Soon after the lay followers of Pāṭaligāma had left, the Buddha entered an empty cubicle. 15. Sunidha and Vassakāra At that time Sunidha and Vassakāra, the government officials of Magadha, were building a fortress at Pāṭaligāma to defend against the Vajjians. The Buddha got up early in the morning and, with his superhuman and purified clairvoyance, he saw a number of gods taking possession of sites around Pāṭaligāma. And wherever powerful gods took possession of a site was where powerful kings and government officials tended to build their houses. Wherever gods of middle standing took possession of a site was where the kings and government officials of middle standing tended to build their houses. Wherever the lower ranked gods took possession of a site was where the lower ranked kings and government officials tended to build their houses. The Buddha said to Venerable Ānanda, “Who’s building a fortress in Pāṭaligāma?” “Sunidha and Vassakāra, sir.”