Sakka’s Questions 1.7

1.7.1

Vande te pitaraṃ bhadde,

1.7.2

timbaruṃ sūriyavacchase;

1.7.3

Yena jātāsi kalyāṇī,

1.7.4

ānandajananī mama.

1.7.5

…pe…

1.7.6

Sālaṃva na ciraṃ phullaṃ,

1.7.7

pitaraṃ te sumedhase;

1.7.8

Vandamāno namassāmi,

1.7.9

yassāsetādisī pajāti.

1.7.10

Evaṃ vutte, bhante, bhaddā sūriyavacchasā maṃ etadavoca:

When I finished, Suriyavaccasā said to me,

1.7.11

‘na kho me, mārisa, so bhagavā sammukhā diṭṭho, api ca sutoyeva me so bhagavā devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sudhammāyaṃ sabhāyaṃ upanaccantiyā.

‘Good fellow, I have not personally seen the Buddha. But I did hear about him when I went to dance for the gods of the thirty-three in the Hall of Clear Right.

1.7.12

Yato kho tvaṃ, mārisa, taṃ bhagavantaṃ kittesi, hotu no ajja samāgamo’ti.

Since you extol the Buddha, let us meet up today.’

1.7.13

Soyeva no, bhante, tassā bhaginiyā saddhiṃ samāgamo ahosi.

And that’s when I met up with that sister.

1.7.14

Na ca dāni tato pacchā”ti.

But we have not met since.”