{"id":"sn2.18","title":"With Kakudha","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.18","title":"With Kakudha","units":[{"id":"sn2.18:0","sourceIds":["sn2.18:0.1","sn2.18:0.2","sn2.18:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.18\n2. Anāthapiṇḍikavagga\nKakudhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.18\n2. With Anāthapiṇḍika\nWith Kakudha"}},{"id":"sn2.18:1","sourceIds":["sn2.18:1.1","sn2.18:1.2","sn2.18:1.3","sn2.18:1.4","sn2.18:1.5","sn2.18:1.6","sn2.18:1.7","sn2.18:1.8","sn2.18:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye.\nAtha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ añjanavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nandasi, samaṇā”ti?\n“Kiṁ laddhā, āvuso”ti?\n“Tena hi, samaṇa, socasī”ti?\n“Kiṁ jīyittha, āvuso”ti?\n“Tena hi, samaṇa, neva nandasi na ca socasī”ti?\n“Evamāvuso”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood.\nThen, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire Añjana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,\n“Do you delight, ascetic?”\n“What have I gained, sir?”\n“Well then, ascetic, do you sorrow?”\n“What have I lost, sir?”\n“Well then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn2.18:2","sourceIds":["sn2.18:2.1","sn2.18:2.2","sn2.18:2.3","sn2.18:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kacci tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,\nkacci nandī na vijjati;\nKacci taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,\naratī nābhikīratī”ti.","en":"“I hope you’re not gloomy, mendicant,\nI hope that delight isn’t found in you.\nI hope that discontent doesn’t\noverwhelm you as you sit alone.”"}},{"id":"sn2.18:3","sourceIds":["sn2.18:3.1","sn2.18:3.2","sn2.18:3.3","sn2.18:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Anagho ve ahaṁ yakkha,\natho nandī na vijjati;\nAtho maṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,\naratī nābhikīratī”ti.","en":"“I’m genuinely not gloomy, spirit,\nand no delight is found in me.\nAnd also discontent doesn’t\noverwhelm me as I sit alone.”"}},{"id":"sn2.18:4","sourceIds":["sn2.18:4.1","sn2.18:4.2","sn2.18:4.3","sn2.18:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,\nkathaṁ nandī na vijjati;\nKathaṁ taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,\naratī nābhikīratī”ti.","en":"“How are you not gloomy, mendicant?\nHow is delight not found in you?\nHow does discontent not\noverwhelm you as you sit alone?”"}},{"id":"sn2.18:5","sourceIds":["sn2.18:5.1","sn2.18:5.2","sn2.18:5.3","sn2.18:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aghajātassa ve nandī,\nnandījātassa ve aghaṁ;\nAnandī anagho bhikkhu,\nevaṁ jānāhi āvuso”ti.","en":"“Delight is born from gloom,\ngloom is born from delight;\nsir, you should know me as\na mendicant free of delight and gloom.”"}},{"id":"sn2.18:6","sourceIds":["sn2.18:6.1","sn2.18:6.2","sn2.18:6.3","sn2.18:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cirassaṁ vata passāmi,\nbrāhmaṇaṁ parinibbutaṁ;\nAnandiṁ anaghaṁ bhikkhuṁ,\ntiṇṇaṁ loke visattikan”ti.","en":"“After a long time I see\na brahmin fully quenched.\nA mendicant free of delight and gloom,\nhe has crossed over clinging to the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.18/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."}