Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṃyutta
6. Sūkara-Khata Vagga
Sutta 57
Brahmā Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Uruvelāyaṃ viharati||
najjā Nerañjarāya tīre Ajapālanigrodhe||
paṭhamābhi-sambuddho.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavato raho-gatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:|| ||
"Pañc'indriyāni bhāvitāni||
bahulī-katāni||
amato-gadhāni honti||
amataparāyanāni||
amata-pariyosānāni.|| ||
Katamāni pañca?|| ||
Saddh'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Viriy'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Sat'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Samādh'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Paññ'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Imāni pañc'indriyāni bhāvitāni||
bahulī-katāni||
amato-gadhāni honti||
amataparāyanāni||
amata-pariyosānānī" ti.|| ||
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Atha kho Sahampatī Bhagavato cetasā ceto-parivitakkam-aññāya||
seyyathā pi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya,||
pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya,||
evam evaṃ Brahma-loke antara-hito Bhagavato purato pātur ahosi.|| ||
[233] Atha kho Brahmā sahampati ekaṃsaṇ uttarā-saṇgaṃ karitvā yena Bhagavā ten'añjaliṃ paṇāmetvā Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Evam etaṃ Bhagavā,||
evam etaṃ Sugata,||
pañc'indriyāni bhāvitāni||
bahulī-katāni||
amato-gadhāni honti,||
amataparāyanāni||
amata-pariyosānāni.|| ||
Katamāni pañca?|| ||
Saddh'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Viriy'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Sat'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Samādh'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Paññ'indriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ||
bahulī-kataṃ||
amato-gadhaṃ hoti||
amata-parāyanaṃ||
amata-pariyosānaṃ.|| ||
Imāni pañc'indriyāni bhāvitāni||
bahulī-katāni||
amato-gadhāni honti||
amataparāyanāni||
amata-pariyosānāni.|| ||
Bhuta-pubbāḷhaṃ bhante, Kassape Sammā Sambuddhe Brahma-cariyaṃ acariṃ.|| ||
Tatra pi maṃ evaṃ jānanti:|| ||
'Sahako bhikkhu,||
Sahako bhikkhū' ti.|| ||
So kho'haṃ bhante, imesaṇ pañcannaṃ indriyānaṃ bhāvitattā||
bahulī-katattā||
kāmesu kāma-c-chandaṃ virāchetvā kāyassa bhedā param māraṇā sugatiṃ Brahma-lokaṃ uppanno tatra pi maṃ evaṃ jānanti||
'Brahmā Sahampati Brahmā Sahampatī' ti.|| ||
Evam etaṃ Bhagavā,||
evam etaṃ sutata,||
ahame taṃ jānāmi,||
ahame taṃ passāmi.|| ||
Yathā imāni pañc'indriyāni bhāvitāni||
bahulī-katāni||
amato-gadhāni honti,||
amataparāyanāni||
amata-pariyosānānī" ti.|| ||
