Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Brahmas: SN6:9 Brahma Tudu

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena kokāliko bhikkhu ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷhagilāno. Atha kho turū paccekabrahmā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena kokāliko bhikkhu tenupasankami; upasankamitvā vehāsaṃ ṭhito kokālikaṃ bhikkhuṃ etadavoca:  "pasādehi, kokālika, sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṃ. Pesalā sāriputtamoggallānā"ti. "Kosi tvaṃ, āvuso"ti? "Ahaṃ turū paccekabrahmā"ti. "Nanu tvaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā anāgāmī byākato, atha kiñcarahi idhāgato? Passa, yāvañca te idaṃ aparaddhan"ti.

2 "Purisassa hi jātassa,
kuṭhārī jāyate mukhe;
Yāya chindati attānaṃ,
bālo dubbhāsitaṃ bhaṇaṃ.

3 Yo nindiyaṃ pasaṃsati,
Taṃ vā nindati yo pasaṃsiyo;
Vicināti mukhena so kaliṃ,
Kalinā tena sukhaṃ na vindati.

4 Appamattako ayaṃ kali,
Yo akkhesu dhanaparājayo;
Sabbassāpi sahāpi attanā,
Ayameva mahantataro kali;
Yo sugatesu manaṃ padosaye.

5 Sataṃ sahassānaṃ nirabbudānaṃ,
Chattiṃsati pañca ca abbudāni;
Yamariyagarahī nirayaṃ upeti,
Vācaṃ manañca paṇidhāya pāpakan"ti.