1… "Venerable sir, what is the cause and reason why it sometimes rains?"

"There are, bhikkhu, what are called rain-cloud devas.

When it occurs to them, ‘Let us revel in our own kind of delight,’ then, in accordance with their wish, it rains.[n.293] I follow Se and Ee: Yaṁ nūna mayaṁ sakāya ratiyā rameyyāma. Be reads the verb as vaseyyāma. Spk explains that cool weather during the rainy season or winter is a natural coolness caused by the change of seasons, but when it becomes extremely cold during the cool season, or cold during the summer, that is caused by the power of these devas. Similar explanations are given for the other cases.

This, bhikkhu, is the cause and reason why it sometimes rains."

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī"ti?

"Santi, bhikkhu, vassavalāhakā nāma devā.

Tesaṁ yadā evaṁ hoti: ‘yannūna mayaṁ sakāya ratiyā vaseyyāmā’ti, tesaṁ taṁ cetopaṇidhimanvāya devo vassati.

Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yenekadā devo vassatī"ti.

Sattapaññāsamaṁ.
Valāhakavaggo paṭhamo.

Valāhakasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.