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> remaining in the godly form, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.5) Punarāyu ca me laddho, > I have gained an extended life: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.6) evaṃ jānāhi mārisa. > know this, dear sir. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.7) Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, paṭhamaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > This is the first reason. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.8) Cutāhaṃ diviyā kāyā, > When I fall from the heavenly host, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.9) āyuṃ hitvā amānusaṃ; > leaving behind the non-human life, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.10) Amūḷho gabbhamessāmi, > I shall consciously go to a new womb, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.11) yattha me ramatī mano. > wherever my mind delights. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.12) Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, dutiyaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > This is the second reason. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.13) Svāhaṃ amūḷhapaññassa, > Living happily under the guidance > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.14) viharaṃ sāsane rato; > of the one of unclouded wisdom, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.15) Ñāyena viharissāmi, > I shall practice systematically, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.16) sampajāno paṭissato. > aware and mindful. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.17) Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, tatiyaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > This is the third reason. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.18) Ñāyena me carato ca, > And if awakening should arise > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.19) sambodhi ce bhavissati; > as I practice systematically, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.20) Aññātā viharissāmi, > I shall live as one who understands, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.21) sveva anto bhavissati. > and my end shall come right there. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.22) Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, catutthaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > This is the fourth reason. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.23) Cutāhaṃ mānusā kāyā, > When I fall from the human realm, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.24) āyuṃ hitvāna mānusaṃ; > leaving behind the human life, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.25) Puna devo bhavissāmi, > I shall become a god again, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.26) devalokamhi uttamo. > supreme in the heaven realm. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.27) Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, pañcamaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > This is the fifth reason. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.28) Te paṇītatarā devā, > They are the finest of gods, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.29) akaniṭṭhā yasassino; > the glorious Akaniṭṭhas. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.30) Antime vattamānamhi, > So long as my final life goes on, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.31) so nivāso bhavissati. > there my home will be. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.32) Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, chaṭṭhaṃ atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > This is the sixth reason. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.33) Ime kho ahaṃ, bhante, cha atthavase sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedemi. > Seeing these six reasons I speak of such joy and happiness. > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.2.8.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.8.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.8.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.369) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.89) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.59) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.54) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.1-33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.1-33) · Pramāṇa