2.1.8 Tāyanasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho tāyano devaputto purāṇatitthakaro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho tāyano devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi—

“Chinda sotaṃ parakkamma,
kāme panuda brāhmaṇa;
Nappahāya munī kāme,
nekattamupapajjati.

Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ,
daḷhamenaṃ parakkame;
Sithilo hi paribbājo,
bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

Akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ seyyo,
pacchā tapati dukkaṭaṃ;
Katañca sukataṃ seyyo,
yaṃ katvā nānutappati.

Kuso yathā duggahito,
hatthamevānukantati;
Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ,
nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati.

Yaṃ kiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ,
saṃkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ;
Saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ,
na taṃ hoti mahapphalan”ti.

Idamavoca tāyano devaputto; idaṃ vatvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi—

“imaṃ, bhikkhave, rattiṃ tāyano nāma devaputto purāṇatitthakaro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, tāyano devaputto mama santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi—

‘Chinda sotaṃ parakkamma,
kāme panuda brāhmaṇa;
Nappahāya munī kāme,
nekattamupapajjati.

Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ,
daḷhamenaṃ parakkame;
Sithilo hi paribbājo,
bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

Akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ seyyo,
pacchā tapati dukkaṭaṃ;
Katañca sukataṃ seyyo,
yaṃ katvā nānutappati.

Kuso yathā duggahito,
hatthamevānukantati;
Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ,
nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati.

Yaṃ kiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ,
saṃkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ;
Saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ,
na taṃ hoti mahapphalan’ti.

Idamavoca, bhikkhave, tāyano devaputto, idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi. Uggaṇhātha, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā; pariyāpuṇātha, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā; dhāretha, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā. Atthasaṃhitā, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā ādibrahmacariyikā”ti.