Linked Discourses 11.15 Chapter Two Delightful (SN11.15)

1.1

Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane.

Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove.

1.2

Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,

1.3

“kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti?

“Sir, what is a delightful place?”

2.1

“Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā,

“Shrines in parks and forests,

2.2

pokkharañño sunimmitā;

well-made lotus ponds,

2.3

Manussarāmaṇeyyassa,

are not worth a sixteenth part

2.4

kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.

of a delightful human being.

3.1

Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,

Whether in village or wilderness,

3.2

Ninne vā yadi vā thale;

in a valley or the uplands,

3.3

Yattha arahanto viharanti,

wherever the perfected ones live

3.4

Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti.

is a delightful place.”