Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
X: Asura Vagga

Sutta 95

Chavālāta Suttaṃ

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

 

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[95]

[1][pts][than] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

2. Cattāro'me bhikkhave puggalā santo saṃvijj'amānā lokasmiṃ.|| ||

Katame cattāro?|| ||

N'evattahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya.|| ||

Parahitāya paṭipanno no attahitāya.|| ||

Attahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya.|| ||

Attahitāya ca paṭipanno parahitāya ca.|| ||

Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, chavālātaṃ ubhato padittaṃ majjhe gūthagataṃ n'eva gāme kaṭṭhatthaṃ pharati na araññe.|| ||

Tath'ūpamāhaṃ bhikkhave imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi yvāyaṃ puggalo n'evattahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya.|| ||

Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṃ puggalo parahitāya paṭipanno no attahitāya,||
ayaṃ imesaṃ dvinnaṃ puggalānaṃ abhikkantaro ca paṇītataro ca.|| ||

Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṃ puggalo attahitāya paṭipanno no parahitāya,||
ayaṃ imesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ puggalānaṃ abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro ca.|| ||

Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṃ puggalo attahitāya ca paṭipanno parahitāya ca,||
ayaṃ imesaṃ catunnaṃ puggalānaṃ aggo ca seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca.|| ||

Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṃ,||
khīramhā dadhi,||
dadhimhā navanītaṃ,||
navanītamhā sappi,||
sappimhā sappi-maṇḍo,||
sappi-maṇḍo tattha aggam akkhāyati,||
evam eva kho, bhikkhave, yvāyaṃ puggalo attahitāya ca paṭipanno parahitāya ca,||
ayaṃ imesaṃ catunnaṃ puggalānaṃ aggo ca seṭṭho ca pāmokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca.|| ||

[96] Ime kho bhikkhave cattāro puggalā santo saṃvijj'amānā lokasmin ti.|| ||