Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Mahā Vagga

Sutta 70

Araka Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][than] EVAṀ ME SUTAṀ.|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Bhuta-pubbaṁ bhikkhave, Arako nāma Satthā ahosi,||
titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo:|| ||

Arakassa kho pana bhikkhave,||
Satthuno anekānī sāvakasatāni ahesuṁ.|| ||

Arako Satthā sāvakānaṁ evaṁ dhammaṁ deseti:|| ||

2. Appakaṁ brāhmaṇā, jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhab- [137] baṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇā, tiṇagge ussāvabindu suriye uggacchante khippam yeva paṭivigacchati na cira-ṭ-ṭhitikaṁ hoti,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇā, ussāvabinadupamaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pibrāhmaṇā, thulla-phusitake deve vassante udake udakabubbulaṁ khippam yeva paṭivigacchati na cira-ṭ-ṭhitikaṁ hoti,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇā, udakabubbūpāpamaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇā, udake daṇḍarāji khīppaṁ yeva paṭivigacchati,||
na cira-ṭ-ṭhitikā hoti,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇā, udake daṇḍarājūpamaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇā, nadī pabbateyyā dūraṇ-gamā sīgha-sotā hāra-hārīnī||
n'atthi so khaṇo vā layo vā muhutto vā||
yaṁ sā aramati,||
atha ko sā gacchat'eva vattat'eva sandat'eva,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇā, nadīpabbateyyupamaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇā, balavā puriso jivhagge kheḷapiṇḍaṁ saññuhitvā appakasiren'eva vameyya,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇā kheḷapiṇḍūpamaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇā, divasasaṁtatte [138] ayokaṭāhe maṁsapesī pakkhittā khippaṁ yeva paṭivigacchati,||
na cira-ṭ-ṭhitikā hoti,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇā, maṁsasūpemaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi brāhmaṇā, gāvī vajjhā āghātanaṁ nīyamānā yañ ñad eva pādaṁ uddharati santike'va hoti vadhassa santike'va maraṇassa,||
evam eva kho brāhmaṇa, govajjhūpamaṁ,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ.|| ||

3. Tena kho pana bhikkhave samayena manussānaṁ saṭṭhivassa-sahassāni āyu-p-pamāṇaṁ ahosi.|| ||

Pañcavassasatikā kumārikā alampateyyā ahosi.|| ||

Tena kho pana bhikkhave,||
samayena manussānaṁ chaḷ eva ābādhā ahesuṁ:||
sītaṁ,||
uṇhaṁ,||
jigacchā,||
pipāsā,||
uccāro,||
passāvo.|| ||

So hi nāma bhikkhave,||
arako sattā evaṁ dīghāyukesu manussesu evaṁ ciraṭṭitikesu evaṁ appābādhesu sāvakānaṁ evaṁ dhammaṁ desessati:|| ||

"Appakaṁ brāhmaṇā,||
jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇan' ti.|| ||

Etarahi kho taṁ bhikkhave,||
sammā vadamāno vadeyya
'appakaṁ, jīvitaṁ manussānaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ bahu-dukkhaṁ bahupāyāsaṁ.|| ||

Mantāya boddhabbaṁ.|| ||

Kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ,||
caritabbaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ.|| ||

N'atthi jātassa amaraṇan' ti.|| ||

Etarahi kho bhikkhave, yo ciraṁ jivati,||
so vassa-sataṁ appaṁ vā bhīyyo.|| ||

Vassasataṁ kho pana bhikkhave,||
jīvanto tīṇīyeva utusatāni jīvati:||
utusataṁ hemantānaṁ,||
utusataṁ gimhānaṁ,||
utusataṁ vassānaṁ.|| ||

Tīṇi kho pana bhikkhave,||
utusatāni jivanto dvādasa yeva māsasatāni jīvati:||
cattāri māsa satāni [139] hemantānaṁ,||
cattāri māsa satāni gimhānaṁ,||
cattāri māsa satāni vassānaṁ.|| ||

Dvādasaṁ kho, pana bhikkhave,||
māsasatāni jivanto catu-vīsatiṁ yeva addhamāsa satāni jīvati:||
aṭṭhaddha māsa satāni hemantānaṁ,||
aṭṭhaddha māsa satāni gimhānaṁ,||
aṭṭhaddha māsa satāni vassānaṁ.|| ||

Catuvisatiṁ kho pana bhikkhave,||
aṭṭhaddha māsa satāni jivanto chattiṁsaṁ yeva ratti sahassāni jīvati:||
dvādasa rattisahassāni hemantānaṁ,||
dvādasa rattisahassāni gimhānaṁ,||
dvādasa rattisahassāni gimhānaṁ,||
dvādasa rattisahassāni vasānaṁ.|| ||

Chattiṁsaṁ kho paṇa bhikkhave,||
ratti sahassāni jīvanto dvesattatiñ ñeva bhattasahassāni bhuñjati:||
catu-vīsati bhattasahassāni hemantānaṁ,||
catu-vīsati bhattasahassāni gimhānaṁ,||
catu-vīsati bhattasahassāni vassānaṁ saddhiṁ mātuthaññāya,||
saddhiṁ bhattantarāya.|| ||

Tatr'ime bhattantarāyā:||
kupito pi bhattaṁ na bhuñjati,||
dukkhito pi bhattaṁ na bhuñajati,||
vyādhito pi bhattaṁ na bhūñjati,||
uposathiko pi bhattaṁ na bhūñjati,||
alābhakena pi bhattaṁ na bhuñjati.|| ||

Iti kho bhikkhave, mayā vassa-satāyukassa manussassa āyu pi saṅkhātaṁ,||
āyu-p-pamāṇam pi saṅkhātaṁ,||
utu pi saṅkhātā,||
saṁvaccharā pi saṅkhātā,||
māsā pi saṅkhātā,||
addhamāsā pi saṅkhātā,||
ratti pi saṅkhātā,||
divā pi saṅkhātā,||
bhattā pi saṅkhātā,||
bhattantarāyā pi saṅkhātā.|| ||

4. Yaṁ bhikkhave Satthārā karaṇīyaṁ sāvakānaṁ hitesinā anukampa-kena anukampaṁ upādāya,||
kataṁ vo taṁ mayā.|| ||

Etāni bhikkhave,||
rukkha-mūlāni,||
etāni suññ-ā-gārāni.|| ||

Jhāyatha bhikkhave,||
māpamādattha,||
mā pacchā vippaṭi-sārino ahuvattha.|| ||

Ayaṁ vo amhākaṁ anusāsanī ti.|| ||