{"id":"sn6.13","title":"At Andhakavinda","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn6.13","title":"At Andhakavinda","units":[{"id":"sn6.13:0","sourceIds":["sn6.13:0.1","sn6.13:0.2","sn6.13:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.13\n2. Dutiyavagga\nAndhakavindasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 6.13\nChapter Two\nAt Andhakavinda"}},{"id":"sn6.13:1","sourceIds":["sn6.13:1.1","sn6.13:1.2","sn6.13:1.3","sn6.13:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā māgadhesu viharati andhakavinde.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.\nAtha kho brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ andhakavindaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito kho brahmā sahampati bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans at Andhakavinda.\nNow at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.\nThen, late at night, the glorious divinity Sahampati, lighting up the entirety of Andhakavinda, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,\nand recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn6.13:2","sourceIds":["sn6.13:2.1","sn6.13:2.2","sn6.13:2.3","sn6.13:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sevetha pantāni senāsanāni,\nCareyya saṁyojanavippamokkhā;\nSace ratiṁ nādhigaccheyya tattha,\nSaṅghe vase rakkhitatto satīmā.","en":"“One should frequent secluded lodgings,\nand practice to be released from fetters.\nIf you don’t find enjoyment there,\nlive in the Saṅgha, self-protected and mindful."}},{"id":"sn6.13:3","sourceIds":["sn6.13:3.1","sn6.13:3.2","sn6.13:3.3","sn6.13:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kulākulaṁ piṇḍikāya caranto,\nIndriyagutto nipako satimā;\nSevetha pantāni senāsanāni,\nBhayā pamutto abhaye vimutto.","en":"Walking for alms from family to family,\nwith senses guarded, alert and mindful.\nOne should frequent secluded lodgings,\nfree of fear, freed in the fearless."}},{"id":"sn6.13:4","sourceIds":["sn6.13:4.1","sn6.13:4.2","sn6.13:4.3","sn6.13:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yattha bheravā sarīsapā,\nVijju sañcarati thanayati devo;\nAndhakāratimisāya rattiyā,\nNisīdi tattha bhikkhu vigatalomahaṁso.","en":"Where dreadful reptiles slither,\nwhere the lightning flashes and the heavens thunder\nin the dark of the night;\nthere meditates a mendicant, free of goosebumps."}},{"id":"sn6.13:5","sourceIds":["sn6.13:5.1","sn6.13:5.2","sn6.13:5.3","sn6.13:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idañhi jātu me diṭṭhaṁ,\nnayidaṁ itihītihaṁ;\nEkasmiṁ brahmacariyasmiṁ,\nsahassaṁ maccuhāyinaṁ.","en":"For this is ever seen by me,\nit isn’t just the testament of hearsay.\nWithin a single spiritual dispensation\nthere are a thousand conquerors of Death."}},{"id":"sn6.13:6","sourceIds":["sn6.13:6.1","sn6.13:6.2","sn6.13:6.3","sn6.13:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhiyyo pañcasatā sekkhā,\ndasā ca dasadhā dasa;\nSabbe sotasamāpannā,\natiracchānagāmino.","en":"And of trainees, more than five hundred,\nand ten times ten tens,\nare all stream-enterers,\nfreed from rebirth in the animal realm."}},{"id":"sn6.13:7","sourceIds":["sn6.13:7.1","sn6.13:7.2","sn6.13:7.3","sn6.13:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,\npuññabhāgāti me mano;\nSaṅkhātuṁ nopi sakkomi,\nmusāvādassa ottapan”ti.","en":"And as for the rest of folk\nwho I think have shared in merit—\nI couldn’t even number them,\nfor fear of speaking falsely.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn6.13/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."}