Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
15. Tikaṇḍaki Vaggo
Sutta 143
Sārandada Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Vesāliyaṃ viharati Mahāvane Kūṭāgāra-sālāyaṃ.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavā pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaram ādāya Vesāliṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.|| ||
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Tena kho pana samayena pañca-mattāṇaṃ Licchavīsatānaṃ Sārandade cetiye sanni-sinnānaṃ sanni-patitānaṃ ayam antarā kathā udapādi:|| ||
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2. 'Pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
Katamesaṃ pañcannaṃ?|| ||
Hatthi-ratanssa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
assa-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
maṇi-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
itthi-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
gahapati-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ|| ||
Imesaṃ pañcannaṃ ratnānaṃ pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmin' ti.|| ||
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[168] 3. Atha kho te Licchavī magge purisaṃ ṭhapesuṃ,||
'yathā tvaṃ ambho purisa passeyyāsi Bhagavantaṃ āga-c-chantaṃ,||
atha amhākaṃ āroceyyāsī' ti.|| ||
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Addasā kho so puriso Bhagavantaṃ dūrato'va āga-c-chantaṃ,||
disvā yena te Licchavī ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā te Licchavī etad avoca:|| ||
'Ayaṃ so bhonto Bhagavā āgacchati arahaṃ Sammā Sambuddho,||
yassa dāni kālaṃ maññathā' ti.|| ||
Atha kho te Licchavi yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṇkamiṃsu.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam anataṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ ṭhitā kho te Licchavī Bhagavantaṃ etad avocaṃ:|| ||
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'Sādhu bhante Bhagavā yena Sārandadaṃ cetiyaṃ ten'upasaṇkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyā' ti.|| ||
Adhivāsesi Bhagavā tuṇhī-bhāvena.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavā yena Sārandadaṃ cetiyaṃ ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā paññatte āsane nisidi.|| ||
Nisajja kho Bhagavā te Licchavī etad avoca:|| ||
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'Kāya nu'ttha Licchavi,||
etarahi kathāya sanni-sinnā?|| ||
Kā ca pana vo antarā kathā vippakatā' ti?|| ||
'Idha bhante amhākaṃ sanni-sinnānaṃ sanni-patinānaṃ ayam antarā kathā udapādi:|| ||
Pañcannaṃ ratnānaṃ pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
Katamesaṃ pañcannaṃ?|| ||
Hatthi-ratanssa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
assa-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
maṇi-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
itthi-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ,||
gahapati-ratanassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ|| ||
Imesaṃ pañcannaṃ ratnānaṃ pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmin' ti.|| ||
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4. 'Kāmādhimuttānaṃ vata bho Licchavīnaṃ kāmaṃ yeva arabbha antarā kathā udapādi.|| ||
Pañcannaṃ Licchavī, ratanānaṃ pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
Katamesaṃ pañcannaṃ?|| ||
Tathāgatassa arahato Sammā Sambuddhassa pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
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Tathāgata ppaveditassa dhamma-vina- [169] yassa desetā puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
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Tathāgata ppaveditassa Dhamma-Vinayassa desitassa viññātā puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
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Tathāgata ppaveditassa Dhamma-Vinayassa desitassa viññātassa Dhamm-ā-nu-Dhamma-paṭipanno puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
Kataññu kata-vedi puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ.|| ||
Imesaṃ kho Licchavī, pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātu-bhāvo dullabho lokasmin' ti.|| ||
