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Rāmaṇeyyakasutta

A Delightful Place Delightful

Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane.
At Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove.
Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove.

Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then Sakka, lord of the devas, approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, stood to one side, and said to him:
And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,

“kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti?
“Venerable sir, what is a delightful place?”
“Sir, what is a delightful place?”

“Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā,
“Shrines in parks and woodland shrines,
“Shrines in parks and forests,

pokkharañño sunimmitā;
Well-constructed lotus ponds:
well-made lotus ponds,

Manussarāmaṇeyyassa,
Of a delightful human being
are not worth a sixteenth part

kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.
These are not worth a sixteenth part.
of a delightful human being.

Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,
Whether in a village or forest,
Whether in village or wilderness,

Ninne vā yadi vā thale;
In a valley or on the plain—
in a valley or the uplands,

Yattha arahanto viharanti,
Wherever the arahants dwell
wherever the perfected ones live

Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti.
Is truly a delightful place.”
is a delightful place.”