1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane.Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove.

1.2Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,1.3“kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti?“Sir, what is a delightful place?”

2.1“Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā,“Shrines in parks and forests,2.2pokkharañño sunimmitā;well-made lotus ponds,2.3Manussarāmaṇeyyassa,are not worth a sixteenth part2.4kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.of a delightful human being.

3.1Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,∥Whether in village or wilderness,3.2Ninne vā yadi vā thale;in a valley or the uplands,3.3Yattha arahanto viharanti,wherever the perfected ones live3.4Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti.is a delightful place.”