ud8.6:17.1 “Ānanda, who is building a citadel at Pāṭali Village?”
ud8.6:17.2 “Sir, the Magadhan chief ministers Sunidha and Vassakāra are building a citadel to keep the Vajjis out.”
ud8.6:17.3 “It’s as if they were building the citadel in consultation with the gods of the thirty-three.
ud8.6:17.5 With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I saw those deities taking possession of building sites.
ud8.6:17.6 Illustrious rulers or royal chief ministers inclined to build houses at sites possessed by illustrious deities.
ud8.6:17.7 Middling rulers or royal chief ministers inclined to build houses at sites possessed by middling deities.
ud8.6:17.8 Lesser rulers or royal chief ministers inclined to build houses at sites possessed by lesser deities.
ud8.6:17.9 As far as the civilized region extends, as far as the trading zone extends, this will be the chief city: the Pāṭaliputta trade center.
ud8.6:17.10 But Pāṭaliputta will face three threats:
ud8.6:17.11 from fire, flood, and dissension.”