{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn7.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn7.13","id":"suttacentral_sn7.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time the Buddha was afflicted by winds. Venerable Upav\u0101\u1e47a was his carer. Then the Buddha said to Upav\u0101\u1e47a, \u201cGo on then, Upav\u0101\u1e47a, find some hot water for me.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d replied Upav\u0101\u1e47a. He robed up, and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the brahmin Devahita, and stood silently to one side. Devahita saw him standing there and addressed him in verse: \u201cSilent stands the worthy one, shaven, wrapped in his outer robe. What do you want? What are you looking for? What have you come here to ask for?\u201d \u201cThe perfected one, the Holy One in the world, the sage is afflicted by winds. If there\u2019s hot water, give it to the sage, brahmin. I wish to bring it to the one who is esteemed by the estimable, honored by the honorable, venerated by the venerable.\u201d Then Devahita had a man fetch a carrying-pole with hot water. He also presented Upav\u0101\u1e47a with a jar of molasses. Then Venerable Upav\u0101\u1e47a went up to the Buddha and bathed him with the hot water. Then he stirred molasses into hot water and presented it to the Buddha. Then the Buddha\u2019s illness died down. Then the brahmin Devahita went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side, and addressed the Buddha in verse: \u201cWhere should you give an available gift? Where is a gift very fruitful? How does one who is donating ensure the success of their religious donation?\u201d \u201cOne who knows their past lives, sees heaven and places of loss, and has attained the ending of rebirth, is a sage of perfect insight. Here you should give an available gift; what\u2019s given here is very fruitful. That\u2019s how a sponsor of sacrifices ensures the success of their religious donation.\u201d When he had spoken, the brahmin Devahita said to the Buddha, \u201cExcellent, worthy Gotama \u2026 From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.\u201d","title":"With Devahita","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":346}