{"id":"sn8.6","title":"With Sāriputta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn8.6","title":"With Sāriputta","units":[{"id":"sn8.6:0","sourceIds":["sn8.6:0.1","sn8.6:0.2","sn8.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.6\n1. Vaṅgīsavagga\nSāriputtasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 8.6\n1. With Vaṅgīsa\nWith Sāriputta"}},{"id":"sn8.6:1","sourceIds":["sn8.6:1.1","sn8.6:1.2","sn8.6:1.3","sn8.6:1.4","sn8.6:1.5","sn8.6:1.6","sn8.6:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti poriyā vācāya vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā.\nTe ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.\nAtha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi:\n“ayaṁ kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti poriyā vācāya vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā.\nTe ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.\nYannūnāhaṁ āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthaveyyan”ti.","en":"At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time Venerable Sāriputta was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants in the assembly hall with a Dhamma talk. His words were polished, clear, articulate, and expressed the meaning.\nAnd those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.\nThen Venerable Vaṅgīsa thought,\n“This Venerable Sāriputta is educating the mendicants. …\nAnd those mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.\nWhy don’t I extoll him in his presence with fitting verses?”"}},{"id":"sn8.6:2","sourceIds":["sn8.6:2.1","sn8.6:2.2","sn8.6:2.3","sn8.6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yenāyasmā sāriputto tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:\n“paṭibhāti maṁ, āvuso sāriputta, paṭibhāti maṁ, āvuso sāriputtā”ti.\n“Paṭibhātu taṁ, āvuso vaṅgīsā”ti.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:","en":"Then Venerable Vaṅgīsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward Sāriputta, and said,\n“I feel inspired to speak, Reverend Sāriputta! I feel inspired to speak, Reverend Sāriputta!”\n“Then speak as you feel inspired,” said Sāriputta.\nThen Vaṅgīsa extolled Sāriputta in his presence with fitting verses:"}},{"id":"sn8.6:3","sourceIds":["sn8.6:3.1","sn8.6:3.2","sn8.6:3.3","sn8.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gambhīrapañño medhāvī,\nmaggāmaggassa kovido;\nSāriputto mahāpañño,\ndhammaṁ deseti bhikkhunaṁ.","en":"“Deep in wisdom, intelligent,\nexpert in the path and what is not the path;\nSāriputta, so greatly wise,\nteaches Dhamma to the mendicants."}},{"id":"sn8.6:4","sourceIds":["sn8.6:4.1","sn8.6:4.2","sn8.6:4.3","sn8.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkhittenapi deseti,\nvitthārenapi bhāsati;\nSāḷikāyiva nigghoso,\npaṭibhānaṁ udīrayi.","en":"He teaches in brief,\nor he speaks at length.\nHis call, like a myna bird,\noverflows with eloquence."}},{"id":"sn8.6:5","sourceIds":["sn8.6:5.1","sn8.6:5.2","sn8.6:5.3","sn8.6:5.4","sn8.6:5.5","sn8.6:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa taṁ desayantassa,\nsuṇanti madhuraṁ giraṁ;\nSarena rajanīyena,\nsavanīyena vaggunā;\nUdaggacittā muditā,\nsotaṁ odhenti bhikkhavo”ti.","en":"While he teaches\nthe mendicants listen to his sweet voice,\nsounding attractive,\nclear and graceful.\nThey listen joyfully,\ntheir hearts elated.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.6/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."}