Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
III: Gahapati-Vagga

Sutta 21

Vesālika-Ugga Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][pts][bodh] Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Vesāliyaṁ viharati Mahāvane Kuṭagārasālāyaṁ.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhu Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

2. "Aṭṭhahi bhikkhave,||
acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgataṁ Uggaṁ gahapatiṁ Vesālikaṁ dhārethā" ti.|| ||

[209] Idam avoca Bhagavā,||
idaṁ vatvā Sugato uṭṭhāy āsanā vihāraṁ pāvisi.|| ||

3. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu pubbaṇha-samayaṁ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṁ ādāya yena Uggassa gahapatino Vesālikassa nivesanaṁ ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||

Atha kho Uggo gahapati Vesāliko yena so bhikkhu ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinnaṁ kho Uggaṁ gahapatiṁ Vesālikaṁ so bhikkhu etad avoca:|| ||

4. "Aṭṭhahi kho tvaṁ gahapati,||
acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgato Bhagavatā vyākato.|| ||

Katame te gahapati,||
aṭṭha acchariyā abbhutā dhammā,||
yehi tvaṁ samannāgato Bhagavatā vyākato" ti?|| ||

"Na kho ahaṁ bhante, jānāmi,||
katamehi ahaṁ aṭṭhahi acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgato Bhagavatā vyākato.|| ||

Api ca bhante,||
ye me aṭṭha acchariyā abbhutā dhammā saṁvijjanti,||
te suṇāhi sādhukaṁ mana-sikarohi,||
bhāsissāmī" ti.|| ||

"Evaṁ gahapatī" ti kho so bhikkhu Uggassa gahapatino Vesālikassa paccassosi.|| ||

Uggo gahapati Vesāliko etad avoca:|| ||

5. "Yadāhaṁ bhante,||
Bhagavantaṁ paṭhamaṁ durato va addasaṁ,||
saha dassanen'eva me bhante Bhagavato cittaṁ pasīdi.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante paṭhamo acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

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So kho ahaṁ bhante,||
pasanna-citto Bhagavantaṁ payirupāsiṁ.|| ||

Tassa me Bhagavā ānupubbī-kathaṁ kathesi,||
seyyath'īdaṁ:||
dāna-kathaṁ,||
sīla-kathaṁ,||
sagga-kathaṁ,||
kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.|| ||

6. Yadā maṁ Bhagavā aññāsi kalla-cittaṁ,||
mudu-cittaṁ,||
vinīvaraṇa-cittaṁ,||
udagga-cittaṁ,||
pasanna-cittaṁ,||
atha yā [210] Buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁ-sikā Dhamma-desanā,||
taṁ pakāsesi:||
dukkhaṁ,||
samudayaṁ,||
nirodhaṁ,||
Maggaṁ.|| ||

Seyyathā pi nāma suddhaṁ vatthaṁ apagatakā'akaṁ samma-d-eva rajanaṁ patigaṇheyya.|| ||

Evam eva kho me tasmiṁ yeva āsane virajaṁ vīta-malaṁ Dhamma-cakkhuṁ udapādi,||
'yaṁ kiñci samudaya-dhammaṁ,||
sabbaṁ taṁ nirodha-dhamman' ti.|| ||

So kho ahaṁ bhante,||
diṭṭha-dhammo||
patta-dhammo||
vidita-dhammo||
pariyogāḷha-dhammo||
tiṇṇa-vici-kiccho vigata-kathaṁ-katho vesārajja-p-patto apara-p-paccayo Satthu sāsane tatth'eva Buddhañ ca||
Dhammaña ca||
Saṅghañ ca||
saraṇaṁ agamāsiṁ Brahma-cariya-pañcamāni ca||
sikkhā-padāni samādiyiṁ.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
dutiyo acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

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7. Tassa mayhaṁ bhante,||
catasso komāriyo pajāpatiyo ahesuṁ.|| ||

Atha khv'āhaṁ bhante,||
yena tā pajāpatiyo ten'upasaṅkamiṁ.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā tā pajāpatiyo etad avocaṁ:|| ||

'Mayā kho bhaginiyo Brahma-cariya-pañcamāni sikkhā-padāni samādinnāni:|| ||

Yā icchati, idh'eva bhoge ca||
bhuñjatu puññāni ca karotu sakāni vā ñātikulāni gacchatu,||
hoti vā pana puris-ā-dhippāyā,||
kassa vo dammī" ti?|| ||

Evaṁ vutte sā bhante jeṭṭhā pajāpatī maṁ etad avoca:|| ||

'Itthannāmassa maṁ ayya-putta purisassa dehī' ti.|| ||

Atha khv'āhaṁ bhante,||
taṁ purisaṁ pakkosāpetvā vāmena hatthena pajāpatiṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena bhiṅkāraṁ gahetvā tassa purisassa oṇojesiṁ.|| ||

Komāriṁ kho panāhaṁ bhante,||
dāraṁ pariccajanto nābhijānāmi cittassa aññathattaṁ.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
tatiyo acchariyo dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

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[211]8. Saṇvijjanti kho pana me bhante,||
kule bhogā.|| ||

Te ca kho appaṭi-vibhattā sīlavantehi kalyāṇa-dhammehi.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
catuttho acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

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9. Yaṁ kho pana ahaṁ bhante,||
bhikkhuṁ payirupāsāmi,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva payirupāsāmi no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
pañcamo acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

10. So ce me bhante, āyasmā dhammaṁ deseti,||
sakkaccaṁ yeva suṇāmi,||
no asakkaccaṁ.|| ||

No ce me āyasmā dhammaṁ deseti,||
aham assa Dhammaṁ desemi.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
chattho acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

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11. Anacchariyaṁ kho pana maṁ bhante,||
devatā upasaṅkamitvā ārocenti:|| ||

'Svākkhāto gahapati,||
Bhagavatā dhammo' ti.|| ||

Evaṁ vutte ahaṁ bhante,||
tā devatā evaṁ vadāmi:|| ||

'Vadeyyātha vā evaṁ kho tumhe devatā||
no vā vadeyyātha,||
atha kho svākkhāto Bhagavatā dhammo' ti.|| ||

Na kho panāhaṁ bhante,||
abhijānāmi tato-nidānaṁ cittassa uṇṇatiṁ:|| ||

'Maṁ vā devatā upasaṅkamanti,||
ahaṁ vā devatāhi saddhiṁ sallapāmī' ti.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
sattamo acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

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12. Yān'imāni bhante,||
Bhagavatā desitāni pañc'oram-bhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni,||
n-ā-haṁ tesaṁ kiñci attani a-p-pahīnaṁ samanupassāmī.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho me bhante,||
aṭṭhamo acchariyo abbhuto dhammo saṁvijjati.|| ||

[212] Ime kho bhante,||
aṭṭha acchariyā abbhutā dhammā saṁvijjanti.|| ||

Na ca kho ahaṁ jānāmi.|| ||

Katamehi pahaṁ aṭṭhahi acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgato Bhagavatā vyākato" ti.|| ||

 

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13. Atha kho so bhikkhu Uggassa gahapatino Vesālikassa nivesane piṇḍa-pātaṁ gahetvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmi.|| ||

Atha kho so bhikkhu pacchā-bhattaṁ piṇḍa-pāta-paṭikkanto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

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

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu yāvatako ahosi Uggena gahapatinā Vesālikena saddhiṁ kathā-sallāpo,||
taṁ sabbaṁ Bhagavato ārocesi.|| ||

14. "Sādhu sādhu bhikkhu,||
yathā taṁ Uggo gahapati Vesāliko sammā vyākaramāno vyākareyya,||
imeh'eva kho bhikkhu,||
aṭṭhahi acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgato Uggo gahapati Vesāliko mayā vyākato.|| ||

Imehi ca pana bhikkhu,||
aṭṭhahi acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgataṁ Uggaṁ gahapatiṁ Vesālikaṁ dhārethā" ti.|| ||