Mahasamayasutta 2.1-4

2.1

Atha kho catunnaṃ suddhāvāsakāyikānaṃ devatānaṃ etadahosi:

Then four deities of the pure abodes, aware of what was happening, thought:

2.2

“ayaṃ kho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi;

2.3

dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca.

2.4

Yannūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekaṃ gāthaṃ bhāseyyāmā”ti.

“Why don’t we go to the Buddha and each recite a verse in his presence?”