Aṅguttara Nikāya
XI. Ekā-Dasaka Nipāta
II. Anu-s-sati Vagga
Sutta 14
Nandiya Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
1. [pts] Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sakkesu viharati Kapilavatthusmiṃ Nigrodhārāme tena kho pana samayena Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ upagantukāmo hoti.|| ||
Assosi kho Nandiyo Sakko:
"Bhagavā kira Sāvatthiyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ upagantukāmo" ti.|| ||
Atha kho Nandiyassa [335] Sakkassa etad ahosi:|| ||
"Yan nūnāham pi Sāvatthiyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ upagaccheyyaṃ,||
tattha kammantaṃ yeva adhiṭṭhahissāmi,||
Bhagavantañ ca lacchāmi kālena kālaṃ dassanāyā" ti.|| ||
Atha kho Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ upagañchi.|| ||
Nandiyo pi kho Sakko Sāvatthiyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ upagañchi.|| ||
Tattha kammantañc'eva adhiṭṭhāsi.|| ||
Bhagavantañ ca labhi kālena kālaṃ dassanāya.|| ||
Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhu Bhagavato cīvara-kammaṃ karonti:|| ||
"Niṭṭhita-cīvaro Bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamissatī" ti.
Assosi kho Nandiyo Sakko:|| ||
"Sambahulā kira bhikkhu Bhagavato cīvara-kammaṃ karonti niṭṭhita-cīvaro Bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamissatī" ti.
Atha kho Nandiyo Sakko yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Nandiyo Sakko Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
"Sutaṃ me taṃ bhante 'sambahula kira bhikkhu Bhagavato cīvara-kammaṃ karonti niṭṭhita-cīvaro Bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamissatī' ti.
Tesaṃ no bhante nānāvihārehi viharataṃ kenassa vihārena vihātabban" ti?
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"Sādhu sādhu Nandiya,||
etaṃ kho Nandiya tumhādisānaṃ paṭirūpaṃ kula-puttānaṃ yaṃ tumhe Tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā puccheyyātha||
'tesaṃ no bhante nānāvihārehi viharataṃ kenassa vihārena vihātabba'n' ti.|| ||
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Saddho kho Nandiya ārādhako hoti.
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No assaddho sīlavā ārādhako hoti||
no du-s-sīlo.
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Āraddha-viriyo ārādhako hoti||
no kusīto.
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Upatthikasati ārādhako hoti||
no muṭṭha-s-sati.
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Samāhito ārādhako hoti||
no asamāhito, paññavā ārādhako hoti no duppañño.
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Imesu kho te Nandiya chasu Dhammesu patiṭṭhāya pañcasu Dhammesu ajjhattaṃ sati upa-ṭ-ṭh-ā-petabbā.|| ||
Idha tvaṃ Nandiya Tathāgataṃ anussareyyāsi:
'Iti pi [336] so Bhagavā arahaṃ Sammā Sambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno Sugato loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi Satthā deva-manussānaṃ Buddho Bhagavā" ti.
Iti kho te Nandiya Tathāgataṃ ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upa-ṭ-ṭh-ā-petabbā.|| ||
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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya Dhammaṃ anussareyyāsi:
'Svākkhāto Bhagavatā Dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehi passiko opanayiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhī' ti.
Iti kho te Nandiya Dhammaṃ ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upa-ṭ-ṭh-ā-petabbā.|| ||
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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya kalyāṇa-mitte anussareyyāsi:
'Lābhā vata me su-laddhaṃ vata me,||
yassa me kalyāṇa-mittā anukampakā attha-kāmā ovādakā anusāsakā' ti.
Iti kho te Nandiya kalyāṇa-mitte ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upa-ṭ-ṭh-ā-petabbā.|| ||
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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya attano cāgaṃ anussareyyāsi:
'Lābhā vata me,||
su-laddhaṃ vata me||
yohaṃ macchera-mala-pariyuṭṭhitāya pajāya vigata-mala-maccherena cetasā agāraṃ ajjhā-vasāmi mutta-cāgo payata-pāṇī vossagga-rato yā cayogo dāna-saṃvibhāga-rato' ti.
Iti kho te Nandiya cāgaṃ ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upa-ṭ-ṭh-ā-petabbā.|| ||
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Puna ca paraṃ tvaṃ Nandiya devatā anussareyyāsi:|| ||
'Yā devatā ati-k-kammeva kabaliṅkārāhāra-bhakkhānaṃ devānaṃ saha-vyataṃ aññataraṃ mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ upapannā,||
tā karaṇīyaṃ attano na samanupassanti,||
katassa vā paticayaṃ.
Seyyathā pi Nandiya bhikkhu asamaya-vimutto karaṇīyaṃ attano na samanupassati,||
katassa vā paticayaṃ,||
evam eva kho Nandiya yā tā devatā ati-k-kammeva kabaliṇkārāhāra-bhakkhānaṃ devānaṃ saha-vyataṃ aññataraṃ mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ upapannā,||
tā [337] karaṇīyaṃ attano na samanupassanti katassa vā paticayaṃ' ti.
Iti kho te Nandiya devatā ārabbha ajjhattaṃ sati upa-ṭ-ṭh-ā-petabbā.
Imehi kho Nandiya ekādasahi Dhammehi samannāgato ariya-sāvako pajahateva pāpake akusale Dhamme,||
na upādiyati.|| ||
Seyyathā pi Nandiya kumbho nikkujjo1 vamateva udakaṃ,||
no vantaṃ pacchā vamati.
Seyyathā vā pana Nandiya sukkhe tiṇadāye aggimukko3 ḍahaṃ yeva gacchati,||
no daḍḍhaṃ paccudāvattati.|| ||
Eva meva kho Nandiya imehi ekādasahi Dhammehi samannāgato ariya-sāvako pajahate va pāpake akusale Dhamme,||
na upādiyatī" ti.|| ||