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संयुत्त निकाय ३२।३–१२
Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.3–12
The Related Suttas Collection 32.3–12
१। वलाहकवग्ग
1. Valāhakavagga
1. Gods of the Clouds
सीतवलाहकदानूपकारसुत्तदसक
Sītavalāhakadānūpakārasuttadasaka
Ten Discourses On How Giving Helps to Become a Cool Cloud God
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, येन मिधेकच्चो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सीतवलाहकानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जती”ति?
“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti?
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods of cool clouds?”
“इध, भिक्खु, एकच्चो कायेन सुचरितं चरति, वाचाय सुचरितं चरति, मनसा सुचरितं चरति। तस्स सुतं होति: ‘सीतवलाहका देवा दीघायुका वण्णवन्तो सुखबहुलाऽति। तस्स एवं होति: ‘अहो वताहं कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सीतवलाहकानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जेय्यन्ऽति। सो अन्नं देति …पे… पदीपेय्यं देति। सो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सीतवलाहकानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जति। अयं खो, भिक्खु, हेतु, अयं पच्चयो, येन मिधेकच्चो कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सीतवलाहकानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जती”ति।
“Idha, bhikkhu, ekacco kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati. Tassa sutaṁ hoti: ‘sītavalāhakā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā’ti. Tassa evaṁ hoti: ‘aho vatāhaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjeyyan’ti. So annaṁ deti …pe… padīpeyyaṁ deti. So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sītavalāhakānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjatī”ti.
“Bhikkhu, it’s when someone does good things by way of body, speech, and mind. And they’ve heard: ‘The gods of cool clouds are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy.’ They think: ‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of the gods of the cool clouds!’ They give food … a lamp. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of cool clouds. This is the cause, this is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of the gods of cool clouds.”
द्वादसमं।
Dvādasamaṁ.
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 »]
