1.1 Sunakkhattavatthu

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—  ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā mallesu viharati anupiyaṃ nāma mallānaṃ nigamo. Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya anupiyaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi—

“atippago kho tāva anupiyāyaṃ piṇḍāya carituṃ. Yannūnāhaṃ yena bhaggavagottassa paribbājakassa ārāmo, yena bhaggavagotto paribbājako tenupasaṅkameyyan”ti.

Atha kho bhagavā yena bhaggavagottassa paribbājakassa ārāmo, yena bhaggavagotto paribbājako tenupasaṅkami. Atha kho bhaggavagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca—

“etu kho, bhante, bhagavā. Svāgataṃ, bhante, bhagavato. Cirassaṃ kho, bhante, bhagavā imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāya. Nisīdatu, bhante, bhagavā, idamāsanaṃ paññattan”ti. Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Bhaggavagottopi kho paribbājako aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho bhaggavagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca—

“purimāni, bhante, divasāni purimatarāni sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ etadavoca—  ‘paccakkhāto dāni mayā, bhaggava, bhagavā. Na dānāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharāmī’ti. Kaccetaṃ, bhante, tatheva, yathā sunakkhatto licchaviputto avacā”ti?

“Tatheva kho etaṃ, bhaggava, yathā sunakkhatto licchaviputto avaca.

Purimāni, bhaggava, divasāni purimatarāni sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto maṃ etadavoca—  ‘paccakkhāmi dānāhaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ. Na dānāhaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmī’ti. Evaṃ vutte, ahaṃ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṃ licchaviputtaṃ etadavocaṃ—  ‘api nu tāhaṃ, sunakkhatta, evaṃ avacaṃ, ehi tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, mamaṃ uddissa viharāhī’ti? ‘No hetaṃ, bhante’. ‘Tvaṃ vā pana maṃ evaṃ avaca—  ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmī’ti? ‘No hetaṃ, bhante’. ‘Iti kira, sunakkhatta, nevāhaṃ taṃ vadāmi—  ehi tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, mamaṃ uddissa viharāhīti. Napi kira maṃ tvaṃ vadesi—  ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmīti. Evaṃ sante, moghapurisa, ko santo kaṃ paccācikkhasi? Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṃ aparaddhan’ti.

‘Na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karotī’ti. ‘Api nu tāhaṃ, sunakkhatta, evaṃ avacaṃ—  ehi tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, mamaṃ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṃ te uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissāmī’ti? ‘No hetaṃ, bhante’. ‘Tvaṃ vā pana maṃ evaṃ avaca—  ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissatī’ti? ‘No hetaṃ, bhante’. ‘Iti kira, sunakkhatta, nevāhaṃ taṃ vadāmi—  ehi tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, mamaṃ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṃ te uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissāmīti; napi kira maṃ tvaṃ vadesi—  ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissatīti. Evaṃ sante, moghapurisa, ko santo kaṃ paccācikkhasi? Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta, kate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye akate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā’ti? ‘Kate vā, bhante, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye akate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye yassatthāya bhagavatā dhammo desito so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā’ti. ‘Iti kira, sunakkhatta, kate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye, akate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye, yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāya. Tatra, sunakkhatta, kiṃ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ kataṃ karissati? Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṃ aparaddhan’ti.

‘Na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā aggaññaṃ paññapetī’ti? ‘Api nu tāhaṃ, sunakkhatta, evaṃ avacaṃ—  ehi tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, mamaṃ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṃ te aggaññaṃ paññapessāmī’ti? ‘No hetaṃ, bhante’.

‘Tvaṃ vā pana maṃ evaṃ avaca—  ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me aggaññaṃ paññapessatī’ti? ‘No hetaṃ, bhante’.

‘Iti kira, sunakkhatta, nevāhaṃ taṃ vadāmi—  ehi tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, mamaṃ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṃ te aggaññaṃ paññapessāmīti. Napi kira maṃ tvaṃ vadesi—  ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me aggaññaṃ paññapessatīti. Evaṃ sante, moghapurisa, ko santo kaṃ paccācikkhasi? Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta, paññatte vā aggaññe, apaññatte vā aggaññe, yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā’ti? ‘Paññatte vā, bhante, aggaññe, apaññatte vā aggaññe, yassatthāya bhagavatā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā’ti. ‘Iti kira, sunakkhatta, paññatte vā aggaññe, apaññatte vā aggaññe, yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāya. Tatra, sunakkhatta, kiṃ aggaññaṃ paññattaṃ karissati? Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṃ aparaddhaṃ.

Anekapariyāyena kho te, sunakkhatta, mama vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme—  itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, anekapariyāyena mama vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme.

Anekapariyāyena kho te, sunakkhatta, dhammassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme—  svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhīti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, anekapariyāyena dhammassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme.

Anekapariyāyena kho te, sunakkhatta, saṃghassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme—  suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṃgho, ujuppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṃgho, ñāyappaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṃgho, sāmīcippaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṃgho, yadidaṃ cattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā, esa bhagavato sāvakasaṃgho, āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassāti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, anekapariyāyena saṃghassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme.

Ārocayāmi kho te, sunakkhatta, paṭivedayāmi kho te, sunakkhatta. Bhavissanti kho te, sunakkhatta, vattāro, no visahi sunakkhatto licchaviputto samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ, so avisahanto sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattoti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, bhavissanti vattāro’ti.

Evaṃ kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṃ āpāyiko nerayiko.