Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga

Sutta 40

Dutiya Niddasa-Vatthu Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts] EVAṀ ME SUTAṀ.|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Kosambīyaṁ viharati Ghositārāme.|| ||

Atha ko āyasmā Ānando pubbaṇha-samayaṁ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṁ ādāya Kosambīyaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmato Ānandassa etad ahosi:|| ||

Atippago kho tāva Kosambīyaṁ piṇḍāya carituṁ,||
yan nūn-ā-haṁ yena aññatittiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkameyyan' ti.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmā Ānando yena aññatittiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā tehi aññatittiyehi paribbājakehi saddhiṁ sammodi.

Sammodaniyaṁ kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṁ nisidi.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayena tesaṁ añña-titthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ sanni-sinnānaṁ sanni-patitānaṁ ayam antarā-kathā udapādi:|| ||

'Yo hi koci āvuso, dvādasa vassāni paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ carati,|| ||

"Niddaso bhikkhū," ti|| ||

alaṁ vacanāyā' ti.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmā Ānando tesaṁ aññātittiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ bhāsitaṁ n'eva abhinandi, na paṭikkosi.|| ||

Anabhinan'ditvā a-p-paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmi|| ||

"Bhagavato santike etassa bhāsitassa atthaṁ ājānissāmi," ti.|| ||

4. Atho kho āyasmā Ānando Kosambīyāṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchā-bhattaṁ piṇḍa-pāta-paṭikkanto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā Ānando [38] Bhagavantaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

'Idh'āhaṁ bhante, pubbaṇha-samayaṁ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṁ ādāya Kosambīyaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisiṁ.|| ||

Tassa mayhaṁ bhante, etad ahosi:|| ||

'Atippago kho tāva Kosambīyaṁ pīṇḍāya carituṁ,||
yan nūn-ā-haṁ yana aññatittiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkameyyan' ti.|| ||

Atha khv'āhaṁ bhante, yena aññatittiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ ārāmo ten'upasaṅkamiṁ.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā tehi aññatittiyehi paribbājakehi saddhiṁ sammodiṁ.|| ||

Sammodanīya kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdiṁ.|| ||

Tena kho pana bhante, samayena tesaṁ aññatittiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ sanni-sinnānaṁsanni-patitānam ayam antarā-kathā udapādi:|| ||

'Yo hi koci āvuso, dvādasa vassāni paripunṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ carati,|| ||

"Niddaso bhikkhū" ti|| ||

alaṁ vacanāyā' ti.|| ||

Atha khv'āhaṁ bhante, tesaṁ añña-titthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ bhāsitaṁ n'eva abhinandiṁ, na paṭikkosiṁ.|| ||

Anabhinan'ditvā a-p-paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkamiṁ:|| ||

"Bhagavato santike etassa bhāsitassa atthaṁ ājāni-s-sāmī," ti.|| ||

Sakkā nu kho bhante, imasmiṁ Dhamma-Vinaye kevalaṁ vassagaṇanamattena|| ||

"Niddaso bhikkhū" ti|| ||

paññāpetun' ti?|| ||

No kho sakkā imasmiṁ Dhamma-Vinaye kevalaṁ vassagaṇanamattena niddaso bhikkhū paññāpetuṁ.|| ||

Satta kho imāni Ānanda,||
niddasa-vatthūni mayā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchi-katvā paveditāni.|| ||

Katamāni satta?|| ||

5. Idh'Ānanda, bhikkhu saddho hoti||
hirimā hoti||
ottapī hoti||
bahu-s-suto hoti||
āraddha-vīriyo hoti||
satimā hoti||
paññavā hoti.|| ||

Imāni kho Ānanda satta niddasavatthuni mayā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchi-katvā paveditāni.|| ||

[39] 6. Imehi kho Ānanda sattahi niddasavatthuhi samannāgato bhikkhū dvādasa ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṁ pirisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū" ti||
alaṁ vacanāyāi.|| ||

Catu-vīsatiñ ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū" ti||
alaṁ vacanāyā.|| ||

Cha-t-tiṁsati ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ carati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū" ti||
alaṁ vacanāyā.|| ||

Aṭ vattārisañ ce pi vassāni paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyañcarati,||
"Niddaso bhikkhū" ti||
alaṁ vacanāyā' ti.|| ||