Majjhima Nikaya

MN116: Isigilisutta - Isigili: The Gullet of the Seers

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1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati isigilismiṃ pabbate. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: "bhikkhavo"ti. "Bhadante"ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

2 "Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṃ vebhāraṃ pabbatan"ti? "Evaṃ, bhante". "Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, vebhārassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti.

3 Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṃ paṇḍavaṃ pabbatan"ti? "Evaṃ, bhante". "Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍavassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti.

4 Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṃ vepullaṃ pabbatan"ti? "Evaṃ, bhante". "Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, vepullassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti.

5 Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṃ gijjhakūṭaṃ pabbatan"ti? "Evaṃ, bhante". "Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, gijjhakūṭassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti.

6 Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, imaṃ isigiliṃ pabbatan"ti? "Evaṃ, bhante". "Imassa kho pana, bhikkhave, isigilissa pabbatassa esāva samaññā ahosi esā paññatti.


7 Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, pañca paccekabuddhasatāni imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsino ahesuṃ. Te imaṃ pabbataṃ pavisantā dissanti, paviṭṭhā na dissanti. Tamenaṃ manussā disvā evamāhaṃsu: ‘ayaṃ pabbato ime isī gilatī’ti; ‘isigili isigili’ tveva samaññā udapādi. Ācikkhissāmi, bhikkhave, paccekabuddhānaṃ nāmāni; kittayissāmi, bhikkhave, paccekabuddhānaṃ nāmāni; desessāmi, bhikkhave, paccekabuddhānaṃ nāmāni. Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca:

8 "Ariṭṭho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; upariṭṭho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; tagarasikhī nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; yasassī nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; sudassano nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; piyadassī nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; gandhāro nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; piṇḍolo nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; upāsabho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; nīto nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; tatho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi, sutavā nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; bhāvitatto nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṃ isigilismiṃ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi.


9 Ye sattasārā anīghā nirāsā,
Paccekamevajjhagamaṃsu bodhiṃ;
Tesaṃ visallāna naruttamānaṃ,
Nāmāni me kittayato suṇātha.

10 Ariṭṭho upariṭṭho tagarasikhī yasassī,
Sudassano piyadassī ca susambuddho;
Gandhāro piṇḍolo upāsabho ca,
Nīto tatho sutavā bhāvitatto.

11 Sumbho subho matulo aṭṭhamo ca,
Athassumegho anīgho sudāṭho;
Paccekabuddhā bhavanettikhīṇā,
Hingū ca hingo ca mahānubhāvā.

12 Dve jālino munino aṭṭhako ca,
Atha kosallo buddho atho subāhu;
Upanemiso nemiso santacitto,
Sacco tatho virajo paṇḍito ca.

13 Kāḷūpakāḷā vijito jito ca,
Ango ca pango ca guttijito ca;
Passi jahi upadhidukkhamūlaṃ,
Aparājito mārabalaṃ ajesi.

14 Satthā pavattā sarabhango lomahaṃso,
Uccangamāyo asito anāsavo;
Manomayo mānacchido ca bandhumā,
Tadādhimutto vimalo ca ketumā.


15 Ketumbharāgo ca mātango ariyo,
Athaccuto accutagāmabyāmako;
Sumangalo dabbilo supatiṭṭhito,
Asayho khemābhirato ca sorato.

16 Durannayo sangho athopi ujjayo,
Aparo muni sayho anomanikkamo;
Ānando nando upanando dvādasa,
Bhāradvājo antimadehadhārī.

17 Bodhi mahānāmo athopi uttaro,
Kesī sikhī sundaro dvārabhājo;
Tissūpatissā bhavabandhanacchidā,
Upasikhi taṇhacchido ca sikhari.

18 Buddho ahu mangalo vītarāgo,
Usabhacchidā jāliniṃ dukkhamūlaṃ;
Santaṃ padaṃ ajjhagamopanīto,
Uposatho sundaro saccanāmo.

19 Jeto jayanto padumo uppalo ca,
Padumuttaro rakkhito pabbato ca;
Mānatthaddho sobhito vītarāgo,
Kaṇho ca buddho suvimuttacitto.

20 Ete ca aññe ca mahānubhāvā,
Paccekabuddhā bhavanettikhīṇā;
Te sabbasangātigate mahesī,
Parinibbute vandatha appameyye"ti.

Isigilisuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ.