[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) › 1.4 # Sakka’s Questions 1.4 Sakkapañhasutta 1.4 - **Language:** Pāli ## Contents - [1.4.7 1. Pañcasikhagītagāthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.7) ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.1) Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbadevaputtaṃ āmantesi: > Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.2) “durupasaṅkamā kho, tāta pañcasikha, tathāgatā mādisena, jhāyī jhānaratā, tadantaraṃ paṭisallīnā. > “My dear Pañcasikha, it is hard for one like me to get near the Realized Ones while they are on retreat practicing absorption, enjoying absorption. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.3) Yadi pana tvaṃ, tāta pañcasikha, bhagavantaṃ paṭhamaṃ pasādeyyāsi, tayā, tāta, paṭhamaṃ pasāditaṃ pacchā mayaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyāma arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhan”ti. > But if you were to charm the Buddha first, then I could go to see him.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.4) “Evaṃ, bhaddantavā”ti kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ ādāya yena indasālaguhā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā: > “Yes, lord,” replied the centaur Pañcasikha. Taking his arched harp made from the pale timber of wood-apple, he went to Indra’s hill cave. When he had drawn near, he stood to one side, thinking, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.5) “ettāvatā me bhagavā neva atidūre bhavissati nāccāsanne, saddañca me sossatī”ti— > “This is neither too far nor too near; and he’ll hear my voice.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.6) ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. ### 1. Pañcasikhagītagāthā ### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4.8) Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ assāvesi, imā ca gāthā abhāsi buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā: > Standing to one side, Pañcasikha played his arched harp, and sang these verses on the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the perfected ones, and sensual love. > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.1.4.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.1.4.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.1.4.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.347) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.9) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.10) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.4) · Pramāṇa