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Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
XX. Brāhmaṇa Vagga

Sutta 194

Kāraṇapāli Suttaṃ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 


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[1][pts] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Vesāliyaṃ viharati Mahāvane Kūṭāgāra-sālāyaṃ.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayena Kāraṇapālī brāhmaṇo Licchavīnaṃ kammantaṃ kāreti.|| ||

Addasā kho Kāraṇāpālī brāhmaṇo Piṅgiyāniṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dūrato [237] va āga-c-chantaṃ,||
disvā Piṅgiyāniṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etad avoca:|| ||

"Handa kuto nu bhavaṃ Piṅgiyānī āgacchati divādivassā" ti.|| ||

"Ito'haṃ bho āgacchāmi,||
samaṇassa Gotamassa santikā" ti.|| ||

"Taṃ kiṃ maññati bhavaṃ Piṅgiyānī samaṇassa Gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṃ,||
paṇḍito maññe" ti?|| ||

"Ko c'āhaṃ bho,||
ko ca samaṇassa Gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṃ jānissāmi?|| ||

So pi nūn'assa tādiso'va,||
yo samaṇassa Gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṃ jāneyyā" ti.|| ||

"Uḷārāya khalu bhavaṃ Piṅgiyānī samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ pasaṃsāya pasaṃsatī" ti.|| ||

"Ko c'āhaṃ bho,||
ko ca samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ pasaṃsissāmi?|| ||

Pasattha-pasattho'va so bhavaṃ Gotamo seṭṭho deva-manussānan" ti.|| ||

"Kiṃ pana bhavaṃ Piṅgiyānī attha-vasaṃ sampassamāno samaṇe Gotame evaṃ abhi-p-pasanno" ti?|| ||

"Seyyathā pi bho puriso aggarasaparititto na aññesaṃ hīnānaṃ rasānaṃ piheti,||
evam eva kho bho,||
yato yato tassa bhoto Gotamassa dhammaṃ suṇāti,||
yadi suttaso,||
yadi geyyaso,||
yadi veyyākaraṇaso,||
yadi abbhuta-dhammaso,||
tato tato na aññesaṃ puthusamaṇa-brāhmaṇa-ppavādānaṃ piheti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bho puriso jigha-c-chā-du-b-balyapareto madhupiṇḍikaṃ adhigaccheyya,||
so yato yato sāyetha,||
labhat'eva sādhu rasaṃ asecanakaṃ,||
evam eva kho bho,||
yato yato tassa bhoto Gotamassa dhammaṃ suṇāti,||
yadi suttaso,||
yadi geyyaso,||
yadi veyyākaraṇaso,||
yadi abbhuta-dhammaso,||
tato tato labhat'eva atta-manataṃ,||
labhati cetaso pasādaṃ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bho puriso candanaghaṭikaṃ adhigaccheyya haricandanassa vā lohita-candanassa vā,||
so yato yato ghāyetha,||
yadi mūlato.||
yadi majjhato,||
yadi aggato,||
adhigac [238] chateva surabhigandhaṃ asecanakaṃ,||
evam eva kho bho,||
yato yato tassa bhoto Gotamassa dhammaṃ suṇāti,||
yadi suttaso,||
yadi geyyaso,||
yadi veyyākaraṇaso,||
yadi abbhuta-dhammaso,||
tato tato adhigacchati pāmojjaṃ,||
adhigacchati somanassaṃ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bho puriso ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno,||
tassa kusalo bhisakko ṭhānaso ābādhaṃ nīhareyya,||
evam eva kho bho,||
yato yato tassa bhoto Gotamassa dhammaṃ suṇāti,||
yadi suttaso,||
yadi geyyaso,||
yadi veyyākaraṇaso,||
yadi abbhuta-dhammaso,||
tato tato soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass'upāyāsā abbhatthaṃ gacchanti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bho pokkharaṇi acchodakā||
sātodakā||
sītodakā||
setodakā||
supatitthā ramaṇīyā,||
atha puriso āgaccheyya ghamm-ā-bhitatto ghamma-pareto kilanto tasito pipāsito,||
so taṃ pokkharaṇaṃ ogāhetvā nahātvā ca pītvā ca sabba-daratha-kilamatha-pariḷāhaṃ paṭippassambheyya,||
evam eva kho bho,||
yato yato tassa bhoto Gotamassa dhammaṃ suṇāti,||
yadi suttaso,||
yadi geyyaso,||
yadi veyyākaraṇaso,||
yadi abbhuta-dhammaso,||
tato tato sabba-daratha-kilamatha-pariḷāhā paṭippassambhantī" ti.|| ||

2. Evaṃ vutte Kāraṇapālī brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāy āsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarā-saṅgaṃ karitvā dakkhiṇajāṇumaṇḍalaṃ paṭhaviyaṃ nihantvā yena Bhagavā ten'añjaliṃ paṇāmetvā ti-k-khattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi:|| ||

"Namo tassa Bhagavato arahato Sammā Sambuddhassa.|| ||

Namo tassa Bhagavato arahato Sammā Sambuddhassa.|| ||

Namo tassa Bhagavato arahato Sammā Sambuddhassā.|| ||

Abhikkantaṃ bho Piṅgiyānī, abhikkantaṃ bho Piṅgiyānī.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bho Piṅgiyānī,||
nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya,||
paṭi-c-channaṃ vā vivareyya,||
mūlhassa vā Maggaṃ ācikkheyya,||
[239] andha-kāre vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya||
'cakkhu-manto rūpāni dakkhintī' ti,||
evam evaṃ bhotā Piṅgiyāninā aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.|| ||

Es'āhaṃ bho Piṅgiyānī taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi,||
dhammaṃ ca||
bhikkhusaṃghañ ca.|| ||

Upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ Piṅgiyānī dhāretu ajja-t-agge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan" ti.|| ||


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