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.
[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.|| ||