Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sot'Āpatti Saṃyutta
5. Sagātha-Puññā-Bhisanda Vagga
Sutta 42
Dutiya Abhisanda or Sahyaka or Asaṇkheyya Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayam Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Cattāro me bhikkhave, puññ-ā-bhisandā||
kusal-ā-bhisandā||
sukhass'āhārā.|| ||
Katame cattāro?|| ||
Idha bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako Buddhe avecca pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Iti pi so Bhagavā||
arahaṃ||
Sammā Sambuddho||
vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno||
Sugato||
loka-vidu||
anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathī||
Satthā deva-manussānaṃ||
Buddho||
Bhagavā' ti.
Ayaṃ paṭhamo puññ-ā-bhisando kusal-ā-bhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
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Dhamme avecca pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Svākkhāto Bhagavatā dhammo||
sandiṭṭhiko||
akāliko||
ehi passiko||
opanayiko||
paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhī' ti.|| ||
Ayaṃ dutiyo puññ-ā-bhisando kusal-ā-bhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
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Saṇghe avecca pasādena samannāgato hoti:|| ||
'Su-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
uju-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
ñāya-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
sāmīci-paṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho,||
yad idaṃ cattāri purisa-yugāni||
aṭṭhapurisa-puggalā,||
esa Bhagavato sāvaka-saṇgho.|| ||
Āhuneyyo||
pāhuneyyo||
dakkhiṇeyyo||
añjali-karaṇīyo||
anuttaraṃ puññakettaṃ lokassā' ti.|| ||
Ayaṃ tatiyo puññ-ā-bhisando kusal-ā-bhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
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Puna ca paraṃ bhikkhave, ariya-sāvako vigata-mala-maccerena cetasā agāraṃ ajjhā-vasati.|| ||
Mutta-cāgo payata-pāṇī||
vossagga-rato||
yā cayogo||
dāna-saṃvibhāga-rato.|| ||
Ayaṃ catuttho puññ-ā-bhisando kusal-ā-bhisando sukhass'āhāro.|| ||
Ime kho bhikkhave, cattāro puññ-ā-bhisandā||
kusal-ā-bhisandā||
sukhass'āhārā.|| ||
Imehi kho bhikkhave, catūhi puññ-ā-bhisandehi||
kusal-ā-bhisandehi||
samannāgatassa||
ariya-sāvakassa na sukaraṃ||
puññassa||
pamāṇaṃ gaṇetuṃ.|| ||
'Ettako puññ-ā-bhisando||
kusal-ā-bhisando||
sukhass'āhāro' ti.|| ||
Atha kho 'asaṇkheyyo||
appameyyo||
mahā-puñña-k-khandho'||
tv'eva saṇkhaṃ gacchati.|| ||
Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, yatthimā mahā-nadiyo saṃsandanti, samenti.|| ||
Seyyath'īdaṃ:||
Gaṇgā||
Yamunā||
Aciravatī||
Sarabhū||
Mahī.|| ||
Tattha na sukaraṃ udakassa pamāṇaṃ gaṇetuṃ, || ||
'ettakāni udak'āḷhakānī' ti vā||
'ettakāni udak'āḷhaka satānī' ti vā||
'ettakāni udak'āḷhaka-sahassānī' ti vā.|| ||
Atha kho 'asaṇkheyyo||
appameyyo||
mahā-udaka-k-khandho'||
tv'eva saṇkhaṃ gacchati.|| ||
Evam eva kho bhikkhave, imehi catūhi puññ-ā-bhisandehi||
kusal-ā-bhisandehi||
samannāgatassa||
ariya-sāvakassa na sukaraṃ puññassa pamāṇaṃ gaṇetuṃ,||
'ettako puññ-ā-bhisando||
kusal-ā-bhisando||
sukhass'āhāro' ti.|| ||
Atha kho asaṇkheyyo||
appameyyo||
mahā-puñña-k-khandho||
tv'eva saṇkhaṃ gacchatī'" ti.|| ||
Idam avoca Bhagavā.|| ||
Idaṃ vatvā Sugato athāparaṃ||
etad avoca Satthā:|| ||
"Mahodadhiṃ aparimitaṃ mahāsaraṃ,||
Bahubheravaṃ ratanagaṇānam ālayaṃ||
Najjo yathā naragaṇaSaṇghasevitā,||
Puthū savantī upayanti sāgaraṃ.|| ||
Evaṃ naraṃ annadapānavatthadaṃ||
Seyyānisajjattharaṇassa dāyakaṃ,||
Puññassa dhārā upayanti paṇaḍitaṃ||
Najjo yathā vārivahāva sāgaran" ti.|| ||