5. Ādittavaggo

1. Ādittasuttaṃ

41. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Ādittasmiṃ agārasmiṃ, yaṃ nīharati bhājanaṃ;

Taṃ tassa hoti atthāya, no ca yaṃ tattha ḍayhati.

‘‘Evaṃ ādittako loko, jarāya maraṇena ca;

Nīharetheva dānena, dinnaṃ hoti sunīhataṃ.

‘‘Dinnaṃ sukhaphalaṃ hoti, nādinnaṃ hoti taṃ tathā;

Corā haranti rājāno, aggi ḍahati nassati.

‘‘Atha antena jahati, sarīraṃ sapariggahaṃ;

Etadaññāya medhāvī, bhuñjetha ca dadetha ca;

Datvā ca bhutvā ca yathānubhāvaṃ;

Anindito saggamupeti ṭhāna’’nti.