Dighanikaya 18.284_3

18.284_3

Pañcasikhoti pañcasikhagandhabbasadiso hutvā. Pañcasikhagandhabbadevaputtassa kira sabbadevatā attabhāvaṃ mamāyanti. Tasmā brahmāpi tādisaṃyeva attabhāvaṃ nimminitvā pāturahosi. Pallaṅkena nisīdīti pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā nisīdi.

"Pañcasikha": having become like the gandhabba Pañcasikha. For all devatās hold dear the bodily form of the gandhabba devaputta Pañcasikha. Therefore, the Brahma too manifested having created an identical bodily form. "Sat cross-legged": having folded his legs cross-legged, he sat down.