SN32:57 Rain-Cloud Devas
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1… "Venerable sir, what is the cause and reason why it sometimes rains?"
"There are, bhikkhu, what are called rain-cloud devas. When it occurs to them, ‘Let us revel in our own kind of delight,’ then, in accordance with their wish, it rains. This, bhikkhu, is the cause and reason why it sometimes rains."
1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī"ti?
"Santi, bhikkhu, vassavalāhakā nāma devā. Tesaṁ yadā evaṁ hoti: ‘yannūna mayaṁ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṁ taṁ cetopaṇidhimanvāya devo vassati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī"ti. Sattapaññāsamaṁ.
Sattapaññāsasuttantaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
Valāhakavaggo paṭhamo.
2Suddhikaṁ sucaritañca,
dānūpakārapaññāsaṁ;
Sītaṁ uṇhañca abbhañca,
vātavassavalāhakāti.
Valāhakasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.