Kevattasutta 69.1-8

69.1

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena cattāro mahārājāno tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā cattāro mahārāje etadavoca:

Then he approached the four great kings and asked the same question.

69.2

‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṃ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?

69.3

Evaṃ vutte, kevaṭṭa, cattāro mahārājāno taṃ bhikkhuṃ etadavocuṃ:

But they also said to him,

69.4

‘mayampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāma:

‘Mendicant, we too do not know this.

69.5

“yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṃ—pathavīdhātu, āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.

69.6

Atthi kho, bhikkhu, tāvatiṃsā nāma devā amhehi abhikkantatarā ca paṇītatarā ca.

But the gods of the thirty-three …

69.7

Te kho etaṃ jāneyyuṃ:

69.8

“yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṃ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.