{"id":"sn11.10","title":"Seers by the Ocean","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn11.10","title":"Seers by the Ocean","units":[{"id":"sn11.10:0","sourceIds":["sn11.10:0.1","sn11.10:0.2","sn11.10:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.10\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nSamuddakasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 11.10\nChapter One\nSeers by the Ocean"}},{"id":"sn11.10:1","sourceIds":["sn11.10:1.1","sn11.10:1.2","sn11.10:1.3","sn11.10:1.4","sn11.10:1.5","sn11.10:1.6","sn11.10:1.7","sn11.10:1.8","sn11.10:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ.\n“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sambahulā isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā samuddatīre paṇṇakuṭīsu sammanti.\nTena kho pana samayena devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, tesaṁ isīnaṁ sīlavantānaṁ kalyāṇadhammānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘dhammikā kho devā, adhammikā asurā.\nSiyāpi no asurato bhayaṁ.\nYannūna mayaṁ sambaraṁ asurindaṁ upasaṅkamitvā abhayadakkhiṇaṁ yāceyyāmā’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—samuddatīre paṇṇakuṭīsu antarahitā sambarassa asurindassa sammukhe pāturahesuṁ.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā sambaraṁ asurindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsiṁsu:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Once upon a time, mendicants, several seers who were ethical, of good character, settled in leaf huts on the ocean shore.\nNow at that time a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nThen the seers thought,\n‘The gods are principled, the titans are unprincipled.\nWe may be at risk from the titans.\nWhy don’t we approach Sambara, lord of titans, and beg him for a pledge of safety?’\nThen, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, those seers vanished from those leaf huts on the ocean shore and reappeared in Sambara’s presence.\nThen those seers addressed Sambara in verse:"}},{"id":"sn11.10:2","sourceIds":["sn11.10:2.1","sn11.10:2.2","sn11.10:2.3","sn11.10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Isayo sambaraṁ pattā,\nyācanti abhayadakkhiṇaṁ;\nKāmaṅkaro hi te dātuṁ,\nbhayassa abhayassa vā’ti.","en":"‘The seers have come to Sambara\nto beg for a pledge of safety.\nFor you can give them what you wish,\nwhether danger or safety.’"}},{"id":"sn11.10:3","sourceIds":["sn11.10:3.1","sn11.10:3.2","sn11.10:3.3","sn11.10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Isīnaṁ abhayaṁ natthi,\nduṭṭhānaṁ sakkasevinaṁ;\nAbhayaṁ yācamānānaṁ,\nbhayameva dadāmi vo’ti.","en":"‘There is no safety for seers,\nthe hated associates of Sakka!\nThough you beg me for your safety,\nI’ll only give you fear!’"}},{"id":"sn11.10:4","sourceIds":["sn11.10:4.1","sn11.10:4.2","sn11.10:4.3","sn11.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Abhayaṁ yācamānānaṁ,\nbhayameva dadāsi no;\nPaṭiggaṇhāma te etaṁ,\nakkhayaṁ hotu te bhayaṁ.","en":"‘Though we beg you for our safety,\nyou give us only fear.\nThis is what we get from you:\nmay endless peril come to you!"}},{"id":"sn11.10:5","sourceIds":["sn11.10:5.1","sn11.10:5.2","sn11.10:5.3","sn11.10:5.4","sn11.10:5.5","sn11.10:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yādisaṁ vapate bījaṁ,\ntādisaṁ harate phalaṁ;\nKalyāṇakārī kalyāṇaṁ,\npāpakārī ca pāpakaṁ;\nPavuttaṁ tāta te bījaṁ,\nphalaṁ paccanubhossasī’ti.","en":"Whatever kind of seed you sow,\nthat is the fruit you reap.\nA doer of good gets good,\na doer of bad gets bad.\nYou, my dear, have sown your own seed,\nnow you’ll experience the fruit.’"}},{"id":"sn11.10:6","sourceIds":["sn11.10:6.1","sn11.10:6.2","sn11.10:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā sambaraṁ asurindaṁ abhisapitvā—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—sambarassa asurindassa sammukhe antarahitā samuddatīre paṇṇakuṭīsu pāturahesuṁ.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, sambaro asurindo tehi isīhi sīlavantehi kalyāṇadhammehi abhisapito rattiyā sudaṁ tikkhattuṁ ubbijjī”ti.\nPaṭhamo vaggo.","en":"Then those seers, having cursed Sambara, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from Sambara’s presence and reappeared in those leaf huts on the ocean shore.\nBut after being cursed by the seers, Sambara woke in alarm three times that night.”"}},{"id":"sn11.10:7","sourceIds":["sn11.10:7.0","sn11.10:7.1","sn11.10:7.2","sn11.10:7.3","sn11.10:7.4","sn11.10:7.5","sn11.10:7.6","sn11.10:7.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSuvīraṁ susīmañceva,\ndhajaggaṁ vepacittino;\nSubhāsitaṁ jayañceva,\nkulāvakaṁ nadubbhiyaṁ;\nVerocana asurindo,\nisayo araññakañceva;\nIsayo ca samuddakāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.10/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."}