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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha
Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 18
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Bhikkhu Sujato
Linked Discourses 2.18
2. With Anāthapiṇḍika
With Kakudha
So I have heard.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood.
Then, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire Añjana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,
“Do you delight, ascetic?”
“What have I gained, sir?”
“Well then, ascetic, do you sorrow?”
“What have I lost, sir?”
“Well then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I hope you’re not gloomy, mendicant,
I hope that delight isn’t found in you.
I hope that discontent doesn’t
overwhelm you as you sit alone.”
“I’m genuinely not gloomy, spirit,
and no delight is found in me.
And also discontent doesn’t
overwhelm me as I sit alone.”
“How are you not gloomy, mendicant?
How is delight not found in you?
How does discontent not
overwhelm you as you sit alone?”
“Delight is born from gloom,
gloom is born from delight;
sir, you should know me as
a mendicant free of delight and gloom.”
“After a long time I see
a brahmin fully quenched.
A mendicant free of delight and gloom,
he has crossed over clinging to the world.”
Pali
Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.18
2. Anāthapiṇḍikavagga
Kakudhasutta
Evaṁ me sutaṁ - ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye.
Atha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ añjanavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“nandasi, samaṇā”ti?
“Kiṁ laddhā, āvuso”ti?
“Tena hi, samaṇa, socasī”ti?
“Kiṁ jīyittha, āvuso”ti?
“Tena hi, samaṇa, neva nandasi na ca socasī”ti?
“Evamāvuso”ti.
“Kacci tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,
kacci nandī na vijjati;
Kacci taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī”ti.
“Anagho ve ahaṁ yakkha,
atho nandī na vijjati;
Atho maṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī”ti.
“Kathaṁ tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,
kathaṁ nandī na vijjati;
Kathaṁ taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī”ti.
“Aghajātassa ve nandī,
nandījātassa ve aghaṁ;
Anandī anagho bhikkhu,
evaṁ jānāhi āvuso”ti.
“Cirassaṁ vata passāmi,
brāhmaṇaṁ parinibbutaṁ;
Anandiṁ anaghaṁ bhikkhuṁ,
tiṇṇaṁ loke visattikan”ti.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Discours reliés 2.18
2. Avec Anāthapiṇḍika
Avec Kakudha
Ainsi ai-je entendu.
À une époque, le Bouddha séjournait près de Sāketa, dans le parc aux cerfs du bois d’Añjana.
Alors, tard dans la nuit, le glorieux jeune dieu Kakudha, illuminant tout le bois d’Añjana, s’approcha du Bouddha, lui rendit hommage, se tint sur le côté et lui dit :
« Éprouves-tu de la joie, ascète ? »
« Qu’ai-je gagné, monsieur ? »
« Eh bien, ascète, éprouves-tu du chagrin ? »
« Qu’ai-je perdu, monsieur ? »
« Eh bien, ascète, n’éprouves-tu ni joie ni chagrin ? »
« Oui, monsieur. »
« J’espère que tu n’es pas sombre, mendiant,
j’espère qu’aucune joie ne se trouve en toi.
J’espère que le mécontentement ne
t’accable pas tandis que tu demeures assis seul. »
« Je ne suis véritablement pas sombre, esprit,
et aucune joie ne se trouve en moi.
Et le mécontentement non plus ne
m’accable tandis que je demeure assis seul. »
« Comment n’es-tu pas sombre, mendiant ?
Comment aucune joie ne se trouve-t-elle en toi ?
Comment le mécontentement ne
t’accable-t-il pas tandis que tu demeures assis seul ? »
« La joie naît de la tristesse,
la tristesse naît de la joie ;
monsieur, sache que je suis
un mendiant libre de joie et de tristesse. »
« Après longtemps, je vois
un brahmane pleinement éteint.
Mendiant libre de joie et de tristesse,
il a franchi l’attachement au monde. »
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