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Abbhavalāhakasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 32।55

Saṁyutta Nikāya 32.55

Linked Discourses 32.55
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1। वलाहकवग्गva·lā·ha·ka·vag·ga

1. Valāhakavagga

1. Gods of the Thunderclouds
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अब्भवलाहकसुत्तab·bha·va·lā·ha·ka·sut·ta

Abbhavalāhakasutta

Gods of the Stormy Thunderclouds
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho सोso भिक्खुbhik·khu भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
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“कोko नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te हेतु,he·tu कोko पच्चयो,pac·ca·yo येनेकदाye·ne·ka·dā अब्भंab·bhaṃ होती”ति?ho·tī

“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā abbhaṁ hotī”ti?

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why sometimes it becomes stormy?”
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“सन्ति,san·ti भिक्खु,bhik·khu अब्भवलाहकाab·bha·va·lā·ha·kā नामnā·ma देवा।de·vā

“Santi, bhikkhu, abbhavalāhakā nāma devā.

“Mendicant, there are what are called gods of the stormy thunderclouds.
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तेसंte·saṃ यदाya·dā एवंe·vaṃ होति:ho·ti

Tesaṁ yadā evaṁ hoti:

Sometimes they think:
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‘यन्नूनyan·nū·na मयंma·yaṃ सकायsa·kā·ya रतियाra·ti·yā वसेय्यामा’ति,va·sey·yā·mā तेसंte·saṃ तंtaṃ चेतोपणिधिमन्वायce·to·pa·ṇi·dhi·man·vā·ya अब्भंab·bhaṃ होति।ho·ti

‘yannūna mayaṁ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṁ taṁ cetopaṇidhimanvāya abbhaṁ hoti.

‘Why don’t we revel in our own kind of enjoyment?’ Then, in accordance with their wish, it becomes stormy.
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अयंa·yaṃ खो,kho भिक्खु,bhik·khu हेतु,he·tu अयंa·yaṃ पच्चयो,pac·ca·yo येनेकदाye·ne·ka·dā अब्भंab·bhaṃ होती”ति।ho·tī

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yenekadā abbhaṁ hotī”ti.

This is the cause, this is the reason why sometimes it becomes stormy.”
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पञ्चपञ्ञासमं।pañ·ca·pañ·ñā·sa·maṃ

Pañcapaññāsamaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.