Sakka’s Questions 2.7.1-30
Sakkapañhasutta 2.7.1-30
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2.7.1
“Ejā, bhante, rogo, ejā gaṇḍo, ejā sallaṃ, ejā imaṃ purisaṃ parikaḍḍhati tassa tasseva bhavassa abhinibbattiyā.
“Turbulence, sir, is a disease, a boil, a dart. Turbulence drags a person to be regenerated in one state of existence or another.
2.7.2
Tasmā ayaṃ puriso uccāvacamāpajjati.
That’s why a person finds themselves in states high and low.
2.7.3
Yesāhaṃ, bhante, pañhānaṃ ito bahiddhā aññesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu okāsakammampi nālatthaṃ, te me bhagavatā byākatā.
Elsewhere, among other ascetics and brahmins, I wasn’t even given a chance to ask these questions that the Buddha has answered.
2.7.4
Dīgharattānusayitañca pana me vicikicchākathaṅkathāsallaṃ, tañca bhagavatā abbuḷhan”ti.
The dart of doubt and indecision has lain within me for a long time, but the Buddha has plucked it out.”
2.7.5
“Abhijānāsi no tvaṃ, devānaminda, ime pañhe aññe samaṇabrāhmaṇe pucchitā”ti?
“Lord of gods, do you recall having asked this question of other ascetics and brahmins?”
2.7.6
“Abhijānāmahaṃ, bhante, ime pañhe aññe samaṇabrāhmaṇe pucchitā”ti.
“I do, sir.”
2.7.7
“Yathā kathaṃ pana te, devānaminda, byākaṃsu? Sace te agaru bhāsassū”ti.
“If you wouldn’t mind, lord of gods, tell me how they answered.”
2.7.8
“Na kho me, bhante, garu yatthassa bhagavā nisinno bhagavantarūpo vā”ti.
“It’s no trouble when someone such as the Blessed One is sitting here.”
2.7.9
“Tena hi, devānaminda, bhāsassū”ti.
“Well, speak then, lord of gods.”
2.7.10
“Yesvāhaṃ, bhante, maññāmi samaṇabrāhmaṇā āraññikā pantasenāsanāti, tyāhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ime pañhe pucchāmi, te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaṃyeva paṭipucchanti:
“Sir, I approached those who I imagined were ascetics and brahmins living in the wilderness, in remote lodgings. But they were stumped by my question, and they even questioned me in return:
2.7.11
‘ko nāmo āyasmā’ti?
‘What is the venerable’s name?’
2.7.12
Tesāhaṃ puṭṭho byākaromi:
So I answered them:
2.7.13
‘ahaṃ kho, mārisa, sakko devānamindo’ti.
‘Good fellow, I am Sakka, lord of gods.’
2.7.14
Te mamaṃyeva uttari paṭipucchanti:
So they asked me another question:
2.7.15
‘kiṃ panāyasmā, devānaminda, kammaṃ katvā imaṃ ṭhānaṃ patto’ti?
‘But lord of gods, what deed brought you to this position?’
2.7.16
Tesāhaṃ yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ desemi.
So I taught them the Dhamma as I had learned and memorized it.
2.7.17
Te tāvatakeneva attamanā honti:
And they were pleased with just that much:
2.7.18
‘sakko ca no devānamindo diṭṭho, yañca no apucchimhā, tañca no byākāsī’ti.
‘We have seen Sakka, lord of gods! And he answered our questions!’
2.7.19
Te aññadatthu mamaṃyeva sāvakā sampajjanti, na cāhaṃ tesaṃ.
Invariably, they become my disciples, I don’t become theirs.
2.7.20
Ahaṃ kho pana, bhante, bhagavato sāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.
But sir, I am the Buddha’s disciple, a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”
2.5. Somanassapaṭilābhakathā
2.7.22
“Abhijānāsi no tvaṃ, devānaminda, ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti?
“Lord of gods, do you recall ever feeling such joy and happiness before?”
2.7.23
“Abhijānāmahaṃ, bhante, ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti.
“I do, sir.”
2.7.24
“Yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, devānaminda, abhijānāsi ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti?
“But how?”
2.7.25
“Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhante, devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi.
“Once upon a time, sir, a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.
2.7.26
Tasmiṃ kho pana, bhante, saṅgāme devā jiniṃsu, asurā parājayiṃsu.
In that battle the gods won and the titans lost.
2.7.27
Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, taṃ saṅgāmaṃ abhivijinitvā vijitasaṅgāmassa etadahosi:
It occurred to me as victor,
2.7.28
‘yā ceva dāni dibbā ojā yā ca asurā ojā, ubhayametaṃ devā paribhuñjissantī’ti.
‘Now the gods shall enjoy both the nectar of the gods and the nectar of the titans.’
2.7.29
So kho pana me, bhante, vedapaṭilābho somanassapaṭilābho sadaṇḍāvacaro sasatthāvacaro na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati.
But sir, that joy and happiness is in the sphere of the rod and the sword. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
2.7.30
Yo kho pana me ayaṃ, bhante, bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā vedapaṭilābho somanassapaṭilābho, so adaṇḍāvacaro asatthāvacaro ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattatī”ti.
But the joy and happiness I feel listening to the Buddha’s teaching is not in the sphere of the rod and the sword. It does lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.”
Translations (3)
- Sakkina pitanja — sr
- Sakkas Fragen — German
- Sakka’s Questions — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli