Aṇguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
II: Mahā Vagga
Sutta 15
Mala Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
2. Aṭṭh'imāni bhikkhave malāni.|| ||
Katamāni aṭṭha?|| ||
3. Asajjhāya malā bhikkhave mantā,||
anuṭṭhāna-malā bhikkhave gharā,||
malaṃ bhikkhave vaṇṇassa kosajjaṃ,||
pamādo bhikkhave rakkhato malaṃ,||
malaṃ bhikkhave itthiyā du-c-caritaṃ||
maccheraṃ bhikkhave dadato malaṃ,||
malā bhikkhave pāpakā akusalā dhammā asmiṃ loke parambhi ca,||
tato ca bhikkhave malā malataraṃ,||
avijjā paramaṃ malaṃ.|| ||
Imāni kho bhikkhave aṭṭha malānī ti.|| ||
Asajjhāya malā mantā anuṭṭhāna-malā gharā,||
Malaṃ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṃ pamādo rakkhato malaṃ|| ||
Malitthiyā du-c-caritaṃ maccheraṃ dadato malaṃ,||
Malā ve pāpakā dhammā asmiṃ loke parambhi ca||
Tato malā malataraṃ avijjā paramaṃ malan ti.|| ||