{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.67/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.67","id":"suttacentral_an4.67","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.67/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Now, at that time a monk in S\u0101vatth\u012b passed away due to a snake bite. Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, \u201cSir, a monk in S\u0101vatth\u012b has passed away due to a snake bite.\u201d \u201cMendicants, that monk mustn\u2019t have spread a mind of love to the four royal snake families. If he had, he wouldn\u2019t have died due to a snake bite. What four? The royal snake families of Vir\u016bpakkha, Er\u0101patha, Chaby\u0101putta, and Ka\u1e47h\u0101gotamaka. \u2026 Mendicants, I urge you to spread a mind of love to the four royal snake families, for your own safety, security, and protection. I love the Vir\u016bpakkhas, the Er\u0101pathas I love, I love the Chaby\u0101puttas, the Ka\u1e47h\u0101gotamakas I love. I love the footless creatures, the two-footed I love, I love the four-footed, the many-footed I love. May the footless not harm me! May I not be harmed by the two-footed! May the four-footed not harm me! May I not be harmed by the many-footed! All sentient beings, all living things, all creatures, every one: may they see only nice things, may bad not come to anyone. The Buddha is immeasurable, the teaching is immeasurable, the Sa\u1e45gha is immeasurable. But limited are reptiles, snakes and scorpions, centipedes, spiders and lizards and mice. I\u2019ve made this safeguard, I\u2019ve made this protection: go away, creatures! And so I revere the Blessed One, I revere the seven perfectly awakened Buddhas.\u201d","title":"The Snake King","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":257}