1So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:

“Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the Thirty-Three, recited this verse:

2“Don’t let anger be your master,
don’t get angry at angry people.
Kindness and harmlessness
are always present in the noble ones.
For anger crushes bad people
like a mountain.’”

1Evaṁ me sutaṁ — ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū … pe … bhagavā etadavoca:

"Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sudhammāyaṁ sabhāyaṁ deve tāvatiṁse anunayamāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi: 

2‘Mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi,
mā ca kujjhittha kujjhataṁ;
Akkodho avihiṁsā ca,
ariyesu ca paṭipadā;
Atha pāpajanaṁ kodho,
pabbatovābhimaddatī’"ti.

Tatiyo vaggo.

3Chetvā dubbaṇṇiya māyā,
accayena akodhano;
Desitaṁ buddhaseṭṭhena,
idañhi sakkapañcakanti.

Sakkasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

Sagāthāvaggo paṭhamo.

4Devatā devaputto ca,
rājā māro ca bhikkhunī;
Brahmā brāhmaṇa vaṅgīso,
vanayakkhena vāsavoti.

Sagāthāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.