EN
At Sāvatthī. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “Venerable sir,” they replied.
PL
Sāvatthiyaṁ. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
With Susīma
Susīmasutta
EN
The Buddha said this: “Once upon a time, mendicants, the titans marched against the gods. Then Sakka, lord of gods, addressed the godling Susīma, ‘Dear Susīma, the titans march against the gods!
PL
Bhagavā etadavoca: “Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, asurā deve abhiyaṁsu. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ āmantesi: ‘ete, tāta susīma, asurā deve abhiyanti.
EN
Go, and march against the titans!’ ‘Yes, lord,’ replied Susīma. But he fell into negligence. For a second time …
PL
Gaccha, tāta susīma, asure paccuyyāhī’ti. ‘Evaṁ, bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, susīmo devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā pamādaṁ āpādesi. Dutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ āmantesi …pe… dutiyampi pamādaṁ āpādesi.
EN
For a third time … Then Sakka addressed the godling Susīma in verse: ‘Susīma, go to that place
PL
Tatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ āmantesi …pe… tatiyampi pamādaṁ āpādesi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: ‘Anuṭṭhahaṁ avāyāmaṁ,
EN
where you can achieve happiness without working for it or trying hard— and take me with you!’ ‘That a lazy man who does no work,
PL
sukhaṁ yatrādhigacchati; Susīma tattha gacchāhi, mañca tattheva pāpayā’ti. ‘Alasvassa anuṭṭhātā,
EN
and doesn’t do his duty, should fulfill all his desires: Sakka, render me this boon!’ ‘Susīma, go to that place
PL
na ca kiccāni kāraye; Sabbakāmasamiddhassa, taṁ me sakka varaṁ disā’ti. ‘Yatthālaso anuṭṭhātā,
EN
where a lazy man who does no work prospers in unending happiness— and take me with you!’ ‘O Sakka, first among gods,
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accantaṁ sukhamedhati; Susīma tattha gacchāhi, mañca tattheva pāpayā’ti. ‘Akammunā devaseṭṭha,
EN
that we might find the happiness that’s sorrowless, unstressed: Sakka, render me this boon!’ ‘If there exists anywhere a place
PL
sakka vindemu yaṁ sukhaṁ; Asokaṁ anupāyāsaṁ, taṁ me sakka varaṁ disā’ti. ‘Sace atthi akammena,
EN
where one can live happily without working, that surely would be extinguishment’s path! Susīma, go to that place and take me with you!’
PL
koci kvaci na jīvati; Nibbānassa hi so maggo, susīma tattha gacchāhi; Mañca tattheva pāpayā’ti.
EN
Since, mendicants, even that Sakka, lord of gods—while living off of the fruit of his good deeds, and ruling as sovereign lord over these gods of the thirty-three—will speak in praise of initiative and energy, you can excel at this, for you who have gone forth in such a well explained teaching and training can try hard, strive, and make an effort to attain the unattained, achieve the unachieved, and realize the unrealized.”
PL
So hi nāma, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sakaṁ puññaphalaṁ upajīvamāno devānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ issariyādhipaccaṁ rajjaṁ kārento uṭṭhānavīriyassa vaṇṇavādī bhavissati. Idha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, sobhetha, yaṁ tumhe evaṁ svākkhāte dhammavinaye pabbajitā samānā uṭṭhaheyyātha ghaṭeyyātha vāyameyyātha appattassa pattiyā, anadhigatassa adhigamāya, asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.
Sutraya