Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XIX: Yodhajīva Vagga
Sutta 187
Dutiya Vassakāra Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati Veḷuvane Kalandakanivāpe.|| ||
Atha kho Vassakāro brāhmaṇo Magadha-mahā-mātto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ samamodi.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇiyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Vassakāro brāhmaṇo Magadha-mahā-mātto Bhagavantiṃ etad avoca:|| ||
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Jāneyya nu kho bho Gotama a-sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ:|| ||
"Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti?|| ||
Aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa anavakāso yaṃ a-sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
"Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti.|| ||
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Jāneyya pana bho Gotama a-sappuriso sappurisaṃ:
"Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti?|| ||
Etam pi kho brāhmaṇa aṭṭhāna anavakāso yaṃ a-sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
"Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti.|| ||
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Jāneyya, pana bho Gotama sappuriso sappurisaṃ:|| ||
"Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti?|| ||
Ṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa vijjati,||
yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
"Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti.|| ||
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Jāneyya, pana bho Gotama sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ:|| ||
"Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan" ti.|| ||
Etam pi kho brāhmaṇa ṭhānaṃ vijjati,||
yaṃ sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Acchariyaṃ bho Gotama,||
abbhutaṃ bho Gotama,||
yāva [180] su-bhāsitaṃ vidaṃ bhotā Gotamena:|| ||
"Aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brahmaṇa anavakāso,||
yaṃ a-sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ jāneyya|| ||
'Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Etam pi kho brāhmaṇa aṭṭhānaṃ anavakāso,||
yaṃ a-sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Ṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa vijjati,||
yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Etam pi kho brāhmaṇa ṭhānāṃ vijjati,||
yaṃ sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Ekam idaṃ bho Gotama samayaṃ Todeyyassa brāhmaṇassa parisatiṃ parūpārambhaṃ vattenti:|| ||
"Bālo ayaṃ rājā Eḷeyyo yo samaṇe Rāmaputte abhi-p-pasanno,||
samaṇe ca pana Rāmaputte eva-rūpaṃ paramani-paccākāraṃ karoti:|| ||
Yad idaṃ abhivādanaṃ pacc'u'ṭ-ṭhānaṃ añjali-kammaṃ sāmīci-kamman ti.|| ||
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Ime pi rañño Eḷeyyassa parihārakā bālā,||
Yamako,||
Moggallo,||
Uggo,||
Nāvindakī,||
Gandhabbo,||
Aggivesso,||
ye samaṇe Rāmaputte abhi-p-pasannā,||
samaṇe ca pana Rāmaputte eva-rūpaṃ paramani-paccākāraṃ karonti:|| ||
Yad idaṃ abhivādanaṃ pacc'u'ṭ-ṭhānaṃ añjali-kammaṃ sāmīci-kamman" ti.|| ||
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'Tyāssudaṃ Todeyyo brāhmaṇo iminā nayena neti:|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññanti bhonto?|| ||
"Paṇḍito rājā Eḷeyyo karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamattha-dasatarehi alamattha-dasataro" ti.'|| ||
'Evaṃ bho.|| ||
"Paṇḍito rājā Eḷeyyo karaṇīyādhikaraṇiyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamattha-dasatarehī alamattha-dasataro" ti.|| ||
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Yasmā ca kho bhonto,||
samaṇo Rāmaputto raññā phalayyena paṇḍitena paṇḍitataro karaṇiyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamattha-dasatarena alamattha-dasataro,||
tasmā rājā Eḷeyyo samaṇe Rāmaputte abhi-p-pasanno,||
samaṇe va pana Rāmaputte eva-rūpaṃ paramani-pacca-kāraṃ karoti:|| ||
Yad idaṃ abhivādanaṃ pacc'u'ṭ-ṭhānaṃ añjali-kammaṃ sāmīci-kammaṃ.'|| ||
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'Taṃ kiṃ maññanti bhonto?|| ||
"Paṇḍitā rañño Eḷeyyassa parihārakā,||
Yamako,||
Moggallo,||
[181] Uggo Nāvindakī,||
Gandhabbo,||
Aggivesso,||
karaṇīyādhikiraṇiyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamattha-dasatarehi alamattha-dasatarā" ti.'|| ||
'Evaṃ bho.|| ||
"Paṇḍitā rañño Eḷeyyassa parihārakā,||
Yamako,||
Moggallo,||
Uggo,||
Nāvindakī,||
Gandhabbo,||
Aggivesso,||
karaṇīyādhikaraṇiyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamatdasatarehi alamattha-dasatarā" ti.|| ||
Yasmā kho bho,||
samaṇo rāmāputto rañño Eḷeyyassa parihārakehi paṇḍitehi paṇḍitataro karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamattha-dasatarehi alamattha-dasataro.|| ||
Tasmā rañño Eḷeyyassa parihārakā samaṇe Rāmaputte abhi-p-pasannā samaṇe ca pana Rāmapute eva-rūpaṃ paramani-pacca-kāraṃ karonti:|| ||
Yad idaṃ abhivādanaṃ pacc'u'ṭ-ṭhānaṃ añjali-kammaṃ sāmīci-kamman' ti.|| ||
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Acchariyaṃ bho Gotama abbhutaṃ bho Gotama yāva su-bhāsitamidaṃ bhotā Gotamena:|| ||
"Aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brahmaṇa anavakāso||
yaṃ a-sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ jāneyya|| ||
'Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Etam pi kho brāhmaṇa aṭṭhānaṃ anavakāso,||
yaṃ a-sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Ṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa vijjati,||
yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Sappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
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Etam pi kho brāhmaṇa ṭhānāṃ vijjati,||
yaṃ sappuriso a-sappurisaṃ jāneyya:|| ||
'Asappuriso ayaṃ bhavan' ti.|| ||
Bhanda vadāni mayaṃ bho Gotama gacchāma, bahu-kicchā mayaṃ bahu-karaṇīyāti.|| ||
Yassa dāni tvaṃ brāhmaṇa kālaṃ maññasīti.|| ||
Atha kho Vassakāro brāhmaṇo Magadha-mahā-mātto Bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinan'ditvā anumo-ditvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmī ti.|| ||
