1"Bhikkhus, when a noble disciple possesses four things, the devas are elated and speak of his similarity to themselves.[n.355] Woodward understands sabhāgataṁ to be resolvable into sabhā + gataṁ, "joined the company," but it is actually the accusative singular of the abstract noun sabhāgatā, "similarity." What four?

"Here, bhikkhus, a noble disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Buddha thus: ‘The Blessed One is an arahant, perfectly enlightened, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, fortunate, knower of the world, unsurpassed leader of persons to be tamed, teacher of devas and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.’

To those devatas who passed away here in the human world and were reborn there in a heavenly world possessing confirmed confidence in the Buddha, the thought occurs: ‘As the noble disciple possesses the same confirmed confidence in the Buddha that we possessed when we passed away there and were reborn here, he will come[n.356] Be and Ee have ehi ti, presumably understood as an imperative, while Se has etīti, which seems hard to explain. I suggest reading the singular future ehiti. into the presence of the devas.’

2"Again, bhikkhus, a noble disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Dhamma … in the Saṅgha. …

He possesses the virtues dear to the noble ones— unbroken, untorn, unblemished, unmottled, freeing, praised by the wise, ungrasped, leading to concentration.[n.320] The terms describing the noble one's virtue are explicated at Vism 221–22 (Ppn 7:101–6). Spk says that noble ones do not violate (na kopenti) the Five Precepts even when they pass on to a new existence; hence these virtues are dear to them.

To those devatas who passed away here in the human world and were reborn there in a heavenly world possessing the virtues dear to the noble ones, the thought occurs: ‘As the noble disciple possesses the same kind of virtues dear to the noble ones that we possessed when we passed away there and were reborn here, he will come into the presence of the devas.’

"When, bhikkhus, a noble disciple possesses these four things, the devas are elated and speak of his similarity to themselves." sn.v.395

1"Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgataṁ attamanā devā sabhāgataṁ kathenti. Katamehi catūhi?

Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti – itipi so bhagavā … pe … satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.

Yā tā devatā buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgatā ito cutā tatrūpapannā tāsaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘yathārūpena kho mayaṁ buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgatā tato cutā idhūpapannā, ariyasāvakopi tathārūpena buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato ehīti devānaṁ santike’ti.

2Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme … pe … saṅghe … pe …

ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi … pe … samādhisaṁvattanikehi.

Yā tā devatā ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgatā ito cutā tatrūpapannā tāsaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘yathārūpehi kho mayaṁ ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgatā tato cutā idhūpapannā, ariyasāvakopi tathārūpehi ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato ehīti devānaṁ santike’ti.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgataṁ attamanā devā sabhāgataṁ kathentī"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.