Aṇguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Mahāyañña-Vagga
Sutta 50
Nanda-Mātu Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][upal][than] EVAṂ ME SUTAṂ.|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca Sāriputto āyasmā ca Mahā Moggallāno Dakkhiṇāgirismiṃ cārikaṃ caranti mahatā bhikkhu saṇghena saddhiṃ.|| ||
Tena kho pana samayena Veḷukaṇṭakī Nandamātā upāsikā rattiyā paccūsa-samayaṃ paccūṭṭhāya pārāyaṇaṃ sarena bhāsati.|| ||
Tena kho pana samayena Vessavaṇo Mahārājā uttarāya disāya dakkhiṇaṃ disaṃ gacchati kenaci-d'eva karaṇīyena.|| ||
Assosi kho Vessavaṇo Mahārājā Nandamātāya upāsikāya pārāyaṇaṃ sarena bhāsantiyā.|| ||
Sutvā kathā-pariyosānaṃ āgamayamāno aṭṭhāsi.|| ||
Atha kho Nandamātā upāsikā pārāyaṇaṃ sarena bhāsitvā tuṇhī ahosi.|| ||
Atha kho Vessavaṇo Mahārājā Nandamātāya upāsikāya kathā-pariyosānaṃ viditvā abbhanumodī:|| ||
'Sādhu bhagini, sādhu bhaginī' ti.|| ||
'Ko panesa bhadramukhā' ti?|| ||
'Ahaṃ te bhaginī bhātā Vessavaṇo Mahārājā' ti.|| ||
'Sādhu bhadramukha,||
tena hīyo me ayaṃ dammapariyāyo bhaṇito,||
idan te hotu ātitheyyan' ti.|| ||
'Sādhu bhaginī, etaṃ c'eva me [64] hotu ātitheyyaṃ:
sve ca Sāriputta-Moggallānapamukho bhikkhu-saṇgho akatapātarāso Veḷukaṇṭakaṃ āgamissati.|| ||
Tañ ca bhikkhu-saṇgaṃ parivisitvā mamaṃ dakkhiṇaṃ ādiseyyāsi,||
etañ ca me bhavissati ātitheyyan' ti.|| ||
2. Atha ko Nandamātā upāsikā tassā rattiyā accayena sake nivesane paṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpesi.|| ||
Atha kho Sāriputta-Moggallānapamukho bhikkhu-saṇgho akatapātarāso yena Veḷukaṇṭako tad avasarī.|| ||
Atha kho Nandamātā upāsikā aññataraṃ purisaṃ āmantesi:|| ||
'Ehi tvaṃ ambho purisa,||
ārāmaṃ gantvā bhikkhū-Saṇghassa kālaṃ ārocehi:|| ||
"Kālo bhante, ayyāya Nandamātuyā nivesane niṭṭhitaṃ bhattan"' ti.|| ||
'Evaṃ ayye', ti kho so puriso Nandamātāya upāsikāya paṭi-s-sutvā ārāmaṃ gantvā bhikkhū-Saṇghassa kālaṃ ārovesi:|| ||
'Kālo bhante, ayyāya Nandamātuyā nivesane niṭṭhitaṃ bhattan' ti.|| ||
Atha kho Sāriputata-Moggallānapamukho bhikkhu-saṇgho pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya yena Nandamātuyā upāsikāya nivesanaṃ ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||
Atha kho Nandamātā upāsikā Sāriputta-Moggallānapamukhaṃ bhikkhu-saṇghaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatvā santappesi sampavāresi.|| ||
Atha kho Nandamātā upāsikā āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇīṃ eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinnaṃ kho Nandamātaraṃ upāsikaṃ āyasmā Sāriputto etad avoca:|| ||
'Ko pana te Nandamāte, bhikkhu-saṇghassa abbhāgamanaṃ ārocesī ti?|| ||
'Idh'āhaṃ bhante, rattiyā paccūsa-samayaṃ paccu-ṭṭhāya pārāyaṇaṃ sarena bhāsitvā tuṇhī ahosiṃ.|| ||
Atha kho bhante, Vessavaṇo [65] Mahārājā mama kathā-pariyosānaṃ viditvā abbhanumodi:|| ||
"Sādhu bhaginī, sādhu bhaginī", ti.|| ||
"Ko pan'eso bhadramukhā" ti?|| ||
"Ahaṃ te bhagini, bhātā Vessavaṇo Mahārājā" ti.|| ||
"Sādhu bhadramukha, tena hīyo me ayaṃ dhamma-pariyāyo bhaṇito,||
idaṃ te hotu ātitheyyan" ti.|| ||
"Sādhu bhagini, etañ c'eva me hotu ātitheyyaṃ:||
sve ca Sāriputta-Moggallānapamukho bhikkhu-saṇgho akatapātarāso Veḷukaṇṭakaṃ āgamissati.|| ||
Tañ ca bhikkhū-Saṇghaṃ parivisitvā mamaṃ dakkhiṇaṃ ādiseyyāsi.|| ||
Etañ ca me bhavissati ātitheyyan" ti.|| ||
Yad idaṃ bhante, dāne puññaṃ hi taṃ Vessavaṇassa mahārājassa sukhāya hotū' ti.|| ||
3. 'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāte, abbhūtaṃ Nandamāte,||
yatra hi nāma Vessavaṇena mahārājena evaṃ mahiddhikena evaṃ mahesakkhena deva-puttena sammukhā sallapissatī' ti.|| ||
'Na kho me bhante, es'eva acchariyo abbhūto dhammo.|| ||
Atthi me añño pi acchariyo abbhuto dhammo:
Idha me bhante Nando nāma eko puttako piyo manāpo.|| ||
Taṃ rājāno kismiñci-d'eva karaṇe okkassa pasayha jivitā voropesuṃ.|| ||
Tasmiṃ kho panāhaṃ bhante, dārake gahite vā gayhamāne vā vadhe vā vajjhamāne vā hate vā haññamāne vā nābhijānāmi cittassa aññathattan' ti.|| ||
4. 'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāte, abbhūtaṃ Nandamāte,||
yatra hi nāma cittuppādam pi parisodhessasī' ti.|| ||
'Na kho me [66] bhante, es'eva acchariyo abbhuto dhammo.|| ||
Atti me añño pi acchariyo abbhuto dhammo:|| ||
Idha me bhante, sāmiko kāla-kato aññataraṃ yakkhayoniṃ upapanno.|| ||
So me ten'eva purimena atta-bhāvena uddasseti.|| ||
Na kho panāhaṃ bhante, abhijānāmi tato nidānaṃ cittassa aññathattan' ti.|| ||
5. 'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāte, abbhūtaṃ Nandamāte,||
yatra hi nāma cittuppādam pi parisodhessatī' ti.|| ||
'Na kho me bhante, es'eva acchariyo abbhuto dhammo.|| ||
Atti me añño pi acchariyo abbhuto dhammo:|| ||
Yato'haṃ bhante, sāmikassa daharass'eva daharā ānītā,||
nābhijānāmi sāmikaṃ manasā pi aticarittā,||
kuto pana kāyenā' ti.|| ||
6. 'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāte, abbhutaṃ Nandamāte,||
yatra hi nāma cittuppādamattam pi parisodhessatī' ti.|| ||
'Na kho me bhante, es'eva acchariyo abbhuto dhammo.|| ||
Atthi me añño pi acchariyo abbhuto dhammo:|| ||
Yadāhaṃ bhante, upāsikā paṭidesitā,||
nābhijānāmi kiñci sikkhāpadaṃ sañcicca vītikkamitā' ti.|| ||
7. 'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāte, abbhutaṃ Nandamāte' ti.|| ||
Na kho me bhante, es'eva acchariyo abbhuto dhammo.|| ||
Atti me añño pi acchariyo abbhuto dhammo:|| ||
Idh'āhaṃ bhante, yāva-d'eva ākaṇkhāmi||
vivicc'eva kāmehi||
vivicca akusalehi dhammehi
sa-vitakkaṃ sa-vicāraṃ
vicekajaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ
paṭhamaṃ-jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi.|| ||
Vitakka-vicārānaṃ vūpasamā||
ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ||
cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ||
avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ||
samādhi-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ||
dutiyaṃ-jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi.|| ||
Pītiyā ca virāgā||
upekkhakā ca viharāmi,||
satā ca sampajānā sukhañ ca [67] kāyena paṭisaṃvedemi.|| ||
Yaṃ taṃ ariyā ācikkhantī
'upekkhako satimā sukha-vihāri' ti||
tatiyaṃ jhanaṃ upasampajja viharāmi.|| ||
Sukhassa ca pahānā||
dukkhassa ca pahānā||
pubb'eva somanassa domanassānaṃ attha-gamā||
adukkha-ṃ-asukhaṃ||
upekkhā-sati-pārisuddhiṃ||
catutthaṃ-jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi' ti.|| ||
8. 'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāne abbhutaṃ Nandamāte' ti.|| ||
'Na kho me bhante es'eva acchariyo abbhuto dhammo.|| ||
Atti me añño pi acchariyo abbhuto dhammo:|| ||
Yānīmāni bhante, Bhagavatā desitāni pañc'oram-bhāgiyāni saṃyojanāni,||
n-ā-haṃ tesaṃ kiñci attani a-p-pahīnaṃ samanupassāmi' ti.|| ||
'Acchariyaṃ Nandamāte, abbhutā Nandamāte' ti.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto Nandamātaraṃ upāsikaṃ dhammiyā kathāya sa nadassetvā samāda-petvā samutte-chetvā sampahaṃ-setvā uṭṭhāy āsanā pakkāmi ti.|| ||
