2.5 Upāsakasutta

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—  ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena aññataro icchānaṅgalako upāsako sāvatthiṃ anuppatto hoti kenacideva karaṇīyena. Atha kho so upāsako sāvatthiyaṃ taṃ karaṇīyaṃ tīretvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho taṃ upāsakaṃ bhagavā etadavoca—

“cirassaṃ kho tvaṃ, upāsaka, imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāyā”ti.

“Cirapaṭikāhaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo, api cāhaṃ kehici kehici kiccakaraṇīyehi byāvaṭo. Evāhaṃ nāsakkhiṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitun”ti.

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi—

“Sukhaṃ vata tassa na hoti kiñci,
Saṅkhātadhammassa bahussutassa;
Sakiñcanaṃ passa vihaññamānaṃ,
_Jano janasmiṃ paṭibandharūpo”ti. _

Pañcamaṃ.