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Show IAST transliterationසංයුත්ත නිකාය 32.55
The Related Suttas Collection 32.55
1. වලාහකවග්ග
1. Gods of the Clouds
අබ්භවලාහකසුත්ත
Gods of the Storm Clouds
සාවත්ථිනිදානං.
At Sāvatthī.
ඒකමන්තං නිසින්නෝ ඛෝ සෝ භික්ඛු භගවන්තං ඒතදවෝච:
Seated to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Buddha:
“කෝ නු ඛෝ, භන්තේ, හේතු, කෝ පච්චයෝ, යේනේකදා අබ්භං හෝතී”ති?
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why sometimes it becomes stormy?”
“සන්ති, භික්ඛු, අබ්භවලාහකා නාම දේවා. තේසං යදා ඒවං හෝති: ‘යන්නූන මයං සකාය රතියා වසේය්යාමා(අ)ති, තේසං තං චේතෝපණිධිමන්වාය අබ්භං හෝති. අයං ඛෝ, භික්ඛු, හේතු, අයං පච්චයෝ, යේනේකදා අබ්භං හෝතී”ති.
“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.”
පඤ්චපඤ්ඤාසමං.
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 »]
