Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XIX: Yodhajīva Vagga
Sutta 183
Vassakāra (aka Suta) Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati Veḷuvane Kalandakanivāpe.|| ||
Atha kho Vassakāro brāhmaṇo Maganadha-mahā-matt yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Vassakāro brāhmaṇo Maganadha-mahā-matt Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Ahaṃ hi bho Gotama evaṃ-vādī evaṃ diṭṭhī:|| ||
Yo ko ci diṭṭhaṃ bhāsati||
'evaṃ me diṭṭhan' ti,||
n'atthi tato doso.|| ||
Yo ko ci sutaṃ bhāsati||
'evaṃ me sutan' ti,||
n'atthi tato doso.|| ||
Yo ko ci mutaṃ bhāsati||
'evaṃ me mutan' ti,||
n'atthi tato doso.|| ||
Yo ko ci viññātaṃ bhāsati||
'evaṃ me viññātan' ti,||
n'atthi tato doso" ti.|| ||
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Nāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ diṭṭhaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Na panāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ diṭṭhaṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Nāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ sutaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Na panāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ sutaṃ na [173] bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Nāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ mutaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Na panāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ mutaṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Nāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ viññātaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Na panāhaṃ brāhmaṇa sabbaṃ viññātaṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
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Yaṃ hi brāhmaṇa diṭṭhaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
kusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ diṭaṭheṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Yaṃ ca khvāssa brāhmaṇa diṭṭhaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ diṭṭhaoṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
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Yaṃ hi brāhmaṇa sutaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
kusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ sutaṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Yaṃ ca khvāssa brāhmaṇa sutaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ sutaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
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Yaṃ hi brāhmaṇa mutaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
kusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ mutaṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Yaṃ ca khvāssa brāhmaṇa mutaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ mutaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
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Yaṃ hi brāhmaṇa viññātaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
kusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ viññātaṃ na bhāsitabban ti vadāmi.|| ||
Yaṃ ca khvāssa brāhmaṇa viññātaṃ bhāsato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti,||
kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti,||
eva-rūpaṃ viññātaṃ bhāsitabban ti vadāmi ti.|| ||
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Atha kho Vassakāro brāhmaṇo Maganadha-mahā-matt Bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinan'ditvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmīti.|| ||
