{"id":"sn2.10","title":"The Sun","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.10","title":"The Sun","units":[{"id":"sn2.10:0","sourceIds":["sn2.10:0.1","sn2.10:0.2","sn2.10:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.10\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nSūriyasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.10\nChapter One\nThe Sun"}},{"id":"sn2.10:1","sourceIds":["sn2.10:1.1","sn2.10:1.2","sn2.10:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nTena kho pana samayena sūriyo devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti.\nAtha kho sūriyo devaputto bhagavantaṁ anussaramāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nNow at that time the Sun God had been seized by Rāhu, lord of titans.\nThen the Sun God, recollecting the Buddha, at that time spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"sn2.10:2","sourceIds":["sn2.10:2.1","sn2.10:2.2","sn2.10:2.3","sn2.10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Namo te buddha vīratthu,\nvippamuttosi sabbadhi;\nSambādhapaṭipannosmi,\ntassa me saraṇaṁ bhavā”ti.","en":"“Homage to you, Buddha, hero!\nYou’re free in every way.\nI’ve wandered into confinement:\nbe my refuge!”"}},{"id":"sn2.10:3","sourceIds":["sn2.10:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā sūriyaṁ devaputtaṁ ārabbha rāhuṁ asurindaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then the Buddha addressed Rāhu in verse concerning the Sun God:"}},{"id":"sn2.10:4","sourceIds":["sn2.10:4.1","sn2.10:4.2","sn2.10:4.3","sn2.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tathāgataṁ arahantaṁ,\nsūriyo saraṇaṁ gato;\nRāhu sūriyaṁ pamuñcassu,\nbuddhā lokānukampakā.","en":"“The Sun God has gone for refuge\nto the Realized One, the perfected one.\nThe Buddhas have compassion for the world—\nso Rāhu, release the Sun!"}},{"id":"sn2.10:5","sourceIds":["sn2.10:5.1","sn2.10:5.2","sn2.10:5.3","sn2.10:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo andhakāre tamasi pabhaṅkaro,\nVerocano maṇḍalī uggatejo;\nMā rāhu gilī caramantalikkhe,\nPajaṁ mamaṁ rāhu pamuñca sūriyan”ti.","en":"He is a beacon in the darkness,\nthe dazzling sun, circle of awesome might.\nRāhu, do not swallow him as he traverses the sky.\nRāhu, release my offspring, the Sun!”"}},{"id":"sn2.10:6","sourceIds":["sn2.10:6.1","sn2.10:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho rāhu asurindo sūriyaṁ devaputtaṁ muñcitvā taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitaṁ kho rāhuṁ asurindaṁ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Rāhu, having released the Sun, rushed to see Vepacitti, lord of titans and stood to one side, shocked and awestruck.\nVepacitti addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn2.10:7","sourceIds":["sn2.10:7.1","sn2.10:7.2","sn2.10:7.3","sn2.10:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nu santaramānova,\nrāhu sūriyaṁ pamuñcasi;\nSaṁviggarūpo āgamma,\nkiṁ nu bhītova tiṭṭhasī”ti.","en":"“Why the rush?\nRāhu, you released the Sun\nand came here looking like you’re in shock:\nwhy do you stand there so scared?”"}},{"id":"sn2.10:8","sourceIds":["sn2.10:8.1","sn2.10:8.2","sn2.10:8.3","sn2.10:8.4","sn2.10:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattadhā me phale muddhā,\njīvanto na sukhaṁ labhe;\nBuddhagāthābhigītomhi,\nno ce muñceyya sūriyan”ti.\nPaṭhamo vaggo.","en":"“My head would have exploded in seven pieces,\nI would have found no joy in life,\nif, when enchanted by the Buddha’s verse,\nI had not released the Sun.”"}},{"id":"sn2.10:9","sourceIds":["sn2.10:9.0","sn2.10:9.1","sn2.10:9.2","sn2.10:9.3","sn2.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDve kassapā ca māgho ca,\nMāgadho dāmali kāmado;\nPañcālacaṇḍo tāyano,\nCandimasūriyena te dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.10/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."}