Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
V. Rohitassa Vagga
Sutta 45
Paṭhama Rohitassa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
2. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvaṭṭhiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Atha kho Rohitasso deva-putto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkanta-vaṇṇo kevala-kappaṃ Jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami,||
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ ṭhito kho Rohitasso deva-putto Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Yattha nu kho bhante na jāyati,||
na jīyati,||
na mīyyati||
[48] na cavati,||
na uppajjati,||
sakkā nu kho bhante gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātuṃ vā daṭṭhuṃ vā pāpuṇituṃ vā" ti?|| ||
"Yattha kho āvuso na jāyati,||
na jīyati,||
na mīyyati,||
na cavati,||
na uppajjati||
nāhan taṃ gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātayyaṃ daṭṭhayyaṃ pattayyan ti vadāmi."|| ||
2. "Acchariyama bhante,||
abbhūtam bhante,||
yāva su-bhāsitaṃ c'idam bhante Bhagavatā:|| ||
'Yattha kho āvuso na jāyati||
na jīyati||
na mīyyati||
na cavati||
na uppajjati,||
nāhantaṃ gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātayyaṃ daṭṭhayyaṃ pattayyan ti vadāmī'.|| ||
Bhūtapubbāhaṃ bhante,||
Rohitasso nāma isi ahosiṃ bhojaputto iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo.|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ bhante eva-rūpo javo ahosi,||
seyyathā pi nāma daḷha-dhammo dhanuggaho sikkhito katahattho katūpāsano lahukena asanena appakasirena tiriyaṃ tālacchāyaṃ atipāteyya.|| ||
Eva-rūpo padavītihāro ahosi,||
seyyathā pi nāma puratthimā samuddā pacchimo samuddo.|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ bhante eva-rūpena javena samantāgatassa eva-rūpena ca padavītihārena, eva-rūpaṃ icchāgataṃ uppajji:|| ||
Ahaṃ gamanena lokassa antaṃ pāpuṇissāmīti.|| ||
So kho'haṃ bhante aññatr'eva asita-pīta-khāyita-sāyitā,||
aññatr'uccāra-passāva-kammā,||
aññatra niddā-kilamatha-paṭivinodanā,||
vassa-satāyuko vassa-sata-jīvī vassa-sataṃ gantvā appatvā ca lokassa antaṃ antarā kāla-kato.|| ||
Acchariyaṃ bhante abbhūtaṃ bhante yāva su-bhāsitaṃ c'idam bhante Bhagavatā:|| ||
'Yattha kho āvuso na jāyati||
na jīyati||
na mīyyati||
na cavati||
na uppajjati,||
nāhantaṃ gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātayyaṃ daṭṭhayyaṃ pattayyan ti vadāmī.'|| ||
3. Yattha kho āvuso na jāyati,||
na jīyati,||
na mīyati,||
na cavati,||
na uppajjati,||
nāhantaṃ gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātayyaṃ daṭṭhayyaṃ pattayyan ti vadāmi,||
na c'āhaṃ āvuso appatvā va lokassa antaṃ dukkhassa antakiriyaṃ vadāmi.|| ||
Api c'āhaṃ āvuso imasmiṃ yeva byāmatte kalebare saññimhi samanake lokañ ca paññā-pemi||
lokasamudayañ ca||
lokanirodhañ ca||
lokanirodha-gāminiñ ca paṭipadanti.|| ||
[49] Gamanena na pattabbo lokass'anto kudācanaṃ,||
Na ca appatvā lokantaṃ dukkhā atthi pamocanaṃ.|| ||
Tasmā have loka-vidū sumedho lokantagū vusitabrahma-cariyo,||
Lokassa antaṃ samitāvī ñatvā nāsiṃsatī lokam imaṃ parañ cā tī.|| ||
