{"id":"sn9.7","title":"With Nāgadatta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn9.7","title":"With Nāgadatta","units":[{"id":"sn9.7:0","sourceIds":["sn9.7:0.1","sn9.7:0.2","sn9.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.7\n1. Vanavagga\nNāgadattasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 9.7\n1. In the Woods\nWith Nāgadatta"}},{"id":"sn9.7:1","sourceIds":["sn9.7:1.1","sn9.7:1.2","sn9.7:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā nāgadatto kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgadatto atikālena gāmaṁ pavisati, atidivā paṭikkamati.\nAtha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmato nāgadattassa anukampikā atthakāmā āyasmantaṁ nāgadattaṁ saṁvejetukāmā yenāyasmā nāgadatto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ nāgadattaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At one time Venerable Nāgadatta was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.\nNow at that time Venerable Nāgadatta had been entering the village too early and returning late in the day.\nThen the deity haunting that forest had sympathy for Nāgadatta, wanting what’s best for him. So they approached him wanting to stir him up, and recited these verses:"}},{"id":"sn9.7:2","sourceIds":["sn9.7:2.1","sn9.7:2.2","sn9.7:2.3","sn9.7:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāle pavisa nāgadatta,\nDivā ca āgantvā ativelacārī;\nSaṁsaṭṭho gahaṭṭhehi,\nSamānasukhadukkho.","en":"“Entering the village too early,\nand returning too late in the day,\nNāgadatta mixes with lay people,\nsharing their joys and sorrows."}},{"id":"sn9.7:3","sourceIds":["sn9.7:3.1","sn9.7:3.2","sn9.7:3.3","sn9.7:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhāyāmi nāgadattaṁ suppagabbhaṁ,\nKulesu vinibaddhaṁ;\nMā heva maccurañño balavato,\nAntakassa vasaṁ upesī”ti.","en":"I’m afraid for Nāgadatta; he’s reckless,\nshackled to families.\nMay he not come under the King of Death’s power,\nunder the sway of the terminator!”"}},{"id":"sn9.7:4","sourceIds":["sn9.7:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā nāgadatto tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.","en":"Impelled by that deity, Venerable Nāgadatta was struck with a sense of urgency."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn9.7/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."}