Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṃyuttaṃ
IV. Catuttha Vagga
Dhātu Saṃyutta
Sutta 37
Samaṇa-Brāhmaṇa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
2. "Catasso imā bhikkhave, dhātuyo.|| ||
Katamā catasso?|| ||
Paṭhavī-dhātu,||
āpo-dhātu,||
tejo-dhātu,||
vāyo-dhātu.|| ||
3. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave,||
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imāsaṃ catunnaṃ dhātunaṃ assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca [176] yathā-bhūtaṃ na-p-pajānanti,||
na me te bhikkhave,||
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇa-sammatā,||
brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇa-sammatā,||
na ca pana te āyasmantā sāmaññ'atthaṃ vā brahmaññ'atthaṃ vā diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharanti.|| ||
4. Ye ca kho keci bhikkhave,||
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imāsaṃ catunnaṃ dhātunaṃ assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānanti,||
te ca kho me bhikkhave,||
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu ce vā samaṇa-sammatā,||
brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇa-sammatā,||
te ca pan'āyasmantā sāmaññ'atthañ ca brahmaññ'atthañ ca diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharantī" ti.|| ||
