Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
V. Rohitassa Vagga
Sutta 46
Dutiya Rohitassa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
2. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvaṭṭhiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
Imaṃ bhikkhave rattiṃ Rohitasso deva-putto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkanta-vanaṇṇo kevala-kappaṃ jevanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ ten'upasaṅkami,||
upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ aṭṭhāsi,||
eka-m-antaṃ ṭhito kho bhikkhave rohitasso deva-putto maṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Yattha nu kho bhante na jāyati,||
na jīyati,||
na mīyyati||
na cavati,||
na uppajjati,||
sakkā nu kho bhante gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātuṃ vā daṭṭhuṃ vā pāpuṇituṃ vā" ti?|| ||
Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhikkhave Rohitassaṃ deva-puttaṃ etad avocaṃ:|| ||
"Yattha kho āvuso na jāyati,||
na jīyati,||
na mīyyati,||
na cavati,||
na uppajjati||
nāhan taṃ gamanena lokassa antaṃ ñātayyaṃ daṭṭhayyaṃ pattayyan ti vadāmi."|| ||
Evaṃ vutte bhikkhave rohitasso deva-putto maṃ etad avoca:|| ||
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'.|| ||
Bhūta-pubbāhaṃ bhante,||
Rohitasso nāma isi ahosiṃ bhoja-putto 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 pada-vītihāro 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 asitapīta- [50] khāyitasāyitā,||
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.'|| ||
Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhikkhave Rohitassaṃ deva-puttaṃ etad avocaṃ:|| ||
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||
loka-samudayañ ca||
loka-nirodhañ ca||
loka-nirodha-gāminiñ ca paṭipadanti.|| ||
Gamanena na pattabbo lokass'anto kudācanaṃ,||
Na ca appatvā lokantaṃ dukkhā atthi pamocanaṃ.|| ||
Tasmā have loka-vidū sumedho lokantagū vusita brahma-cariyo,||
Lokassa antaṃ samitāvī ñatvā nāsiṃsatī lokam imaṃ parañ cā tī.|| ||
