{"id":"sn11.20","title":"Homage of the Saṅgha","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn11.20","title":"Homage of the Saṅgha","units":[{"id":"sn11.20:0","sourceIds":["sn11.20:0.1","sn11.20:0.2","sn11.20:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.20\n2. Dutiyavagga\nSaṅghavandanāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 11.20\nChapter Two\nHomage of the Saṅgha"}},{"id":"sn11.20:1","sourceIds":["sn11.20:1.1","sn11.20:1.2","sn11.20:1.3","sn11.20:1.4","sn11.20:1.5","sn11.20:1.6","sn11.20:1.7","sn11.20:1.8","sn11.20:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane.\nTatra kho …pe… etadavoca:\n“bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo mātaliṁ saṅgāhakaṁ āmantesi:\n‘yojehi, samma mātali, sahassayuttaṁ ājaññarathaṁ, uyyānabhūmiṁ gacchāma subhūmiṁ dassanāyā’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, mātali saṅgāhako sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā, sahassayuttaṁ ājaññarathaṁ yojetvā sakkassa devānamindassa paṭivedesi:\n‘yutto kho te, mārisa, sahassayutto ājaññaratho,\nyassadāni kālaṁ maññasī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo vejayantapāsādā orohanto añjaliṁ katvā sudaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ namassati.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, mātali saṅgāhako sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove.\n“Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, addressed his chariot handler Mātali,\n‘My dear Mātali, harness the chariot with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds. We will go to a park and see the scenery.’\n‘Yes, lord,’ replied Mātali. He harnessed the chariot and informed Sakka,\n‘Good fellow, the chariot with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds has been harnessed.\nPlease go at your convenience.’\nThen Sakka descended from the Palace of Victory, raised his cupped palms, and revered the mendicant Saṅgha.\nSo Mātali the chariot handler addressed Sakka in verse:"}},{"id":"sn11.20:2","sourceIds":["sn11.20:2.1","sn11.20:2.2","sn11.20:2.3","sn11.20:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Tañhi ete namasseyyuṁ,\npūtidehasayā narā;\nNimuggā kuṇapamhete,\nkhuppipāsasamappitā.","en":"‘It’s these who should worship you,\nnamely the humans stuck in their putrid bodies,\nsunk in a carcass,\nstricken by hunger and thirst."}},{"id":"sn11.20:3","sourceIds":["sn11.20:3.1","sn11.20:3.2","sn11.20:3.3","sn11.20:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiṁ nu tesaṁ pihayasi,\nanāgārāna vāsava;\nĀcāraṁ isinaṁ brūhi,\ntaṁ suṇoma vaco tavā’ti.","en":"Why then do you envy those\nwho are homeless, Vāsava?\nRelate the seers’ way of life,\nlet us hear what you say.’"}},{"id":"sn11.20:4","sourceIds":["sn11.20:4.1","sn11.20:4.2","sn11.20:4.3","sn11.20:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Etaṁ tesaṁ pihayāmi,\nanāgārāna mātali;\nYamhā gāmā pakkamanti,\nanapekkhā vajanti te.","en":"‘This is why I envy the\nhomeless, Mātali.\nWhen they leave a village,\nthey proceed without concern."}},{"id":"sn11.20:5","sourceIds":["sn11.20:5.1","sn11.20:5.2","sn11.20:5.3","sn11.20:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na tesaṁ koṭṭhe openti,\nna kumbhi na kaḷopiyaṁ;\nParaniṭṭhitamesānā,\ntena yāpenti subbatā.","en":"They hoard no goods in storerooms,\nnor in pots or baskets.\nThey seek food prepared by others,\nand, true to their vows, live on that."}},{"id":"sn11.20:6","sourceIds":["sn11.20:6.1","sn11.20:6.2","sn11.20:6.3","sn11.20:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sumantamantino dhīrā,\ntuṇhībhūtā samañcarā;\nDevā viruddhā asurehi,\nputhu maccā ca mātali.","en":"The attentive, whose words are full of wisdom,\nlive peacefully and quietly.\nGods fight with titans,\nand mortals fight each other, Mātali."}},{"id":"sn11.20:7","sourceIds":["sn11.20:7.1","sn11.20:7.2","sn11.20:7.3","sn11.20:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aviruddhā viruddhesu,\nattadaṇḍesu nibbutā;\nSādānesu anādānā,\nte namassāmi mātalī’ti.","en":"Not fighting among those who fight,\nquenched among those who have taken up arms,\nnot grasping among those who grasp:\nthey’re who I worship, Mātali.’"}},{"id":"sn11.20:8","sourceIds":["sn11.20:8.1","sn11.20:8.2","sn11.20:8.3","sn11.20:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Seṭṭhā hi kira lokasmiṁ,\nye tvaṁ sakka namassasi;\nAhampi te namassāmi,\nye namassasi vāsavā’”ti.","en":"‘Those who you worship\nseem to be the best in the world, Sakka.\nI too will worship\nthose who you worship, Vāsava.’"}},{"id":"sn11.20:9","sourceIds":["sn11.20:9.1","sn11.20:9.2","sn11.20:9.3","sn11.20:9.4","sn11.20:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ vatvāna maghavā,\ndevarājā sujampati;\nBhikkhusaṅghaṁ namassitvā,\npamukho rathamāruhīti.\nDutiyo vaggo.","en":"After saying this, Maghavā the chief,\nking of gods, Sujā’s husband,\nhaving worshiped the mendicant Saṅgha,\nclimbed into his chariot.”"}},{"id":"sn11.20:10","sourceIds":["sn11.20:10.0","sn11.20:10.1","sn11.20:10.2","sn11.20:10.3","sn11.20:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDevā pana tayo vuttā,\ndaliddañca rāmaṇeyyakaṁ;\nYajamānañca vandanā,\ntayo sakkanamassanāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.20/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."}