Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

15. Proclamations

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1 "Catasso imā, bhikkhave, aggapaññattiyo. Katamā catasso? Etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, attabhāvīnaṃ yadidaṃ – rāhu asurindo. Etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, kāmabhogīnaṃ yadidaṃ – rājā mandhātā. Etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, ādhipateyyānaṃ yadidaṃ – māro pāpimā. Sadevake, bhikkhave, loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya tathāgato aggamakkhāyati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho. Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso aggapaññattiyoti.

2 Rāhuggaṃ attabhāvīnaṃ,
mandhātā kāmabhoginaṃ;
Māro ādhipateyyānaṃ,
iddhiyā yasasā jalaṃ.

3 Uddhaṃ tiriyaṃ apācīnaṃ,
yāvatājagatogati;
Sadevakassa lokassa,
buddho aggo pavuccatī"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.