Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sot'Āpatti Saṃyutta
4. Puññ-ā-bhisanda Vagga
Sutta 35
Dutiya Devapada Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayam Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapindikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Cattār'imāni bhikkhave, devānaṃ devapadāni avisuddhānaṃ sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṃ sattāṇaṃ pariyodapanāya.|| ||
Katame cattāro?|| ||
Idha bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako Buddhe avecca-p-pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Iti pi so Bhagavā||
arahaṃ||
Sammā Sambuddho||
vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno||
Sugato||
loka-vidu||
anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathī||
Satthā deva-manussānaṃ||
Buddho||
Bhagavā' ti.|| ||
Idha paṭhamaṃ devānaṃ devapadaṃ avisuddhānaṃ sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṃ sattāṇaṃ pariyodapanāya.|| ||
Puna ca'paraṃ bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako dhamme avecca-p-pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Svākkhāto Bhagavatā dhammo||
sandiṭṭhiko||
akāliko||
ehi passiko||
opanayiko||
paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhī' ti.|| ||
Idaṃ dutiyaṃ devānaṃ devapadaṃ avisuddhānaṃ sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṃ sattāṇaṃ pariyodapanāya.|| ||
Puna ca'paraṃ bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako saṇghe avecca-p-pasādena samannāgato hoti|| ||
'Su-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
uju-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
ñāya-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
sāmīci-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
yad idaṃ cattāri purisa-yugāni||
aṭṭhapurisa-puggalā,||
esa Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho.|| ||
Āhuneyyo||
pāhuneyyo||
dakkhiṇeyyo||
añjali-karaṇīyo||
anuttaraṃ puññakettaṃ lokassā' ti.|| ||
Idaṃ tatiyaṃ devānaṃ devapadaṃ avisuddhānaṃ sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṃ sattāṇaṃ pariyodapanāya.|| ||
Puna ca'paraṃ bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako ariya-kantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti||
akhaṇḍehi||
acchiddehi||
asabalehi||
akammāsehi||
bhujissehi||
viññ'uppasatthehi||
aparām-aṭṭhehi||
samādhi-saṃvaṭṭanikehi.|| ||
So iti paṭisañcikkhati.|| ||
'Kim nu kho devānaṃ devapadan' ti?|| ||
So evam pajānāti:
'Avyāpajjha parame khv'āhaṃ etarahi deve,||
suṇāmi na kho panāhaṃ kañci byābādhemi tasaṇ vā||
thāvaraṃ vā.|| ||
Addhāhaṃ devapada-dhamma-samannāgato vihārāmī' ti.|| ||
Idaṃ [394] catutthaṃ devānaṃ devapadaṃ avisuddhānaṃ sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṃ sattāṇaṃ pariyodapanāya.|| ||
Imāni kho bhikkhave, cattāri devānaṃ devapadāni avisuddhānaṃ sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṃ sattāṇaṃ pariyodapanāyā" ti.|| ||