[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21) › 1.1 # Sakka’s Questions 1.1 Sakkapañhasutta 1.1 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.1) Evaṃ me sutaṃ— > So I have heard. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.2) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.3) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.4) Atha kho sakkassa devānamindassa etadahosi: > He thought, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.5) “kahaṃ nu kho bhagavā etarahi viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho”ti? > “Where is the Blessed One at present, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.6) 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, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.7) Disvāna deve tāvatiṃse āmantesi: > he addressed the gods of the thirty-three, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.8) “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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.9) 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?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.10) “Evaṃ, bhaddantavā”ti kho devā tāvatiṃsā sakkassa devānamindassa paccassosuṃ. > “Yes, lord,” replied the gods. > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.1.1.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.1.1.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.344) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.4) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.2) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.2) — Classical Chinese - [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.3.224) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1) · Pramāṇa