Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

8: The Book of the Eights

50. The Present World (2)

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1 "Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo idhalokavijayāya paṭipanno hoti, ayaṃsa loko āraddho hoti. Katamehi catūhi? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo susaṃvihitakammanto hoti, sangahitaparijano, bhattu manāpaṃ carati, sambhataṃ anurakkhati.

2 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo susaṃvihitakammanto hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo ye te bhattu abbhantarā kammantā … pe … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo susaṃvihitakammanto hoti.

3 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo sangahitaparijano hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano … pe … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo sangahitaparijano hoti.

4 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo bhattu manāpaṃ carati? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo yaṃ bhattu amanāpasankhātaṃ taṃ jīvitahetupi na ajjhācarati. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo bhattu manāpaṃ carati.

5 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo sambhataṃ anurakkhati? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo yaṃ bhattā āharati … pe … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo sambhataṃ anurakkhati. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo idhalokavijayāya paṭipanno hoti, ayaṃsa loko āraddho hoti.

6 Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo paralokavijayāya paṭipanno hoti, paraloko āraddho hoti. Katamehi catūhi? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo saddhāsampanno hoti, sīlasampanno hoti, cāgasampanno hoti, paññāsampanno hoti.

7 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo saddhāsampanno hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo saddho hoti … pe … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo saddhāsampanno hoti.

8 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo sīlasampanno hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti … pe … surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo sīlasampanno hoti.

9 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo cāgasampanno hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṃ ajjhāvasati … pe … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo cāgasampanno hoti.

10 Kathañca, bhikkhave, mātugāmo paññāsampanno hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, mātugāmo paññavā hoti … pe … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmo paññāsampanno hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato mātugāmo paralokavijayāya paṭipanno hoti, paraloko āraddho hotīti.

11 Susaṃvihitakammantā,
sangahitaparijjanā;
Bhattu manāpaṃ carati,
sambhataṃ anurakkhati.

12 Saddhā sīlena sampannā,
vadaññū vītamaccharā;
Niccaṃ maggaṃ visodheti,
sotthānaṃ samparāyikaṃ.

13 Iccete aṭṭha dhammā ca,
yassā vijjanti nāriyā;
Tampi sīlavatiṃ āhu,
dhammaṭṭhaṃ saccavādiniṃ.

14 Soḷasākārasampannā,
Aṭṭhangasusamāgatā;
Tādisī sīlavatī upāsikā,
Upapajjati devalokaṃ manāpan"ti.

Dasamaṃ.

Uposathavaggo pañcamo.

15 Sankhitte vitthate visākhe,
Vāseṭṭho bojjhāya pañcamaṃ;
Anuruddhaṃ puna visākhe,
Nakulā idhalokikā dveti.

Paṭhamo paṇṇāsako samatto.