Sakka’s Questions 1.6
Sakkapañhasutta 1.6
- Language
- Pāli
1.6.1
Evaṃ vutte, bhagavā pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbadevaputtaṃ etadavoca:
When Pañcasikha had spoken, the Buddha said to him,
1.6.2
“saṃsandati kho te, pañcasikha, tantissaro gītassarena, gītassaro ca tantissarena;
“Pañcasikha, the sound of your strings blends well with the sound of your singing,
1.6.3
na ca pana te, pañcasikha, tantissaro gītassaraṃ ativattati, gītassaro ca tantissaraṃ.
so that neither overpowers the other.
1.6.4
Kadā saṃyūḷhā pana te, pañcasikha, imā gāthā buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā”ti?
But when did you compose these verses on the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the perfected ones, and sensual love?”
1.6.5
“Ekamidaṃ, bhante, samayaṃ bhagavā uruvelāyaṃ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho.
“This one time, sir, when you were first awakened, you were staying in Uruvelā at the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.
1.6.6
Tena kho panāhaṃ, bhante, samayena bhaddā nāma sūriyavacchasā timbaruno gandhabbarañño dhītā, tamabhikaṅkhāmi.
And at that time I was in love with Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, who they call ‘Darling Sunshine’, the daughter of the centaur king Timbaru.
1.6.7
Sā kho pana, bhante, bhaginī parakāminī hoti;
But the sister desired another.
1.6.8
sikhaṇḍī nāma mātalissa saṅgāhakassa putto, tamabhikaṅkhati.
It was the one named Sikhaṇḍī, the son of Mātali the chariot handler, who she loved.
1.6.9
Yato kho ahaṃ, bhante, taṃ bhaginiṃ nālatthaṃ kenaci pariyāyena.
Since I couldn’t win that sister by any means,
1.6.10
Athāhaṃ beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ ādāya yena timbaruno gandhabbarañño nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃ; upasaṅkamitvā beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ assāvesiṃ, imā ca gāthā abhāsiṃ buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā—
I took my arched harp to Timbaru’s home, where I played those verses.
Translations (3)
- Sakkina pitanja — sr
- Sakkas Fragen — German
- Sakka’s Questions — English
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
- Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā — Pāli