』復有餘三比丘，於世尊所淨修梵行，身壞命終，生於卑下執樂神中，常日日來為我給使，瞿夷見已，以偈觸嬈曰：

Lord Śakra said to the Buddha, “In the past, I held a meeting for some reason with the Trāyastriṃśa gods in the Dharma [Meeting] Hall. Those gods back then had said, ‘If a Tathāgata arises in the world, the host of gods will increase and the host of asuras will diminish!’ Now that I see the Bhagavān in person, I personally see and know it myself. I’ve realized it myself: ‘The Tathāgata, the Arhat, has arisen in the world, and the host of gods are increasing, and the host of asuras are diminishing!’

“Here, there was the Śākyan woman Gopikā who had purely cultivated the Bhagavān’s religious life. She was born in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven’s palace as my son after her body broke up and her life ended. The Trāyastriṃśa gods all praised him, ‘The great godling Gopaka has great virtue and majesty!’

“There were another three monks who had purely cultivated the Bhagavān’s religious life. They were born as inferior gandharva spirits after their bodies broke up and their lives ended. Every day, they came to serve us as messengers. When Gopaka saw them, he harassed them with these verses: