{"id":"sn11.9","title":"Seers in the Wilderness","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn11.9","title":"Seers in the Wilderness","units":[{"id":"sn11.9:0","sourceIds":["sn11.9:0.1","sn11.9:0.2","sn11.9:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.9\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nAraññāyatanaisisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 11.9\nChapter One\nSeers in the Wilderness"}},{"id":"sn11.9:1","sourceIds":["sn11.9:1.1","sn11.9:1.2","sn11.9:1.3","sn11.9:1.4","sn11.9:1.5","sn11.9:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ.\n“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sambahulā isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā araññāyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu sammanti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, sakko ca devānamindo vepacitti ca asurindo yena te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo paṭaliyo upāhanā ārohitvā khaggaṁ olaggetvā chattena dhāriyamānena aggadvārena assamaṁ pavisitvā te isayo sīlavante kalyāṇadhamme apabyāmato karitvā atikkami.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo paṭaliyo upāhanā orohitvā khaggaṁ aññesaṁ datvā chattaṁ apanāmetvā dvāreneva assamaṁ pavisitvā te isayo sīlavante kalyāṇadhamme anuvātaṁ pañjaliko namassamāno aṭṭhāsi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsiṁsu:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Once upon a time, mendicants, several seers who were ethical, of good character, settled in leaf huts in a wilderness region.\nThen Sakka, lord of gods, and Vepacitti, lord of titans, went to those seers.\nVepacitti put on his lined sandals, strapped on his sword, and, carrying a sunshade, entered the hermitage through the main gate. He walked right past those seers, keeping them at arm’s length.\nSakka took off his lined sandals, gave his sword to others, and, putting down his sunshade, entered the hermitage through the same gate. He stood downwind of those seers, revering them with cupped palms.\nThen those seers addressed Sakka in verse:"}},{"id":"sn11.9:2","sourceIds":["sn11.9:2.1","sn11.9:2.2","sn11.9:2.3","sn11.9:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Gandho isīnaṁ ciradikkhitānaṁ,\nKāyā cuto gacchati mālutena;\nIto paṭikkamma sahassanetta,\nGandho isīnaṁ asuci devarājā’ti.","en":"‘When seers have been long initiated,\nthe odor of their bodies goes with the gale.\nYou’d better leave, O thousand-eyed!\nThe odor of the seers is unclean, king of gods.’"}},{"id":"sn11.9:3","sourceIds":["sn11.9:3.1","sn11.9:3.2","sn11.9:3.3","sn11.9:3.4","sn11.9:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Gandho isīnaṁ ciradikkhitānaṁ,\nKāyā cuto gacchatu mālutena;\nSucitrapupphaṁ sirasmiṁva mālaṁ,\nGandhaṁ etaṁ paṭikaṅkhāma bhante;\nNa hettha devā paṭikūlasaññino’”ti.","en":"‘When seers have been long initiated,\nlet the odor of their bodies go with the gale.\nWe yearn for this odor, sirs,\nlike a colorful crown of flowers.\nThe gods don’t see it as repulsive.’”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.9/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."}