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Late at night the glorious young deity Dīghalaṭṭhi approaches the Buddha and speaks in verse on with dīghalaṭṭhi, exploring the continuity of kamma, rebirth, and the pursuit of wisdom across realms.

SN 2.13 With Dīghalaṭṭhi

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

Atha kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ veḷuvanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,
Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;
Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,
Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.

Then, late at night, the glorious godling Dīghalaṭṭhi, lighting up the entire Bamboo Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,

“If a mendicant is a meditator, freed in mind,

Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;

and if they desire the heart’s fulfillment—

Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,

having known the arising and passing of the world,

Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.

good-hearted, independent, that is their reward.”