Aṇguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XX: Mahā Vagga
Sutta 199
Taṇhā-Jalini Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than][olds] Taṇhaṃ vo bhikkhave desissāmi||
jāliniṃ saritaṃ visaṭaṃ visattikaṃ,||
yāya ayaṃ loko uddhasto pariyonaddho tant'ākula-kajāto||
guḷāguṇḍi-kajāto muñjababba- [212] jabhuto||
apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ nāti-vattati.
Taṃ suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasi-karotha||
bhāsissāmī" ti.|| ||
Evaṃ bhante ti kho te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
[2][pts][than][olds] Katamā ca bhikkhave taṇhā jālinī||
saritā visaṭā visattikā,||
yāya ayaṃ loko uddhasto pariyonaddho tant'ākula-kajāto||
gulāguṇḍi-kajāto muñjababbajabhuto||
apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ nāti-vattati?|| ||
Aṭṭhārasa kho pan'imāni bhikkhave taṇhā-vicaritāni ajjhattikassa upādāya,||
aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni bāhirassa upādāya.|| ||
[3][pts][than][olds] Katamāni aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni ajjhattikassa upādāya?|| ||
Asmī ti bhikkhave sati||
itth'asmī ti hoti,||
ev'asmī ti hoti,||
aññath'asmī ti hoti,||
as'asmī ti hoti,||
sat'asmī ti hoti,||
san ti hoti,||
itthaṃ san ti hoti,||
evaṃ san ti hoti,||
aññathā san ti hoti,||
api ha san ti hoti,||
api itthaṃ san ti hoti,||
api evaṃ san ti hoti,||
api aññathā san ti hoti,||
bhavissan ti hoti,||
itthaṃ bhavissan ti hoti,||
evaṃ bhavissan ti hoti,||
aññathā bhavissan ti hoti.|| ||
Imāni aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni ajjhattikassa upādāya.|| ||
[4][pts][than][olds] Katamāni aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni bāhirassa upādāya?|| ||
Iminā asmī ti bhikkhave sati,||
iminā itth'asmī ti hoti,||
iminā ev'asmī ti hoti,||
iminā aññath'asmī ti hoti,||
iminā as'asmī ti hoti,||
iminā sat'asmī ti hoti,||
iminā san ti hoti,||
iminā itthaṃ san ti hoti,||
iminā evaṃ san ti hoti,||
iminā aññathā san ti hoti,||
iminā api ha san ti hoti,||
iminā api itthaṃ san ti hoti,||
iminā api evaṃ san ti hoti,||
iminā api aññathā san ti hoti,||
iminā bhavissan ti hoti,||
iminā itthaṃ bhavissan ti hoti,||
iminā evaṃ bhavissan ti hoti,||
iminā aññathā bhavissan ti hoti.|| ||
Imāni aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni bāhirassa upādāya.|| ||
[5][pts][than][olds] Iti aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni ajjhattikassa upādāya
aṭṭhārasa taṇhā-vicaritāni bāhirassa upādāya.|| ||
Imāni vuccanti bhikkhave chattiṃsa taṇhā-vicaritāni.|| ||
Iti eva-rūpāni atītāni chattiṃsa taṇhā-vicaritāni,||
anāgatāni chattiṃsa taṇhā-vica- [213] tāni,||
pacc'uppannāni chattiṃsa taṇhā-vicaritāni,||
evam aṭṭharasa taṇhā-vicaritāni sataṃ hoti.|| ||
[6][pts][than][olds] Ayaṃ kho sā bhikkhave taṇhā jālinī||
saritā visaṭā visattikā,||
yāya ayaṃ loko uddhasto pariyonaddho tant'ākula-kajāto guḷā-guṇḍi-kajāto muñjababba-jabhūto||
apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ nāti-vattatī ti.|| ||
