Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
5. Muṇḍarāja-Vagga
Sutta 42
Sappurisa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Sappuriso bhikkhave kule jāya-māno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Mātā-pitunnaṃ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Putta-dārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Dāsa-kamma-kara-porisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Mittā-maccānaṃ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, mahā-megho sabba-sassāni sampādento bahuno-janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti:|| ||
Evam eva [47] kho bhikkhave sappuriso kule jāya-māno bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti:|| ||
Mātā-pitunnaṃ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Putta-dārassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Dāsa-kamma-kara-porisassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Mittā-maccānaṃ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hoti.|| ||
Samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ atthāya hitāya sukhāya hotī" ti.|| ||
Hito bahunnaṃ paṭipajja bhoge taṃ devatā rakkhati devaguttaṃ,||
Bahu-s-sutaṃ sīla-vatupapannaṃ dhamme ṭhitaṃ na vijahāti kitti.|| ||
Dhamm'aṭṭhaṃ sīla-sampannaṃ sacca-vādiṃ hirī-manaṃ,||
Nekkhaṃ jambonadasseva ko taṃ ninditumarahati,||
Devā pi naṃ pasaṃ-santi brahmunā pi pasaṃsito ti.|| ||
