{"id":"sn11.13","title":"With Mahāli","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn11.13","title":"With Mahāli","units":[{"id":"sn11.13:0","sourceIds":["sn11.13:0.1","sn11.13:0.2","sn11.13:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.13\n2. Dutiyavagga\nMahālisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 11.13\nChapter Two\nWith Mahāli"}},{"id":"sn11.13:1","sourceIds":["sn11.13:1.1","sn11.13:1.2","sn11.13:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.\nAtha kho mahāli licchavī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho mahāli licchavī bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.\nThen Mahāli the Licchavi went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,"}},{"id":"sn11.13:2","sourceIds":["sn11.13:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Diṭṭho kho, bhante, bhagavatā sakko devānamindo”ti?","en":"“Sir, have you seen Sakka, lord of gods?”"}},{"id":"sn11.13:3","sourceIds":["sn11.13:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Diṭṭho kho me, mahāli, sakko devānamindo”ti.","en":"“I have, Mahāli.”"}},{"id":"sn11.13:4","sourceIds":["sn11.13:4.1","sn11.13:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“So hi nūna, bhante, sakkapatirūpako bhavissati.\nDuddaso hi, bhante, sakko devānamindo”ti.","en":"“But surely, sir, you must have seen someone who looked like Sakka.\nFor Sakka is hard to see.”"}},{"id":"sn11.13:5","sourceIds":["sn11.13:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sakkañca khvāhaṁ, mahāli, pajānāmi sakkakaraṇe ca dhamme, yesaṁ dhammānaṁ samādinnattā sakko sakkattaṁ ajjhagā, tañca pajānāmi.","en":"“Mahāli, I understand Sakka. And I understand the things that he undertook and committed to, which enabled him to achieve the status of Sakka."}},{"id":"sn11.13:6","sourceIds":["sn11.13:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakko, mahāli, devānamindo pubbe manussabhūto samāno magho nāma māṇavo ahosi, tasmā maghavāti vuccati.","en":"In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he was a student named Magha. That’s why he’s called Maghavā, the Bounteous."}},{"id":"sn11.13:7","sourceIds":["sn11.13:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakko, mahāli, devānamindo pubbe manussabhūto samāno sakkaccaṁ dānaṁ adāsi, tasmā sakkoti vuccati.","en":"In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he gave gifts ably. That’s why he’s called Sakka, the Able."}},{"id":"sn11.13:8","sourceIds":["sn11.13:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakko, mahāli, devānamindo pubbe manussabhūto samāno pure dānaṁ adāsi, tasmā purindadoti vuccati.","en":"In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he was first to give gifts. That’s why he’s called Purindada, the Firstgiver."}},{"id":"sn11.13:9","sourceIds":["sn11.13:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakko, mahāli, devānamindo pubbe manussabhūto samāno āvasathaṁ adāsi, tasmā vāsavoti vuccati.","en":"In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he gave the gift of a guest house. That’s why he’s called Vāsava, the Houser."}},{"id":"sn11.13:10","sourceIds":["sn11.13:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakko, mahāli, devānamindo sahassampi atthānaṁ muhuttena cinteti, tasmā sahassakkhoti vuccati.","en":"Sakka thinks of a thousand needs in an hour. That’s why he’s called Sahassakkha, the Thousand-Eyed."}},{"id":"sn11.13:11","sourceIds":["sn11.13:11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkassa, mahāli, devānamindassa sujā nāma asurakaññā pajāpati, tasmā sujampatīti vuccati.","en":"Sakka’s wife is the titan maiden named Sujā. That’s why he’s called Sujampati, Sujā’s Husband."}},{"id":"sn11.13:12","sourceIds":["sn11.13:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakko, mahāli, devānamindo devānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ issariyādhipaccaṁ rajjaṁ kāreti, tasmā devānamindoti vuccati.","en":"Sakka rules as sovereign lord over the gods of the thirty-three. That’s why he’s called Devānaminda, the Lord of Gods."}},{"id":"sn11.13:13","sourceIds":["sn11.13:13.1","sn11.13:13.2","sn11.13:13.3","sn11.13:13.4","sn11.13:13.5","sn11.13:13.6","sn11.13:13.7","sn11.13:13.8","sn11.13:13.9","sn11.13:13.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkassa, mahāli, devānamindassa pubbe manussabhūtassa satta vatapadāni samattāni samādinnāni ahesuṁ, yesaṁ samādinnattā sakko sakkattaṁ ajjhagā.\nKatamāni satta vatapadāni?\nYāvajīvaṁ mātāpettibharo assaṁ,\nyāvajīvaṁ kule jeṭṭhāpacāyī assaṁ,\nyāvajīvaṁ saṇhavāco assaṁ,\nyāvajīvaṁ apisuṇavāco assaṁ,\nyāvajīvaṁ vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṁ ajjhāvaseyyaṁ muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṁvibhāgarato,\nyāvajīvaṁ saccavāco assaṁ,\nyāvajīvaṁ akkodhano assaṁ—sacepi me kodho uppajjeyya, khippameva naṁ paṭivineyyanti.\nSakkassa, mahāli, devānamindassa pubbe manussabhūtassa imāni satta vatapadāni samattāni samādinnāni ahesuṁ, yesaṁ samādinnattā sakko sakkattaṁ ajjhagāti.","en":"In a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he undertook seven vows. And it was because of undertaking these that he achieved the status of Sakka.\nWhat seven?\nAs long as I live, may I support my parents.\nAs long as I live, may I honor the elders in the family.\nAs long as I live, may I speak gently.\nAs long as I live, may I not backbite.\nAs long as I live, may I live at home with heart rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share.\nAs long as I live, may I speak the truth.\nAs long as I live, may I be free of anger, or should anger arise, may I quickly get rid of it.\nIn a former life, when Sakka was a human being, he undertook seven vows. And it was because of undertaking these that he achieved the status of Sakka."}},{"id":"sn11.13:14","sourceIds":["sn11.13:14.1","sn11.13:14.2","sn11.13:14.3","sn11.13:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātāpettibharaṁ jantuṁ,\nkule jeṭṭhāpacāyinaṁ;\nSaṇhaṁ sakhilasambhāsaṁ,\npesuṇeyyappahāyinaṁ.","en":"A child who respects their parents,\nand honors the elders in the family,\nwhose speech is gentle and courteous,\nand has given up backbiting;"}},{"id":"sn11.13:15","sourceIds":["sn11.13:15.1","sn11.13:15.2","sn11.13:15.3","sn11.13:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Maccheravinaye yuttaṁ,\nsaccaṁ kodhābhibhuṁ naraṁ;\nTaṁ ve devā tāvatiṁsā,\nāhu sappuriso itī”ti.","en":"who’s committed to getting rid of stinginess,\nis truthful, and has mastered anger:\nthe gods of the thirty-three declare\nthem to be a true person.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.13/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."}