{"id":"sn6.3","title":"With Brahmadeva","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn6.3","title":"With Brahmadeva","units":[{"id":"sn6.3:0","sourceIds":["sn6.3:0.1","sn6.3:0.2","sn6.3:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.3\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nBrahmadevasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 6.3\n1. The Appeal\nWith Brahmadeva"}},{"id":"sn6.3:1","sourceIds":["sn6.3:1.1","sn6.3:1.2","sn6.3:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena aññatarissā brāhmaṇiyā brahmadevo nāma putto bhagavato santike agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time a certain brahmin lady had a son named Brahmadeva, who had gone forth from the lay life to homelessness in the presence of the Buddha."}},{"id":"sn6.3:2","sourceIds":["sn6.3:2.1","sn6.3:2.2","sn6.3:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā brahmadevo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.\n“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.\nAññataro ca panāyasmā brahmadevo arahataṁ ahosi.","en":"Then Venerable Brahmadeva, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.\nHe understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”\nAnd Venerable Brahmadeva became one of the perfected."}},{"id":"sn6.3:3","sourceIds":["sn6.3:3.1","sn6.3:3.2","sn6.3:3.3","sn6.3:3.4","sn6.3:3.5","sn6.3:3.6","sn6.3:3.7","sn6.3:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā brahmadevo pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nSāvatthiyaṁ sapadānaṁ piṇḍāya caramāno yena sakamātu nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmato brahmadevassa mātā brāhmaṇī brahmuno āhutiṁ niccaṁ paggaṇhāti.\nAtha kho brahmuno sahampatissa etadahosi:\n“ayaṁ kho āyasmato brahmadevassa mātā brāhmaṇī brahmuno āhutiṁ niccaṁ paggaṇhāti.\nYannūnāhaṁ taṁ upasaṅkamitvā saṁvejeyyan”ti.\nAtha kho brahmā sahampati—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito āyasmato brahmadevassa mātu nivesane pāturahosi.\nAtha kho brahmā sahampati vehāsaṁ ṭhito āyasmato brahmadevassa mātaraṁ brāhmaṇiṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Brahmadeva robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.\nWandering indiscriminately for almsfood in Sāvatthī, he approached his own mother’s home.\nNow at that time Brahmadeva’s mother, the brahmin lady, was presenting a regular oblation to the Divinity.\nThen the divinity Sahampati thought,\n“This Venerable Brahmadeva’s mother, the brahmin lady, offers up a regular oblation to the Divinity.\nWhy don’t I go and stir up a sense of urgency in her?”\nThen, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in the home of Brahmadeva’s mother.\nThen the divinity Sahampati, while standing in the air, addressed Brahmadeva’s mother in verse:"}},{"id":"sn6.3:4","sourceIds":["sn6.3:4.1","sn6.3:4.2","sn6.3:4.3","sn6.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dūre ito brāhmaṇi brahmaloko,\nYassāhutiṁ paggaṇhāsi niccaṁ;\nNetādiso brāhmaṇi brahmabhakkho,\nKiṁ jappasi brahmapathaṁ ajānaṁ.","en":"“Far from here is the realm of divinity, madam,\nto which you present a regular oblation.\nBut the Divinity doesn’t eat that kind of food.\nWhy pray, when you don’t know the path to divinity?"}},{"id":"sn6.3:5","sourceIds":["sn6.3:5.1","sn6.3:5.2","sn6.3:5.3","sn6.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Eso hi te brāhmaṇi brahmadevo,\nNirūpadhiko atidevapatto;\nAkiñcano bhikkhu anaññaposī,\nYo te so piṇḍāya gharaṁ paviṭṭho.","en":"This Brahmadeva, madam,\nfree of attachments, has surpassed the gods.\nOwning nothing, providing for no other, a mendicant\nhas entered your house for alms."}},{"id":"sn6.3:6","sourceIds":["sn6.3:6.1","sn6.3:6.2","sn6.3:6.3","sn6.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āhuneyyo vedagu bhāvitatto,\nNarānaṁ devānañca dakkhiṇeyyo;\nBāhitvā pāpāni anūpalitto,\nGhāsesanaṁ iriyati sītibhūto.","en":"He’s worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, a knowledge master, evolved.\nHe’s worthy of a religious donation from gods and men.\nHaving banished all evils, he’s unsullied.\nCool at heart, he wanders searching for food."}},{"id":"sn6.3:7","sourceIds":["sn6.3:7.1","sn6.3:7.2","sn6.3:7.3","sn6.3:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na tassa pacchā na puratthamatthi,\nSanto vidhūmo anigho nirāso;\nNikkhittadaṇḍo tasathāvaresu,\nSo tyāhutiṁ bhuñjatu aggapiṇḍaṁ.","en":"He has no before and after,\npeaceful, unclouded, untroubled, with no need for hope,\nhe has laid down the rod for all creatures firm and frail.\nSo let him enjoy your offering of alms for the highest."}},{"id":"sn6.3:8","sourceIds":["sn6.3:8.1","sn6.3:8.2","sn6.3:8.3","sn6.3:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Visenibhūto upasantacitto,\nNāgova danto carati anejo;\nBhikkhu susīlo suvimuttacitto,\nSo tyāhutiṁ bhuñjatu aggapiṇḍaṁ.","en":"With peaceful mind, he has left the crowd,\nhe wanders like a tamed elephant, unperturbed.\nHe’s a mendicant fair in ethics, with heart well freed.\nSo let him enjoy your offering of alms for the highest."}},{"id":"sn6.3:9","sourceIds":["sn6.3:9.1","sn6.3:9.2","sn6.3:9.3","sn6.3:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmiṁ pasannā avikampamānā,\nPatiṭṭhapehi dakkhiṇaṁ dakkhiṇeyye;\nKarohi puññaṁ sukhamāyatikaṁ,\nDisvā muniṁ brāhmaṇi oghatiṇṇanti.","en":"With unwavering confidence in him,\npresent your religious donation to one who is worthy of it.\nNow that you’ve seen the sage who has crossed over, madam,\nmake merit for the sake of future happiness!”"}},{"id":"sn6.3:10","sourceIds":["sn6.3:10.1","sn6.3:10.2","sn6.3:10.3","sn6.3:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmiṁ pasannā avikampamānā,\nPatiṭṭhapesi dakkhiṇaṁ dakkhiṇeyye;\nAkāsi puññaṁ sukhamāyatikaṁ,\nDisvā muniṁ brāhmaṇī oghatiṇṇan”ti.","en":"With unwavering confidence in him,\nshe presented her religious donation to one who is worthy of it.\nAfter seeing the sage who had crossed over, the brahmin lady\nmade merit for the sake of future happiness."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn6.3/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."}