{"id":"sn4.6","title":"A Cobra","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn4.6","title":"A Cobra","units":[{"id":"sn4.6:0","sourceIds":["sn4.6:0.1","sn4.6:0.2","sn4.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.6\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nSappasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 4.6\n1. Lifespan\nA Cobra"}},{"id":"sn4.6:1","sourceIds":["sn4.6:1.1","sn4.6:1.2","sn4.6:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nNow at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down."}},{"id":"sn4.6:2","sourceIds":["sn4.6:2.1","sn4.6:2.2","sn4.6:2.3","sn4.6:2.4","sn4.6:2.5","sn4.6:2.6","sn4.6:2.7","sn4.6:2.8","sn4.6:2.9","sn4.6:2.10","sn4.6:2.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā bhagavato bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁsaṁ uppādetukāmo mahantaṁ sapparājavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.\nSeyyathāpi nāma mahatī ekarukkhikā nāvā;\nevamassa kāyo hoti.\nSeyyathāpi nāma mahantaṁ soṇḍikākiḷañjaṁ;\nevamassa phaṇo hoti.\nSeyyathāpi nāma mahatī kosalikā kaṁsapāti;\nevamassa akkhīni bhavanti.\nSeyyathāpi nāma deve gaḷagaḷāyante vijjullatā niccharanti;\nevamassa mukhato jivhā niccharati.\nSeyyathāpi nāma kammāragaggariyā dhamamānāya saddo hoti;\nevamassa assāsapassāsānaṁ saddo hoti.","en":"Then Māra the Wicked, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, manifested in the form of a big cobra king and approached him.\nIts body was like a big canoe carved from a single tree.\nIts hood was like a large brewer’s sieve.\nIts eyes were like big bronze cups from Kosala.\nIts tongue flickered from its mouth like lightning flashes in a thunderstorm.\nThe sound of its breathing was like the puffing of a blacksmith’s bellows."}},{"id":"sn4.6:3","sourceIds":["sn4.6:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā “māro ayaṁ pāpimā” iti viditvā māraṁ pāpimantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then the Buddha, knowing that this was Māra the Wicked, replied to him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.6:4","sourceIds":["sn4.6:4.1","sn4.6:4.2","sn4.6:4.3","sn4.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo suññagehāni sevati,\nSeyyā so muni attasaññato;\nVossajja careyya tattha so,\nPatirūpañhi tathāvidhassa taṁ.","en":"“One who frequents empty buildings\nfor lodging—that sage is self-restrained.\nIt’s appropriate for that sort\nto live there after relinquishing."}},{"id":"sn4.6:5","sourceIds":["sn4.6:5.1","sn4.6:5.2","sn4.6:5.3","sn4.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Carakā bahū bheravā bahū,\nAtho ḍaṁsasarīsapā bahū;\nLomampi na tattha iñjaye,\nSuññāgāragato mahāmuni.","en":"Though there are lots of creepy crawlies,\nand lots of flies and reptiles,\nthey wouldn’t stir a hair\nof a great sage in that empty hut."}},{"id":"sn4.6:6","sourceIds":["sn4.6:6.1","sn4.6:6.2","sn4.6:6.3","sn4.6:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nabhaṁ phaleyya pathavī caleyya,\nSabbepi pāṇā uda santaseyyuṁ;\nSallampi ce urasi pakappayeyyuṁ,\nUpadhīsu tāṇaṁ na karonti buddhā”ti.","en":"Though the firmament may split and the earth may quake,\nand all creatures be stricken with fear;\nand even if an arrow’s aimed at their breast,\nthe Buddhas take no shelter in attachments.”"}},{"id":"sn4.6:7","sourceIds":["sn4.6:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.","en":"Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.6/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."}