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title: "Linked Discourses I: With Verses · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Sagāthāvagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 11 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/11/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses I: With Verses · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Sagāthāvagga, section 11. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/11/"
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# Linked Discourses I: With Verses · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Sagāthāvagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

The first book of the Linked Discourses: dialogues in verse with gods, Māra, nuns, brahmins and kings.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 11. With Anāthapiṇḍika · SN 2.11–2.20

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/11/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/11/#p-N

[¶0] SN 2.11 · With Candimasa

> Pali: SN 2.11 · Candimasasutta

[¶1] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶2] Then, late at night, the glorious godling Candimasa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

> Pali: Atha kho candimaso devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candimaso devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

[¶3] “Like deer in a mosquito-free marsh,
they will reach a safe place
having entered the absorptions,
unified, alert, and mindful.”

> Pali: “Te hi sotthiṁ gamissanti,
kacchevāmakase magā;
Jhānāni upasampajja,
ekodi nipakā satā”ti.

[¶4] “Like fish when the net is cut,
they will reach the far shore
having entered the absorptions,
diligent, with strife discarded.”

> Pali: “Te hi pāraṁ gamissanti,
chetvā jālaṁva ambujo;
Jhānāni upasampajja,
appamattā raṇañjahā”ti.

[¶5] SN 2.12 · With Vishnu

> Pali: SN 2.12 · Veṇḍusutta

[¶6] Standing to one side, the godling Vishnu spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho veṇḍu devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

[¶7] “Happy are the men
who pay homage to the Holy One!
They apply themselves to Gotama’s instructions,
diligently training.”

> Pali: “Sukhitāva te manujā,
sugataṁ payirupāsiya;
Yuñjaṁ gotamasāsane,
appamattā nu sikkhare”ti.

[¶8] “Those who practice absorption <j>in accord with the training”,
said the Buddha to Vishnu,
“in the way of teaching I’ve proclaimed,
diligent while there is still time;
they won’t fall under the sway of Death.”

> Pali: “Ye me pavutte siṭṭhipade,
(veṇḍūti bhagavā)
Anusikkhanti jhāyino;
Kāle te appamajjantā,
Na maccuvasagā siyun”ti.

[¶9] SN 2.13 · With Dīghalaṭṭhi

> Pali: SN 2.13 · Dīghalaṭṭhisutta

[¶10] So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.

> Pali: Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

[¶11] Then, late at night, the glorious godling Dīghalaṭṭhi, lighting up the entire Bamboo Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

> Pali: Atha kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ veḷuvanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

[¶12] “If a mendicant is a meditator, freed in mind,
and if they desire the heart’s fulfillment—
having known the arising and passing of the world,
good-hearted, independent, that is their reward.”

> Pali: “Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,
Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;
Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,
Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.

[¶13] SN 2.14 · With Nandana

> Pali: SN 2.14 · Nandanasutta

[¶14] Standing to one side, the godling Nandana addressed the Buddha in verse:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho nandano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

[¶15] “I ask you, Gotama, whose wisdom is vast,
the Blessed One <j>of unhindered knowledge and vision.
What sort do they call ethical?
What sort do they call wise?
What sort lives on after transcending suffering?
What sort is worshiped by the deities?”

> Pali: “Pucchāmi taṁ gotama bhūripañña,
Anāvaṭaṁ bhagavato ñāṇadassanaṁ;
Kathaṁvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,
Kathaṁvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;
Kathaṁvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,
Kathaṁvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.

[¶16] “Someone who is ethical, wise, evolved,
becomes serene, loving absorption, mindful,
who’s gotten rid of and given up all sorrows,
with defilements ended, they bear their final body.

> Pali: “Yo sīlavā paññavā bhāvitatto,
Samāhito jhānarato satīmā;
Sabbassa sokā vigatā pahīnā,
Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī.

[¶17] That sort they call ethical.
That sort they call wise.
That sort lives on after transcending suffering.
That sort is worshiped by the deities.”

> Pali: Tathāvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,
Tathāvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;
Tathāvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,
Tathāvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.

[¶18] SN 2.15 · With Candana

> Pali: SN 2.15 · Candanasutta

[¶19] Standing to one side, the godling Candana addressed the Buddha in verse:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho candano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

[¶20] “Who here crosses the flood,
tireless all day and night?
Who, not standing and unsupported,
does not sink in the deep?”

> Pali: “Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ,
rattindivamatandito;
Appatiṭṭhe anālambe,
ko gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

[¶21] “Someone who is always endowed with ethics,
wise and serene,
energetic and resolute,
crosses the flood so hard to cross.

> Pali: “Sabbadā sīlasampanno,
Paññavā susamāhito;
Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,
Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.

[¶22] Someone who desists from sensual perception,
has moved past the fetter of form,
and has finished with relishing and greed
does not sink in the deep.”

> Pali: Virato kāmasaññāya,
rūpasaṁyojanātigo;
Nandīrāgaparikkhīṇo,
so gambhīre na sīdatī”ti.

[¶23] SN 2.16 · With Vāsudatta

> Pali: SN 2.16 · Vāsudattasutta

[¶24] Standing to one side, the godling Vāsudatta spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho vāsudatto devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

[¶25] “Like they’re struck by a sword,
like their head was on fire,
a mendicant should wander mindful,
to give up sensual desire.”

> Pali: “Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho,
ḍayhamānova matthake;
Kāmarāgappahānāya,
sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.

[¶26] “Like they’re struck by a sword,
like their head was on fire,
a mendicant should wander mindful,
to give up substantialist view.”

> Pali: “Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho,
ḍayhamānova matthake;
Sakkāyadiṭṭhippahānāya,
sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.

[¶27] SN 2.17 · With Subrahmā

> Pali: SN 2.17 · Subrahmasutta

[¶28] Standing to one side, the godling Subrahmā addressed the Buddha in verse:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho subrahmā devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

[¶29] “This mind is always anxious,
this mind is always stressed
about stresses that haven’t arisen
and those that have.
If there is a state free of anxiety,
please answer my question.”

> Pali: “Niccaṁ utrastamidaṁ cittaṁ,
niccaṁ ubbiggamidaṁ mano;
Anuppannesu kicchesu,
atho uppatitesu ca;
Sace atthi anutrastaṁ,
taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”ti.

[¶30] “Not without understanding and fervor,
not without restraining the sense faculties,
not without letting go of everything,
do I see safety for living creatures.”

> Pali: “Nāññatra bojjhā tapasā,
nāññatrindriyasaṁvarā;
Nāññatra sabbanissaggā,
sotthiṁ passāmi pāṇinan”ti.

[¶31] That is what the Buddha said. … The godling vanished right there.

> Pali: Idamavoca …pe… tatthevantaradhāyīti.

[¶32] SN 2.18 · With Kakudha

> Pali: SN 2.18 · Kakudhasutta

[¶33] So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood.

> Pali: Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye.

[¶34] Then, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire Añjana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, “Do you delight, ascetic?”

> Pali: Atha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ añjanavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “nandasi, samaṇā”ti?

[¶35] “What have I gained, sir?”

> Pali: “Kiṁ laddhā, āvuso”ti?

[¶36] “Well then, ascetic, do you sorrow?”

> Pali: “Tena hi, samaṇa, socasī”ti?

[¶37] “What have I lost, sir?”

> Pali: “Kiṁ jīyittha, āvuso”ti?

[¶38] “Well then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?”

> Pali: “Tena hi, samaṇa, neva nandasi na ca socasī”ti?

[¶39] “Yes, sir.”

> Pali: “Evamāvuso”ti.

[¶40] “I hope you’re not gloomy, mendicant,
I hope that delight isn’t found in you.
I hope that discontent doesn’t
overwhelm you as you sit alone.”

> Pali: “Kacci tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,
kacci nandī na vijjati;
Kacci taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī”ti.

[¶41] “I’m genuinely not gloomy, spirit,
and no delight is found in me.
And also discontent doesn’t
overwhelm me as I sit alone.”

> Pali: “Anagho ve ahaṁ yakkha,
atho nandī na vijjati;
Atho maṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī”ti.

[¶42] “How are you not gloomy, mendicant?
How is delight not found in you?
How does discontent not
overwhelm you as you sit alone?”

> Pali: “Kathaṁ tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,
kathaṁ nandī na vijjati;
Kathaṁ taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī”ti.

[¶43] “Delight is born from gloom,
gloom is born from delight;
sir, you should know me as
a mendicant free of delight and gloom.”

> Pali: “Aghajātassa ve nandī,
nandījātassa ve aghaṁ;
Anandī anagho bhikkhu,
evaṁ jānāhi āvuso”ti.

[¶44] “After a long time I see
a brahmin fully quenched.
A mendicant free of delight and gloom,
he has crossed over clinging to the world.”

> Pali: “Cirassaṁ vata passāmi,
brāhmaṇaṁ parinibbutaṁ;
Anandiṁ anaghaṁ bhikkhuṁ,
tiṇṇaṁ loke visattikan”ti.

[¶45] SN 2.19 · With Uttara

> Pali: SN 2.19 · Uttarasutta

[¶46] At Rājagaha. Standing to one side, the godling Uttara spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

> Pali: Rājagahanidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho uttaro devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

[¶47] “This life, so very short, is led onward.
One led on to old age has no shelter.
Seeing this peril in death,
do good deeds that bring you joy.”

> Pali: “Upanīyati jīvitamappamāyu,
Jarūpanītassa na santi tāṇā;
Etaṁ bhayaṁ maraṇe pekkhamāno,
Puññāni kayirātha sukhāvahānī”ti.

[¶48] “This life, so very short, is led onward.
One led on to old age has no shelter.
Seeing this peril in death,
a seeker of peace would drop the world’s bait.”

> Pali: “Upanīyati jīvitamappamāyu,
Jarūpanītassa na santi tāṇā;
Etaṁ bhayaṁ maraṇe pekkhamāno,
Lokāmisaṁ pajahe santipekkho”ti.

[¶49] SN 2.20 · With Anāthapiṇḍika

> Pali: SN 2.20 · Anāthapiṇḍikasutta

[¶50] Standing to one side, the godling Anāthapiṇḍika recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

[¶51] “This is indeed that Jeta’s Grove,
frequented by the Saṅgha of seers,
where the King of Dhamma stayed:
it brings me joy!

> Pali: “Idañhi taṁ jetavanaṁ,
isisaṅghanisevitaṁ;
Āvutthaṁ dhammarājena,
pītisañjananaṁ mama.

[¶52] Deeds, knowledge, and principle;
ethical conduct, an excellent livelihood;
by these are mortals purified,
not by clan or wealth.

> Pali: Kammaṁ vijjā ca dhammo ca,
sīlaṁ jīvitamuttamaṁ;
Etena maccā sujjhanti,
na gottena dhanena vā.

[¶53] That’s why an astute person,
seeing what’s good for themselves,
would examine the teaching rationally,
that’s how they become purified in that.

> Pali: Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso,
sampassaṁ atthamattano;
Yoniso vicine dhammaṁ,
evaṁ tattha visujjhati.

[¶54] Sāriputta is full of wisdom,
ethics, and peace.
Even a mendicant who has crossed over
might at best equal him.”

> Pali: Sāriputtova paññāya,
sīlena upasamena ca;
Yopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu,
etāvaparamo siyā”ti.

[¶55] That is what the godling Anāthapiṇḍika said. Then he bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there.

> Pali: Idamavoca anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto. Idaṁ vatvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi.

[¶56] Then, when the night had passed, the Buddha addressed the mendicants: “Mendicants, tonight, a certain glorious godling, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, came to me, bowed, stood to one side, and recited these verses in my presence.” The Buddha then repeated the verses in full.

> Pali: Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi: “imaṁ, bhikkhave, rattiṁ aññataro devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, so devaputto mama santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

[¶57] > Pali: ‘Idañhi taṁ jetavanaṁ,
isisaṅghanisevitaṁ;
Āvutthaṁ dhammarājena,
pītisañjananaṁ mama.

[¶58] > Pali: Kammaṁ vijjā ca dhammo ca,
sīlaṁ jīvitamuttamaṁ;
Etena maccā sujjhanti,
na gottena dhanena vā.

[¶59] > Pali: Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso,
sampassaṁ atthamattano;
Yoniso vicine dhammaṁ,
evaṁ tattha visujjhati.

[¶60] > Pali: Sāriputtova paññāya,
sīlena upasamena ca;
Yopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu,
etāvaparamo siyā’ti.

[¶61] > Pali: Idamavoca, bhikkhave, so devaputto. Idaṁ vatvā maṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyī”ti.

[¶62] When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha, “Sir, that godling must surely have been Anāthapiṇḍika. For the householder Anāthapiṇḍika was devoted to Venerable Sāriputta.”

> Pali: Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “so hi nūna, bhante, anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhavissati. Anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati āyasmante sāriputte abhippasanno ahosī”ti.

[¶63] “Good, good, Ānanda. You’ve reached the logical conclusion, as far as logic goes. For that was indeed the godling Anāthapiṇḍika.”

> Pali: “Sādhu sādhu, ānanda, yāvatakaṁ kho, ānanda, takkāya pattabbaṁ anuppattaṁ taṁ tayā. Anāthapiṇḍiko hi so, ānanda, devaputto”ti.

[¶64] > Pali: Anāthapiṇḍikavaggo dutiyo.

[¶65] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶66] > Pali: Candimaso ca veṇḍu ca,
Dīghalaṭṭhi ca nandano;
Candano vāsudatto ca,
Subrahmā kakudhena ca;
Uttaro navamo vutto,
Dasamo anāthapiṇḍikoti.