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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Young Devas: SN2:21 Siva

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1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho sivo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho sivo devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi: 

2 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
seyyo hoti na pāpiyo.

3 Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
paññā labbhati nāññato.

4 Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sokamajjhe na socati.

5 Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
ñātimajjhe virocati.

6 Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sattā gacchanti suggatiṃ.

7 Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sattā tiṭṭhanti sātatan"ti.

8 Atha kho bhagavā sivaṃ devaputtaṃ gāthāya paccabhāsi: 

9 "Sabbhireva samāsetha,
sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya,
sabbadukkhā pamuccatī"ti.