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संयुत्त निकाय ३२।५६
Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.56
The Related Suttas Collection 32.56
१। वलाहकवग्ग
1. Valāhakavagga
1. Gods of the Clouds
वातवलाहकसुत्त
Vātavalāhakasutta
Gods of the Windy 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 वातो होती”ति?
“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā vāto hotī”ti?
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why sometimes it becomes windy?”
“सन्ति, भिक्खु, वातवलाहका नाम देवा। तेसं यदा एवं होति: ‘यन्नून मयं सकाय रतिया वसेय्यामाऽति, तेसं तं चेतोपणिधिमन्वाय वातो होति। अयं खो, भिक्खु, हेतु, अयं पच्चयो, येनेकदा वातो होती”ति। छप्पञ्ञासमं।
“Santi, bhikkhu, vātavalāhakā nāma devā. Tesaṁ yadā evaṁ hoti: ‘yannūna mayaṁ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṁ taṁ cetopaṇidhimanvāya vāto hoti. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yenekadā vāto hotī”ti. Chappaññāsamaṁ.
“Bhikkhu, there are what are called gods of the windy clouds. Sometimes they think: ‘Why don’t we revel in our own kind of enjoyment?’ Then, in accordance with their wish, it becomes windy. This is the cause, this is the reason why sometimes it becomes windy.”
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