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2. Nandanavagga 2. The Garden of Delight Nandana
Nandanasutta The Garden of Delight
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard. Thus have I heard.
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapiṇḍika’s Park.
Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, There the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus thus:
“bhikkhavo”ti. “Mendicants!” “Bhikkhus!”
“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. “Venerable sir,” they replied. “Venerable sir!” those bhikkhus replied.
Bhagavā etadavoca: The Buddha said this: The Blessed One said this:
“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, aññatarā tāvatiṁsakāyikā devatā nandane vane accharāsaṅghaparivutā dibbehi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgībhūtā paricārayamānā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi: “Once upon a time, mendicants, a certain deity of the company of the thirty-three was amusing themselves in the Garden of Delight, escorted by a band of nymphs, and supplied and provided with the five kinds of heavenly sensual stimulation. On that occasion she spoke this verse: “Once in the past, bhikkhus, a certain devatā of the Tavatiṁsa host was revelling in Nandana Grove, supplied and endowed with the five cords of celestial sensual pleasure, accompanied by a retinue of celestial nymphs. On that occasion he spoke this verse:
‘Na te sukhaṁ pajānanti, ‘They don’t know pleasure “‘They do not know bliss
ye na passanti nandanaṁ; who don’t see the Garden of Delight! Who have not seen Nandana,
Āvāsaṁ naradevānaṁ, It’s the abode of lordly gods, Naradeva is a term for a king. Here and at SN 9.6:4.3 it refers to the gods of the Thirty-Three, and at Thag 20.1:41.1 to Brahmā. At Cp 5:1.3 it apparently refers to the aristocrats who are “gods among men” (see Manu 11.82).The abode of the glorious male devas
tidasānaṁ yasassinan’ti. the glorious host of Thirty!’ Tidasa (“thirty”) is a poetic abbreviation for the “thirty-three” gods. Noted as such in Kṣīrasvāmin’s Amarakośodghāṭana 1.1.7.Belonging to the host of Thirty. ’
Evaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, aññatarā devatā taṁ devataṁ gāthāya paccabhāsi: When they had spoken, another deity replied with this verse: “When this was said, bhikkhus, a certain devatā replied to that devatā in verse:
‘Na tvaṁ bāle pajānāsi, ‘Fool, don’t you understand The vocative form bāle suggests that a female deity is being addressed, which is certainly the case in the parallel passage at SN 9.6:5.1. The commentary says that the speaker here is also a female deity.“‘Don’t you know, you fool,
yathā arahataṁ vaco; the saying of the perfected ones: That maxim of the arahants?
Aniccā sabbasaṅkhārā, All conditions are impermanent, This famous verse, which occurs many times in the Suttas, was spoken by the Buddha at SN 15.20:8.2 and by Sakka, the lord of the thirty-three, at the Buddha’s passing (SN 6.15:6.2, DN 16:6.10.11. | In this context, saṅkhārā means “conditions” or “conditioned phenomena” rather than “volitional actions”, “choices”. | The unusual reading sabbasaṅkhārā (rather than vata saṅkhārā) recurs in the parallel passage at SN 9.6:5.3.Impermanent are all formations;
uppādavayadhammino; their nature is to rise and fall; Their nature is to arise and vanish.
Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti, having arisen, they cease; Having arisen, they cease:
tesaṁ vūpasamo sukho’”ti. their settling is such bliss.’” Their appeasement is blissful. ’”