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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Young Devas: SN2:13 Dighalaṭṭhi

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1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Atha kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ veḷuvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho dīghalaṭṭhi devaputto bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi: 

2 "Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,
Ākankhe ce hadayassānupattiṃ;
Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,
Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṃso"ti.