Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
III: Gahapati-Vagga

Sutta 24

Hatthaka-Āḷavaka Saṅgaha-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][than][bodh][olds] Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Āḷaviyaṁ viharati Aggālave cetiye.|| ||

Atha kho Hatthako Āḷavako pañca-mattehi upā- [219] saka-satehi parivuto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

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

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinnaṁ kho Hatthakaṁ Āḷavakaṁ Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

2. "Mahatī kho tyāyaṁ Hatthaka, parisā,||
kathaṁ pana tvaṁ Hatthaka,||
imaṁ mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhāhī" ti?|| ||

 

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"Yān'imāni bhante,||
Bhagavatā desitāni cattāri saṅgaha-vatthūni,||
tenāhaṁ imaṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhāmi:|| ||

Ahaṁ bhante, yaṁ jānāmi:|| ||

"Ayaṁ dānena saṅgahetabbo" ti,||
taṁ dānena saṅgaṇhāmi;|| ||

yaṁ jānāmi||
"Ayaṁ peyyavajjena saṅgahetabbo" ti,||
taṁ peyyavajjena saṅgaṇhāmi;|| ||

yaṁ jānāmi||
"Ayaṁ attha-cariyāya saṅgahetabbo" ti||
taṁ attha-cariyāya saṅgaṇhāmi;|| ||

yaṁ jānāmi||
"Ayaṁ samān'attatāya saṅgahetabbo" ti||
taṁ samān'attatāya saṅgaṇhāmi.|| ||

Saṇvijjanti kho pana me bhante, kule bhogā,||
daliddassa kho no tathā sotabbaṁ maññantī" ti.|| ||

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3. "Sādhu sādhu Hatthaka!|| ||

Yoni kho tyāyaṁ Hatthaka,||
mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahetuṁ.|| ||

Ye hi keci Hatthaka,||
atītam addhānaṁ parisaṁ saṅgahesuṁ,||
sabbe te imeh'eva catūhi saṅgaha-vatthūhi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahesuṁ.|| ||

Ye pi hi keci Hatthaka,||
anāgatam addhānaṁ mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahessanti,||
sabbe te imeh'eva catūhi saṅgaha-vatthuhi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahi'ssanti.|| ||

Ye pi hi keci Hatthaka,||
etarahi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhanti,||
sabbe te imeh'eva catūhi saṅgaha-vatthūhi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhantī" ti.|| ||

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4. Atha kho Hatthako Āḷavako Bhagavatā dhammiyā kathāya sanda-s-sito samāda-pito samutte-jito sampahaṁ-sito uṭṭhāy āsanā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā [220] pakkāmi.|| ||

 

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Atha kho Bhagavā acira-pakkante Hatthake Āḷavake bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

5. "Aṭṭhahi bhikkhave, acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgataṁ Hatthakaṁ Āḷavakaṁ dhāretha.|| ||

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?|| ||

6. Saddho bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
sīlavā bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
hirimā bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
ottapī bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
bahu-s-suto bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
cāgavā bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
paññavā bhikkhave, Hatthako Āḷavako,||
appiccho bhikkhave Hatthako Āḷavako.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi acchariyehi abbhutehi dhammehi samannāgataṁ Hatthakaṁ Āḷavakaṁ dhārethā" ti.|| ||