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संयुत्त निकाय ३२।५५
Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.55
The Related Suttas Collection 32.55
१। वलाहकवग्ग
1. Valāhakavagga
1. Gods of the Clouds
अब्भवलाहकसुत्त
Abbhavalāhakasutta
Gods of the Storm Clouds
सावत्थिनिदानं।
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
एकमन्तं निसिन्नो खो सो भिक्खु भगवन्तं एतदवोच:
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Buddha:
“को नु खो, भन्ते, हेतु, को पच्चयो, येनेकदा अब्भं होती”ति?
“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā abbhaṁ hotī”ti?
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why sometimes it becomes stormy?”
“सन्ति, भिक्खु, अब्भवलाहका नाम देवा। तेसं यदा एवं होति: ‘यन्नून मयं सकाय रतिया वसेय्यामाऽति, तेसं तं चेतोपणिधिमन्वाय अब्भं होति। अयं खो, भिक्खु, हेतु, अयं पच्चयो, येनेकदा अब्भं होती”ति।
“Santi, bhikkhu, abbhavalāhakā nāma devā. Tesaṁ yadā evaṁ hoti: ‘yannūna mayaṁ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṁ taṁ cetopaṇidhimanvāya abbhaṁ hoti. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yenekadā abbhaṁ hotī”ti.
“Bhikkhu, there are what are called gods of the storm clouds. Sometimes they think: ‘Why don’t we revel in our own kind of enjoyment?’ Then, in accordance with their wish, it becomes stormy. This is the cause, this is the reason why sometimes it becomes stormy.”
पञ्चपञ्ञासमं।
Pañcapaññāsamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
