Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga
Sutta 39
Paṭhama Niddasa-Vatthu Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane anātha piṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Atha ko āyasmā Sāriputto pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya Sāvattiyaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmato Sāri- [35] puttassa etad ahosi:|| ||
'Atippago kho tāva Sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya carituṃ,||
yan nūn-ā-haṃ yena aññatittiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkameyyan' ti.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto yena añña-titthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā tehi añña-titthiyehi paribbājakehi saddiṃ sammodi.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
2. Tena kho pana samayena tesaṃ añña-titthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ sanni-sinnānaṃ sanni-panitānaṃ ayam antarā kathā udapādi:|| ||
'Yo hi koci āvuso, dvādasa vassāni paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati,|| ||
"Niddaso bhikkhū," ti|| ||
alaṃ vacanāyā' ti.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto tesaṃ añña-titthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ bhāsitaṃ||
n'eva abhinandi||
na p-paṭikkosi;||
anabhinan'ditvā a-p-paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmi:|| ||
'Bhagavato santike etassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājāni-s-sāmī' ti.|| ||
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3. Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto Sāvattiyā piṇḍāya caritvā pacchā-bhattaṃ piṇḍa-pāta-paṭikkanto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā Sāriputto Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
'Idh'āhaṃ bhante, pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya Sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisiṃ.|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ bhante, etad ahosi:|| ||
Atippago kho tāva Sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya carituṃ,||
yan nūn-ā-haṃ yena aññatittiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkameyyan ti.|| ||
Atha khv'āhaṃ bhante, yena añña-titthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkamiṃ.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā tehi aññatittiyehi paribbājakehi saddhiṃ sammodiṃ.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisidiṃ.|| ||
Tena kho pana bhante, samayena tesaṃ añña-titthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ sanni-sinnānaṃ [36] sanni-patitānaṃ ayam antarā-kathā udapādi:|| ||
'Yo hi koci āvuso, dvādasa vassāni paripuṇnaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati,|| ||
"Niddaso bhikkhū," ti|| ||
alaṃ vacanāyā' ti.|| ||
Atha khīvāhaṃ bhante, tesa añña-titthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ bhāsitaṃ n'eva abhinandiṃ, na paṭikkosiṃ;||
anabhinan'ditvā a-p-paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmiṃ|| ||
'Bhagavato santike etassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānissāmi, ti.|| ||
Sakkā nu kho bhante, imasmiṃ Dhamma-Vinaye kevalaṃ vassagaṇanamattena niddāso bhikkhū paññapetūn' ti?|| ||
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'Na kho Sāriputta, sakkā imasmiṃ Dhamma-Vinaye kevalaṃ vassagaṇanamattena niddaso bhikkhū paññāpetuṃ.|| ||
Satta kho imāni Sāriputta, niddasa-vatthūni mayā sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā paveditāni.|| ||
Katamāni satta?|| ||
4. Idha Sāriputta, bhikkhu sikkhā-samādāne tibba-c-chando hoti||
āyatiñ ca sikkhā-samādāne avigata-pemo.|| ||
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Dhamma-nisantiyā tibba-c-chando hoti||
āyatiñ ca Dhamma-nisantiyā avigata-pemo.|| ||
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Icchā-vinaye tibba-c-chando hoti,||
āyatiñ ca icchā-vinaye avigata-pemo.|| ||
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Paṭisallāne tibba-c-chando hoti,||
āyatiñ ca paṭisallāne avigata-pemo.|| ||
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Viriy'ārambhe tibba-c-chando hoti,||
āyatiñ ca viriyāramhe avigata-pemo.|| ||
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Sati-nepakke tibba-c-chando hoti,||
āyatiñ ca sati-nepakke avigata-pemo.|| ||
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Diṭṭipaṭivedhe tibba-c-chando hoti,||
āyatiñ ca diṭṭipaṭivadhe aigatapemo.|| ||
Imāni kho Sāriputta, satta niddasa-vatthūni mayā sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā pavaditāni.|| ||
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5. Imehi kho Sāriputta, sattahi niddasavatthūhi,||
samannāgato bhikkhū dvādasa ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū"||
ti alaṃ vacanāya.|| ||
Catu-vīsatiṃ ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū"||
ti [37] alaṃ vacanāya.|| ||
Cha-t-tiṃsati ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū"||
ti alaṃ vacanāya.|| ||
Aṭṭha-cattārīsañ ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū"||
ti alaṃ vacanāya' ti.|| ||
