Aṇguttara Nikāya
XI. Ekā-Dasaka Nipāta
II. Anussati Vagga

Sutta 14

Nandiya Suttaṃ

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

 

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1. [pts][olds] Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā||
Sakkesu viharati||
Kapilavatthusmiṃ||
Nigrodhārāme.

Tena kho||
pana samayena||
Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ||
vassāvāsaṃ upagantukāmo hoti.|| ||

Assosi kho Nandiyo Sakko:

"Bhagavā kira Sāvatthiyaṃ||
vassāvāsaṃ upagantukāmo" ti.|| ||

Atha kho Nandiyassa [335] Sakkassa||
etad ahosi:|| ||

"Yan nūnāham pi Sāvatthiyaṃ||
vassāvāsaṃ upagaccheyyaṃ?|| ||

Tattha kammantaṃ yeva adhiṭṭhahissāmi,||
Bhagavantañ ca lacchāmi||
kālena kālaṃ dassanāyā" ti.|| ||

Atha kho Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ||
vassāvāsaṃ upagañchi,||
Nandiyo pi kho Sakko Sāvatthiyaṃ||
vassāvāsaṃ upagañchi.|| ||

Tattha kammantañ c'eva adhiṭṭhāsi||
Bhagavantañ ca labhi||
kālena kālaṃ dassanāya.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhu||
Bhagavato cīvara-kammaṃ karonti.|| ||

"Niṭṭhita-cīvaro Bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamissatī" ti.

Assosi kho Nandiyo Sakko:|| ||

"Sambahulā kira bhikkhu||
Bhagavato cīvara-kammaṃ karonti.|| ||

'Niṭṭhita-cīvaro Bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamissatī'" ti.

Atha kho Nandiyo Sakko||
yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||

Upasaṇkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ||
abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.

Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho||
Nandiyo Sakko Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||

"Sutaṃ me taṃ bhante||
'sambahula kira bhikkhu||
Bhagavato cīvara-kammaṃ karonti.|| ||

'Niṭṭhita-cīvaro||
Bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamissatī' ti.|| ||

Tesaṃ no, bhante,||
nānāvihārehi viharataṃ||
kenassa||
vihārena vihātabban" ti?

 

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"Sādhu, sādhu, Nandiya,||
etaṃ kho Nandiya||
tumhādisānaṃ paṭirūpaṃ kula-puttānaṃ||
yaṃ tumhe Tathāgataṃ||
upasaṇkamitvā puccheyyātha:|| ||

'Tesaṃ no, bhante,||
nānāvihārehi viharataṃ||
kenassa||
vihārena vihātabban'" ti?|| ||

 

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Saddho kho, Mahānāma, ārādhako hoti,||
no assaddho.|| ||

Sīlavā ārādhako hoti,||
no du-s-sīlo.|| ||

Āraddha-viriyo ārādhako hoti,||
no kusīto.|| ||

Upatthika-satī ārādhako hoti,||
no muṭṭhas-satī.|| ||

Samāhito ārādhako hoti,||
no asamāhito.|| ||

Paññavā ārādhako hoti,||
no duppañño.|| ||

 

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Imesu kho te Nandiya||
chasu Dhammesu patiṭṭhāya||
pañcasu Dhammesu ajjhattaṃ sati upaṭṭhāpetabbā.|| ||

Idha tvaṃ Nandiya||
Tathāgataṃ anussareyyāsi:|| ||

'Iti pi [336] so Bhagavā||
arahaṃ||
Sammā Sambuddho||
vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno||
Sugato||
loka-vidū anuttaro||
purisa-damma-sārathi||
satthā deva-manussānaṃ||
Buddho||
Bhagavā' ti.|| ||

Iti kho te Nandiya||
Tathāgataṃ ārabbha||
ajjhattaṃ sati upaṭṭhāpetabbā.|| ||

 

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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya||
Dhammaṃ anussareyyāsi:|| ||

'Svākkhāto Bhagavatā Dhammo||
sandiṭṭhiko||
akāliko||
ehi passiko||
opanayiko||
paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhī' ti.|| ||

Iti kho te Nandiya||
Dhammaṃ ārabbha||
ajjhattaṃ sati upaṭṭhāpetabbā.|| ||

 

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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya||
kalyāṇa-mitte anussareyyāsi:|| ||

'Lābhā vata me||
su-laddhaṃ vata me,||
yassa me kalyāṇa-mittā||
anukampakā||
attha-kāmā||
ovādakā||
anusāsakā' ti.|| ||

Iti kho te Nandiya||
kalyāṇa-mitte ārabbha||
ajjhattaṃ sati upaṭṭhāpetabbā.|| ||

 

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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya||
attano cāgaṃ anussareyyāsi:|| ||

'Lābhā vata me,||
su-laddhaṃ vata me,||
yohaṃ macchera-mala-pariyuṭṭhitāya pajāya||
vigata-mala-maccherena cetasā agāraṃ ajjhāvasāmi||
mutta-cāgo,||
payata-pāṇī,||
vossagga-rato||
yā cayogo dāna-saṃvibhāga-rato' ti.|| ||

Iti kho te Nandiya||
cāgaṃ ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upaṭṭhāpetabbā.|| ||

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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya||
devatā anussareyyāsi:|| ||

'Yā devatā atikkamm'eva||
kabaliṇkāra-bhakkhānaṃ devānaṃ||
sahavyataṃ aññataraṃ||
mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ upapannā,||
tā karaṇīyaṃ attano||
na samanupassanti,||
katassa vā||
paticayaṃ' ti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi, Nandiya,||
bhikkhu asamaya-vimutto||
karaṇīyaṃ attano||
na samanupassati,||
katassa vā||
paticayaṃ.|| ||

Evam eva kho, Nandiya,||
yā tā devatā atikkamm'eva||
kabaliṇkāra-bhakkhānaṃ devānaṃ||
saha-vyataṃ aññataraṃ||
mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ upapannā,||
tā [337] karaṇīyaṃ attano||
na samanupassanti||
katassa vā||
paticayaṃ.|| ||

Iti kho te, Nandiya,||
devatā ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upaṭṭhāpetabbā.|| ||

 

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Imehi kho, Nandiya,||
ekādasahi Dhammehi samannāgato||
ariya-sāvako pajahat'eva pāpake akusale Dhamme,||
na upādiyati.|| ||

Seyyathā pi, Nandiya,||
kumbho nikkujjo'va mat'eva udakaṃ,||
no vantaṃ pacchā vamati.|| ||

Seyyathā vā pana, Nandiya,||
sukkhe tiṇadāye aggimukko ḍahaṃ yeva gacchati,||
no daḍḍhaṃ paccudāvattati.|| ||

Eva meva kho, Nandiya,||
imehi ekādasahi Dhammehi samannāgato||
ariya-sāvako pajahat'eva pāpake akusale Dhamme,||
na upādiyatī" ti.|| ||