Janavasabhasutta untranslated

Janavasabhasutta. Ānanda asks the Buddha at Giñjakāvasatha questions concerning followers of the Buddha in Magadha. The Yakkha, Janavasabha, appears and says he was once King Bimbisāra and is now reborn into the communion of King Vessavaṇa. He then proceeds to relate a report he had just heard from Vessavaṇa of an assembly of the gods held in Tāvatiṁsa many years earlier, on the full-moon day of Āsāḷha. Sakka presided and there were present also the Four Regent Gods. All the Devas rejoiced that their numbers were increasing because so many on earth were following the teachings of the Buddha. Then there appeared in the assembly the Brahma Sanaṅkumāra in the guise of Pañcasikha; assuming thirty-three forms, he took his place by each god of Tāvatiṁsa and confirmed the glad tidings of the increasing number of Devas. He then told them of the Four Ways of Iddhi and the Three Avenues of Bliss as taught by the Buddha, and of the seven samādhiparikkhārā. Then they all sang the praises of the Buddha. DN.ii.200ff. (DN.18)