{"id":"sn6.11","title":"With Sanaṅkumāra","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn6.11","title":"With Sanaṅkumāra","units":[{"id":"sn6.11:0","sourceIds":["sn6.11:0.1","sn6.11:0.2","sn6.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.11\n2. Dutiyavagga\nSanaṅkumārasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 6.11\nChapter Two\nWith Sanaṅkumāra"}},{"id":"sn6.11:1","sourceIds":["sn6.11:1.1","sn6.11:1.2","sn6.11:1.3","sn6.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati sappinītīre.\nAtha kho brahmā sanaṅkumāro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ sappinītīraṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito kho brahmā sanaṅkumāro bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the bank of the Serpentine River.\nThen, late at night, the glorious divinity Sanaṅkumāra, lighting up the entire Serpentine riverbank, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,\nand spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn6.11:2","sourceIds":["sn6.11:2.1","sn6.11:2.2","sn6.11:2.3","sn6.11:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,\nye gottapaṭisārino;\nVijjācaraṇasampanno,\nso seṭṭho devamānuse”ti.","en":"“The aristocrat is best among people\nwho take clan as the standard.\nBut one accomplished in knowledge and conduct\nis best among gods and humans.”"}},{"id":"sn6.11:3","sourceIds":["sn6.11:3.1","sn6.11:3.2","sn6.11:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca brahmā sanaṅkumāro.\nSamanuñño satthā ahosi.\nAtha kho brahmā sanaṅkumāro “samanuñño me satthā”ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.","en":"That is what the divinity Sanaṅkumāra said,\nand the Teacher concurred.\nThen the divinity Sanaṅkumāra, knowing that the Teacher concurred, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn6.11/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."}