{"id":"iti83","title":"Five Harbingers","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti83","title":"Five Harbingers","units":[{"id":"iti83:0","sourceIds":["iti83:0.1","iti83:0.2","iti83:0.3","iti83:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 83\nTikanipāta\nCatutthavagga\nPañcapubbanimittasutta","en":"So It Was Said 83\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter Four\nFive Harbingers"}},{"id":"iti83:1","sourceIds":["iti83:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti83:2","sourceIds":["iti83:2.1","iti83:2.2","iti83:2.3","iti83:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā, bhikkhave, devo devakāyā cavanadhammo hoti, pañcassa pubbanimittāni pātubhavanti—\nmālā milāyanti, vatthāni kilissanti, kacchehi sedā muccanti, kāye dubbaṇṇiyaṁ okkamati, sake devo devāsane nābhiramatīti.\nTamenaṁ, bhikkhave, devā ‘cavanadhammo ayaṁ devaputto’ti iti viditvā tīhi vācāhi anumodenti:\n‘ito, bho, sugatiṁ gaccha.","en":"“Mendicants, when a god is due to pass away from the realm of the gods, five harbingers appear.\nTheir flower-garlands wither; their clothes become soiled; they sweat from the armpits; their physical appearance deteriorates; and they no longer delight in their heavenly throne.\nWhen the other gods know that that godling is due to pass away, they wish them well in three ways:\n‘Sir, may you go from here to a good place!"}},{"id":"iti83:3","sourceIds":["iti83:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sugatiṁ gantvā suladdhalābhaṁ labha.","en":"When you have gone to a good place, may you be blessed with good fortune!"}},{"id":"iti83:4","sourceIds":["iti83:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suladdhalābhaṁ labhitvā suppatiṭṭhito bhavāhī’”ti.","en":"When you have been blessed with good fortune, may you become well grounded!’”"}},{"id":"iti83:5","sourceIds":["iti83:5.1","iti83:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁ nu kho, bhante, devānaṁ sugatigamanasaṅkhātaṁ.","en":"When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, what do the gods reckon to be going to a good place?"}},{"id":"iti83:6","sourceIds":["iti83:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhante, devānaṁ suladdhalābhasaṅkhātaṁ.","en":"What do they reckon to be blessed with good fortune?"}},{"id":"iti83:7","sourceIds":["iti83:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiṁ pana, bhante, devānaṁ suppatiṭṭhitasaṅkhātan”ti?","en":"What do they reckon to become well grounded?”"}},{"id":"iti83:8","sourceIds":["iti83:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Manussattaṁ kho, bhikkhu, devānaṁ sugatigamanasaṅkhātaṁ.","en":"“It is human existence, mendicant, that the gods reckon to be going to a good place."}},{"id":"iti83:9","sourceIds":["iti83:9.1","iti83:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ manussabhūto samāno tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye saddhaṁ paṭilabhati;\nidaṁ kho, bhikkhu, devānaṁ suladdhalābhasaṅkhātaṁ.","en":"When a human being gains faith in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One,\nthat is what the gods reckon to be blessed with good fortune."}},{"id":"iti83:10","sourceIds":["iti83:10.1","iti83:10.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā kho panassa saddhā niviṭṭhā hoti mūlajātā patiṭṭhitā daḷhā asaṁhāriyā samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṁ;\nidaṁ kho, bhikkhu, devānaṁ suppatiṭṭhitasaṅkhātan”ti.","en":"When that faith in the Realized One is settled, rooted, and planted deep; when it’s strong and can’t be shifted by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world,\nthat is what the gods reckon to become well grounded.”"}},{"id":"iti83:11","sourceIds":["iti83:11.1","iti83:11.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"The Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti83:12","sourceIds":["iti83:12.1","iti83:12.2","iti83:12.3","iti83:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā devo devakāyā,\ncavati āyusaṅkhayā;\nTayo saddā niccharanti,\ndevānaṁ anumodataṁ.","en":"“When, with the fading of life,\na god passes from the realm of the gods,\nthe gods utter three cries\nof well-wishing:"}},{"id":"iti83:13","sourceIds":["iti83:13.1","iti83:13.2","iti83:13.3","iti83:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ito bho sugatiṁ gaccha,\nmanussānaṁ sahabyataṁ;\nManussabhūto saddhamme,\nlabha saddhaṁ anuttaraṁ.","en":"‘Go, worthy sir, from here to a good place,\nin the company of humans.\nAs a human being, gain supreme faith\nin the true teaching."}},{"id":"iti83:14","sourceIds":["iti83:14.1","iti83:14.2","iti83:14.3","iti83:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā te saddhā niviṭṭhassa,\nmūlajātā patiṭṭhitā;\nYāvajīvaṁ asaṁhīrā,\nsaddhamme suppavedite.","en":"May that faith of yours be settled,\nwith roots planted deep,\nunfaltering all life long\nin the true teaching so well proclaimed."}},{"id":"iti83:15","sourceIds":["iti83:15.1","iti83:15.2","iti83:15.3","iti83:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāyaduccaritaṁ hitvā,\nvacīduccaritāni ca;\nManoduccaritaṁ hitvā,\nyañcaññaṁ dosasañhitaṁ.","en":"Having given up bad conduct\nby way of body,\nspeech, and mind,\nand whatever else is corrupt;"}},{"id":"iti83:16","sourceIds":["iti83:16.1","iti83:16.2","iti83:16.3","iti83:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāyena kusalaṁ katvā,\nvācāya kusalaṁ bahuṁ;\nManasā kusalaṁ katvā,\nappamāṇaṁ nirūpadhiṁ.","en":"and having done much good,\nby way of body,\nspeech, and mind,\nlimitless, free of attachments;"}},{"id":"iti83:17","sourceIds":["iti83:17.1","iti83:17.2","iti83:17.3","iti83:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,\nkatvā dānena taṁ bahuṁ;\nAññepi macce saddhamme,\nbrahmacariye nivesaya’.","en":"then, having made much worldly merit\nby giving gifts,\nestablish other colleagues\nin the true teaching, the spiritual life.’"}},{"id":"iti83:18","sourceIds":["iti83:18.1","iti83:18.2","iti83:18.3","iti83:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imāya anukampāya,\ndevā devaṁ yadā vidū;\nCavantaṁ anumodenti,\nehi deva punappunan”ti.","en":"It is due to such sympathy\nthat when the gods know a god\nis due to pass away, they wish them well:\n‘Come back, god, again and again!’”"}},{"id":"iti83:19","sourceIds":["iti83:19.1","iti83:19.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti83/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."}