Sakka’s Questions 1.13
Sakkapañhasutta 1.13
- Language
- Pāli
1.13.1
Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:
Then it occurred to the Buddha,
1.13.2
“dīgharattaṃ visuddho kho ayaṃ yakkho, yaṃ kiñci maṃ pañhaṃ pucchissati, sabbaṃ taṃ atthasañhitaṃyeva pucchissati, no anatthasañhitaṃ.
“For a long time now this spirit has led a pure life. Any question he asks me will be beneficial, not unbeneficial.
1.13.3
Yañcassāhaṃ puṭṭho byākarissāmi, taṃ khippameva ājānissatī”ti.
And he will quickly understand any answer I give to his question.”
1.13.4
Atha kho bhagavā sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
So the Buddha addressed Sakka in verse:
1.13.5
“Puccha vāsava maṃ pañhaṃ,
“Ask me your question, Vāsava,
1.13.6
yaṃ kiñci manasicchasi;
whatever you want.
1.13.7
Tassa tasseva pañhassa,
I’ll solve each and every
1.13.8
ahaṃ antaṃ karomi te”ti.
question you have.”
1.13.9
Paṭhamabhāṇavāro niṭṭhito.
The first recitation section is complete.
Translations (3)
- Sakkas Fragen — German
- Sakka’s Questions — English
- Sakkina pitanja — sr
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
- Suttanipāta — Pāli