{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn11.7/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn11.7","id":"suttacentral_sn11.7","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn11.7/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cOnce upon a time, mendicants, as Sakka, lord of gods, was in private retreat this thought came to his mind, \u2018I should never betray even a sworn enemy.\u2019 And then Vepacitti, lord of titans, knowing Sakka\u2019s train of thought, approached him. Sakka saw Vepacitti coming off in the distance, and said to him, \u2018Stop, Vepacitti, you\u2019re caught!\u2019 \u2018Good fellow, don\u2019t give up the idea you just had!\u2019 \u2018Swear, Vepacitti, that you won\u2019t betray me.\u2019 \u2018Whatever bad things happen to a liar, or to someone who slanders the noble ones, or to someone who betrays a friend, or to someone who\u2019s ungrateful, the same bad things impact anyone who betrays you, Suj\u0101\u2019s husband.\u2019\u201d","title":"Not Betray","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":114}