[359] **Sakka** — in [the passage] "Muniṃ ahaṃ sakka yathā vijaññaṃ" ("How, O Sakka, might I know the sage (muni)?") — he is Sakka.
Or else, he has gone forth from the Sakya clan; for this reason too he is Sakka.
Or else, he is rich, of great wealth, possessed of wealth; for this reason too he is Sakka. These are his riches, namely: the wealth of faith (saddhā), the wealth of virtue (sīla), the wealth of moral shame (hiri), the wealth of moral dread (ottappa), the wealth of learning (suta), the wealth of generosity (cāga), the wealth of wisdom (paññā), the wealth of the establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), the wealth of the right exertions (sammappadhāna), the wealth of the bases of success (iddhipāda), the wealth of the faculties (indriya), the wealth of the powers (bala), the wealth of the factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), the wealth of the path, the wealth of fruition, the wealth of Nibbāna. With these manifold treasures of wealth he is rich, of great wealth, possessed of wealth; for this reason too he is Sakka.
Or else, he is capable, masterful, adequate, heroic, valiant, bold, not timid, not frightened, not terrified, not one who flees; he has abandoned fear and dread and is free from horripilation; for this reason too he is Sakka.
**"How, O Sakka, might I know the sage"** means: how, O Sakka, might I know, understand, recognize, and penetrate the sage — therefore [it is said], "How, O Sakka, might I know the sage."
[Editorial apparatus in the Siam Raṭṭha text: (1) In the Burmese (M.) edition this reading is absent. (2) In the Burmese (M.) edition this word is absent.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.