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SN 2.17 With Subrahmā – Subrahmasutta

 

Standing to one side, the god Subrahmā addressed the Buddha in verse:

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho subrahmā devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“This mind is always anxious,

“Niccaṁ utrastamidaṁ cittaṁ,

this mind is always stressed

niccaṁ ubbiggamidaṁ mano;

about stresses that haven’t arisen

Anuppannesu kicchesu,

and those that have.

atho uppatitesu ca;

If there is a state free of anxiety,

Sace atthi anutrastaṁ,

please answer my question.”

taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”ti.

“Not without understanding and austerity,

“Nāññatra bojjhā tapasā,

not without restraining the sense faculties,

nāññatrindriyasaṁvarā;

not without letting go of everything,

Nāññatra sabbanissaggā,

do I see safety for living creatures.”

sotthiṁ passāmi pāṇinan”ti.

That is what the Buddha said. …

Idamavoca …pe…

The god vanished right there.

tatthevantaradhāyīti.