7.2.3 Devahitasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā vātehābādhiko hoti; āyasmā ca upavāṇo bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ āmantesi—

“iṅgha me tvaṃ, upavāṇa, uṇhodakaṃ jānāhī”ti.

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā upavāṇo bhagavato paṭissutvā nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena devahitassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Addasā kho devahito brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ tuṇhībhūtaṃ ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ. Disvāna āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi—

“Tuṇhībhūto bhavaṃ tiṭṭhaṃ,
muṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto;
Kiṃ patthayāno kiṃ esaṃ,
kiṃ nu yācitumāgato”ti.

“Arahaṃ sugato loke,
vātehābādhiko muni;
Sace uṇhodakaṃ atthi,
munino dehi brāhmaṇa.

Pūjito pūjaneyyānaṃ,
sakkareyyāna sakkato;
Apacito apaceyyānaṃ,
tassa icchāmi hātave”ti.

Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo uṇhodakassa kājaṃ purisena gāhāpetvā phāṇitassa ca puṭaṃ āyasmato upavāṇassa pādāsi. Atha kho āyasmā upavāṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ uṇhodakena nhāpetvā uṇhodakena phāṇitaṃ āloletvā bhagavato pādāsi. Atha kho bhagavato ābādho paṭippassambhi.

Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi—

“Kattha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ,
kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;
Kathañhi yajamānassa,
kathaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā”ti.

“Pubbenivāsaṃ yo vedī,
saggāpāyañca passati;
Atho jātikkhayaṃ patto,
abhiññāvosito muni.

Ettha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ,
ettha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;
Evañhi yajamānassa,
evaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā”ti.

Evaṃ vutte, devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca—

“abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama…pe…  upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan”ti.