Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
XX. Brāhmaṇa Vagga
Sutta 192
Doṇa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.|| ||
Atha kho Doṇo brahmaṇo yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Doṇo brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
2. "Sutaṃ me taṃ bho Gotama:|| ||
'Na Samaṇo Gotamo brāhmaṇe jiṇṇe vuddhe mahallake addhagate vayo-anuppatte abhivādeti vā paccuṭṭheti vā āsanena vā nimanteti' ti.|| ||
Tayidaṃ bho Gotama tath'eva,||
na hi bhavaṃ Gotamo brāhmaṇe jiṇṇe vuddhe mahallake addhagate vayo-anuppatte abhivādeti vā||
paccuṭṭheti vā||
āsanena vā nimantetī.|| ||
Tayidaṃ bho Gotama na sampannam evā" ti.|| ||
"Tvam pi no Doṇa, brāhmaṇo paṭijānāsī" ti?|| ||
"Yaṃ hi taṃ bho Gotama sammā vadamāno vadeyya:|| ||
'Brahmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena,||
ajjhāyako manta-dharo,||
tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragu sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkhara-p-pabhe-dānaṃ itihā-sapañca-mānaṃ,||
padako veyyākaraṇo,||
lokāyata mahā-purisa-lakkhaṇesu anavayo" ti|| ||
mam'eva taṃ bho Gotama sammā vadamāno vadeyya.|| ||
Ahaṃ hi bho Gotama brahmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena,||
ajjhāyako manta-dharo,||
tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragu sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkhara-p-pabhe-dānaṃ itihā-sapañca-mānaṃ,||
padako veyyākaraṇo,||
lokāyata mahā-purisa-lakkhaṇesu anavayo" ti.|| ||
"Ye kho te Doṇa, brahmaṇānaṃ pub- [224] bakā isayo||
mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro,||
yesañ c'idaṃ etarahi brahmaṇā porāṇaṃ manta-padaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samīhitaṃ tad anugāyanti,||
tad anubhāsanti,||
bhāsitam anubhāsanti,||
sajjhāyitam anusajjhāyanti,||
vācitam anuvācenti,||
seyyath'īdaṃ:||
Aṭṭako,||
Vāmako,||
Vāmadevo,||
Vessāmitto,||
Yamadaggi,||
Aṇgīraso,||
Bhāradvājo,||
Vāseṭṭho,||
Kassapo,||
Bhagu||
tyāssu me pañca brahmaṇe paññāpenti:||
brahmasamaṃ,||
devasamaṃ,||
mariyādaṃ,||
sambhinna-mariyādaṃ,||
brāhmaṇa caṇḍālaṃ yeva pañcamaṃ.|| ||
Tesaṃ tvaṃ Doṇa katamo" ti?|| ||
"Na kho mayaṃ bho Gotama,||
ime pañca brāhmaṇe jānāma||
atha kho mayaṃ brāhmaṇā tv'eva jānāma.|| ||
Sādhu me bhavaṃ Gotamo tathā dhammaṃ desetu,||
yathā ahaṃ ime pañca brāhmaṇe jāneyyan" ti.|| ||
"Tena hi brahmaṇa suṇāhi,||
sādhukaṃ mana-sikarohi,||
bhāsissāmī" ti.|| ||
"Evaṃ bho" ti kho Doṇo brahmaṇo Bhagavato paccassosi.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
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3. "Kathañ ca Doṇa, brāhmaṇo brahmasamo hoti?|| ||
Idha Doṇa brahmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena.|| ||
So aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ carati mante adhīya-māno,||
aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ caritvā mante adhīyitvā ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ pariyesati dhammen'eva,||
no adhammena.|| ||
Tattha ca Doṇa ko dhammo?|| ||
[225] N'eva kasiyā,||
na vaṇijjāya,||
na go-rakkhena,||
na issatthena||
na rāja-porisena||
na sippañññatarena,||
kevalaṃ bhikkhācariyāya kapālaṃ anatimañña-māno.|| ||
So ācariyassa ācariya dhanaṃ niyyādetvā kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati.|| ||
So evaṃ pabba-jito samāno mettā-saha-gatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati,||
tathā dutiyaṃ,||
tathā tatiyaṃ,||
tathā catutthiṃ.|| ||
Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhī sabbattatāya sabbā-vantaṃ lokaṃ mettā-saha-gatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena avyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.|| ||
Karuṇā-saha-gatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati,||
tathā dutiyaṃ,||
tathā tatiyaṃ,||
tathā catutthiṃ.|| ||
Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhī sabbattatāya sabbā-vantaṃ lokaṃ karuṇā-saha-gatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena avyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.|| ||
Muditā-saha-gatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati,||
tathā dutiyaṃ,||
tathā tatiyaṃ,||
tathā catutthiṃ.|| ||
Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhī sabbattatāya sabbā-vantaṃ lokaṃ muditā-saha-gatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena avyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.|| ||
Upekkhā-saha-gatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati,||
tathā dutiyaṃ,||
tathā tatiyaṃ,||
tathā catutthiṃ.|| ||
Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhī sabbattatāya sabbā-vantaṃ lokaṃ upekkhā-saha-gatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena avyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.|| ||
So ime cattāro brahma-vihāre bhāvetvā kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ Brahma-lokaṃ uppajjati.|| ||
Evaṃ kho Doṇa brāhmaṇo brahmasamo hoti.|| ||
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4. Katañ ca Doṇa brāhmaṇo devasamo hoti?|| ||
Idha Doṇa brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena.|| ||
So aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ carati mante adhīya-māno,||
aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ caritvā mante adhīyitvā ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ pariyesati dhammen'eva,||
no adhammena.|| ||
Tattha ca Doṇa ko dhammo?|| ||
N'eva kasiyā,||
na vaṇijjāya,||
na go-rakkhena,||
na issatthena||
na rāja-porisena||
na sippañññatarena,||
kevalaṃ bhikkhācariyāya [226] kapālaṃ anatimañña-māno.|| ||
So ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ nīyādetvā dāraṃ pariyesati dhammen'eva no adhammena.|| ||
Tattha ca Doṇa ko dhammo?|| ||
N'eva kayena,||
na vikkayena,||
brāhmaṇiṃ yeva udakūpassaṭṭhaṃ.|| ||
So brāhmaṇiṃ yeva gacchati||
na khattiyiṃ,||
na vessiṃ,||
na suddiṃ,||
na caṇḍāliṃ,||
na nesādiṃ,||
na veṇiṃ,||
na rathakāriṃ,||
na pukkusiṃ gacchati,||
na gabbhiniṃ gacchati,||
na pāyamānaṃ gacchati,||
na anutuniṃ gacchati.|| ||
Kasmā ca Doṇa brāhmaṇo na gabbhiniṃ gacchati?|| ||
Sace Doṇa brāhmaṇo gabhiniṃ gacchati,||
atimīḷhajo nāma so hoti māṇavako vā māṇavikā vā,||
tasmā Doṇa brāhmaṇo na gabbhiniṃ gacchati.|| ||
Kasmā ca Doṇa brahmaṇo na pāyamānaṃ gacchati?|| ||
Sace Doṇa brāhmaṇo pāyamānaṃ gacchati,||
asuci-paṭipīto nāma so hoti māṇavako vā māṇavikā vā,||
tasmā Doṇa brāhmaṇo na pāyamānaṃ gacchati.|| ||
Kasmā ca Doṇa brāhmaṇo na anutuniṃ gacchati?|| ||
Sace Doṇa brāhmaṇo anutuniṃ gacchati,||
tassa sā hoti brāhmaṇī n'eva kāmatthā na davatthā na ratatthā,||
pajatthā'va brāhmaṇassa brāhmaṇī hoti.|| ||
So mithunaṃ uppādetvā kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati.|| ||
So evaṃ pabba-jito samāno||
vivicc'eva kāmehi||
vivicca akusalehi dhammehi||
sa-vitakkaṃ sa-vicāraṃ||
viveka-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ||
paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati,|| ||
Vitakka-vicārānam vūpasamā||
ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ||
cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ||
avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ||
samādhi-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ||
dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati,|| ||
Pītiyā ca virāgā||
upekkhako ca viharati||
sato ca sampajāno||
sukhaṃ ca kāyena paṭisaṃvedeti||
yaṃ taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti||
'upekkhako satimā sukha-vihāri' ti||
tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati,|| ||
Sukhassa ca pahānā||
dukkhassa ca pahānā||
pubbe'va somanassa-domanassānaṃ atthaṇgamā||
adukkha-m-asukhaṃ upekkhā-sati-pārisuddhiṃ||
catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.|| ||
So ime cattāro jhāne bhāvetvā kāyassa [227] bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ uppajjati.|| ||
Evaṃ kho Doṇa brāhmaṇo devasamo hoti.|| ||
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5. Kathañ ca Doṇa, brahmaṇo mariyādo hoti?|| ||
Idha Doṇa brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena.|| ||
So aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa-vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ carati mante adhīya-māno,||
aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa-vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ caritvā mante adhīyitvā ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ pariyesati dhammen'eva,||
no adhammena.|| ||
Tattha ca Doṇa ko dhammo?|| ||
N'eva kasiyā,||
na vaṇijjāya,||
na go-rakkhena,||
na issatthena||
na rāja-porisena||
na sippañññatarena,||
kevalaṃ bhikkhācariyāya kapālaṃ anatimañña-māno.|| ||
So ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ nīyādetvā dāraṃ pariyesati dhammen'eva no adhammena.|| ||
Tattha ca Doṇa ko dhammo?|| ||
N'eva kayena,||
na vikkayena,||
brāhmaṇiṃ yeva udakūpassaṭṭhaṃ.|| ||
So brāhmaṇiṃ yeva gacchati||
na khattiyiṃ,||
na vessiṃ,||
na suddiṃ,||
na caṇḍāliṃ,||
na nesādiṃ,||
na veṇiṃ,||
na rathakāriṃ,||
na pukkusiṃ gacchati,||
na gabbhiniṃ gacchati,||
na pāyamānaṃ gacchati,||
na anutuniṃ gacchati.|| ||
Kasmā ca Doṇa brāhmaṇo na gabbhiniṃ gacchati?|| ||
Sace Doṇa brāhmaṇo gabhiniṃ gacchati,||
atimīḷhajo nāma so hoti māṇavako vā māṇavikā vā,||
tasmā Doṇa brāhmaṇo na gabbhiniṃ gacchati.|| ||
Kasmā ca Doṇa brahmaṇo na pāyamānaṃ gacchati?|| ||
Sace Doṇa brāhmaṇo pāyamānaṃ gacchati,||
asuci-paṭipīto nāma so hoti māṇavako vā māṇavikā vā,||
tasmā Doṇa brāhmaṇo na pāyamānaṃ gacchati.|| ||
Kasmā ca Doṇa brāhmaṇo na anutuniṃ gacchati?|| ||
Sace Doṇa brāhmaṇo anutuniṃ gacchati,||
tassa sā hoti brāhmaṇī n'eva kāmatthā na davatthā na ratatthā,||
pajatthā'va brāhmaṇassa brāhmaṇī hoti.|| ||
So mithunaṃ uppādetvā tam eva puttassādaṃ nikāmaya-māno kuṭumbaṃ ajjhā-vasati,||
na agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati.|| ||
Yāva porāṇānaṃ brahmaṇānaṃ mariyādā,||
tattha tiṭṭhati,||
taṃ na vītikkamati.|| ||
'Yāva porāṇānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ mariyādo tattha brāhmaṇo ṭhito taṃ na vītikkamatī' ti kho Doṇa,||
tasmā 'brāhmaṇo mariyādo' ti vuccati.|| ||
Evaṃ kho Doṇa brāhmaṇo mariyādo hoti.|| ||
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6. Kathañ ca Doṇa, brāhmaṇo sambhinna-mariyādo hoti?|| ||
[228] Idha Doṇa brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena.|| ||
So aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa-vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ carati mante adhīya-māno,||
aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa-vassāni komāra-Brahma-cariyaṃ caritvā mante adhīyitvā ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ pariyesati,||
dhammen'eva no adhammena.|| ||
Tattha ca Doṇa ko dhammo?|| ||
N'eva kasiyā,||
na vaṇijjāya,||
na go-rakkhena,||
na issatthena||
na rāja-porisena||
na sippañññatarena,||
kevalaṃ bhikkhācariyāya kapālaṃ anatimañña-māno.|| ||
So ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ nīyādetvā dāraṃ pariyesati||
dhammena pi||
adhammena pi||
kayena pi||
vikkayena pi||
brāhmaṇim pi udakūpassaṭṭhaṃ.|| ||
So brāhmaṇim pi gacchati,||
khattiyim pi gacchati,||
vessim pi gacchati,||
suddim pi gacchati,||
caṇḍālim pi gacchati,||
nesādim pi gacchati,||
veṇim pi gacchati,||
rathakārim pi gacchati,||
pukkusim pi gacchati,||
gabhinim pi gacchati,||
pāyamānam pi gacchati,||
utunim pi gacchati,||
anutunim pi gacchati.|| ||
Tassa sā hoti brāhmaṇi kāmatthā pi davatthā pi ratatthā pi,||
pajatthā pi brāhmaṇassa brāhmaṇī hoti.|| ||
Yāva porāṇānaṃ brahmaṇānaṃ mariyādā,||
tattha na tiṭṭhati,||
taṃ vītikkamati.|| ||
'Yāva porāṇānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ mariyādā,||
tattha brāhmaṇo na ṭhito taṃ vītikkamatī' ti kho Doṇa,||
tasmā "brāhmaṇo sambhinna-mariyādo" ti vuccati.|| ||
Evaṃ kho Doṇa brahmaṇo sambhinna-mariyādo hoti.|| ||
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7. Kathañ ca Doṇa, brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇa-caṇḍālo hoti?|| ||
Idha Doṇa brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca,||
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-mah'ayugā,||
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena.|| ||
So aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa vas- [229] sāni koMāraṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati mante adhīya-māno,||
aṭṭha-cattāḷīsa-vassāni koMāraṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ caritvā mante adhīyitvā ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ pariyesati||
dhammena pi||
adhammena pi||
kasiyā pi||
vaṇijjāya pi||
go-rakkhena pi||
issatthena pi||
rāja-porisena pi||
sipp'aññatarena pi||
kevalam pi||
bhikkhācariyāya kapālaṃ anatimañña-māno.|| ||
So ācariyassa ācariya-dhanaṃ nīyādetvā dāraṃ pariyesati||
dhammena pi||
adhammena pi||
kayena pi||
vikkayena pi||
udakupassaṭṭhaṃ.|| ||
So brāhmaṇim pi gacchati,||
khattiyim pi gacchati,||
vessim pi gacchati,||
suddim pi gacchati,||
caṇḍālim pi gacchati,||
nesādim pi gacchati,||
veṇim pi gacchati||
rathakārim pi gacchati,||
pukkusim pi gacchati,||
gabhinim pi gacchati,||
pāyamānam pi gacchati,||
utunim pi gacchati,||
anutunim pi gacchati.|| ||
Tassa sā hoti brāhmaṇī||
kāmatthā pi,||
davatthā pi,||
ratatthā pi,||
pajatthā pi,||
brāhmaṇassa brāhmaṇī hoti.|| ||
So sabba-kammehi jīvikaṃ kappeti.|| ||
Tam enaṃ brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu:|| ||
'Kasmā bhavaṃ brāhmaṇo paṭijānamāno sabba-kammehi jīvikaṃ kappeti' ti?|| ||
So evam āha:|| ||
'Seyyathā pi bho aggi sucim pi dahati,||
asucim pi dahati||
na ca tena aggi upalippati,||
evam eva kho bho sabba-kammehi ce pi brāhmaṇo jīvikaṃ kappeti,||
na ca tena brāhmaṇo upalippa' ti.|| ||
'Sabbakammehi jīvikaṃ kappetī' ti kho Doṇa,||
tasmā brāhmaṇo 'brāhmaṇa-caṇḍālo' ti vuccati.|| ||
Evaṃ kho Doṇa brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇa-caṇḍālo hoti.|| ||
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8. Ye kho Doṇa brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo||
mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro,||
yesañ c'idaṃ etarahi brahmaṇā porāṇaṃ manta-padaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samīhitaṃ tad anugāyanti,||
tad anubhāsanti,||
bhāsitam anubhāsanti,||
sajjhāyitam anusajjhāyanti,||
vācitam anuvācenti,||
seyyath'īdaṃ:||
Aṭṭako,||
Vāmako,||
Vāmadevo,||
Vessāmitto,||
Yamadaggi,||
Aṇgīraso,||
Bhāradvājo,||
Vā- [230] seṭṭho,||
Kassapo,||
Bhagu||
tyāssu me pañca brahmaṇe paññāpenti:||
brahmasamaṃ,||
devasamaṃ,||
mariyādaṃ,||
sambhinna-mariyādaṃ,||
brāhmaṇa caṇḍālaṃ yeva pañcamaṃ.|| ||
Tesaṃ tvaṃ Doṇa katamo" ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ sante mayaṃ bho Gotama brāhmaṇa-caṇḍālam pi na purema.|| ||
Abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama||
abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama,||
seyyathā pi bho Gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya,||
paṭi-c-channaṃ vā vivareyya,||
mūḷhassa vā Maggaṃ ācikkheyya,||
tela pajjotaṃ vā dhāreyya,||
'cakkhu-manto rūpāni dakkhintī' ti.|| ||
Evam evaṃ bhotā Gotamena aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.|| ||
Es'āhaṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi Dhammañ ca bhikkhu-saṇghañ ca:||
upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo dhāretu ajja-t-agge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatanti.|| ||
