[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) › 1.5 # Sakka’s Questions 1.5 Sakkapañhasutta 1.5 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.1) “Vande te pitaraṃ bhadde, > “O Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, my Darling Sunshine, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.2) timbaruṃ sūriyavacchase; > I pay homage to your father Timbaru, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.3) Yena jātāsi kalyāṇī, > through whom was born a lady so fine, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.4) ānandajananī mama. > to fill me with a joy I never knew. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.5) Vātova sedataṃ kanto, > As sweet as a breeze to one who’s sweating, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.6) pānīyaṃva pipāsato; > or when thirsty, a sweet and cooling drink, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.7) Aṅgīrasi piyāmesi, > so dear are you, Aṅgīrasi, to me— > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.8) dhammo arahatāmiva. > just like the teaching is to all the saints! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.9) Āturasseva bhesajjaṃ, > Like a cure when you’re struck by fever dire, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.10) bhojanaṃva jighacchato; > or food to ease the hunger pain, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.11) Parinibbāpaya maṃ bhadde, > come on, Bhaddā, please put out my fire, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.12) jalantamiva vārinā. > quench me like water on a flame. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.13) Sītodakaṃ pokkharaṇiṃ, > As elephants burning in the heat of summer, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.14) yuttaṃ kiñjakkhareṇunā; > sink down in a lotus pond to rest, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.15) Nāgo ghammābhitattova, > so cool, full of petals and of pollen— > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.16) ogāhe te thanūdaraṃ. > that’s how I would plunge into your breast. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.17) Accaṅkusova nāgova, > Like elephants bursting bonds in rutting season, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.18) jitaṃ me tuttatomaraṃ; > beating off the pricks of lance and pikes— > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.19) Kāraṇaṃ nappajānāmi, > I just don’t understand what is the reason > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.20) sammatto lakkhaṇūruyā. > I’m so crazy for your shapely thighs! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.21) Tayi gedhitacittosmi, > For you, my heart is full of passion, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.22) cittaṃ vipariṇāmitaṃ; > I’m in a besotted state of mind. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.23) Paṭigantuṃ na sakkomi, > There is no going back, I’m just not able, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.24) vaṅkaghastova ambujo. > I’m like a fish that’s hooked up on the line. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.25) Vāmūru saja maṃ bhadde, > Come on, my Bhaddā, hold me, fair of thighs! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.26) saja maṃ mandalocane; > Embrace me, maid of captivating eyes! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.27) Palissaja maṃ kalyāṇi, > Take me in your arms, my lovely lady, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.28) etaṃ me abhipatthitaṃ. > that’s all I’d ever want or could desire. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.29) Appako vata me santo, > Ah, then my desire was such a small thing, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.30) kāmo vellitakesiyā; > my sweet, with your curling wavy hair; > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.31) Anekabhāvo samuppādi, > now, like to arahants an offering, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.32) arahanteva dakkhiṇā. > it’s grown so very much from there. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.33) Yaṃ me atthi kataṃ puññaṃ, > Whatever the merit I have forged > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.34) arahantesu tādisu; > by giving to such perfected beings— > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.35) Taṃ me sabbaṅgakalyāṇi, > may that, my altogether gorgeous, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.36) tayā saddhiṃ vipaccataṃ. > ripen in togetherness with you. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.37) Yaṃ me atthi kataṃ puññaṃ, > Whatever the merit I have forged > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.38) asmiṃ pathavimaṇḍale; > in this vast territory, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.39) Taṃ me sabbaṅgakalyāṇi, > may that, my altogether gorgeous, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.40) tayā saddhiṃ vipaccataṃ. > ripen in togetherness with you. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.41) Sakyaputtova jhānena, > As the Sakyan, absorbed, did meditate > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.42) ekodi nipako sato; > at one, alert, and mindful too, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.43) Amataṃ muni jigīsāno, > the sage seeking the state free of death— > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.44) tamahaṃ sūriyavacchase. > so I, oh my Sunshine, seek for you! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.45) Yathāpi muni nandeyya, > And just like the sage would delight, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.46) patvā sambodhimuttamaṃ; > once he had awakened to the truth, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.47) Evaṃ nandeyyaṃ kalyāṇi, > so I would delight, my fine lady, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.48) missībhāvaṃ gato tayā. > were I to become one with you. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.49) Sakko ce me varaṃ dajjā, > If Sakka were to grant me one wish, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.50) tāvatiṃsānamissaro; > as Lord of the Thirty and Three, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.51) Tāhaṃ bhadde vareyyāhe, > my Bhaddā, you’re all I would wish for, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.52) evaṃ kāmo daḷho mama. > so strong is the love in me. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.53) Sālaṃva na ciraṃ phullaṃ, > Like a freshly blossoming sal tree > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.54) pitaraṃ te sumedhase; > is your father, my lady so wise. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.55) Vandamāno namassāmi, > I pay homage to he, bowing humbly, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5.56) yassāsetādisī pajā”ti. > whose daughter is of such a kind.” > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.1.5.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.1.5.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.1.5.1) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.11) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.12) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.5) · Pramāṇa