Sakka’s Questions 1.1.1-10
Sakkapañhasutta 1.1.1-10
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- Pāli
1.1.1
Evaṃ me sutaṃ—
So I have heard.
1.1.2
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu viharati, pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṃ.
At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans, where east of Rājagaha there is a brahmin village named Ambasaṇḍā, north of which, on Mount Vediyaka, is Indra’s hill cave.
1.1.3
Tena kho pana samayena sakkassa devānamindassa ussukkaṃ udapādi bhagavantaṃ dassanāya.
Now at that time Sakka, the lord of gods, grew eager to see the Buddha.
1.1.4
Atha kho sakkassa devānamindassa etadahosi:
He thought,
1.1.5
“kahaṃ nu kho bhagavā etarahi viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho”ti?
“Where is the Blessed One at present, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”
1.1.6
Addasā kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṃ magadhesu viharantaṃ pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṃ.
Seeing that the Buddha was at Indra’s hill cave,
1.1.7
Disvāna deve tāvatiṃse āmantesi:
he addressed the gods of the thirty-three,
1.1.8
“ayaṃ, mārisā, bhagavā magadhesu viharati, pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṃ.
“Good fellows, the Buddha is staying in the land of the Magadhans at Indra’s hill cave.
1.1.9
Yadi pana, mārisā, mayaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyāma arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhan”ti?
What if we were to go and see that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”
1.1.10
“Evaṃ, bhaddantavā”ti kho devā tāvatiṃsā sakkassa devānamindassa paccassosuṃ.
“Yes, lord,” replied the gods.
Translations (3)
- Sakkina pitanja — sr
- Sakkas Fragen — German
- Sakka’s Questions — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (4)
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 帝釋所問經 — Classical Chinese
- Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā — Pāli