MN 143: Anāthapiṇḍik’Ovāda Suttaṃ

Majjhima Nikāya
III. Upari Paṇṇāsa
5. Saḷāyatana Vagga

Sutta 143

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][chlm][pts][than][upal] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthīyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayena Anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno.|| ||

Atha kho Anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati aññataraṃ purisaṃ āmantesi:||
‘ehi tvaṃ amho purisa,||
yena Bhagavā ten’upasaṅkama,||
upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena Bhagavato pāde sirasā vandāhi.|| ||

‘Anāthapiṇḍiko bhante,||
gahapati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno.|| ||

‘So Bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī’ ti.|| ||

Yena c’āyasmā Sāriputto ten’upasaṅkama,||
upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena āyasmato Sāriputtassa pāde sirasā vandāhi ‘Anāthapiṇḍiko bhante,||
gahapati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno.|| ||

So āyasmato Sāriputtassa pāde sirasā vandatī’ ti.|| ||

Evañ ca vadehi:||
‘sādhu kira bhante,||
āyasmā Sāriputto yena Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ ten’upasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyā’ ti.|| ||

‘Evaṃ bhante’ti kho so puriso Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa paṭi-s-sutvā yena Bhagavā ten’upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho so puriso Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:||
‘Anāthapiṇḍiko bhante,||
gahapati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno,||
so Bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī’ ti.|| ||

Yena c’āyasmā Sāriputto ten’upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho so puriso āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ etad avoca:||
‘Anāthapiṇḍiko bhante,||
gahapati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno,||
so āyasmato Sāriputtassa pāde sirasā vandati.|| ||

Evañ ca vadeti:||
sādhu kira bhante,||
āyasmā Sāriputto yena Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ ten’upasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyā’ ti.|| ||

Adhivāsesi kho āyasmā Sāriputto tuṇhī-bhāvena.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya āyasmatā Ānandena pacchā-samaṇena yena Anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ ten’upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā [259] paññatte āsane nisīdi.|| ||

Nisajja kho āyasmā Sāriputto Anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etad avoca:||
‘kacci te gahapati,||
khamanīyaṃ kacci te dukkhā vedanā paṭi-k-kamanti,||
no abhi-k-kamanti,||
paṭikkamosānaṃ paññāyanti no abhi-k-kamo’ ti.|| ||

Na me bhante Sāriputta khamanīyaṃ,||
na yāpanīyaṃ,bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā.|| ||

Abhikkhamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti.|| ||

Abhi-k-kam’osānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamo’ ti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhante Sāriputta,||
balavā puriso tiṇhena sikharena muddhani abhimantheyya,||
evam eva kho bhante Sāriputta,||
adhimattā vātā muddhani ūhananti.|| ||

Na me bhante Sāriputta,||
khamanīyaṃ,||
na yāpanīyaṃ,||
bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti.|| ||

Abhi-k-kam’osānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhante Sāriputta,||
balavā puriso daḷhena varatta-bandhena1 sīse sīsa-veṭhanaṃ2 dadeyya,||
evam eva kho me bhante Sāriputta,||
adhimattā vātā sīsaṃ parikantanti.|| ||

Na me bhante Sāriputta,||
khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ,||
ba’hā me dukkhā vedanā abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti.|| ||

Abhi-k-kam’osānaṃ paññāyati,||
no paṭikkamoti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhante Sāriputta,||
dakkho go-ghātako vā go-ghātakantevāsī vā tiṇhena govikantanena kucchiṃ parikanteyya,||
evam eva kho me bhante Sāriputta,||
adhimattā vātā kucchiṃ parikantanti.|| ||

Na me bhante Sāriputta,||
khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ,||
ba’hā me dukkhā vedanā abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti.|| ||

Abhi-k-kam’osānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.|| ||

Seyyathā pi bhante Sāriputta,||
dve balavanto purisā dubbalataraṃ purisaṃ nānā bāhāsu gahetvā aṅg’ārakāsuyā santāpeyyuṃ samparitāpyeṃ,||
evam eva kho me bhante Sāriputta,||
adhimatto kāyasmiṃ ḍāho.|| ||

Na me bhante Sāriputta,||
khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhi-k-kamanti no paṭi-k-kamanti,||
abhi-k-kam’osānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.|| ||

Tasmātiha te gahapati,||
evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ:||
‘na cakkhuṃ upādiyissāmī.|| ||

Na ca me cakkhunissitaṃ viññāṇaṃ bhavissatī’ ti.|| ||