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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha
Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 3
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Canonical reference sn2.3
English
Bhikkhu Sujato
Linked Discourses 2.3
Chapter One
With Māgha
At Sāvatthī.
Then, late at night, the glorious godling Māgha, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,
and addressed the Buddha in verse:
“When what is slain do you sleep at ease?
When what is slain is there no sorrow?
What is the one thing
whose killing you approve?”
“When anger’s slain you sleep at ease.
When anger’s slain there is no sorrow.
Anger has a poisonous root
and a sweet tip, O Smiter of the Constrictor.
The noble ones praise its killing,
for when it’s slain there is no sorrow.”
Pali
Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.3
1. Paṭhamavagga
Māghasutta
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Atha kho māgho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho māgho devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Kiṁsu chetvā sukhaṁ seti,
kiṁsu chetvā na socati;
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
vadhaṁ rocesi gotamā”ti.
“Kodhaṁ chetvā sukhaṁ seti,
kodhaṁ chetvā na socati;
Kodhassa visamūlassa,
madhuraggassa vatrabhū;
Vadhaṁ ariyā pasaṁsanti,
tañhi chetvā na socatī”ti.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Discours reliés 2.3
Premier chapitre
Avec Māgha
À Sāvatthī.
Alors, tard dans la nuit, le resplendissant jeune dieu Māgha, illuminant tout le bois de Jeta, s’approcha du Bouddha, s’inclina, se tint à l’écart
et s’adressa au Bouddha en vers :
« Quand quoi est tué dors-tu à l’aise ?
Quand quoi est tué n’y a-t-il aucun chagrin ?
Quelle est l’unique chose
dont tu approuves la mise à mort ? »
« Quand la colère est tuée, tu dors à l’aise.
Quand la colère est tuée, il n’y a aucun chagrin.
La colère a une racine empoisonnée
et une pointe douce, ô Frappeur du Constricteur.
Les êtres nobles louent sa mise à mort,
car lorsqu’elle est tuée, il n’y a aucun chagrin. »
Concepts in this passage
Anger
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Dukkha
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Family
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God
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Impermanence
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Nibbana
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Not-self
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