The Long Āgama Sūtra 3.8

3.8

般遮翼言：「一時，忉利諸天集法講堂，有所講論。時，四天王隨其方面，各當位坐，提帝賴吒天王在東方坐，其面西向，帝釋在前；毘樓勒天王在南方坐，其面北向，帝釋在前；毘樓博叉天王在西方坐，其面東向，帝釋在前；毘沙門天王在北方坐，其面南向，帝釋在前。時，四天王皆先坐已，然後我坐，復有餘大神天，皆先於佛所，淨修梵行，於此命終，生忉利天，使彼諸天，增益五福：一者天壽，二者天色，三者天名稱，四者天樂，五者天威德。時，諸忉利天皆踊躍歡喜言：『增益諸天眾，減損阿須倫眾。』爾時，釋提桓因知諸天人有歡喜心，即為忉利諸天而作頌曰：

Pañcaśikha said, “One time, the Trāyastriṃśa gods gathered in the Dharma Meeting Hall and held a meeting. The four god kings were each sitting in their places. God king Dhṛtarāṣṭra sat to the east and faced west with Lord Śakra in front of him. God king Virūḍhaka sat to the south and faced north with Lord Śakra in front of him. God king Virūpākṣa sat to the west and faced east with Lord Śakra in front of him. God king Vaiśravaṇa sat to the north and faced south with Lord Śakra in front of him. The four god kings were seated first, and then I was seated after them.

“There were other great gods present who had purely cultivated the religious life with the Buddha. They had been born in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven when their lives ended, which caused the five virtues of those gods to increase. These were 1. the lifespan of gods, 2. the form of gods, 3. the fame of gods, 4. the pleasure of gods, and 5. the majesty of gods.

“The Trāyastriṃśa gods danced and rejoiced, saying, ‘The host of gods increases, and the host of asuras decreases!’ Śakra the Lord of Gods noticed the Trāyastriṃśa gods were rejoicing, so he composed these verses: