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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on Cloud Devas: SN32:57 Rain-Cloud Devas

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī"ti? "Santi, bhikkhu, vassavalāhakā nāma devā. Tesaṃ yadā evaṃ hoti:  ‘yannūna mayaṃ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṃ taṃ cetopaṇidhimanvāya devo vassati. Ayaṃ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṃ paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī"ti. Sattapaññāsamaṃ.

Sattapaññāsasuttantaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.
Valāhakavaggo paṭhamo.

2 Suddhikaṃ sucaritañca,
dānūpakārapaññāsaṃ;
Sītaṃ uṇhañca abbhañca,
vātavassavalāhakāti.

Valāhakasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.