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> living in seclusion > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.7) Sambuddhā iti maññāno, > must surely be awakened, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.8) gacchāmi te upāsituṃ. > so I went to sit near them. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.9) ‘Kathaṃ ārādhanā hoti, > ‘How is there success? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.10) kathaṃ hoti virādhanā’; > How is there failure?’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.11) Iti puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, > But they were stumped by such questions > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.12) magge paṭipadāsu ca. > about the path and practice. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.13) Tyassu yadā maṃ jānanti, > And when they found out that I > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.14) sakko devānamāgato; > was Sakka, come from the gods, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.15) Tyassu mameva pucchanti, > they questioned me instead about > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.16) ‘kiṃ katvā pāpuṇī idaṃ’. > the deed that brought me to this state. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.17) Tesaṃ yathāsutaṃ dhammaṃ, > I taught them the Dhamma > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.18) desayāmi jane sutaṃ; > as I had learned it among men. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.19) Tena attamanā honti, > They were delighted with that, saying: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.20) ‘diṭṭho no vāsavoti ca’. > ‘We’ve seen Vāsava!’ > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.21) Yadā ca buddhamaddakkhiṃ, > Now since I’ve seen the Buddha, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.22) vicikicchāvitāraṇaṃ; > who helps us overcome doubt, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.23) Somhi vītabhayo ajja, > today, free of fear, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.24) sambuddhaṃ payirupāsiya. > I pay homage to the awakened one. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.25) Taṇhāsallassa hantāraṃ, > Destroyer of the dart of craving, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.26) buddhaṃ appaṭipuggalaṃ; > the Buddha is unrivaled. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.27) Ahaṃ vande mahāvīraṃ, > I bow to the great hero, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.28) buddhamādiccabandhunaṃ. > the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.29) Yaṃ karomasi brahmuno, > In the same way that divinity ought be revered > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.30) samaṃ devehi mārisa; > by we gods, dear sir, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.31) Tadajja tuyhaṃ kassāma, > today we shall revere you— > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.32) handa sāmaṃ karoma te. > come, let us revere you ourselves! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.33) Tvameva asi sambuddho, > You alone are the Awakened! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.34) tuvaṃ satthā anuttaro; > You are the Teacher supreme! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.35) Sadevakasmiṃ lokasmiṃ, > In the world with its gods, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.36) natthi te paṭipuggalo”ti. > you have no rival.” > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.2.9.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.9.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.9.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.370) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.99) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.63) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.1-36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.9.1-36) · Pramāṇa