5. Ādittavaggo

41.Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Ādittasmiṃ agārasmiṃ, yaṃ nīharati bhājanaṃ;

Taṃ tassa hoti atthāya, no ca yaṃ tattha ḍayhati.

‘‘Evaṃ ādittako loko, jarāya maraṇena ca;

Nīharetheva dānena, dinnaṃ hoti sunīhataṃ.

‘‘Dinnaṃ sukhaphalaṃ hoti, nādinnaṃ hoti taṃ tathā;

Corā haranti rājāno, aggi ḍahati nassati.

‘‘Atha antena jahati, sarīraṃ sapariggahaṃ;

Etadaññāya medhāvī, bhuñjetha ca dadetha ca;

Datvā ca bhutvā ca yathānubhāvaṃ;

Anindito saggamupeti ṭhāna’’nti.

‘‘Kiṃdado balado hoti, kiṃdado hoti vaṇṇado;

Kiṃdado sukhado hoti, kiṃdado hoti cakkhudo;

Ko ca sabbadado hoti, taṃ me akkhāhi pucchito’’ti.

‘‘Annado balado hoti, vatthado hoti vaṇṇado;

Yānado sukhado hoti, dīpado hoti cakkhudo.

‘‘So ca sabbadado hoti, yo dadāti upassayaṃ;

Amataṃ dado ca so hoti, yo dhammamanusāsatī’’ti.

‘‘Annamevābhinandanti, ubhaye devamānusā;

Atha ko nāma so yakkho, yaṃ annaṃ nābhinandatī’’ti.

‘‘Ye naṃ dadanti saddhāya, vippasannena cetasā;

Tameva annaṃ bhajati, asmiṃ loke paramhi ca.

‘‘Tasmā vineyya maccheraṃ, dajjā dānaṃ malābhibhū;

Puññāni paralokasmiṃ, patiṭṭhā honti pāṇina’’nti.

‘‘Ekamūlaṃ dvirāvaṭṭaṃ, timalaṃ pañcapattharaṃ;

Samuddaṃ dvādasāvaṭṭaṃ, pātālaṃ atarī isī’’ti.

‘‘Anomanāmaṃ nipuṇatthadassiṃ, paññādadaṃ kāmālaye asattaṃ;

Taṃ passatha sabbaviduṃ sumedhaṃ, ariye pathe kamamānaṃ mahesi’’nti.

‘‘Accharāgaṇasaṅghuṭṭhaṃ, pisācagaṇasevitaṃ;

Vanantaṃ mohanaṃ nāma, kathaṃ yātrā bhavissatī’’ti.

‘‘Ujuko nāma so maggo, abhayā nāma sā disā;

Ratho akūjano nāma, dhammacakkehi saṃyuto.

‘‘Hirī tassa apālambo, satyassa parivāraṇaṃ;

Dhammāhaṃ sārathiṃ brūmi, sammādiṭṭhipurejavaṃ.

‘‘Yassa etādisaṃ yānaṃ, itthiyā purisassa vā;

Sa ve etena yānena, nibbānasseva santike’’ti.

‘‘Kesaṃ divā ca ratto ca, sadā puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati;

Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, ke janā saggagāmino’’ti.

‘‘Ārāmaropā vanaropā, ye janā setukārakā;

Papañca udapānañca, ye dadanti upassayaṃ.

‘‘Tesaṃ divā ca ratto ca, sadā puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati;

Dhammaṭṭhā sīlasampannā, te janā saggagāmino’’ti.

‘‘Idañhi taṃ jetavanaṃ, isisaṅghanisevitaṃ;

Āvutthaṃ dhammarājena, pītisañjananaṃ mama.

‘‘Kammaṃ vijjā ca dhammo ca, sīlaṃ jīvitamuttamaṃ;

Etena maccā sujjhanti, na gottena dhanena vā.

‘‘Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso, sampassaṃ atthamattano;

Yoniso vicine dhammaṃ, evaṃ tattha visujjhati.

‘‘Sāriputtova paññāya, sīlena upasamena ca;

Yopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu, etāvaparamo siyā’’ti.

‘‘Yedha maccharino loke, kadariyā paribhāsakā;

Aññesaṃ dadamānānaṃ, antarāyakarā narā.

‘‘Kīdiso tesaṃ vipāko, samparāyo ca kīdiso;

Bhagavantaṃ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṃ jānemu taṃ maya’’nti.

‘‘Yedha maccharino loke, kadariyā paribhāsakā;

Aññesaṃ dadamānānaṃ, antarāyakarā narā.

‘‘Nirayaṃ tiracchānayoniṃ, yamalokaṃ upapajjare;

Sace enti manussattaṃ, dalidde jāyare kule.

‘‘Coḷaṃ piṇḍo ratī khiḍḍā, yattha kicchena labbhati;

Parato āsīsare bālā, tampi tesaṃ na labbhati;

Diṭṭhe dhammesa vipāko, samparāye ca duggatī’’ti.

‘‘Itihetaṃ vijānāma, aññaṃ pucchāma gotama;

Yedha laddhā manussattaṃ, vadaññū vītamaccharā.

‘‘Buddhe pasannā dhamme ca, saṅghe ca tibbagāravā;

Kīdiso tesaṃ vipāko, samparāyo ca kīdiso;

Bhagavantaṃ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṃ jānemu taṃ maya’’nti.

‘‘Yedha laddhā manussattaṃ, vadaññū vītamaccharā;

Buddhe pasannā dhamme ca, saṅghe ca tibbagāravā;

Ete saggā pakāsanti, yattha te upapajjare.

‘‘Sace enti manussattaṃ, aḍḍhe ājāyare kule;

Coḷaṃ piṇḍo ratī khiḍḍā, yatthākicchena labbhati.

‘‘Parasambhatesu bhogesu, vasavattīva modare;

Diṭṭhe dhammesa vipāko, samparāye ca suggatī’’ti.

‘‘Avihaṃ upapannāse, vimuttā satta bhikkhavo;

Rāgadosaparikkhīṇā, tiṇṇā loke visattika’’nti.

‘‘Ke ca te ataruṃ paṅkaṃ , maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ;

Ke hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, dibbayogaṃ upaccagu’’nti.

‘‘Upako palagaṇḍo ca, pukkusāti ca te tayo;

Bhaddiyo khaṇḍadevo ca, bāhuraggi ca siṅgiyo ;

Te hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, dibbayogaṃ upaccagu’’nti.

‘‘Kusalī bhāsasī tesaṃ, mārapāsappahāyinaṃ;

Kassa te dhammamaññāya, acchiduṃ bhavabandhana’’nti.

‘‘Na aññatra bhagavatā, nāññatra tava sāsanā;

Yassa te dhammamaññāya, acchiduṃ bhavabandhanaṃ.

‘‘Yattha nāmañca rūpañca, asesaṃ uparujjhati;

Taṃ te dhammaṃ idhaññāya, acchiduṃ bhavabandhana’’nti.

‘‘Gambhīraṃ bhāsasī vācaṃ, dubbijānaṃ sudubbudhaṃ;

Kassa tvaṃ dhammamaññāya, vācaṃ bhāsasi īdisa’’nti.

‘‘Kumbhakāro pure āsiṃ, vekaḷiṅge ghaṭīkaro;

Mātāpettibharo āsiṃ, kassapassa upāsako.

‘‘Virato methunā dhammā, brahmacārī nirāmiso;

Ahuvā te sagāmeyyo, ahuvā te pure sakhā.

‘‘Sohamete pajānāmi, vimutte satta bhikkhavo;

Rāgadosaparikkhīṇe, tiṇṇe loke visattika’’nti.

‘‘Evametaṃ tadā āsi, yathā bhāsasi bhaggava;

Kumbhakāro pure āsi, vekaḷiṅge ghaṭīkaro;

Mātāpettibharo āsi, kassapassa upāsako.

‘‘Virato methunā dhammā, brahmacārī nirāmiso;

Ahuvā me sagāmeyyo, ahuvā me pure sakhā’’ti.

‘‘Evametaṃ purāṇānaṃ, sahāyānaṃ ahu saṅgamo;

Ubhinnaṃ bhāvitattānaṃ, sarīrantimadhārina’’nti.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Ādittaṃ kiṃdadaṃ annaṃ, ekamūlaanomiyaṃ;

Accharāvanaropajetaṃ, maccharena ghaṭīkaroti.