{"id":"an5.197","title":"Obstacles to Rain","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.197","title":"Obstacles to Rain","units":[{"id":"an5.197:0","sourceIds":["an5.197:0.1","an5.197:0.2","an5.197:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.197\n20. Brāhmaṇavagga\nVassasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.197\n20. Brahmins\nObstacles to Rain"}},{"id":"an5.197:1","sourceIds":["an5.197:1.1","an5.197:1.2","an5.197:1.3","an5.197:1.4","an5.197:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, vassassa antarāyā, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.\nKatame pañca?\nUpari, bhikkhave, ākāse tejodhātu pakuppati.\nTena uppannā meghā paṭivigacchanti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five obstacles to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.\nWhat five?\nIn the upper atmosphere the fire element flares up,\nwhich disperses the clouds.\nThis is the first obstacle to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse."}},{"id":"an5.197:2","sourceIds":["an5.197:2.1","an5.197:2.2","an5.197:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, upari ākāse vāyodhātu pakuppati.\nTena uppannā meghā paṭivigacchanti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.","en":"Furthermore, in the upper atmosphere the air element flares up,\nwhich disperses the clouds.\nThis is the second obstacle to rain …"}},{"id":"an5.197:3","sourceIds":["an5.197:3.1","an5.197:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rāhu asurindo pāṇinā udakaṁ sampaṭicchitvā mahāsamudde chaḍḍeti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.","en":"Furthermore, Rāhu, lord of titans, receives water in his hand and discards it in the ocean.\nThis is the third obstacle to rain …"}},{"id":"an5.197:4","sourceIds":["an5.197:4.1","an5.197:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, vassavalāhakā devā pamattā honti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.","en":"Furthermore, the gods of the rain clouds become negligent.\nThis is the fourth obstacle to rain …"}},{"id":"an5.197:5","sourceIds":["an5.197:5.1","an5.197:5.2","an5.197:5.3","an5.197:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, manussā adhammikā honti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamo vassassa antarāyo, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca vassassa antarāyā, yaṁ nemittā na jānanti, yattha nemittānaṁ cakkhu na kamatī”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, humans become unprincipled.\nThis is the fifth obstacle to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.\nThese are the five obstacles to rain, which the forecasters don’t know, and which their vision does not traverse.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.197/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}