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Linked Discourses 11.23 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.23

Chapter Three – 3. Tatiyavagga

SN 11.23 The Sambari Sorcery – Sambarimāyāsutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthiyaṁ …pe…

The Buddha said this:

bhagavā etadavoca:

“Once upon a time, bhikkhū, Vepacitti, lord of demons, was sick, suffering, gravely ill.

“bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo ābādhiko ahosi dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

So Sakka went to see him to ask after his illness.

Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami gilānapucchako.

Vepacitti saw Sakka coming off in the distance,

Addasā kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.

and said to him,

Disvāna sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ etadavoca:

‘Heal me, lord of gods!’

‘tikiccha maṁ, devānamindā’ti.

‘Teach me, Vepacitti, the Sambari sorcery.’

‘Vācehi maṁ, vepacitti, sambarimāyan’ti.

‘I can’t do that, good sir, until I have consulted with the demons.’

‘Na tāvāhaṁ vācemi, yāvāhaṁ, mārisa, asure paṭipucchāmī’ti.

Then Vepacitti, lord of demons, asked the demons,

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo asure paṭipucchi:

‘Good sirs, may I teach the Sambari sorcery to Sakka, lord of gods?’

‘vācemahaṁ, mārisā, sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ sambarimāyan’ti?

‘Do not, good sir, teach the Sambari sorcery to Sakka!’

‘Mā kho tvaṁ, mārisa, vācesi sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ sambarimāyan’ti.

So Vepacitti addressed Sakka in verse:

Atha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

‘O Maghavā, O Sakka,

‘Māyāvī maghavā sakka,

king of gods, Sujā’s husband,

devarāja sujampati;

a sorceror falls into the terrible hell—

Upeti nirayaṁ ghoraṁ,

like Sambara, for a hundred years.’”

sambarova sataṁ saman’”ti.