1Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove.

And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what is a delightful place?”

2“Shrines in parks and forests,
well-made lotus ponds,
are not worth a sixteenth part
of a delightful human being.

3Whether in village or wilderness,
in a valley or the uplands,
wherever the perfected ones live
is a delightful place.”

1Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane.

Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan"ti?

2"Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā,
pokkharañño sunimmitā;
Manussarāmaṇeyyassa,
kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.

3Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,
Ninne vā yadi vā thale;
Yattha arahanto vihāranti,
Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan"ti.