Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka-Nipāta
II: Sārāṇīya-Vagga
Sutta 18
Macchika Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kosalesu cārikaṃ carati mahatā bhikkhu saṅghena saddhiṃ.|| ||
Addasā kho Bhagavā addhāna-Magga-paṭipanno aññatarasmiṃ padese macchikaṃ maccha-bandhaṃ macche vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇa-mānaṃ,||
disvā maggā ukkamma aññatarasmiṃ rukkha-mūle paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||
Nisajja kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
2. "Passatha, no tumhe bhikkhave amuṃ macchikaṃ maccha-bandhaṃ macche vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇa-mānan" ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ bhante."|| ||
"Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave||
api nu tumhehi||
diṭṭhaṃ vā||
sutaṃ vā:|| ||
'Macchiko macchabandho macche vadhitvā [302] vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyīvā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
boga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti?|| ||
No h'etaṃ bhante.|| ||
Sādhu bhikkhave, mayā pi kho etaṃ bhikkhave||
n'eva diṭṭhaṃ,||
na sutaṃ:|| ||
'Macchiko macchabandho macche vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Te hi so bhikkhave macche vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhati,||
tasmā so n'eva hatthiyāyī hoti,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave api nu tumhehi||
diṭṭhaṃ vā||
sutaṃ vā:|| ||
'Goghātako gāvo vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti|| ||
"No h'etaṃ bhante"|| ||
"Sādhu bhikkhave, mayā pi kho etaṃ bhikkhave||
n'eva diṭṭhaṃ,||
na sutaṃ:|| ||
'Goghātako gāvo vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Te hi so bhikkhave gāvo vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhati,||
tasmā so n'eva hatthiyāyī hoti,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave api nu tumhehi||
diṭṭhaṃ [303] vā||
sutaṃ vā:|| ||
'Orabbhiko orambhe vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ bhante"|| ||
Sādhu bhikkhave, mayā pi kho etaṃ bhikkhave n'eva diṭṭhaṃ, na sutaṃ:|| ||
'Orabbhiko orambhe vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Te hi so bhikkhave orambhe vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhati,||
tasmā so n'eva hatthiyāyī hoti,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave api nu tumhehi||
diṭṭhaṃ vā||
sutaṃ vā:|| ||
'Sūkariko sūkare vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ bhante"|| ||
Sādhu bhikkhave, mayā pi kho etaṃ bhikkhave n'eva diṭṭhaṃ, na sutaṃ:|| ||
'Sūkariko sūkare vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Te hi so bhikkhave sūkare vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhati,||
tasmā so n'eva hatthiyāyī hoti,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave api nu tumhehi||
diṭṭhaṃ vā||
sutaṃ vā:|| ||
'Sākuntiko sākunte vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ bhante"|| ||
Sādhu bhikkhave, mayā pi kho etaṃ bhikkhave||
n'eva diṭṭhaṃ,||
na sutaṃ:|| ||
'Sākuntiko sākunte vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Te hi so bhikkhave sākunte vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhati,||
tasmā so n'eva hatthiyāyī hoti,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave api nu tumhehi||
diṭṭhaṃ vā||
sutaṃ vā:|| ||
'Māgaviko mage vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti?|| ||
"No h'etaṃ bhante"|| ||
Sādhu bhikkhave, mayā pi kho etaṃ bhikkhave||
n'eva diṭṭhaṃ,||
na sutaṃ:|| ||
'Māgaviko mage vadhitvā vadhitvā vadhitvā vikkiṇamāno tena kammena tena ājivena||
hatthiyāyī vā||
assayāyī vā||
rathayāyī vā||
yānayāyī vā||
bhoga-bhogī vā||
mahantaṃ vā||
bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasanto' ti.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Te hi so bhikkhave mage vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhati,||
tasmā so n'eva hatthiyāyī hoti,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
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Te hi so bhikkhave tiracchānagate pāṇe vajjhe vadhāy'upanīte pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkha-māno||
n'eva hatthiyāyī bhavissati,||
na assayāyī,||
na rathayāyī,||
na yānayāyī,||
na bhoga-bhogī,||
na mahantaṃ bhoga-k-khandhaṃ ajjhāvasissati.|| ||
Ko pana vādo yaṃ manussa-bhutaṃ vajjhaṃ vadhāy'upanītaṃ pāpakena manas-ā-nupekkhatī,||
taṃ hi'ssa bhikkhave hoti dīgha-rattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya,||
kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjatī" ti.|| ||
