This is a Sanskrit & English translation of https://suttacentral.net/sn1.36/pli/ms
सम्युक्तनिकायः १.३६ — श्रद्धासूक्तम्
saṃyuktanikāyaḥ 1.36 — śraddhāsūktam
Saṃyukta Nikāya 1.36 — Faith
एकस्मिन् समये भगवान् श्रावस्त्यां विहरति स्म जेतवनेऽनाथपिण्डदस्य आरामे। अथ खलु बह्व्यः शतोल्लापकायिका देवता अतिक्रान्तायां रात्र्याम् अतिक्रान्तवर्णाः केवलकल्पं जेतवनम् अवभास्य भगवन्तम् उपसञ्चक्रमुः; उपसङ्क्रम्य भगवन्तम् अभिवाद्य एकान्ते तस्थुः। एकान्ते स्थिता खलु एकतमा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमां गाथाम् अभाषत —
ekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane ’nāthapiṇḍadasya ārāme. atha khalu bahvyaḥ śatollāpakāyikā devatā atikrāntāyāṃ rātryām atikrāntavarṇāḥ kevalakalpaṃ jetavanam avabhāsya bhagavantam upasañcakramuḥ; upasaṅkramya bhagavantam abhivādya ekānte tasthuḥ. ekānte sthitā khalu ekatamā devatā bhagavato ’ntike imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata —
At one time the Bhagavān was dwelling in Śrāvastī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada's Park. Then, when the night was advanced, many deities of the Śatollāpa (“hundred-utterances”) group, of surpassing beauty, illuminating the whole of Jeta's Grove, approached the Bhagavān. Having approached and paid homage to the Bhagavān, they stood to one side. Standing to one side, one of the deities recited this verse in the presence of the Bhagavān:
“श्रद्धा द्वितीया पुरुषस्य भवति,
नो चेदश्रद्धाम् अवतिष्ठति।
यशश्च कीर्तिश्च ततोऽस्य भवति,
स्वर्गं च स गच्छति शरीरं विहाय॥” इति।
“śraddhā dvitīyā puruṣasya bhavati,
no ced aśraddhām avatiṣṭhati.
yaśaś ca kīrtiś ca tato ’sya bhavati,
svargaṃ ca sa gacchati śarīraṃ vihāya.” iti.
“Faith is a person's best companion,
if one does not resort to faithlessness.
Fame and renown then come to him,
and he goes to heaven, having left the body behind.”
अथ खलु अपरा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमा गाथा अभाषत —
“क्रोधं जह्याद् विजह्यान्मानं,
संयोजनं सर्वमतिक्रमेत।
तं नामरूपेऽसज्जमानम्,
अकिञ्चनं नानुपतन्ति सङ्गाः॥” इति।
atha khalu aparā devatā bhagavato ’ntike imā gāthā abhāṣata —
“krodhaṃ jahyād vijahyān mānaṃ,
saṃyojanaṃ sarvam atikrameta.
taṃ nāmarūpe ’sajjamānam,
akiñcanaṃ nānupatanti saṅgāḥ .” iti.
Then another deity recited these verses in the presence of the Bhagavān:
“One should abandon anger, give up pride,
and overcome all fetters.
Attachments do not pursue one who is unattached to name-and-form,
who is possessionless.”
“प्रमादमनुयुञ्जन्ति बाला दुर्मेधसो जनाः।
अप्रमादं च मेधावी धनं श्रेष्ठमिव रक्षति।
मा प्रमादमनुयुञ्जीथा मा कामरतिसंस्तवम्।
अप्रमत्तो हि ध्यायन् प्राप्नोति परमं सुखम्॥” इति।
“pramādam anuyuñjanti bālā durmedhaso janāḥ.
apramādaṃ ca medhāvī dhanaṃ śreṣṭham iva rakṣati.
mā pramādam anuyuñjīthā mā kāmaratisaṃstavam.
apramatto hi dhyāyan prāpnoti paramaṃ sukham .” iti.
“Immature people of little wisdom, indulge in negligence.
But the wise person guards diligence as their greatest treasure.
Do not indulge in negligence, nor in intimacy with sensual delight.
For the diligent one, meditating, attains the highest happiness.”
