[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) › 1.6 # Sakka’s Questions 1.6 Sakkapañhasutta 1.6 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.1) Evaṃ vutte, bhagavā pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbadevaputtaṃ etadavoca: > When Pañcasikha had spoken, the Buddha said to him, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.2) “saṃsandati kho te, pañcasikha, tantissaro gītassarena, gītassaro ca tantissarena; > “Pañcasikha, the sound of your strings blends well with the sound of your singing, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.3) na ca pana te, pañcasikha, tantissaro gītassaraṃ ativattati, gītassaro ca tantissaraṃ. > so that neither overpowers the other. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.4) 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?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.5) “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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.6) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.7) Sā kho pana, bhante, bhaginī parakāminī hoti; > But the sister desired another. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.8) sikhaṇḍī nāma mātalissa saṅgāhakassa putto, tamabhikaṅkhati. > It was the one named Sikhaṇḍī, the son of Mātali the chariot handler, who she loved. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.9) Yato kho ahaṃ, bhante, taṃ bhaginiṃ nālatthaṃ kenaci pariyāyena. > Since I couldn’t win that sister by any means, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [1.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6.10) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.1.6.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.1.6.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.1.6.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.349) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.12) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.13) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.9) — Classical Chinese - [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.17.0.161) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.6) · Pramāṇa