Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.17
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 2.17
2. Anāthapiṇḍikavagga
2. With Anāthapiṇḍika
Subrahmasutta
With Subrahmā Subrahmā
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho subrahmā devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Standing to one side, the god Subrahmā addressed the Buddha in verse:
Standing to one side, the young deva Subrahmā addressed the Blessed One in verse:
“Niccaṁ utrastamidaṁ cittaṁ,
“This mind is always anxious,
“Always frightened is this mind,
niccaṁ ubbiggamidaṁ mano;
this mind is always stressed
The mind is always agitated
Anuppannesu kicchesu,
about stresses that haven’t arisen
About unarisen problems
atho uppatitesu ca;
and those that have.
And about arisen ones.
Sace atthi anutrastaṁ,
If there is a state free of anxiety,
If there exists release from fear,
taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”ti.
please answer my question.”
Being asked, please declare it to me.”
“Nāññatra bojjhā tapasā,
“Not without understanding and fervor,
“Not apart from enlightenment and austerity,
nāññatrindriyasaṁvarā;
not without restraining the sense faculties,
Not apart from restraint of the sense faculties,
Nāññatra sabbanissaggā,
not without letting go of everything,
Not apart from relinquishing all,
sotthiṁ passāmi pāṇinan”ti.
do I see safety for living creatures.”
Do I see any safety for living beings.”
Idamavoca …pe…
That is what the Buddha said. …
This is what the Blessed One said…
tatthevantaradhāyīti.
The god vanished right there.
He [the young deva] disappeared right there.