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संयुत्त निकाय २९।५
Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.5
The Related Suttas Collection 29.5
१। नागवग्ग
1. Nāgavagga
1. Dragons
ततियौपोसथसुत्त
Tatiyauposathasutta
Uposatha (3rd)
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 म्ऽइधेकच्चे संसेदजा नागा उपोसथं उपवसन्ति वोस्सट्ठकाया च भवन्ती”ति?
“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena m’idhekacce saṁsedajā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti?
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why some moisture-born dragons keep the Uposatha day, having transformed their bodies?”
(सब्बं वित्थारेतब्बं।)
(Sabbaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ.)
(Tell all in full.)
“अयं खो, भिक्खु, हेतु, अयं पच्चयो, येन म्ऽइधेकच्चे संसेदजा नागा उपोसथं उपवसन्ति वोस्सट्ठकाया च भवन्ती”ति।
“Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena m’idhekacce saṁsedajā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti.
पञ्चमं।
Pañcamaṁ.
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 »]
