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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.39 Linked Discourses 1.39
4. Satullapakāyikavagga 4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities
Paṭhamapajjunnadhītusutta With Pajjunna’s Daughter (1st) Pajjunna’s Daughter (1)
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard. Thus have I heard.
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ. At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesali in the Great Wood in the Hall with the Peaked Roof.
Atha kho kokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ mahāvanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Then, late at night, the glorious Kokanadā, Pajjunna’s daughter, lighting up the entire Great Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, Pajjuna is Parjanya, the Vedic god of rain, especially the thunderstorm. His “lively drops” impregnate the earth, begetting plants (Rig Veda 5.83). While I cannot find a reference elsewhere to his daughter Kokanadā, it seems fitting that the daughter of the rain and the earth is the “Red Lotus”.Then, when the night had advanced, Kokanada, Pajjunna’s daughter, of stunning beauty, illuminating the entire Great Wood, approached the Blessed One.
Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā kokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi: and recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence: Having approached, she paid homage to the Blessed One, stood to one side, and recited these verses in the presence of the Blessed One:
“Vesāliyaṁ vane viharantaṁ, “Staying in the woods of Vesālī Dwelling in the woods at Vesali.
Aggaṁ sattassa sambuddhaṁ; is the Buddha, best of creation. Bodhi suggests taking the singular sattassa as a metrically shortened sattānaṁ (“beings”). However, there is a plural form sattāna that is metrically identical with sattassa. Perhaps Kokanadā is using satta here in the sense of “creation”.“I worship the Buddha, the best of beings,
Kokanadāhamasmi abhivande, Kokanadā am I who worships him, Kokanada am I,
Kokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā. Kokanadā, Pajjuna’s daughter. Kokanada, Pajjunna’s daughter.
Sutameva pure āsi, Previously I had only heard “Earlier I had only heard
Dhammo cakkhumatānubuddho; the teaching realized by the Clear-eyed One. that the Dhamma has been realized by the One with Vision;
Sāhaṁ dāni sakkhi jānāmi, But now I know it as a witness But now I know it as a witness
Munino desayato sugatassa. while the sage, the Holy One teaches. While the Sage, the Fortunate One, teaches.
Ye keci ariyaṁ dhammaṁ, There are simpletons who go about Those who, the noble Dhamma,
Vigarahantā caranti dummedhā; denouncing the teaching of the noble ones. “Those ignorant people who go about critizing
Upenti roruvaṁ ghoraṁ, They fall into the terrible Hell of Screams The commentaries identify this roruva (“Hell of Screams”) with the “Smoky Roruva”, while the “Great Hell of Screams”, mentioned as the destiny of a corrupt financier in SN 3.20, is the “Flaming Roruva”, said to be the same as Avīci. These are also known in the Sanskrit tradition, eg. Manu 4.88, and described in detail at eg. Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 10, 12. There, the Ruarava of glowing coals is the destiny of the false witness and the liar, while Mahāraurava is scorching copper and ravenous beasts.Pass on to the terrible Roruva hell
Cirarattaṁ dukkhaṁ anubhavanti. where they suffer long. Torment in the Mahāraurava lasts 100,000,000 years, according to the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.And experience suffering for a long time.
Ye ca kho ariye dhamme, There are those who have found acceptance and peace In regard to the noble Dhamma,
Khantiyā upasamena upetā; in the teaching of the noble ones. “But those who have peace and acquiescence
Pahāya mānusaṁ dehaṁ, After giving up this human body, On discarding the human body,
Devakāyaṁ paripūressantī”ti. they swell the heavenly host.” Will fill the host of devas. ”