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Pathama Pajjunnadhitu Sutta
Nala Vagga, Devata Samyutta
Sagatha Vagga Samyutta, Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA"
Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon
Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998

9. Pathama Pajjunnadhitu Sutta
The First Discourse Containing the Utterance of the Rain-God's Daughter

        39. Thus have I heard:

        On one occasion the Bhagava was residing at the pinnacled monastery in the Mahavana Wood near Vesali. During that time, soon after the middle watch of the night, Kokanada, the Rain-God Paijunna's daughter of extremely attractive appearance, approached the Bhagava, illuminating the entire Mahavana Wood. After paying homage to the Bhagava, she stood at a suit able place. Thus standing, that deva named Kokanada, the daughter of Rain-God Pajjunna, recited these verses in the presence of the Bhagava:

        "I am Kokanada, Rain-God Pajjunna's daughter. Kokanada pays homage to the noblest of beings, the Self-Enlightened Buddha residing in the Mahavana Wood near Vesali."

        "previously I had merely heard that the dhamma (of the Four Ariya Truths) had been penetratively known by the All-Seeing Buddha. Now, I person ally know the dhamma of the Great Sage who is this expounder of the Four Ariya Truths and who speaks only what is beneficial and true."

        "Some foolish persons go about condemning the Ariya Truth. They accordingly fall to Roruva niraya, the miserable realm, and undergo suffering for a long time."

        "Those who accept the Four Ariya Truths and have extinguished the defilements will fill the deva realms on leaving behind their mortal frames."

End of the Pathama Pajjunnadhitu Sutta,

the ninth in this vagga.


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