Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

8: The Book of the Eights

14. Wild Colts

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1 "Aṭṭha ca, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunke desessāmi aṭṭha ca assadose, aṭṭha ca purisakhaḷunke aṭṭha ca purisadose. Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

2 "Katame ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭha assakhaḷunkā aṭṭha ca assadosā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā pacchato paṭikkamati, piṭṭhito rathaṃ pavatteti. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo assadoso.

3 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā pacchā langhati, kubbaraṃ hanati, tidaṇḍaṃ bhañjati. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyo assadoso.

4 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā rathīsāya satthiṃ ussajjitvā rathīsaṃyeva ajjhomaddati. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, tatiyo assadoso.

5 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā ummaggaṃ gaṇhati, ubbaṭumaṃ rathaṃ karoti. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, catuttho assadoso.

6 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā langhati purimakāyaṃ paggaṇhati purime pāde. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, pañcamo assadoso.

7 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā anādiyitvā sārathiṃ anādiyitvā patodalaṭṭhiṃ dantehi mukhādhānaṃ vidhaṃsitvā yena kāmaṃ pakkamati. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, chaṭṭho assadoso.

8 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā neva abhikkamati no paṭikkamati tattheva khīlaṭṭhāyī ṭhito hoti. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, sattamo assadoso.

9 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā purime ca pāde saṃharitvā pacchime ca pāde saṃharitvā tattheva cattāro pāde abhinisīdati. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco assakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, aṭṭhamo assadoso. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha assakhaḷunkā aṭṭha ca assadosā.

10 Katame ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭha purisakhaḷunkā aṭṭha ca purisadosā? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno ‘na sarāmī’ti asatiyā nibbeṭheti. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā pacchato paṭikkamati, piṭṭhito rathaṃ vatteti; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo purisadoso.

11 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno codakaṃyeva paṭippharati:  ‘kiṃ nu kho tuyhaṃ bālassa abyattassa bhaṇitena. Tvampi nāma bhaṇitabbaṃ maññasī’ti. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā pacchā langhati, kubbaraṃ hanati, tidaṇḍaṃ bhañjati; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyo purisadoso.

12 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno codakasseva paccāropeti:  ‘tvaṃ khosi itthannāmaṃ āpattiṃ āpanno, tvaṃ tāva paṭhamaṃ paṭikarohī’ti. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā rathīsāya satthiṃ ussajjitvā rathīsaṃyeva ajjhomaddati; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, tatiyo purisadoso.

13 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno aññenāññaṃ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṃ apanāmeti, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā ummaggaṃ gaṇhati, ubbaṭumaṃ rathaṃ karoti; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, catuttho purisadoso.

14 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno sanghamajjhe bāhuvikkhepaṃ karoti. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā langhati, purimakāyaṃ paggaṇhati purime pāde; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, pañcamo purisadoso.

15 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno anādiyitvā sanghaṃ anādiyitvā codakaṃ sāpattikova yena kāmaṃ pakkamati. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā anādiyitvā sārathiṃ anādiyitvā patodalaṭṭhiṃ dantehi mukhādhānaṃ vidhaṃsitvā yena kāmaṃ pakkamati; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, chaṭṭho purisadoso.

16 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno ‘nevāhaṃ āpannomhi, na panāhaṃ āpannomhī’ti so tuṇhībhāvena sanghaṃ viheṭheti. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā neva abhikkamati no paṭikkamati tattheva khīlaṭṭhāyī ṭhito hoti; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, sattamo purisadoso.

17 Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. So bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno evamāha:  ‘kiṃ nu kho tumhe āyasmanto atibāḷhaṃ mayi byāvaṭā yāva idānāhaṃ sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattissāmī’ti. So sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattitvā evamāha:  ‘idāni kho tumhe āyasmanto attamanā hothā’ti? Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunko ‘pehī’ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā purime ca pāde saṃharitvā pacchime ca pāde saṃharitvā tattheva cattāro pāde abhinisīdati; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Evarūpopi, bhikkhave, idhekacco purisakhaḷunko hoti. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, aṭṭhamo purisadoso. Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha purisakhaḷunkā aṭṭha ca purisadosā"ti.

Catutthaṃ.