Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
IV. Deva-Dūta Vagga
Sutta 34
Hatthaka Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than][bodh] Evaṃ me sutaṃ.|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Āḷaviyaṃ viharati Gomagge Siṃsapāvane paṇṇasanthāre.|| ||
Atha ko Hatthako Āḷavako jaṅghā-vihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno addasa Bhagavantaṃ Gomagge Siṃsapāvane paṇṇasatthare nisinnaṃ.|| ||
Disvā yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Hatthako Āḷavako Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Kacci bhante Bhagavā sukham asayitthā" ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ kumāra sukham asayitthaṃ.|| ||
Ye ca pana loke sukhaṃ senti,||
ahaṃ tesaṃ aññataro" ti.|| ||
"Sītā bhante hemantikā ratti,||
antaraṭṭhako himapāta-samayo,||
kharā gokaṇṭakahatā bhūmi,||
tanuko paṇṇasattharo,||
viralāni [137] rukkhassa pattāni,||
sītāni kāsāyāni vatthāni,||
sīto ca verambavāto vā" ti.|| ||
Atha ca pana Bhagavā evam āha:|| ||
"Evaṃ kumāra sukham asayitthaṃ.|| ||
Ye ca pana loke sukhaṃ senti,||
ahaṃ tesaṃ aññataro.|| ||
Tena hi kumāra taṃ yeva ettha paṭipucchissāmi.|| ||
Yathā te khameyya,||
tathā naṃ vyākareyyāsi.|| ||
Taṃ kiṃ maññasi kumāra?|| ||
Idh'assa gahapatissa vā gahapati-puttassa vā kūṭā-gāraṃ ullit-ā-valittaṃ nivātaṃ phussitaggalaṃ pihita-vāta-pānaṃ.|| ||
Tatr'assa pallaṅko goṇa-katthato paṭikatthato paṭalika-t-thato kādalimigapavara pacc'attharaṇo sa-uttaracchado ubhatolohita-kūpadhāno.|| ||
Telappadīpo c'ettha jhāyeyya.|| ||
Catasso ca pajāpatiyo ca manāpamanāpena pacc'upaṭṭhitāssu.|| ||
Taṃ kiṃ maññasi kumāra sukhaṃ vā so sayeyya no vā kathaṃ vā te ettha hotī" ti?|| ||
"Sukhaṃ so bhante sayeyya.|| ||
Ye ca pana loke sukhaṃ senti,||
so tesaṃ aññataro" ti.|| ||
"Taṃ kiṃ maññasi kumāra?|| ||
Api nu tassa gahapatissa vā gahapati-puttassa vā uppajjeyyuṃ rāgajā pariḷāhā kāyikā vā cetasikā vā,||
yehi so rāga-jehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayha-māno dukkhaṃ sayeyyā" ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ bhante" ti.|| ||
"Ye hi kho so kumāra,||
gahapati vā gahapati-putto va rāga-jehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayha-māno dukkhaṃ sayeyya,||
so rāgo Tathāgatassa pahīṇo ucchinna-mūlo tālā-vatthu-kato anabhāva-kato āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammo.|| ||
Tasmāhaṃ sukham asayitthaṃ.|| ||
Taṃ kiṃ maññasi kumāra?|| ||
Api nu tassa gahapatissa vā gahapati-puttassa vā uppajjeyyuṃ dosajā pariḷāhā kāyikā vā cetasikā vā,||
yehi so dosa-jehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayha-māno dukkhaṃ sayeyyā" ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ bhante" ti.|| ||
"Ye hi kho so kumāra,||
gahapati vā gahapati-putto va dosa-jehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayha-māno dukkhaṃ sayeyya,||
so doso Tathāgatassa pahīṇo ucchinna-mūlo tālā-vatthu-kato anabhāva-kato āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammo.|| ||
Tasmāhaṃ sukham asayitthaṃ.|| ||
Taṃ kiṃ maññasi kumāra?|| ||
Api nu tassa gahapatissa vā gahapati-puttassa vā uppajjeyyuṃ mohajā pariḷāhā kāyikā vā cetasikā vā,||
yehi so moha-jehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayha-māno dukkhaṃ sayeyyā" ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ bhante" ti.|| ||
"Ye hi kho so kumāra,||
gahapati vā gahapati-putto vā moha-jehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayha-māno dukkhaṃ sayeyya,||
so moho Tathāgatassa pahīṇo ucchinna-mūlo tālā-vatthu-kato ana- [138] bhāvakato āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammo.|| ||
Tasmāhaṃ sukham asayitthaṃ" ti.|| ||
Sabbadā ve sukhaṃ seti brāhmaṇo parinibbuto,||
Yo na lippati kāmesu sītibhūto nirūpadhi.||
Sabbā āsattiyo chetvā vineyya hadaye daraṃ,||
Upasanto sukhaṃ seti santiṃ pappuyya cetaso.|| ||
