Aṅguttara Nikāya
IV. Catukka Nipāta
I. Bhaṇḍagāma Vagga
Sutta 8
Vesārajja Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] 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. 'Cattār'imāni bhikkhave Tathāgatassa vesārajjāni||
yehi vesārajjehi samannāgato||
Tathāgato āsabhaṃ ṭhānaṃ paṭi- [9] jānāti,||
parisāsu sīha-nādaṃ nadati,||
brahma-cakkaṃ pavatteti.|| ||
Katamāni cattāri?|| ||
"Sammā Sambuddhassa te paṭijānato ime dhammā anabhi-sambuddhā" ti.|| ||
Tatra vata maṃ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā Brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṃ saha-dhammena paṭicodessatī ti —||
nimittam etaṃ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi.|| ||
Etam p'ahaṃ bhikkhave nimittaṃ asamanupassanto khema-p-patto abhaya-p-patto vesārajja-p-patto viharāmi.|| ||
"Khīṇ'āsavassa te paṭijānato ime āsavā apari-k-khīṇā" ti.|| ||
Tatra vata maṃ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā Brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṃ saha-dhammena paṭicodessatī ti —||
nimittam etaṃ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi.|| ||
Etam p'ahaṃ bhikkhave nimittaṃ asamanupassanto khema-p-patto abhaya-p-patto vesārajja-p-patto viharāmi.|| ||
"Ye kho pana te antarāyikā dhammā vuttā||
te paṭisevato nālaṃ antarāyāyā" ti.|| ||
Tatra vata maṃ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā Brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṃ saha-dhammena paṭicodessatī ti —||
nimittam etaṃ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi.|| ||
Etam p'ahaṃ bhikkhave nimittaṃ asamanupassanto khema-p-patto abhaya-p-patto vesārajja-p-patto viharāmi.|| ||
"Yassa kho pana te atthāya dhammo desito so na niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkha-k-khayāyā" ti.|| ||
Tatra vata maṃ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā Brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṃ saha-dhammena paṭicodessatī ti —||
nimittam etaṃ bhikkhave na samanupassāmi.|| ||
Etam p'ahaṃ bhikkhave nimittaṃ asamanupassanto khema-p-patto abhaya-p-patto vesārajja-p-patto viharāmi.|| ||
Imāni kho bhikkhave cattāri Tathāgatassa vesārajjāni||
yehi vesārajjehi samannāgato||
Tathāgato āsabhaṃ ṭhānaṃ paṭijānāti,||
parisāsu sīha-nādaṃ nadati,||
brahma-cakkaṃ pavattetī ti.|| ||
Ye keci me vādapathā puthussitā||
yaṃ nissitā samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ca||
Tathāgataṃ patvā na te bhavanti||
visāradaṃ vādapathāti vattinaṃ.||
Yo Dhamma-cakkaṃ abhibhuyya kevalīṃ||
pavattayī sabba-bhūtānukampī,||
Taṃ tādisaṃ deva-manussa-seṭṭhaṃ||
sattā namassanti bhavassa pāragun ti.|| ||
