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Joyful, delighted, cheerful, and pleased, They held a grand Serīsaka festival; They built a Serīsaka enclosure. 1281. Such is the service of good people, Greatly beneficial is the service of the qualities of Dhamma; For the sake of one lay follower, All beings became happy. The Serīsaka Mansion, the Tenth. 11. The Story of the Well-Placed Mansion 1282. "This high mansion with jeweled pillars, Twelve yojanas all around; Seven hundred grand pinnacled houses, With sapphire pillars, adorned with gold, beautiful. 1283. "There you dwell, drink, and eat, And divine lutes play sweetly; There are the five divine sense pleasures, And women, They dance, golden-clad. 1284. “What makes your complexion such? By what do you prosper here? And your enjoyments arise, Whatever are dear to your mind. 1285. “I ask you, O greatly powerful deity, What merit did you do when you were a human? By what are you thus shining with power? And your complexion shines in all directions?” 1286. That deity, delighted in mind, Questioned by Moggallāna, Being asked the question, he explained Of which action this was the fruit. 1287. “Having well-placed a badly placed garland, Having established it on the stupa of the Fortunate One, I am greatly powerful and greatly glorious, Endowed with divine enjoyments. 1288. “By that my complexion is such, By that I prosper here; And my enjoyments arise, Whatever are dear to my mind. 1289. “I tell you, O greatly powerful monk, What I did when I was a human; By that I am thus shining with power, And my complexion shines in all directions.” The Vimāna of Well-Placed (Garland), the eleventh. The chapter of Well-Placed (Garland), the seventh, is finished. Its summary – Two poor ones, forest dwellers, The hired worker, the cowherd and Kaṇḍaka, Anekavaṇṇa, Aṭṭhakuṇḍalī, Serīsaka, Sunikkhitta; This is called the third chapter of men. The fourth recitation section is finished. The Pāli text of Vimānavatthu is finished.