Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
Connected Discourses with Devatas: SN1:31 With the Good
1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ— ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho sambahulā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasankamiṃsu; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
2 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
seyyo hoti na pāpiyo"ti.
3 Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
4 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
paññā labbhati nāññato"ti.
5 Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
6 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sokamajjhe na socatī"ti.
7 Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
8 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
ñātimajjhe virocatī"ti.
9 Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
10 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sattā gacchanti suggatin"ti.
11 Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
12 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sattā tiṭṭhanti sātatan"ti.
13 Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: "kassa nu kho, bhagavā, subhāsitan"ti?
14 "Sabbāsaṃ vo subhāsitaṃ pariyāyena, api ca mamapi suṇātha –
15 Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sabbadukkhā pamuccatī"ti.
16 Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā tā devatāyo bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyiṃsūti.