{"id":"sn1.74","title":"Rain","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.74","title":"Rain","units":[{"id":"sn1.74:0","sourceIds":["sn1.74:0.1","sn1.74:0.2","sn1.74:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.74\n8. Chetvāvagga\nVuṭṭhisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.74\n8. Slain\nRain"}},{"id":"sn1.74:1","sourceIds":["sn1.74:1.1","sn1.74:1.2","sn1.74:1.3","sn1.74:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁsu uppatataṁ seṭṭhaṁ,\nkiṁsu nipatataṁ varaṁ;\nKiṁsu pavajamānānaṁ,\nkiṁsu pavadataṁ varan”ti.","en":"“What’s the best of things that rise?\nAnd what’s the finest thing to fall?\nAnd what of the things that go forth?\nAnd who’s the finest speaker?”"}},{"id":"sn1.74:2","sourceIds":["sn1.74:2.1","sn1.74:2.2","sn1.74:2.3","sn1.74:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bījaṁ uppatataṁ seṭṭhaṁ,\nvuṭṭhi nipatataṁ varā;\nGāvo pavajamānānaṁ,\nputto pavadataṁ varo”ti.","en":"“A seed’s the best of things that rise.\nRain’s the finest thing to fall.\nCattle, of things that go forth.\nAnd a child is the finest speaker.”"}},{"id":"sn1.74:3","sourceIds":["sn1.74:3.1","sn1.74:3.2","sn1.74:3.3","sn1.74:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vijjā uppatataṁ seṭṭhā,\navijjā nipatataṁ varā;\nSaṅgho pavajamānānaṁ,\nbuddho pavadataṁ varo”ti.","en":"“Knowledge is best of things that rise.\nIgnorance the finest thing to fall.\nThe Saṅgha, of things that go forth.\nAnd the Buddha is the finest speaker.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.74/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."}