Viyahapannatti 18.5.739

18.5.739

do bhaṃte! asurakumārā egaṃsi asurakumārāvāsaṃsi asurakumāradevattāe uvavannā| tattha ṇaṃ ege asurakumāre deve ujjuyaṃ viuvvissāmīti ujjuyaṃ viuvvai, vaṃkaṃ viuvvissāmīti vaṃkaṃ viuvvai, jaṃ jahā icchai taṃ jahā viuvvai| ege asurakumāre deve ujjuyaṃ viuvvissāmīti vaṃkaṃ viuvvai, vaṃkaṃ viuvvissāmīti ujjuyaṃ viuvvai, jaṃ jahā icchati taṃ tahā viuvvai, se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ?
goyamā! asurakumārā devā duvihā pannattā, taṃ jahā–māyimicchadiṭṭhīuvavannagā ya, amāyi-sammadiṭṭhīuvavannagā ya| tattha ṇaṃ je se māyimicchadiṭṭhiuvavannae asurakumāre deve se ṇaṃ ujjuyaṃ viuvvissāmīti vaṃkaṃ viuvvai jāva no taṃ tahā viuvvai| tattha ṇaṃ je se amāyisammadiṭṭhiuvavannae asurakumāre deve se ṇaṃ ujjuyaṃ viuvvisāmīti ujjuyaṃ viuvvai jāva taṃ tahā viuvvai|
do bhaṃte! nāgakumārā? evaṃ ceva| evaṃ jāva thaṇiyakumārā| vāṇamaṃtara-joisiya-vemāṇiyā evaṃ ceva|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

"Venerable Sir! Two Asurakumāras are reborn in a single Asurakumāra abode as Asurakumāra deities. There, one Asurakumāra deity, thinking, 'I will transform into a straight form,' transforms into a straight form; thinking, 'I will transform into a crooked form,' transforms into a crooked form; whatever he desires, in that manner he transforms. The other Asurakumāra deity, thinking, 'I will transform into a straight form,' transforms into a crooked form; thinking, 'I will transform into a crooked form,' transforms into a straight form; whatever he desires, he transforms otherwise. How is that so, Venerable Sir?"
"Gautama! Asurakumāra deities are declared to be of two kinds, namely: those reborn with deceitful wrong view, and those reborn with non-deceitful right view. Among them, the Asurakumāra deity who was reborn with deceitful wrong view, thinking, 'I will transform into a straight form,' transforms into a crooked form, up to: he does not transform in that manner [which he desires]. Among them, the Asurakumāra deity who was reborn with non-deceitful right view, thinking, 'I will transform into a straight form,' transforms into a straight form, up to: he transforms in that manner."
"Venerable Sir, [what of] two Nāgakumāras?" "It is just the same. Likewise up to the Stanitakumāras. The Vāṇavyantaras, Jyotiṣkas, and Vaimānikas are just the same."
"That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!" [said Gautama].