Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
V. Rohitassa Vagga
Sutta 48
Visākha Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvaṭṭhiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tena kho pana samayen'āyasmā Visākho Pañcāliputto upaṭṭhāna-sālāyaṃ bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti sam-ā-dapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti poriyā vācāya vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā pariyāpannāya anissitāya.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavā sāyaṇha-samayaṃ patisallānā vuṭṭhito yen'upaṭṭhānasālā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||
Nisajja kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Ko nu kho bhikkhave upaṭṭhāna-sālāyaṃ bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti sam-ā-dapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti poriyā vācāya vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā pariyāpannāya anissitāyā" ti?|| ||
"Āyasmā bhante Visākho Pañcāliputto upaṭṭhāna-sālāyaṃ bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti sam-ā-dapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti poriyā vācāya vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā pariyāpannāya anissitāyā" ti.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavā āyasmantaṃ Visākhaṃ Pañcāliputtaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Sādhu sādhu visākha,||
sādhu kho tvaṃ Visākha bhikkhū dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi poriyā vācāya vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā pariyāpannāya anissitāyā" ti.|| ||
Nābhāsa-mānaṃ jānanti missaṃ bālehi paṇḍitaṃ,||
Bhāsamānañ ca jānanti desentaṃ amataṃ padaṃ.|| ||
Bhāsaye jotaye dhammaṃ paggaṇhe isinaṃ dhajaṃ,||
Subhāsitadhajā isayo dhammo hi isinaṃ dhajo ti.|| ||
