sn11.10:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn11.10:1.2 “Once upon a time, mendicants, several seers who were ethical, of good character, settled in leaf huts on the ocean shore.
sn11.10:1.3 Now at that time a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.
sn11.10:1.4 Then the seers thought,
sn11.10:1.5 ‘The gods are principled, the titans are unprincipled.
sn11.10:1.6 We may be at risk from the titans.
sn11.10:1.7 Why don’t we approach Sambara, lord of titans, and beg him for a pledge of safety?’
sn11.10:1.8 Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, those seers vanished from those leaf huts on the ocean shore and reappeared in Sambara’s presence.
sn11.10:1.9 Then those seers addressed Sambara in verse: