Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
10. Kakudha Vagga

Sutta 99

Sīha Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][pts][than] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Sīho bhikkhave miga-rājā sāyaṇha-samayaṁ āsayā ni-k-khamati||
āsayā ni-k-khamitvā vijamhati||
vijamhitvā samannā catuddisaṁ anuviloketi||
samantā catuddisaṁ anuviloketvā ti-k-khattuṁ sīha-nādaṁ nadati||
ti-k-khattuṁ sīha-nanādaṁ naditvā gocarāya pakkamati.|| ||

So hatthissa ce pi pahāraṁ deti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva pahāraṁ deti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Mahisassa ce pi pahāraṁ deti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva pahāraṁ deti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Gavassa ce pi pahāraṁ deti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva pahāraṁ deti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Dipissa ce pi pahāraṁ deti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva pahāraṁ deti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Kudda- [122] kānaṁ ce pi pāṇānaṁ pahāraṁ deti,||
annamaso sasaviḷārānam pi,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva pahāraṁ deti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Taṁ kissa hetu?|| ||

Mā me yogga-patho nassā ti.|| ||

 

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'Siho' ti kho bhikkhave,||
Tathāgatass'etaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato Sammā Sambuddhassa.|| ||

Yaṁ kho bhikkhave Tathāgato parisāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
idam assa hoti sīha-nādasmiṁ.|| ||

Bhikkhunaṁ ce pi bhikkhave Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Bhikkhunīnaṁ ce pi bhikkhave Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
sakkaccaṁ yeva Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
no asakkaccaṁ|| ||

Upāsakānaṁ ce pi bhikkhave Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Upāsikānañ ce pi bhikkhave Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Puthujjanānaṁ ce pi bhikkhave Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
antamaso annahāranesādānam pi,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva Tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti||
no asakkaccaṁta.|| ||

Taṁ kissa hetu?|| ||

Dhamma-garu bhikkhave Tathāgato Dhamma-gāravo" ti.|| ||