"I am extremely busy with heavenly affairs. I have both personal things to do and also things concerning the gods. I have forgotten what I was taught. Formerly, Maudgalyāyana, there was a battle with the demons (asura). On the very day the fighting broke out, the gods were victorious and the demons retreated. I personally went to fight at that time. Soon after the victory I returned as leader of the gods and took my seat in the uppermost heavenly palace named Vaijayanta Palace. The palace was given this name on account of our victory in battle."
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Ekottarika Āgama 19.3 (The Exhortation of Śakra), trans. by Thích Huyên-Vi, Sara Boin-Webb, Bhikkhu Pāsādika (1998)
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