Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
5. Muṇḍarāja-Vagga

Sutta 42

Sappurisa Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts][bodh] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Sappuriso bhikkhave kule jāya-māno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Mātā-pitunnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Putta-dārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Dāsa-kamma-kara-porisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Mittā-maccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, mahā-megho sabba-sassāni sampādento bahuno-janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti:|| ||

Evam eva [47] kho bhikkhave sappuriso kule jāya-māno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti:|| ||

Mātā-pitunnaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Putta-dārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Dāsa-kamma-kara-porisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Mittā-maccānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||

Samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hotī" ti.|| ||

Hito bahunnaṁ paṭipajja bhoge taṁ devatā rakkhati devaguttaṁ,||
Bahu-s-sutaṁ sīla-vatupapannaṁ dhamme ṭhitaṁ na vijahāti kitti.|| ||

Dhamm'aṭṭhaṁ sīla-sampannaṁ sacca-vādiṁ hirī-manaṁ,||
Nekkhaṁ jambonadasseva ko taṁ ninditumarahati,||
Devā pi naṁ pasaṁ-santi brahmunā pi pasaṁsito ti.|| ||