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संयुत्त निकाय १।११
Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.11
The Related Suttas Collection 1.11
२। नन्दनवग्ग
2. Nandanavagga
2. The Garden of Delight
नन्दनसुत्त
Nandanasutta
The Garden of Delight
एवं मे सुतं—एकं समयं भगवा सावत्थियं विहरति जेतवने अनाथपिण्डिकस्स आरामे। तत्र खो भगवा भिक्खू आमन्तेसि: “भिक्खवो”ति।
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the bhikkhus, “Bhikkhus!”
“भदन्ते”ति ते भिक्खू भगवतो पच्चस्सोसुं। भगवा एतदवोच:
“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:
“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:
“भूतपुब्बं, भिक्खवे, अञ्ञतरा तावतिंसकायिका देवता नन्दने वने अच्छरासङ्घपरिवुता दिब्बेहि पञ्चहि कामगुणेहि समप्पिता समङ्गीभूता परिचारयमाना तायं वेलायं इमं गाथं अभासि:
“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, aññatarā tāvatiṁsakāyikā devatā nandane vane accharāsaṅghaparivutā dibbehi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgībhūtā paricārayamānā1 tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
“Once upon a time, bhikkhus, a certain deity of the company of the Thirty-Three was amusing themselves in the Garden of Delight, escorted by a band of nymphs, and supplied and provided with the five kinds of heavenly sensual stimulation. On that occasion they recited this verse:
‘न ते सुखं पजानन्ति, ये न पस्सन्ति नन्दनं; आवासं नरदेवानं, तिदसानं यसस्सिनन्ऽति।
‘Na te sukhaṁ pajānanti, ye na passanti nandanaṁ; Āvāsaṁ naradevānaṁ, tidasānaṁ yasassinan’ti.
‘They don’t know pleasure who don’t see the Garden of Delight! It’s the abode of lordly gods, the glorious host of Thirty!’
एवं वुत्ते, भिक्खवे, अञ्ञतरा देवता तं देवतं गाथाय पच्चभासि:
Evaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, aññatarā devatā taṁ devataṁ gāthāya paccabhāsi:
When they had spoken, another deity replied with this verse:
‘न त्वं बाले पजानासि, यथा अरहतं वचो; अनिच्चा सब्बसङ्खारा, उप्पादवयधम्मिनो; उप्पज्जित्वा निरुज्झन्ति, तेसं वूपसमो सुखोऽ”ति।
‘Na tvaṁ bāle pajānāsi, yathā arahataṁ vaco; Aniccā sabbasaṅkhārā, uppādavayadhammino; Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti, tesaṁ vūpasamo sukho’”ti.
‘Fool, don’t you understand the saying of the perfected ones: All conditions are impermanent, their nature is to rise and fall; having arisen, they cease; their stilling is true bliss.’”
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 »]
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