[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) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Piyajatikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87) › 4.1-19 # Piyajatikasutta 4.1-19 Piyajātikasutta 4.1-19 - **Language:** Pāli ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.1) Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā akkhadhuttā bhagavato avidūre akkhehi dibbanti. > Now at that time several gamblers were playing dice not far from the Buddha. > — Born From the Beloved ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.2) Atha kho so gahapati yena te akkhadhuttā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā akkhadhutte etadavoca: > That householder approached them and told them what had happened. > — Born From the Beloved ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.3) “idhāhaṃ, bhonto, yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkamiṃ; upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho maṃ, bhonto, samaṇo gotamo etadavoca: ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.4) ‘na kho te, gahapati, sake citte ṭhitassa indriyāni, atthi te indriyānaṃ aññathattan’ti. ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.5) Evaṃ vutte, ahaṃ, bhonto, samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ etadavocaṃ: ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.6) ‘kiñhi me, bhante, indriyānaṃ nāññathattaṃ bhavissati; ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.7) mayhañhi, bhante, ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato. ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.8) Tassa kālaṅkiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti, na bhattaṃ paṭibhāti. ### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.9) Sohaṃ āḷāhanaṃ gantvā kandāmi— ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.10) kahaṃ, ekaputtaka, kahaṃ, ekaputtakā’ti. ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.11) ‘Evametaṃ, gahapati, evametaṃ, gahapati. ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.12) Piyajātikā hi, gahapati, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’ti. ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.13) ‘Kassa kho nāmetaṃ, bhante, evaṃ bhavissati— ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.14) piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā? ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.15) Piyajātikā hi kho, bhante, ānandasomanassā piyappabhavikā’ti. ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.16) Atha khvāhaṃ, bhonto, samaṇassa gotamassa bhāsitaṃ anabhinanditvā paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamin”ti. ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.17) “Evametaṃ, gahapati, evametaṃ, gahapati. > “That’s so true, householder! That’s so true, householder! > — Born From the Beloved ### [4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.18) Piyajātikā hi, gahapati, ānandasomanassā piyappabhavikā”ti. > For our loved ones are a source of joy and happiness.” > — Born From the Beloved ### [4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.19) Atha kho so gahapati “sameti me akkhadhuttehī”ti pakkāmi. > Thinking, “The gamblers and I are in agreement,” the householder left. > — Born From the Beloved ## Translations (4) - [Was aus Liebem entsteht](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~de-sabbamitta.4.1) — German - [Born From the Beloved](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~en-sujato.4.1) — English - [Il discorso su ciò di cui i nostri cari sono la fonte](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~it-giovannizappa.4.1) — Italian - [Рождено теми, кто дорог](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87~ru-sv.4.1) — Russian ## Linked texts (3) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.13.3.11) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.216.14) — Classical Chinese - [婆羅門子命終愛念不離經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.priyajatikasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.1-19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.87.4.1-19) · Pramāṇa