[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) › 2.7 # Sakka’s Questions 2.7 Sakkapañhasutta 2.7 - **Language:** Pāli ## Contents - [2.7.21 2.5. Somanassapaṭilābhakathā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.21) ### [2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.1) “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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.2) Tasmā ayaṃ puriso uccāvacamāpajjati. > That’s why a person finds themselves in states high and low. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.3) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.4) 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.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.5) “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?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.6) “Abhijānāmahaṃ, bhante, ime pañhe aññe samaṇabrāhmaṇe pucchitā”ti. > “I do, sir.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.7) “Yathā kathaṃ pana te, devānaminda, byākaṃsu? Sace te agaru bhāsassū”ti. > “If you wouldn’t mind, lord of gods, tell me how they answered.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.8) “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.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.9) “Tena hi, devānaminda, bhāsassū”ti. > “Well, speak then, lord of gods.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.10) “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: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.11) ‘ko nāmo āyasmā’ti? > ‘What is the venerable’s name?’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.12) Tesāhaṃ puṭṭho byākaromi: > So I answered them: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.13) ‘ahaṃ kho, mārisa, sakko devānamindo’ti. > ‘Good fellow, I am Sakka, lord of gods.’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.14) Te mamaṃyeva uttari paṭipucchanti: > So they asked me another question: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.15) ‘kiṃ panāyasmā, devānaminda, kammaṃ katvā imaṃ ṭhānaṃ patto’ti? > ‘But lord of gods, what deed brought you to this position?’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.16) Tesāhaṃ yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ desemi. > So I taught them the Dhamma as I had learned and memorized it. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.17) Te tāvatakeneva attamanā honti: > And they were pleased with just that much: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.18) ‘sakko ca no devānamindo diṭṭho, yañca no apucchimhā, tañca no byākāsī’ti. > ‘We have seen Sakka, lord of gods! And he answered our questions!’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.19) Te aññadatthu mamaṃyeva sāvakā sampajjanti, na cāhaṃ tesaṃ. > Invariably, they become my disciples, I don’t become theirs. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.20) 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.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### 2.5. Somanassapaṭilābhakathā ### [2.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.22) “Abhijānāsi no tvaṃ, devānaminda, ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti? > “Lord of gods, do you recall ever feeling such joy and happiness before?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.23) “Abhijānāmahaṃ, bhante, ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti. > “I do, sir.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.24) “Yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, devānaminda, abhijānāsi ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti? > “But how?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.25) “Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhante, devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi. > “Once upon a time, sir, a battle was fought between the gods and the titans. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.26) Tasmiṃ kho pana, bhante, saṅgāme devā jiniṃsu, asurā parājayiṃsu. > In that battle the gods won and the titans lost. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.27) Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, taṃ saṅgāmaṃ abhivijinitvā vijitasaṅgāmassa etadahosi: > It occurred to me as victor, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.28) ‘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.’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.29) 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. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7.30) 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.” > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.2.7.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.7.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.7.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.368) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.81) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.53) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.49) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.7) · Pramāṇa