1At Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove. Then Sakka, lord of the devas, approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, stood to one side, and said to him: "Venerable sir, what is a delightful place?" sn.i.233 The Blessed One: | 1Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane. Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan"ti? |
2v.913 "Shrines in parks and woodland shrines,
Well-constructed lotus ponds:
These are not worth a sixteenth part
Of a delightful human being.
3v.914 "Whether in a village or forest,
In a valley or on the plain—
Wherever the arahants dwell
Is truly a delightful place."
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2"Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā,
pokkharañño sunimmitā;
Manussarāmaṇeyyassa,
kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.
3Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,
Ninne vā yadi vā thale;
Yattha arahanto vihāranti,
Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan"ti.
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