[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) › 1.2 # Sakka’s Questions 1.2 Sakkapañhasutta 1.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2.1) Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbadevaputtaṃ āmantesi: > Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2.2) “ayaṃ, tāta pañcasikha, bhagavā magadhesu viharati pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṃ. > “Dear Pañcasikha, the Buddha is staying in the land of the Magadhans at Indra’s hill cave. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2.3) Yadi pana, tāta pañcasikha, 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 ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2.4) “Evaṃ, bhaddantavā”ti kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ ādāya sakkassa devānamindassa anucariyaṃ upāgami. > “Yes, lord,” replied the centaur Pañcasikha. Taking his arched harp made from the pale timber of wood-apple, he went as Sakka’s attendant. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2.5) Atha kho sakko devānamindo devehi tāvatiṃsehi parivuto pañcasikhena gandhabbadevaputtena purakkhato— > Then Sakka went at the head of a retinue consisting of the gods of the thirty-three and the godling centaur Pañcasikha. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2.6) seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva—devesu tāvatiṃsesu antarahito magadhesu pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate paccuṭṭhāsi. > As easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the heaven of the gods of the thirty-three and landed on Mount Vediyaka north of Ambasaṇḍā. > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.1.2.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.1.2.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.1.2.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.345) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.6) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.6) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.2) · Pramāṇa