Pokkharaṇī

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

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[1][pts][than] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṃ|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave,||
pokkharaṇī paññāsayojanāni āyāmena paññāsayojanāni vitthārena paññasayojanāni ubbedhena puṇṇā udakassa samatittikā kākapeyyā.|| ||

Tato puriso kusaggena udakaṃ uddhareyya,||
taṃ kim maññatha bhikkhave katamannūkho bahutaraṃ yaṃ vā kusaggena udakaṃ ubbhataṃ,||
yaṃ vā pokkharaṇiyā udakan" ti?|| ||

"Etad eva bhante,||
bahutaraṃ yad idaṃ pokkharaṇiyā udakaṃ.|| ||

Appamattaṃ kusaggena udakaṃ ubbhataṃ.|| ||

N'eva sati maṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
na sata-sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
pokkharaṇiyā udakaṃ upanidhāya kusaggena udakaṃ ubbhatan" ti.|| ||

"Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
ariya-sāvakassa diṭṭhi-sampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etad eva bahutaraṃ dukkhaṃ yad idaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ,||
appa-mattakaṃ avasiṭṭhaṃ.|| ||

N'eva satimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
na sata-sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti,||
purimaṃ dukkha-k-khandhaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ upanidhāya yad idaṃ satta-k-khattūṃ paramatā.|| ||

Evaṃ mahatthiyo kho bhikkhave dhammābhisamayo,||
evaṃ mahatthiyo Dhamma-cakkhu paṭilābho" ti.|| ||