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Linked Discourses 10.10 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 10.10

1. With Indaka – 1. Indakavagga

SN 10.10 With the Nun Sukkā (2nd) – Dutiyasukkāsutta

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

Now at that time a certain lay follower gave food to the nun Sukkā.

Tena kho pana samayena aññataro upāsako sukkāya bhikkhuniyā bhojanaṁ adāsi.

Then a native spirit was so devoted to Sukkā that he went from street to street and from square to square, and on that occasion recited these verses:

Atha kho sukkāya bhikkhuniyā abhippasanno yakkho rājagahe rathikāya rathikaṁ siṅghāṭakena siṅghāṭakaṁ upasaṅkamitvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“O! He has made so much merit!

“Puññaṁ vata pasavi bahuṁ,

That lay follower is so very wise.

Sappañño vatāyaṁ upāsako;

He just gave food to Sukkā,

Yo sukkāya adāsi bhojanaṁ,

who is released from all ties.”

Sabbaganthehi vippamuttiyā”ti.