{"id":"sn10.5","title":"With Sānu","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn10.5","title":"With Sānu","units":[{"id":"sn10.5:0","sourceIds":["sn10.5:0.1","sn10.5:0.2","sn10.5:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 10.5\n1. Indakavagga\nSānusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 10.5\n1. With Indaka\nWith Sānu"}},{"id":"sn10.5:1","sourceIds":["sn10.5:1.1","sn10.5:1.2","sn10.5:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena aññatarissā upāsikāya sānu nāma putto yakkhena gahito hoti.\nAtha kho sā upāsikā paridevamānā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time a certain lay woman had a son named Sānu who had been seized by a native spirit.\nAnd as that lay woman wept, on that occasion she recited these verses:"}},{"id":"sn10.5:2","sourceIds":["sn10.5:2.1","sn10.5:2.2","sn10.5:2.3","sn10.5:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cātuddasiṁ pañcadasiṁ,\nyā ca pakkhassa aṭṭhamī;\nPāṭihāriyapakkhañca,\naṭṭhaṅgasusamāgataṁ.","en":"“I have heard this from the perfected ones.\nThe native spirits will not mess with anyone\nwho leads the spiritual life\nby observing the sabbath"}},{"id":"sn10.5:3","sourceIds":["sn10.5:3.1","sn10.5:3.2","sn10.5:3.3","sn10.5:3.4","sn10.5:3.5","sn10.5:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uposathaṁ upavasanti,\nbrahmacariyaṁ caranti ye;\nNa tehi yakkhā kīḷanti,\niti me arahataṁ sutaṁ;\nSā dāni ajja passāmi,\nyakkhā kīḷanti sānunā”ti.","en":"complete in all eight factors\non the fourteenth and the fifteenth days,\nand the eighth day of the fortnight,\nas well as on the fortnight of special displays.\nBut now today I see\nnative spirits messing with Sānu.”"}},{"id":"sn10.5:4","sourceIds":["sn10.5:4.1","sn10.5:4.2","sn10.5:4.3","sn10.5:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cātuddasiṁ pañcadasiṁ,\nyā ca pakkhassa aṭṭhamī;\nPāṭihāriyapakkhañca,\naṭṭhaṅgasusamāgataṁ;","en":"“What you heard from the perfected ones is right.\nThe native spirits will not mess with anyone\nwho leads the spiritual life\nby observing the sabbath"}},{"id":"sn10.5:5","sourceIds":["sn10.5:5.1","sn10.5:5.2","sn10.5:5.3","sn10.5:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uposathaṁ upavasanti,\nbrahmacariyaṁ caranti ye.\nNa tehi yakkhā kīḷanti,\nsāhu te arahataṁ sutaṁ;","en":"complete in all eight factors\non the fourteenth and the fifteenth days,\nand the eighth day of the fortnight,\nas well as on the fortnight of special displays."}},{"id":"sn10.5:6","sourceIds":["sn10.5:6.1","sn10.5:6.2","sn10.5:6.3","sn10.5:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sānuṁ pabuddhaṁ vajjāsi,\nyakkhānaṁ vacanaṁ idaṁ;\nMākāsi pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nāvi vā yadi vā raho.","en":"When Sānu regains consciousness tell him\nthis saying of the native spirits:\nDon’t do bad deeds\neither openly or in secret."}},{"id":"sn10.5:7","sourceIds":["sn10.5:7.1","sn10.5:7.2","sn10.5:7.3","sn10.5:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace ca pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nkarissasi karosi vā;\nNa te dukkhā pamutyatthi,\nuppaccāpi palāyato”ti.","en":"If you should do a bad deed,\nor you’re doing one now,\nyou won’t be freed from suffering,\nthough you fly away and flee.”"}},{"id":"sn10.5:8","sourceIds":["sn10.5:8.1","sn10.5:8.2","sn10.5:8.3","sn10.5:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mataṁ vā amma rodanti,\nyo vā jīvaṁ na dissati;\nJīvantaṁ amma passantī,\nkasmā maṁ amma rodasī”ti.","en":"“Mum, they cry for the dead,\nor for one who’s alive but missing.\nI’m alive and you can see me,\nso mum, why do you weep for me?”"}},{"id":"sn10.5:9","sourceIds":["sn10.5:9.1","sn10.5:9.2","sn10.5:9.3","sn10.5:9.4","sn10.5:9.5","sn10.5:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mataṁ vā putta rodanti,\nyo vā jīvaṁ na dissati;\nYo ca kāme cajitvāna,\npunarāgacchate idha;\nTaṁ vāpi putta rodanti,\npuna jīvaṁ mato hi so.","en":"“Son, they cry for the dead,\nor for one who’s alive but missing.\nBut someone who has given up sensual pleasures\nonly to come back here again:\nthey cry for them as well,\nfor though still alive they’re really dead."}},{"id":"sn10.5:10","sourceIds":["sn10.5:10.1","sn10.5:10.2","sn10.5:10.3","sn10.5:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kukkuḷā ubbhato tāta,\nkukkuḷaṁ patitumicchasi;\nNarakā ubbhato tāta,\nnarakaṁ patitumicchasi.","en":"My dear, you’ve been rescued from hot coals,\nand you want to plunge right back in them!\nMy dear, you’ve been rescued from the abyss,\nand you want to plunge right back there!"}},{"id":"sn10.5:11","sourceIds":["sn10.5:11.1","sn10.5:11.2","sn10.5:11.3","sn10.5:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhidhāvatha bhaddante,\nkassa ujjhāpayāmase;\nĀdittā nīhataṁ bhaṇḍaṁ,\npuna ḍayhitumicchasī”ti.","en":"Hurry up, good luck to you!\nTo whom should we complain?\nA valuable saved from a fire,\nyou want to burn again!”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn10.5/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."}