Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
20. Opamma Saṃuttaṃ
Sutta 9
Nāga 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.|| ||
[2] Tena kho pana samayena aññataro navo bhikkhu ati-velaṃ kulāni upasaṇkamati,||
tam enaṃ bhikkhū evam āhaṃsu:|| ||
"Mā āyasmā ati-velaṃ kulāni upasaṇkamī" ti.|| ||
[3] So bhikkhūhi vuccamāno evam āha:|| ||
"Ime hi nāma therā bhikkhū kulāni upasaṇkamitabbaṃ maññissanti,||
kim aṇgaṃ panāhan" ti.|| ||
[4] Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṇkamiṃsu.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdiṃsu.|| ||
[269] [5] Eka-m-antaṃ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū Bhagavantaṃ etad avocuṃ:|| ||
"Idha bhante aññataro navo bhikkhu ati-velaṃ kulāni upasaṇkamati||
tam enaṃ bhikkhū evam āhaṃsu:|| ||
'Mā āyasmā evaṃ ati-velaṃ kulāni upasaṇkamī' ti.|| ||
So bhikkhū bhikkhūhi vuccamāno evam āha:|| ||
'Ime hi nāma therā bhikkhū kulāni upasaṇkamitabbaṃ maññissanti,||
kim aṇgaṃ panāhan' ti" ti.|| ||
[6] "Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave,||
araññāyatane mahāsarasi,||
taṃ nāgā upanissāya viharanti,||
te taṃ sarasiṃ ogāhetvā soṇḍāya bhisamūlālaṃ abbhuggahetvā suvikkhālitaṃ vikkhāletvā akaddamaṃ saṇkhāritvā ajjhoharanti.|| ||
Tesaṇ taṃ vaṇṇāya c'eva hoti balāya ca,||
na ca tatonidānaṃ maraṇaṃ vā nigacchanti,||
maraṇa-mattaṃ vā dukkhaṃ.|| ||
[7] Tesaṃ yeva kho pana bhikkhave,||
mahā-nāgānaṃ anusikkhamānā taruṇā bhiṇkacchāpā,||
taṃ sarasiṃ ogāhetvā soṇḍāya bhisamūlālaṃ abbhuggahetvā na suvikkhālitaṃ vikkhāletvā sakaddamaṃ saṇkh-ā-ditvā ajjhoharanti.|| ||
Tesaṇ taṃ n'eva vaṇṇāya c'eva hoti na balāya,||
tato nidānaṃ maraṇaṃ vā nigacchanti,||
maraṇa-mattaṃ vā dukkhaṃ.|| ||
[8] Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
idha therā bhikkhū pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaram ādāya gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā piṇḍāya pavisanti.|| ||
Te tattha dhammaṃ bhāsanti||
tesaṇ gihī pasannā karaṃ karonti,||
te taṃ lābhaṃ agadhitā amucchitā anajjhopanna,||
ādīnavadassāvino nissaraṇa-paññā paribhuñjanti.|| ||
Tesaṇ taṃ vaṇṇāya c'eva hoti balāya ca,||
na ca tatonidānaṃ maraṇaṃ vā nigacchantali,||
maraṇa-mattaṃ vā dukkhaṃ.|| ||
[9] Tesaṃ yeva kho pana bhikkhave,||
therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ anusikkhamānā navā bhikkhū pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaram ādāya gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā piṇḍāya pavisanti.|| ||
[10] Te tattha dhammaṃ bhāsanti,||
tesaṇ gihī pasannā [270] kāraṃ karonti,||
te taṃ lābhaṃ gadhitā mucchitā ajjhopannā anādīnavadassāvino anissaraṇa-paññā paribhuñjanti.|| ||
Tesaṇ taṃ n'eva vaṇṇāya hoti na balāya,||
te tatonidānaṃ maraṇaṃ vā nigacchanti,||
maraṇa-mattaṃ vā dukkhaṃ.|| ||
[11] Tasmātiha bhikkhave,||
evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ:|| ||
'Agathitā amucchitā anajjhopannā ādīnavadassāvino nissaraṇa-paññā lābhaṃ paribhuñjissāmā' ti.|| ||
Evaṃ hi vo bhikkhave, sikkhitabban" ti.|| ||
