Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga

Sutta 37

Jaḷaṅga-Dāna 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] Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayena Veḷukaṇḍakī Nandamātā upāsikā Sāriputta-Moggallāna pamukhe bhikkhu-saṅghe chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhapeti.|| ||

Addasā kho Bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena Veḷukaṇḍakiṁ Nandamātaraṁ upāsikaṁ Sāriputta-Moggallāna pamukhe bhikkhu-saṅghe chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpentiṁ.|| ||

Disvā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Esā bhikkhave Veḷukaṇḍakī Nandamātā upāsikā Sāriputta-Moggallānapamukhe bhikkhu-saṅghe chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gataṁ dakkhiṇaṁ patiṭṭhāpeti.|| ||

Kathañ ca bhikkhave chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gatā dakkhiṇā hoti?|| ||

2. Idha, bhikkhave, dāyakassa tīṇ'aṅgāni honti.|| ||

Paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇ'aṅgāni.|| ||

Katamāni dāyakassa tīṇ'aṅgāni?|| ||

Idha, bhikkhave, dāyako pubb'eva dānā sumano hoti,||
dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādeti,||
datvā atta-mano hoti.|| ||

Imāni dāyakassa tīṇ'aṅgāni.|| ||

Katamāni paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇ'aṅgāni?|| ||

Idha, bhikkhave, paṭiggāhakā vīta-rāgā vā honti rāga-vinayāya vā paṭipannā.|| ||

Vītadosā vā honti dosa-vinayāya vā paṭipannā.|| ||

Vītamohā vā honti moha-vinayāya vā paṭipannā.|| ||

Imāni paṭiggāhakānaṁ tīṇ'aṅgāni.|| ||

Iti dāyakassa tīṇ'aṅgāni,||
paṭiggākānaṁ tīṇ'aṅgāni.|| ||

Evaṁ kho bhikkhave chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gatā dakkhiṇā hoti.|| ||

3. Evaṁ chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gatāya bhikkhave dakkhiṇāya na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ|| ||

"Ettako puññ-ā-bhisando kusal-ā-bhisando sukhass'āhāro sovaggiko sukha-vipāko sagga-saṁvaṭṭa-niko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvaṭṭatī" ti.|| ||

Atha kho asaṅkheyyo appameyyo mahā puñña-k-khandho tv'eva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.|| ||

Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, mahā-samudde na sukaraṁ udakassa pamā- [337] ṇaṁ gahetuṁ.|| ||

"Ettakāni udak'āḷhakānī", ti vā,||
"ettakāni udak'āḷhaka-satānī," ti vā,||
"ettakāni udak'āḷhaka-sahassānī," ti vā||
"ettakāni udak'āḷhakasata-sahassānī" ti vā.|| ||

Atha kho asaṅkheyyo appameyyo,||
mahā-udaka-k-khandho tv'eva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.|| ||

Evam'eva kho bhikkhave evaṁ chaḷ-aṅga-samannā-gatāya dakkhiṇāya na sukaraṁ puññassa pamāṇaṁ gahetuṁ:|| ||

"Ettako puññ-ā-bhisando kusal-ā-bhisando sukhass'āhāro sovaggiko sukha-vipāko sagga-saṁvaṭṭa-niko iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṁvaṭṭatī" ti.|| ||

Atha kho asaṅkheyyo appameyyo||
mahā-puñña-k-khandho tv'eva saṅkhaṁ gacchatī" ti.|| ||

 

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Pubb'eva dānā sumano, dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādaye,||
datvā atta-mano hoti: esā yaññassa sampadā.|| ||

Vītarāgā vīta-dosā vīta-mohā anāsavā,||
khettaṁ yaññassa sampannaṁ saññatā brahma-cārayo.|| ||

Sayaṁ ācamayitvāna datvā sakehi pāṇīhi,||
attato parato ceso yañño hoti maha-p-phalo.|| ||

Evaṁ yajitvā medhāvī saddho muttena cetasā,||
avyāpajjhaṁ sukhaṁ lokaṁ paṇḍito upapajjatī ti.|| ||