Dighanikaya 23.411_2

23.411_2

Bhagavā pana tato pubbe na cirasseva sudhābhojanīyajātakaṃ kathesi. Tattha ‘‘cande cando devaputto, sūriye sūriyo devaputto’’ti āgataṃ. Bhagavatā ca kathitaṃ jātakaṃ vā suttantaṃ vā sakalajambudīpe patthaṭaṃ hoti, tena so ‘‘ettha nivāsino devaputtā natthī’’ti na sakkā vattunti cintetvā devā te na manussāti āha.

Now not long before that, the Blessed One had spoken the Sudhābhojanīyajātaka. There it has come down: “In the moon is the devaputta Canda; in the sun is the devaputta Sūriya.” And a jātaka or a discourse spoken by the Blessed One becomes spread through the entire Jambudīpa. Thinking, “Because of this, it is not possible to say, ‘There are no devaputtas dwelling here,’” he said: “They are devas, not humans.”