Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
IV. Cakka Vagga

Sutta 36

Doṇa(loka) Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][pts][than][bodh] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā antarā ca Ukkaṭṭhaṁ antarā ca Setabbyaṁ addhāna-magga-paṭipanno hoti.|| ||

Doṇo pi sudaṁ brāhmaṇo antarā ca Ukkaṭṭhaṁ antarā ca Setabbyaṁ addhāna-magga-paṭipanno hoti.|| ||

Addasā kho Doṇo brāhmaṇo Bhagavato pādesu cakkāni sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbā-kāra-paripūrāni.|| ||

Disvān'assa etad ahosi:|| ||

"Acchariyaṁ vata bho.|| ||

Abbhūtaṁ vata bho na vat'imāni manussabhūtassa pādāni bhavissanti" ti.|| ||

[38] Atha kho Bhagavā maggā ukkamma aññatarasmiṁ rukkha-mūle nisīdi,||
pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ panidhāya parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭha-petvā.|| ||

Atha kho Doṇo brāhmaṇo Bhagavato pādāni anugacchanto addasa Bhagavantaṁ aññatarasmiṁ rukkha-mūle nisinnaṁ pāsādikaṁ pasādanīyaṁ santindriyaṁ santamānasaṁ uttamadamathasamatham anuppattaṁ dantaṁ guttaṁ santindriyaṁ nāgaṁ||
disvā yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

"Devo no bhavaṁ bhavissatī" ti?|| ||

"Na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa devo bhavissāmī" ti.|| ||

"Gandhabbo no bhavaṁ bhavissatī" ti?|| ||

"Na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa gandhabbo bhavissāmī" ti.|| ||

"Yakkho no bhavaṁ bhavissatī" ti?|| ||

"Na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa yakkho bhavissāmī" ti.|| ||

"Manusso no bhavaṁ bhavissatī" ti?|| ||

"Na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa manusso bhavissāmī" ti.|| ||

'Devo no bhavaṁ bhavissatī' ti?||
Iti puṭṭho samāno||
'na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa devo bhavissāmī'||
ti vadesi.|| ||

'Gandhabbo no bhavaṁ bhavissatī' ti?||
Iti puṭṭho samāno||
'na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa gandhabbo bhavissāmī'||
ti vadesi.|| ||

'Yakkho no bhavaṁ bhavissatī' ti?||
Iti puṭṭho samāno||
'na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa yakkho bhavissāmī'||
ti vadesi.|| ||

'Manusso no bhavaṁ bhavissatī' ti?||
Iti puṭṭho samāno||
'na kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa manusso bhavissāmī'||
ti vadesi.|| ||

Atha ko carahi bhavaṁ bhavissatī" ti?|| ||

"Yesaṁ kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa āsavānaṁ appahīṇattā devo bhaveyyaṁ,||
te me āsavā pahīṇā ucchinna-mūlā tālā-vatthu-katā anabhāva-katā āyatiṁ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||

Yesaṁ kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa āsavānaṁ appahīṇattā gandhabbo bhaveyyaṁ,||
te me āsavā pahīṇā ucchinna-mūlā tālā-vatthu-katā anabhāva-katā āyatiṁ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||

Yesaṁ kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa āsavānaṁ appahīṇattā yakkho bhaveyyaṁ,||
te me āsavā pahīṇā ucachinnamūlā tālā-vatthu-katā anabhāva-katā āyatiṁ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||

Yesaṁ kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa āsavānaṁ appahīṇattā manusso bhaveyyaṁ,||
te me āsavā pahīṇā ucchinna-mūlā tālā-vatthu-katā anabhāva-katā āyatiṁ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇa uppalaṁ vā padumaṁ vā puṇḍarīkaṁ vā udake jātaṁ udake saṁvaḍḍhaṁ udakaṁ accuggamma ṭhāti [39] anupalittaṁ udakena.|| ||

Evam eva kho ahaṁ brāhmaṇa loke jāto loke saṁvaḍḍho lokaṁ abhibhuyya viharāmi anupalitto lokena.|| ||

Buddhoti maṁ brāhmaṇa dhārehī" ti.|| ||

 

Yena devūpapaty assa gandhabbo vā vihaṅgamo,||
Yakkhattaṁ yena gaccheyyaṁ manussattañ ca abbaje,||
Te mayhaṁ āsavā khīṇā viddhastā vinaḷīīkatā.|| ||

Puṇḍarīkaṁ yathā vaggu toye na nūpalippati,||
Na ūpalippāmi lokena, tasmā Buddho'smi brāhmaṇā ti.|| ||