With SusīmaSusīmasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthiyaṁ.

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “Mendicants!”“bhikkhavo”ti.

“Venerable sir,” they replied.“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. The Buddha said this:Bhagavā etadavoca:

“Once upon a time, mendicants, the titans marched against the gods.“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, asurā deve abhiyaṁsu.

Then Sakka, lord of gods, addressed the godling Susīma,Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ āmantesi: ‘Dear Susīma, the titans march against the gods!‘ete, tāta susīma, asurā deve abhiyanti. Go, and march against the titans!’Gaccha, tāta susīma, asure paccuyyāhī’ti.

‘Yes, lord,’ replied Susīma. But he fell into negligence.‘Evaṁ, bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, susīmo devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā pamādaṁ āpādesi.

For a second time …Dutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ āmantesi …pe…

For a third time …Tatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ āmantesi …pe…

Then Sakka addressed the godling Susīma in verse:Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo susīmaṁ devaputtaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

‘Susīma, go to that place‘Anuṭṭhahaṁ avāyāmaṁ, where you can achieve happinesssukhaṁ yatrādhigacchati; without working for it or trying hard—Susīma tattha gacchāhi, and take me with you!’mañca tattheva pāpayā’ti.

‘That a lazy man who does no work,‘Alasvassa anuṭṭhātā, and doesn’t do his duty,na ca kiccāni kāraye; should fulfill all his desires:Sabbakāmasamiddhassa, Sakka, render me this boon!’taṁ me sakka varaṁ disā’ti.

‘Susīma, go to that place‘Yatthālaso anuṭṭhātā, where a lazy man who does no workaccantaṁ sukhamedhati; prospers in unending happiness—Susīma tattha gacchāhi, and take me with you!’mañca tattheva pāpayā’ti.

‘O Sakka, first among gods,‘Akammunā devaseṭṭha, that we might find the happinesssakka vindemu yaṁ sukhaṁ; that’s sorrowless, unstressed:Asokaṁ anupāyāsaṁ, Sakka, render me this boon!’taṁ me sakka varaṁ disā’ti.

‘If there exists anywhere a place‘Sace atthi akammena, where one can live happily without working,koci kvaci na jīvati; that surely would be extinguishment’s path!Nibbānassa hi so maggo, Susīma, go to that placesusīma tattha gacchāhi; and take me with you!’Mañca tattheva pāpayā’ti.

Since, mendicants, even that Sakka, lord of gods—while living off of the fruit of his good deeds, and ruling as sovereign lord over these gods of the thirty-three—will speak in praise of initiative and energy,So hi nāma, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sakaṁ puññaphalaṁ upajīvamāno devānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ issariyādhipaccaṁ rajjaṁ kārento uṭṭhānavīriyassa vaṇṇavādī bhavissati. you can excel at this, for you who have gone forth in such a well explained teaching and training can try hard, strive, and make an effort to attain the unattained, achieve the unachieved, and realize the unrealized.”Idha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, sobhetha, yaṁ tumhe evaṁ svākkhāte dhammavinaye pabbajitā samānā uṭṭhaheyyātha ghaṭeyyātha vāyameyyātha appattassa pattiyā, anadhigatassa adhigamāya, asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.