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# Sakka’s Questions 2.8.1

Sakkapañhasutta 2.8.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.8.1)

“Kiṃ pana tvaṃ, devānaminda, atthavasaṃ sampassamāno evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhaṃ pavedesī”ti?

> “But lord of gods, what reason do you see for speaking of such joy and happiness?”  
> — Sakka’s Questions

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## 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

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