Aṇguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
VII. Pattakamma Vagga
Sutta 68
Devadatta Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati Gijjhakūṭe pabbate acira-pakkante Devadatte.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā Devadattaṃ ārabbha bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Attavadhāya bhikkhave Devadattassa lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi.|| ||
Parābhavāya bhikkhave Devadattassa lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi.|| ||
Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, kadalī attavadhāya phalaṃ deti,||
parābhavāya phalaṃ deti,||
evam eva kho bhikkhave||
attavadhāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi,||
parābhavāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi.|| ||
Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, vepha attavadhāya phalaṃ deti,||
parābhavāya phalaṃ deti,||
evam eva kho bhikkhave||
attavadhāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi,||
parābhavāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi.|| ||
Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, naḷo attavadhāya phalaṃ deti,||
parābhavāya phalaṃ deti,||
evam eva kho bhikkhave||
attavadhāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi,||
parābhavāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi.|| ||
Seyyathā pi bhikkhave assatarī attavadhāya gabbhaṃ gaṇhāti,||
evam eva kho, bhikkhave,||
attavadhāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādi||
parābhavāya Devadattassa||
lābha-sakkāra-siloko udapādī" ti.|| ||
Phalaṃ ve kadaliṃ hanti phalaṃ veḷuṃ phalaṃ naḷaṃ,||
Sakkāro kāpurisaṃ hanti gabbho assatariṃ yathā ti.|| ||