This is a Sanskrit & English translation of https://suttacentral.net/sn1.37/pli/ms
सम्युक्तनिकायः १.३७ — समयसूक्तम्
saṃyuktanikāyaḥ 1.37 — samayasūktam
Saṃyukta Nikāya 1.37 — The assembly
एवं मया श्रुतम् — एकस्मिन् समये भगवान् शाक्येषु विहरति स्म कपिलवास्तुनि महावने महता भिक्षुसङ्घेन सार्धं पञ्चमात्रैर्भिक्षुशतैः सर्वैरेवार्हद्भिः; दशभ्यश्च लोकधातुभ्यो देवता येनभूयसा सन्निपतिता अभवन् भगवन्तं द्रष्टुं भिक्षुसङ्घं च। अथ खलु चतुर्णां शुद्धावासकायिकानां देवतानाम् एतदभवत् — “अयं खलु भगवान् शाक्येषु विहरति कपिलवास्तुनि महावने महता भिक्षुसङ्घेन सार्धं पञ्चमात्रैर्भिक्षुशतैः सर्वैरेवार्हद्भिः; दशभ्यश्च लोकधातुभ्यो देवता येनभूयसा सन्निपतिता भवन्ति भगवन्तं द्रष्टुं भिक्षुसङ्घं च। यन्नु वयं भगवन्तम् उपसङ्क्रमेम, उपसङ्क्रम्य भगवतोऽन्तिके प्रत्येकं गाथां भाषामहै॥” इति।
evaṃ mayā śrutam — ekasmin samaye bhagavān śākyeṣu viharati sma kapilavāstuni mahāvane mahatā bhikṣusaṅghena sārdhaṃ pañcamātrair bhikṣuśataiḥ sarvair evārhadbhiḥ; daśabhyaś ca lokadhātubhyo devatā yenabhūyasā sannipatitā abhavan bhagavantaṃ draṣṭuṃ bhikṣusaṅghaṃ ca. atha khalu caturṇāṃ śuddhāvāsakāyikānāṃ devatānām etad abhavat — “ayaṃ khalu bhagavān śākyeṣu viharati kapilavāstuni mahāvane mahatā bhikṣusaṅghena sārdhaṃ pañcamātrair bhikṣuśataiḥ sarvair evārhadbhiḥ; daśabhyaś ca lokadhātubhyo devatā yenabhūyasā sannipatitā bhavanti bhagavantaṃ draṣṭuṃ bhikṣusaṅghaṃ ca. yan nu vayaṃ bhagavantam upasaṅkramema, upasaṅkramya bhagavato ’ntike pratyekaṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣāmahai॥” iti.
Thus have I heard. At one time the Bhagavān was staying among the Śākyas in Kapilavāstu, in the Great Forest, together with a great Saṅgha of about five hundred monks, all of them arahants. And for the most part, deities from the ten world-systems had assembled to see the Bhagavān and the Saṅgha of monks. Then this thought occurred to four deities of the Pure Abodes: “This Bhagavān is dwelling among the Śākyas in Kapilavāstu, in the Great Forest, together with a great Saṅgha of about five hundred monks, all of them arahants. And for the most part, deities from the ten world-systems have assembled to see the Bhagavān and the Saṅgha of monks. Why don't we approach the Bhagavān and, having approached, each recite a verse in his presence?”
अथ खलु ता देवताः — तद्यथापि नाम बलवान् पुरुषः समिङ्गितं वा बाहुं प्रसारयेत् प्रसारितं वा बाहुं समिङ्गेत् , एवमेव — शुद्धावासेषु देवेष्वन्तर्हिता भगवतः पुरतः प्रादुरभवन्। अथ खलु ता देवता भगवन्तम् अभिवाद्य एकान्ते तस्थुः। एकान्ते स्थिता खलु एकतमा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमां गाथाम् अभाषत —
atha khalu tā devatāḥ — tadyathāpi nāma balavān puruṣaḥ samiṅgitaṃ vā bāhuṃ prasārayet prasāritaṃ vā bāhuṃ samiṅget, evam eva — śuddhāvāseṣu deveṣv antarhitā bhagavataḥ purataḥ prādurabhavan. atha khalu tā devatā bhagavantam abhivādya ekānte tasthuḥ. ekānte sthitā khalu ekatamā devatā bhagavato ’ntike imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata —
Then those deities—just as a strong man might stretch out his bent arm, or bend his outstretched arm, just so—vanished from the Pure Abodes and reappeared before the Bhagavān. Then those deities, having paid homage to the Bhagavān, stood to one side. Standing to one side, one of the deities recited this verse in the presence of the Bhagavān:
“महासमयः प्रवणेऽस्मिन् देवकायाः समागताः।
आगताः स्म इमं धर्मसमयं द्रष्टुमपराजितसङ्घम्॥” इति।
“mahāsamayaḥ pravaṇe ’smin devakāyāḥ samāgatāḥ.
āgatāḥ sma imaṃ dharmasamayaṃ draṣṭum aparājitasaṅgham॥” iti.
“A great occasion in this forest grove! The hosts of devas have assembled.
We have come to this Dharma assembly to see the unconquered Saṅgha.”
अथ खलु अपरा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमां गाथाम् अभाषत —
“तत्र भिक्षवः समादधुः चित्तमात्मन ऋजुकम् अकार्षुः।
सारथिरिव नेत्राणि गृहीत्वा इन्द्रियाणि रक्षन्ति पण्डिताः॥” इति।
atha khalu aparā devatā bhagavato ’ntike imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata —
“tatra bhikṣavaḥ samādadhuḥ cittam ātmana ṛjukam akārṣuḥ.
sārathir iva netrāṇi gṛhītvā indriyāṇi rakṣanti paṇḍitāḥ॥” iti.
Then another deity recited this verse in the presence of the Bhagavān:
“There the monks composed their minds and made their hearts straight.
Like a charioteer holding the reins, the wise ones guard their senses.”
अथ खलु अपरा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमां गाथाम् अभाषत —
“छित्त्वा कीलं छित्त्वा परिघम् इन्द्रकीलं समुहत्यानेजाः।
ते चरन्ति शुद्धा विमलाश्चक्षुष्मता सुदान्ताः शिशुनागाः॥” इति।
atha khalu aparā devatā bhagavato ’ntike imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata —
“chittvā kīlaṃ chittvā parigham indrakīlaṃ samuhatyānejāḥ.
te caranti śuddhā vimalāś cakṣuṣmatā sudāntāḥ śiśunāgāḥ॥” iti.
Then another deity recited this verse in the presence of the Bhagavān:
“Having cut the stake, having cut the cross-bar, having uprooted Indra's pillar, free from agitation,
they wander pure and stainless, well-tamed young nāgas, guided by the One with Vision.”
अथ खलु अपरा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमां गाथाम् अभाषत —
“ये केचिद् बुद्धं शरणं गतास्ते न ते गमिष्यन्त्यपायभूमिम्।
प्रहाय मानुषं देहं देवकायं परिपूरयिष्यन्ति॥” इति।
atha khalu aparā devatā bhagavato ’ntike imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata —
“ye kecid buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatās te na te gamiṣyanty apāyabhūmim.
prahāya mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ devakāyaṃ paripūrayiṣyanti॥” iti.
Then another deity recited this verse in the presence of the Bhagavān:
“Whoever has gone for refuge to the Buddha, they will not go to a state of loss.
Having abandoned the human body, they will fill the ranks of the gods.”
