sn11.23:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn11.23:1.2 The Buddha said this:
sn11.23:1.3 “Once upon a time, mendicants, Vepacitti, lord of titans, was sick, suffering, gravely ill.
sn11.23:1.4 So Sakka went to see him to ask after his illness.
sn11.23:1.5 Vepacitti saw Sakka coming off in the distance,
sn11.23:1.6 and said to him,
sn11.23:1.7 ‘Heal me, lord of gods!’
sn11.23:1.8 ‘Teach me, Vepacitti, the Sambari sorcery.’
sn11.23:1.9 ‘I can’t do that, good fellow, until I have consulted with the titans.’
sn11.23:1.10 Then Vepacitti, lord of titans, asked the titans,
sn11.23:1.11 ‘Good fellows, may I teach the Sambari sorcery to Sakka, lord of gods?’
sn11.23:1.12 ‘Do not, good fellow, teach the Sambari sorcery to Sakka!’
sn11.23:1.13 So Vepacitti addressed Sakka in verse: