Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XXVI: Abhiññā Vagga
Sutta 254
Māluṅkya-Putta Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.|| ||
Atha kho āyasamā Māluṅkya-putto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasan-kamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā Māluṅkya-putto Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Sādhu kho me bhante Bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṃ desetu,||
yam ahaṃ Bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā eko vupakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahit'atto vihareyyan" ti.|| ||
"Ettha dāni Māluṅkya-putta kiṃ dahare bhikkhu vakkhāma,||
yattha hi nāma tvaṃ jiṇṇo vuddho mahallako Tathāgatassa saṅkhittena ovādaṃ yā casī" ti?|| ||
"Desetu me bhante Bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṃ,||
desetu Sugato saṅkhittena dhammaṃ,||
app'eva nāmāhaṃ Bhagavato bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājāneyyaṃ app'eva nāmāhaṃ Bhagavato bhāsitassa dāyādo assan" ti.|| ||
"Cattāro'me Māluṅkya-putta taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati.|| ||
Katame cattāro?|| ||
Cīvara-hetu vā Māluṅkya-putta bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati,||
piṇḍa-pāta-hetu vā māluṅakyaputta bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati,||
sen'āsana-hetu vā Māluṅkya-putta bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati,||
iti bhav-ā-bhava-hetu vā Māluṅkya-putta bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati.|| ||
Ime kho Māluṅkya-putta cattāro taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati.|| ||
[249] Yato kho Māluṅkya-putta bhikkhuno taṇhā pahīṇā hoti,||
ucchinna-mūlā tālā-vatthu-katā anabhāva-katā āyatiṃ anuppāda-dhammā.|| ||
Ayaṃ vuccati Māluṅkya-putta bhikkhu acchecchi taṇhaṃ,||
vāvattayi saṃyojanaṃ,||
sammā mān-ā-bhisamayā antam akāsi dukkhassā" ti.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Māluṅkya-putto Bhagavatā iminā ovādena ovadito uṭṭhāy āsanā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Māluṅkya-putto eko vupakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahit'atto viharanto na cirass'eva yass'attathāya kula-puttā samma-d-eva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti,||
tad anuttaraṃ Brahma-cariya-pariyosānaṃ diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja vihāsi:|| ||
Khīṇā jāti,||
vusitaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ,||
kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ,||
nāparaṃ itthattāyā ti abbhaññāsi.|| ||
Aññataro ca pan'āyasmā Māluṅkya-putto arahataṃ ahosī ti.|| ||
