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Connected Discourses with Citta: SN41:5 Kamabhū (1)

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1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā kāmabhū macchikāsaṇḍe viharati ambāṭakavane. Atha kho citto gahapati yenāyasmā kāmabhū tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ kāmabhuṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho cittaṃ gahapatiṃ āyasmā kāmabhū etadavoca: 

2 "Vuttamidaṃ, gahapati: 

3 ‘Nelango setapacchādo,
ekāro vattatī ratho;
Anīghaṃ passa āyantaṃ,
chinnasotaṃ abandhanan’ti.

4 Imassa nu kho, gahapati, sankhittena bhāsitassa kathaṃ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo"ti? "Kiṃ nu kho etaṃ, bhante, bhagavatā bhāsitan"ti? "Evaṃ, gahapatī"ti. "Tena hi, bhante, muhuttaṃ āgamehi yāvassa atthaṃ pekkhāmī"ti. Atha kho citto gahapati muhuttaṃ tuṇhī hutvā āyasmantaṃ kāmabhuṃ etadavoca: 

5 "‘Nelangan’ti kho, bhante, sīlānametaṃ adhivacanaṃ. ‘Setapacchādo’ti kho, bhante, vimuttiyā etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. ‘Ekāro’ti kho, bhante, satiyā etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. ‘Vattatī’ti kho, bhante, abhikkamapaṭikkamassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. ‘Ratho’ti kho, bhante, imassetaṃ cātumahābhūtikassa kāyassa adhivacanaṃ mātāpettikasambhavassa odanakummāsūpacayassa aniccucchādana­parimaddana­bhedana­viddhaṃsana­dhammassa. Rāgo kho, bhante, nīgho, doso nīgho, moho nīgho. Te khīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvankatā āyatiṃ anuppādadhammā. Tasmā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu ‘anīgho’ti vuccati. ‘Āyantan’ti kho, bhante, arahato etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. ‘Soto’ti kho, bhante, taṇhāyetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Sā khīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvankatā āyatiṃ anuppādadhammā. Tasmā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu ‘chinnasoto’ti vuccati. Rāgo kho, bhante, bandhanaṃ, doso bandhanaṃ, moho bandhanaṃ. Te khīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvankatā āyatiṃ anuppādadhammā. Tasmā khīṇāsavo bhikkhu ‘abandhano’ti vuccati. Iti kho, bhante, yaṃ taṃ bhagavatā vuttaṃ: 

6 ‘Nelango setapacchādo,
ekāro vattatī ratho;
Anīghaṃ passa āyantaṃ,
chinnasotaṃ abandhanan’ti.

7 Imassa kho, bhante, bhagavatā sankhittena bhāsitassa evaṃ vitthārena atthaṃ ājānāmī"ti. "Lābhā te, gahapati, suladdhaṃ te, gahapati. Yassa te gambhīre buddhavacane paññācakkhu kamatī"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.