[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) › 2.10 # Sakka’s Questions 2.10 Sakkapañhasutta 2.10 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.1) Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbaputtaṃ āmantesi: > Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.2) “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, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.3) Tayā, tāta, paṭhamaṃ pasāditaṃ pacchā mayaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamimhā arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ. > after which I went to see him. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.4) 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.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.5) Atha kho sakko devānamindo pāṇinā pathaviṃ parāmasitvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi: > Then Sakka, touching the ground with his hand, expressed this heartfelt sentiment three times: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.6) “Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa. > “Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.7) Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa. > Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.8) Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti. > Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.9) 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: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.10) “yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbaṃ taṃ nirodhadhamman”ti. > “Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.11) Aññesañca asītiyā devatāsahassānaṃ; > And also for another 80,000 deities. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.12) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.13) Tasmā imassa veyyākaraṇassa sakkapañhātveva adhivacananti. > And that’s why the name of this discussion is “Sakka’s Questions”. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10.14) Sakkapañhasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ. ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.2.10.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.10.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.10.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.371) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.100) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.66) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.57) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.10) · Pramāṇa