Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
XVII. Āghāta Vaggo

Sutta 165

Pañha-Pucchā 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] Sāvatthi nidānaṁ|| ||

Tatra kho āyasmā Sāriputto bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

'Āvuso bhikkhavo' ti.|| ||

'Āvuso' ti.|| ||

Kho te bhikkhū āyasamato Sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Āyasmā Sāriputto etad avoca:|| ||

Yo hi koci āvuso,||
paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati.|| ||

Sabbo so pañcahi ṭhānehi,||
etesaṁ vā aññatarena.|| ||

Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||

Mandattā momūhattā paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati.|| ||

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Pāpiccho icchāpakato paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati.|| ||

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Paribhavaṁ [192] paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati.|| ||

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Aññātu-kāmo paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati.|| ||

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Atha vā pan'evaṁ-citto paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati:|| ||

"Sace me pañhaṁ puṭṭho samma-d-eva vyākarissati,||
icc'etaṁ kusalaṁ,||
no ce me pañhaṁ puṭṭho samma-d-eva vyākarissati,||
ahamassa samma-d-eva vyākarissāmī" ti.|| ||

Yo hi koci āvuso,||
paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati.|| ||

Sabbo so imehi pañcahi ṭhānehi,||
etesaṁ vā aññatarena.|| ||

 

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Ahaṁ kho pan'āvuso,||
evaṁ citto paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchāmi:|| ||

"Sace me pañhaṁ puṭṭho samma-d-eva vyākarissati,||
icc'etaṁ kusalaṁ.|| ||

No ce me pañhaṁ puṭṭho samma-d-eva vyākarissati,||
ahamassa samma-d-eva vyākarissāmī" ti.|| ||