Sutta Nipata Chapter 4: The Eights - Atthakavagga

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

Sāriputtasutta

(iccāyasmā sāriputto):
955 "Na me diṭṭho ito pubbe,
Na suto uda kassaci;
Evaṃ vagguvado satthā,
Tusitā gaṇimāgato.

956 Sadevakassa lokassa,
yathā dissati cakkhumā;
Sabbaṃ tamaṃ vinodetvā,
ekova ratimajjhagā.

957 Taṃ buddhaṃ asitaṃ tādiṃ,
akuhaṃ gaṇimāgataṃ;
Bahūnamidha baddhānaṃ,
atthi pañhena āgamaṃ.

958 Bhikkhuno vijigucchato,
bhajato rittamāsanaṃ;
Rukkhamūlaṃ susānaṃ vā,
pabbatānaṃ guhāsu vā.

959 Uccāvacesu sayanesu,
kīvanto tattha bheravā;
Yehi bhikkhu na vedheyya,
nigghose sayanāsane.

960 Katī parissayā loke,
gacchato agataṃ disaṃ;
Ye bhikkhu abhisambhave,
pantamhi sayanāsane.

961 Kyāssa byappathayo assu,
kyāssassu idha gocarā;
Kāni sīlabbatānāssu,
pahitattassa bhikkhuno.

962 Kaṃ so sikkhaṃ samādāya,
ekodi nipako sato;
Kammāro rajatasseva,
niddhame malamattano".


(sāriputtāti bhagavā):
963 "Vijigucchamānassa yadidaṃ phāsu,
Rittāsanaṃ sayanaṃ sevato ce;
Sambodhikāmassa yathānudhammaṃ,
Taṃ te pavakkhāmi yathā pajānaṃ.

964 Pañcannaṃ dhīro bhayānaṃ na bhāye,
Bhikkhu sato sapariyantacārī;
Ḍaṃsādhipātānaṃ sarīsapānaṃ,
Manussaphassānaṃ catuppadānaṃ.

965 Paradhammikānampi na santaseyya,
Disvāpi tesaṃ bahubheravāni;
Athāparāni abhisambhaveyya,
Parissayāni kusalānuesī.

966 Ātankaphassena khudāya phuṭṭho,
Sītaṃ athuṇhaṃ adhivāsayeyya;
So tehi phuṭṭho bahudhā anoko,
Viriyaṃ parakkammadaḷhaṃ kareyya.

967 Theyyaṃ na kāre na musā bhaṇeyya,
Mettāya phasse tasathāvarāni;
Yadāvilattaṃ manaso vijaññā,
Kaṇhassa pakkhoti vinodayeyya.


968 Kodhātimānassa vasaṃ na gacche,
Mūlampi tesaṃ palikhañña tiṭṭhe;
Athappiyaṃ vā pana appiyaṃ vā,
Addhā bhavanto abhisambhaveyya.

969 Paññaṃ purakkhatvā kalyāṇapīti,
Vikkhambhaye tāni parissayāni;
Aratiṃ sahetha sayanamhi pante,
Caturo sahetha paridevadhamme.

970 Kiṃsū asissāmi kuva vā asissaṃ,
Dukkhaṃ vata settha kvajja sessaṃ;
Ete vitakke paridevaneyye,
Vinayetha sekho aniketacārī.

971 Annañca laddhā vasanañca kāle,
Mattaṃ so jaññā idha tosanatthaṃ;
So tesu gutto yatacāri gāme,
Rusitopi vācaṃ pharusaṃ na vajjā.

972 Okkhittacakkhu na ca pādalolo,
Jhānānuyutto bahujāgarassa;
Upekkhamārabbha samāhitatto,
Takkāsayaṃ kukkucciyūpachinde.

973 Cudito vacībhi satimābhinande,
Sabrahmacārīsu khilaṃ pabhinde;
Vācaṃ pamuñce kusalaṃ nātivelaṃ,
Janavādadhammāya na cetayeyya.

974 Athāparaṃ pañca rajāni loke,
Yesaṃ satīmā vinayāya sikkhe;
Rūpesu saddesu atho rasesu,
Gandhesu phassesu sahetha rāgaṃ.

975 Etesu dhammesu vineyya chandaṃ,
Bhikkhu satimā suvimuttacitto;
Kālena so sammā dhammaṃ parivīmaṃsamāno,
Ekodibhūto vihane tamaṃ so"ti.

Sāriputtasuttaṃ soḷasamaṃ.

Aṭṭhakavaggo catuttho.

Kāmaṃ guhañca duṭṭhā ca,
suddhañca paramā jarā;
Metteyyo ca pasūro ca,
māgaṇḍi purābhedanaṃ.

Kalahaṃ dve ca byūhāni,
punadeva tuvaṭṭakaṃ;
Attadaṇḍavaraṃ suttaṃ,
therapuṭṭhena soḷasa;
Iti etāni suttāni,
sabbānaṭṭhakavaggikāti.