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# Sakka’s Questions 1.9.4

Sakkapañhasutta 1.9.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.9.4)

“Cirapaṭikāhaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo; api ca devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ kehici kehici kiccakaraṇīyehi byāvaṭo; evāhaṃ nāsakkhiṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ.

> “For a long time I’ve wanted to come and see the Buddha, but I wasn’t able, being prevented by my many duties and responsibilities for the gods of the thirty-three.  
> — Sakka’s Questions

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## Translations (3)

- [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.1.9.4) — sr
- [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.1.9.4) — German
- [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.1.9.4) — English

## Linked texts (4)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.22) — Classical Chinese
- [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.17.0.164) — Pāli
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.20) — Classical Chinese
- [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.14) — Classical Chinese

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