10. Anāthapiṇḍikasuttaṃ

101. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Idañhi taṃ jetavanaṃ, isisaṅghanisevitaṃ;

Āvutthaṃ dhammarājena, pītisañjananaṃ mama.

‘‘Kammaṃ vijjā ca dhammo ca, sīlaṃ jīvitamuttamaṃ;

Etena maccā sujjhanti, na gottena dhanena vā.

‘‘Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso, sampassaṃ atthamattano;

Yoniso vicine dhammaṃ, evaṃ tattha visujjhati.

‘‘Sāriputtova paññāya, sīlena upasamena ca;

Yopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu, etāvaparamo siyā’’ti.

Idamavoca anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto. Idaṃ vatvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi – ‘‘imaṃ, bhikkhave, rattiṃ aññataro devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, so devaputto mama santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Idañhi taṃ jetavanaṃ, isisaṅghanisevitaṃ;

Āvutthaṃ dhammarājena, pītisañjananaṃ mama.

‘‘Kammaṃ vijjā ca dhammo ca, sīlaṃ jīvitamuttamaṃ;

Etena maccā sujjhanti, na gottena dhanena vā.

‘‘Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso, sampassaṃ atthamattano;

Yoniso vicine dhammaṃ, evaṃ tattha visujjhati.

‘‘Sāriputtova paññāya, sīlena upasamena ca;

Yopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu, etāvaparamo siyā’’ti.

‘‘Idamavoca, bhikkhave, so devaputto. Idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyī’’ti.

Evaṃ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘so hi nūna, bhante, anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhavissati. Anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati āyasmante sāriputte abhippasanno ahosī’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu sādhu, ānanda, yāvatakaṃ kho, ānanda, takkāya pattabbaṃ anuppattaṃ taṃ tayā. Anāthapiṇḍiko hi so, ānanda, devaputto’’ti.

Anāthapiṇḍikavaggo dutiyo.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Candimaso ³ ca veṇḍu ⁴ ca, dīghalaṭṭhi ca nandano;

Candano vāsudatto ca, subrahmā kakudhena ca;

Uttaro navamo vutto, dasamo anāthapiṇḍikoti.