Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga

Sutta 42

Nāgita Suttaṃ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts][than] Evaṃ me sutaṃ.|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṅghena saddhiṃ yena Icchānaṅgalaṃ nāma Kosalānaṃ brāhmaṇa-gāmo tad avasari.|| ||

Tatra sudaṃ Bhagavā Icchānaṅgale viharati Icchānaṅgala-vana-saṇḍe.|| ||

Assosuṃ kho Icchānaṅgalikā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā:|| ||

"Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā pabba-jito Icchānaṅgalaṃ anuppatto Icchānaṅgale viharati Icchānaṅgala-vana-saṇḍe.|| ||

Taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kitti-saddo abbhūggato:|| ||

"Iti pi so Bhagavā,||
arahaṃ,||
Sammā Sambuddho,||
vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno,||
Sugato,||
loka-vidu,||
anuttaro purisa-damma sārathi,||
Satthā deva-manussānaṃ,||
Buddho,||
Bhagavā" ti.|| ||

So imaṃ lokaṃ sa-devakaṃ,||
sa-Mārakaṃ,||
sa-brahmakaṃ,||
sa-s-samaṇa-brāhmaṇīṃ pajaṃ,||
sa-deva-manussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā pavedeti.|| ||

So dhammaṃ deseti ādi-kalyāṇaṃ,||
majjhe-kalyāṇaṃ,||
pariyosāna-kalyāṇaṃ,||
sātthaṃ savyañ janaṃ kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ,||
Brahma-cariyaṃ pakāseti.|| ||

Sādhu kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotī"' ti.|| ||

Atha kho Icchānaṅgalikā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā tassā rattiyā accayena pahūtaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ ādāya yena Icchānaṅgalavana-saṇḍaṃ ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā bahi-dvāra-koṭṭhake aṭṭhaṃsu uccā-saddā mahā-saddā.|| ||

2. Tena kho pana samayen'āyasmā Nāgito Bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti.|| ||

Atha kho Bhagavā āyasmantaṃ Nāgitaṃ [342] āmantesi:|| ||

"Ke pana te Nāgita uccā-saddā mahā-saddā kevaṭṭā maññe macche vilopetī" ti.|| ||

"Ete bhante Icchānaṅgalikā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā pahutaṃ khādanīyaṃ hojanīyaṃ ādāya bahi-dvāra-koṭṭhake ṭhitā Bhagavantaṃ yeva uddissa bhikkhu-saṅghaṃ cā" ti.|| ||

'Māhaṃ Nāgita yasena samāgamaṃ mā ca mayā yaso.|| ||

Yo kho Nāgita na yimassa nekkhamma-sukhassa paviveka-sukhassa upasama-sukhassa sambodha-sukhassa nikāma-lābhī assa akiccha-lābhī akasira-lābhī,||
yassāhaṃ nekkhamma-sukhassa,||
paviveka-sukhassa,||
upasama-sukhassa,||
sambodha-sukhassa,||
nikāma-lābhī,||
akiccha-lābhī,||
akasira-lābhī,||
so taṃ mīḷha-sukhaṃ,||
middha-sukhaṃ,||
lābha-sakkāra-siloka-sukhaṃ sādiyeyyā ti.|| ||

"Adhivāsetu-dāni bhante Bhagavā,||
adhivāsetu Sugato.|| ||

Adhivāsana kālo-dāni bhante Bhagavato.|| ||

Yena yen'eva dāni bhante Bhagavā gamissati,||
tanninnā va bhavissanti brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā,||
ne gamā ce va jāna-padā ca.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhante thulla-phusitake deve vassante yathāninnaṃ udakāni pavattanti,||
eva meva kho bhante yena yen'evadāni Bhagavā gamissati,||
tanninnā va bhavissanti brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā negamā ce va jāna-padā ca.|| ||

Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||

Tathā hi bhante Bhagavato sila-paññaṇan" ti.|| ||

Māhaṃ Nāgita yasena samāgamaṃ mā ca mayā saso.|| ||

Yo kho Nāgita, na yimassa nekkhamma-sukhassa paviveka-sukhassa upasama-sukhassa sambodha-sukhassa nikāma-lābhī assa akiccha-lābhī akasira-lābhī,||
yassāhaṃ nekkhamma-sukhassa paviveka-sukhassa upasama-sukhassa sambodha-sukhassa nikāma-lābhī akiccha-lābhi akasira-lābhī,||
so taṃ mīḷha-sukhaṃ middha-sukhaṃ lābha-sakkāra siloka-sukhaṃ sādiyeyya ti.|| ||

3. Idhāṃ Nāgita bhikkhuṃ passāmi gāmanta-vihāriṃ [343] samāhitaṃ nisinnaṃ tassa mayhaṃ Nāgita,||
evaṃ hoti:|| ||

"Idān'imaṃ āyasmantaṃ ārāmiko vā samaṇ'uddeso vā saha-dhammiko vā tamhā samādhimhā cāvessatī" ti.|| ||

Ten-ā-haṃ Nāgita tassa bhikkhuno na atta-mano homi gāmanta-vihārena.|| ||

4. Idha panāhaṃ Nāgita,||
bhikkhuṃ passāmi āraññakaṃ araññe pacalāya-mānaṃ nisinnaṃ.|| ||

Tassa mayhaṃ Nāgita evaṃ hoti:|| ||

"Idāni ayam āyasmā imaṃ niddā-kilamathaṃ paṭivinodetvā arañña-saññaṃ yeva manasi karissati ekattanti.|| ||

Ten-ā-haṃ Nāgita tassa bhikkhuno atta-mano homi arañña-vihārena.|| ||

5. Idha panāhaṃ Nāgita bhikkhuṃ passāmi araññakaṃ araññe asamāhitaṃ nisinnaṃ.|| ||

Tassa mayhaṃ Nāgita evaṃ hoti:|| ||

"Idāni ayam āyasmā asamāhitaṃ vā cittaṃ samādahi'ssati samāhitaṃ vā cittaṃ anurakkhi's-sati" ti.|| ||

Ten-ā-haṃ Nāgita tassa bhikkhuno atta-mano homi arañña-vihārena.|| ||

6. Idha panāhaṃ Nāgita,||
bhikkhuṃ passāmi āraññakaṃ araññe samāhitaṃ nisinnaṃ.|| ||

Tassa mayhaṃ Nāgita evaṃ hoti:|| ||

"Idāni ayam āyasmā avimuttaṃ vā cittaṃ vimocessati,||
vimuttaṃ vā cittaṃ anurakkhi's-satī" ti.|| ||

Ten-ā-haṃ Nāgita tassa bhikkhuno atta-mano homi arañña-vihārena.|| ||

7. Idha panāhaṃ Nāgita bhikkhuṃ passāmi gāmanta-vihāriṃ lābhiṃ cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṃ.|| ||

So taṃ lābha-sakkāra-silokaṃ nikāmaya-māno riñcati paṭisallānaṃ,||
riñcati araññe vana-pa-t-thāni pantāni sen'āsanāni,||
gāmini-gama-rāja-dhāniṃ osaritvā vāsaṃ kappeti.|| ||

Ten-ā-haṃ Nāgita tassa bhikkhuno na atta-mano homi gāmanta-vihārena.|| ||

8. Idha panāhaṃ Nāgita bhikkhuṃ passāmi āraññakaṃ lābhiṃ cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṃ.|| ||

So taṃ lābha-sakkāra-silokaṃ paṭipaṇā-metvā na riñcati paṭisallānaṃ,||
na riñcati araṃ yevana-pa-t-thāni pantāni sen'āsanāni.|| ||

Ten-ā-haṃ Nāgita tassa bhikkhuno atta-mano homi arañña-vihārena.|| ||

Yasmā'haṃ Nāgita samaye addhāna-magga-paṭipanno na kañci passāmi purato vā pacchato vā,||
phāsu me Nāgita tasmiṃ samaye hoti antamaso uccāra-passāva-kammāyā" ti.|| ||

Devatā Vagga Catuttho