SN 11.15

Rāmaṇeyyakasutta

Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane. Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “kiṁ nu kho, bhante, bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti?

Delightful

Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove. And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, “Sir, what is a delightful place?”

“Ārāmacetyā vanacetyā, pokkharañño sunimmitā; Manussarāmaṇeyyassa, kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasiṁ.

“Shrines in parks and forests, well-made lotus ponds, are not worth a sixteenth part of a delightful human being.

Gāme vā yadi vāraññe, Ninne vā yadi vā thale; Yattha arahanto viharanti, Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan”ti.

Whether in village or wilderness, in a valley or the uplands, wherever the perfected ones live is a delightful place.”