經律異相 1.39

1.39

大梵天王。名曰尸棄（梁言火已）與前天同。若修上禪則生此也。於梵眾中發大音聲。一切大眾無不知者。梵身諸天各自念言。大梵天王唯與我語不接餘人。我自然得無所承受。於千世界最得自在。富有豐饒能造化萬物。我是一切眾生父母。後來諸梵第一尊重。顏如童子。名曰童子。擎鷄持鈴捉赤幡騎孔雀。初禪名曰梵迦夷。有宮去於他化自在宮。由旬一倍（出長阿含第二十卷花嚴樓炭大智論雜阿毘曇心云色界十七居止下三禪各有三天四禪有九天應有十八謂初禪下天是諸梵奴故不數也初禪無梵身二禪無光三禪無淨）。

The king of Mahābrahmā heaven is named Śikhin (in Liang language: 'Huo-yi' [Fire Ended]), and [this heaven] is the same as the preceding one. Those who cultivate the superior dhyāna are born here. Within the assembly of Brahmā he produces a great voice, and none in the great assembly fails to hear it. The devas of the Brahmā realm each think to themselves: 'The Mahābrahmā heavenly king speaks only with me, and does not interact with others. I have attained this naturally, without receiving it from anywhere. Throughout the thousand worlds, I am the most sovereign, rich, and abundant, able to create the myriad things. I am the father and mother of all sentient beings, the foremost and most respected among all the subsequent Brahmās.' His visage is like a young boy, and he is named Kumāra. He holds a rooster, grasps a bell, carries a red banner, and rides a peacock. The first dhyāna is called Brahmakāyika. Its palace is twice the distance in yojanas from the palace of Paranirmitavaśavartin (from the twentieth fascicle of the Dīrgha Āgama, the Avataṃsaka, Loutan jing, and Da zhidu lun. The Za abhidharma-hṛdaya says: 'There are seventeen abodes in the rūpadhātu; the lower three dhyānas each have three heavens, and the fourth dhyāna has nine heavens, which should total eighteen, but because the lowest heaven of the first dhyāna consists of the servants of the Brahmās, it is not counted; the first dhyāna has no Brahmakāyika, the second dhyāna has no Ābha, and the third dhyāna has no Śubha.').