Sutta Nipata Chapter 2: The Minor Chapter - Culavagga
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).
Sūcilomasutta
Evaṃ me sutaṃ— ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā gayāyaṃ viharati ṭankitamañce sūcilomassa yakkhassa bhavane. Tena kho pana samayena kharo ca yakkho sūcilomo ca yakkho bhagavato avidūre atikkamanti. Atha kho kharo yakkho sūcilomaṃ yakkhaṃ etadavoca: "eso samaṇo"ti. "Neso samaṇo, samaṇako eso. Yāvāhaṃ jānāmi yadi vā so samaṇo, yadi vā so samaṇako"ti.
Atha kho sūcilomo yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavato kāyaṃ upanāmesi. Atha kho bhagavā kāyaṃ apanāmesi. Atha kho sūcilomo yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: "bhāyasi maṃ, samaṇā"ti? "Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, bhāyāmi; api ca te samphasso pāpako"ti.
"Pañhaṃ taṃ, samaṇa, pucchissāmi. Sace me na byākarissasi, cittaṃ vā te khipissāmi, hadayaṃ vā te phālessāmi, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragangāya khipissāmī"ti.
"Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yo me cittaṃ vā khipeyya hadayaṃ vā phāleyya pādesu vā gahetvā pāragangāya khipeyya. Api ca tvaṃ, āvuso, puccha yadākankhasī"ti. Atha kho sūcilomo yakkho bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
270 "Rāgo ca doso ca kutonidānā,
Aratī ratī lomahaṃso kutojā;
Kuto samuṭṭhāya manovitakkā,
Kumārakā dhankamivossajanti".
271 "Rāgo ca doso ca itonidānā,
Aratī ratī lomahaṃso itojā;
Ito samuṭṭhāya manovitakkā,
Kumārakā dhankamivossajanti.272 Snehajā attasambhūtā,
Nigrodhasseva khandhajā;
Puthū visattā kāmesu,
Māluvāva vitatāvane.273 Ye naṃ pajānanti yatonidānaṃ,
Te naṃ vinodenti suṇohi yakkha;
Te duttaraṃ oghamimaṃ taranti,
Atiṇṇapubbaṃ apunabbhavāyā"ti.
Sūcilomasuttaṃ pañcamaṃ.