Sakka’s Questions 2.10

2.10.1

Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbaputtaṃ āmantesi:

Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha,

2.10.2

“bahūpakāro kho mesi tvaṃ, tāta pañcasikha, yaṃ tvaṃ bhagavantaṃ paṭhamaṃ pasādesi.

“Dear Pañcasikha, you were very helpful to me, since you first charmed the Buddha,

2.10.3

Tayā, tāta, paṭhamaṃ pasāditaṃ pacchā mayaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamimhā arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ.

after which I went to see him.

2.10.4

Pettike vā ṭhāne ṭhapayissāmi, gandhabbarājā bhavissasi, bhaddañca te sūriyavacchasaṃ dammi, sā hi te abhipatthitā”ti.

I shall appoint you to your father’s position—you shall be king of the centaurs. And I give you Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, for she loves you very much.”

2.10.5

Atha kho sakko devānamindo pāṇinā pathaviṃ parāmasitvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi:

Then Sakka, touching the ground with his hand, expressed this heartfelt sentiment three times:

2.10.6

“Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.

“Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

2.10.7

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

2.10.8

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti.

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!”

2.10.9

Imasmiñca pana veyyākaraṇasmiṃ bhaññamāne sakkassa devānamindassa virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi:

And while this discourse was being spoken, the stainless, immaculate vision of the Dhamma arose in Sakka, lord of gods:

2.10.10

“yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbaṃ taṃ nirodhadhamman”ti.

“Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.”

2.10.11

Aññesañca asītiyā devatāsahassānaṃ;

And also for another 80,000 deities.

2.10.12

iti ye sakkena devānamindena ajjhiṭṭhapañhā puṭṭhā, te bhagavatā byākatā.

Such were the questions Sakka was invited to ask, and which were answered by the Buddha.

2.10.13

Tasmā imassa veyyākaraṇassa sakkapañhātveva adhivacananti.

And that’s why the name of this discussion is “Sakka’s Questions”.

2.10.14

Sakkapañhasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.