sn11.14:3.1 Then Sakka, lord of gods, addressed the gods of the thirty-three,
sn11.14:3.2 ‘Good fellows, don’t complain about this godling.
sn11.14:3.3 When this godling was a human being in their past life they took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.
sn11.14:3.4 After undertaking these things, when their body broke up, after death, they’ve been reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm, in the company of the gods of the thirty-three.
sn11.14:3.5 Here they outshine the other gods in beauty and glory.’
sn11.14:3.6 Then Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse: