{"id":"sn7.13","title":"With Devahita","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.13","title":"With Devahita","units":[{"id":"sn7.13:0","sourceIds":["sn7.13:0.1","sn7.13:0.2","sn7.13:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.13\n2. Upāsakavagga\nDevahitasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.13\n2. Lay Followers\nWith Devahita"}},{"id":"sn7.13:1","sourceIds":["sn7.13:1.1","sn7.13:1.2","sn7.13:1.3","sn7.13:1.4","sn7.13:1.5","sn7.13:1.6","sn7.13:1.7","sn7.13:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā vātehābādhiko hoti;\nāyasmā ca upavāṇo bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti.\nAtha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ upavāṇaṁ āmantesi:\n“iṅgha me tvaṁ, upavāṇa, uṇhodakaṁ jānāhī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā upavāṇo bhagavato paṭissutvā nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena devahitassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nAddasā kho devahito brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṁ upavāṇaṁ tuṇhībhūtaṁ ekamantaṁ ṭhitaṁ.\nDisvāna āyasmantaṁ upavāṇaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nNow at that time the Buddha was afflicted by winds.\nVenerable Upavāṇa was his carer.\nThen the Buddha said to Upavāṇa,\n“Go on then, Upavāṇa, find some hot water for me.”\n“Yes, sir,” replied Upavāṇa. He robed up, and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the brahmin Devahita, and stood silently to one side.\nDevahita saw him standing there\nand addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn7.13:2","sourceIds":["sn7.13:2.1","sn7.13:2.2","sn7.13:2.3","sn7.13:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tuṇhībhūto bhavaṁ tiṭṭhaṁ,\nmuṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto;\nKiṁ patthayāno kiṁ esaṁ,\nkiṁ nu yācitumāgato”ti.","en":"“Silent stands the worthy one,\nshaven, wrapped in his outer robe.\nWhat do you want? What are you looking for?\nWhat have you come here to ask for?”"}},{"id":"sn7.13:3","sourceIds":["sn7.13:3.1","sn7.13:3.2","sn7.13:3.3","sn7.13:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Arahaṁ sugato loke,\nvātehābādhiko muni;\nSace uṇhodakaṁ atthi,\nmunino dehi brāhmaṇa.","en":"“The perfected one, the Holy One in the world,\nthe sage is afflicted by winds.\nIf there’s hot water,\ngive it to the sage, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.13:4","sourceIds":["sn7.13:4.1","sn7.13:4.2","sn7.13:4.3","sn7.13:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pūjito pūjaneyyānaṁ,\nsakkareyyāna sakkato;\nApacito apaceyyānaṁ,\ntassa icchāmi hātave”ti.","en":"I wish to bring it to the one\nwho is esteemed by the estimable,\nhonored by the honorable,\nvenerated by the venerable.”"}},{"id":"sn7.13:5","sourceIds":["sn7.13:5.1","sn7.13:5.2","sn7.13:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo uṇhodakassa kājaṁ purisena gāhāpetvā phāṇitassa ca puṭaṁ āyasmato upavāṇassa pādāsi.\nAtha kho āyasmā upavāṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ uṇhodakena nhāpetvā uṇhodakena phāṇitaṁ āloletvā bhagavato pādāsi.\nAtha kho bhagavato ābādho paṭippassambhi.","en":"Then Devahita had a man fetch a carrying-pole with hot water. He also presented Upavāṇa with a jar of molasses.\nThen Venerable Upavāṇa went up to the Buddha and bathed him with the hot water. Then he stirred molasses into hot water and presented it to the Buddha.\nThen the Buddha’s illness died down."}},{"id":"sn7.13:6","sourceIds":["sn7.13:6.1","sn7.13:6.2","sn7.13:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then the brahmin Devahita went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side,\nand addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"sn7.13:7","sourceIds":["sn7.13:7.1","sn7.13:7.2","sn7.13:7.3","sn7.13:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kattha dajjā deyyadhammaṁ,\nkattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ;\nKathañhi yajamānassa,\nkathaṁ ijjhati dakkhiṇā”ti.","en":"“Where should you give an available gift?\nWhere is a gift very fruitful?\nHow does one who is donating\nensure the success of their religious donation?”"}},{"id":"sn7.13:8","sourceIds":["sn7.13:8.1","sn7.13:8.2","sn7.13:8.3","sn7.13:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pubbenivāsaṁ yo vedī,\nsaggāpāyañca passati;\nAtho jātikkhayaṁ patto,\nabhiññāvosito muni.","en":"“One who knows their past lives,\nsees heaven and places of loss,\nand has attained the ending of rebirth,\nis a sage of perfect insight."}},{"id":"sn7.13:9","sourceIds":["sn7.13:9.1","sn7.13:9.2","sn7.13:9.3","sn7.13:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ettha dajjā deyyadhammaṁ,\nettha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ;\nEvañhi yajamānassa,\nevaṁ ijjhati dakkhiṇā”ti.","en":"Here you should give an available gift;\nwhat’s given here is very fruitful.\nThat’s how a sponsor of sacrifices\nensures the success of their religious donation.”"}},{"id":"sn7.13:10","sourceIds":["sn7.13:10.1","sn7.13:10.2","sn7.13:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\nupāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmin Devahita said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.13/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."}