9. Aṅkurapetavatthu

257.

‘‘Yassa atthāya gacchāma, kambojaṃ dhanahārakā;

Ayaṃ kāmadado yakkho, imaṃ yakkhaṃ nayāmase.

258.

‘‘Imaṃ yakkhaṃ gahetvāna, sādhukena pasayha vā;

Yānaṃ āropayitvāna, khippaṃ gacchāma dvāraka’’nti.

259.

² ‘‘Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;

Na tassa sākhaṃ bhañjeyya, mittadubbho hi pāpako’’ti.

260.

‘‘Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;

Khandhampi tassa chindeyya, attho ce tādiso siyā’’ti.

261.

‘‘Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;

Na tassa pattaṃ bhindeyya ⁴, mittadubbho hi pāpako’’ti.

262.

‘‘Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;

Samūlampi taṃ abbuhe ⁶, attho ce tādiso siyā’’ti.

263.

‘‘Yassekarattimpi ghare vaseyya, yatthannapānaṃ puriso labhetha;

Na tassa pāpaṃ manasāpi cintaye, kataññutā sappurisehi vaṇṇitā.

264.

‘‘Yassekarattimpi ghare vaseyya, annena pānena upaṭṭhito siyā;

Na tassa pāpaṃ manasāpi cintaye, adubbhapāṇī dahate mittadubbhiṃ.

265.

‘‘Yo pubbe katakalyāṇo, pacchā pāpena hiṃsati;

Allapāṇihato ⁸ poso, na so bhadrāni passatī’’ti.

266.

‘‘Nāhaṃ devena vā manussena vā, issariyena vāhaṃ suppasayho;

Yakkhohamasmi paramiddhipatto, dūraṅgamo vaṇṇabalūpapanno’’ti.

267.

‘‘Pāṇi te sabbaso vaṇṇo, pañcadhāro madhussavo;

Nānārasā paggharanti, maññehaṃ taṃ purindada’’nti.

268.

‘‘Nāmhi devo na gandhabbo, nāpi sakko purindado;

Petaṃ maṃ aṅkura jānāhi, roruvamhā ¹⁰ idhāgata’’nti.

269.

‘‘Kiṃsīlo kiṃsamācāro, roruvasmiṃ pure tuvaṃ;

Kena te brahmacariyena, puññaṃ pāṇimhi ijjhatī’’ti.

270.

‘‘Tunnavāyo pure āsiṃ, roruvasmiṃ tadā ahaṃ;

Sukicchavutti kapaṇo, na me vijjati dātave.

271.

‘‘Nivesanañca ¹² me āsi, asayhassa upantike;

Saddhassa dānapatino, katapuññassa lajjino.

272.

‘‘Tattha yācanakā yanti, nānāgottā vanibbakā;

Te ca maṃ tattha pucchanti, asayhassa nivesanaṃ.

273.

‘‘Kattha gacchāma bhaddaṃ vo, kattha dānaṃ padīyati;

Tesāhaṃ puṭṭho akkhāmi, asayhassa nivesanaṃ.

274.

‘‘Paggayha dakkhiṇaṃ bāhuṃ, ettha gacchatha bhaddaṃ vo;

Ettha dānaṃ padīyati, asayhassa nivesane.

275.

‘‘Tena pāṇi kāmadado, tena pāṇi madhussavo;

Tena me brahmacariyena, puññaṃ pāṇimhi ijjhatī’’ti.

276.

‘‘Na kira tvaṃ adā dānaṃ, sakapāṇīhi kassaci;

Parassa dānaṃ anumodamāno, pāṇiṃ paggayha pāvadi.

277.

‘‘Tena pāṇi kāmadado, tena pāṇi madhussavo;

Tena te brahmacariyena, puññaṃ pāṇimhi ijjhati.

278.

‘‘Yo so dānamadā bhante, pasanno sakapāṇibhi;

So hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, kiṃ nu so disataṃ gato’’ti.

279.

‘‘Nāhaṃ pajānāmi asayhasāhino, aṅgīrasassa gatiṃ āgatiṃ vā;

Sutañca me vessavaṇassa santike, sakkassa sahabyataṃ gato asayho’’ti.

280.

‘‘Alameva kātuṃ kalyāṇaṃ, dānaṃ dātuṃ yathārahaṃ;

Pāṇiṃ kāmadadaṃ disvā, ko puññaṃ na karissati.

281.

‘‘So hi nūna ito gantvā, anuppatvāna dvārakaṃ;

Dānaṃ paṭṭhapayissāmi, yaṃ mamassa sukhāvahaṃ.

282.

‘‘Dassāmannañca pānañca, vatthasenāsanāni ca;

Papañca udapānañca, dugge saṅkamanāni cā’’ti.

283.

‘‘Kena te aṅgulī kuṇā ¹⁵, mukhañca kuṇalīkataṃ ¹⁶;

Akkhīni ca paggharanti, kiṃ pāpaṃ pakataṃ tayā’’ti.

284.

‘‘Aṅgīrasassa gahapatino, saddhassa gharamesino;

Tassāhaṃ dānavissagge, dāne adhikato ahuṃ.

285.

‘‘Tattha yācanake disvā, āgate bhojanatthike;

Ekamantaṃ apakkamma, akāsiṃ kuṇaliṃ mukhaṃ.

286.

‘‘Tena me aṅgulī kuṇā, mukhañca kuṇalīkataṃ;

Akkhīni me paggharanti, taṃ pāpaṃ pakataṃ mayā’’ti.

287.

‘‘Dhammena te kāpurisa, mukhañca kuṇalīkataṃ;

Akkhīni ca paggharanti, yaṃ taṃ parassa dānassa;

Akāsi kuṇaliṃ mukhaṃ.

288.

‘‘Kathaṃ hi dānaṃ dadamāno, kareyya parapattiyaṃ;

Annaṃ pānaṃ khādanīyaṃ, vatthasenāsanāni ca.

289.

‘‘So hi nūna ito gantvā, anuppatvāna dvārakaṃ;

Dānaṃ paṭṭhapayissāmi, yaṃ mamassa sukhāvahaṃ.

290.

‘‘Dassāmannañca pānañca, vatthasenāsanāni ca;

Papañca udapānañca, dugge saṅkamanāni cā’’ti.

291.

Tato hi so nivattitvā, anuppatvāna dvārakaṃ;

Dānaṃ paṭṭhapayi aṅkuro, yaṃtumassa ¹⁸ sukhāvahaṃ.

292.

Adā annañca pānañca, vatthasenāsanāni ca;

Papañca udapānañca, vippasannena cetasā.

293.

‘‘Ko chāto ko ca tasito, ko vatthaṃ paridahissati;

Kassa santāni yoggāni, ito yojentu vāhanaṃ.

294.

‘‘Ko chatticchati gandhañca, ko mālaṃ ko upāhanaṃ;

Itissu tattha ghosenti, kappakā sūdamāgadhā ²⁰;

Sadā sāyañca pāto ca, aṅkurassa nivesane.

295.

‘‘‘Sukhaṃ supati aṅkuro’, iti jānāti maṃ jano;

Dukkhaṃ supāmi sindhaka ²², yaṃ na passāmi yācake.

296.

‘‘‘Sukhaṃ supati aṅkuro’, iti jānāti maṃ jano;

Dukkhaṃ sindhaka supāmi, appake su vanibbake’’ti.

297.

‘‘Sakko ce te varaṃ dajjā, tāvatiṃsānamissaro;

Kissa sabbassa lokassa, varamāno varaṃ vare’’ti.

298.

‘‘Sakko ce me varaṃ dajjā, tāvatiṃsānamissaro;

Kāluṭṭhitassa me sato, suriyuggamanaṃ pati;

Dibbā bhakkhā pātubhaveyyuṃ, sīlavanto ca yācakā.

299.

‘‘Dadato me na khīyetha, datvā nānutapeyyahaṃ;

Dadaṃ cittaṃ pasādeyyaṃ, etaṃ sakkaṃ varaṃ vare’’ti.

300.

‘‘Na sabbavittāni pare pavecche, dadeyya dānañca dhanañca rakkhe;

Tasmā hi dānā dhanameva seyyo, atippadānena kulā na honti.

301.

‘‘Adānamatidānañca, nappasaṃsanti paṇḍitā;

Tasmā hi dānā dhanameva seyyo, samena vatteyya sa dhīradhammo’’ti.

302.

‘‘Aho vata re ahameva dajjaṃ, santo ca maṃ sappurisā bhajeyyuṃ;

Meghova ninnāni paripūrayanto ²⁴, santappaye sabbavanibbakānaṃ.

303.

‘‘Yassa yācanake disvā, mukhavaṇṇo pasīdati;

Datvā attamano hoti, taṃ gharaṃ vasato sukhaṃ.

304.

‘‘Yassa yācanake disvā, mukhavaṇṇo pasīdati;

Datvā attamano hoti, esā yaññassa ²⁶ sampadā.

305.

²⁸ ‘‘Pubbeva dānā sumano, dadaṃ cittaṃ pasādaye;

Datvā attamano hoti, esā yaññassa ³⁰ sampadā’’ti.

306.

Saṭṭhi vāhasahassāni, aṅkurassa nivesane;

Bhojanaṃ dīyate niccaṃ, puññapekkhassa jantuno.

307.

Tisahassāni sūdāni hi ³², āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā;

Aṅkuraṃ upajīvanti, dāne yaññassa vāvaṭā ³⁴.

308.

Saṭṭhi purisasahassāni, āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā;

Aṅkurassa mahādāne, kaṭṭhaṃ phālenti māṇavā.

309.

Soḷasitthisahassāni, sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;

Aṅkurassa mahādāne, vidhā piṇḍenti nāriyo.

310.

Soḷasitthisahassāni, sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;

Aṅkurassa mahādāne, dabbigāhā upaṭṭhitā.

311.

Bahuṃ bahūnaṃ pādāsi, ciraṃ pādāsi khattiyo;

Sakkaccañca sahatthā ca, cittīkatvā punappunaṃ.

312.

Bahū māse ca pakkhe ca, utusaṃvaccharāni ca;

Mahādānaṃ pavattesi, aṅkuro dīghamantaraṃ.

313.

Evaṃ datvā yajitvā ca, aṅkuro dīghamantaraṃ;

So hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, tāvatiṃsūpago ahu.

314.

Kaṭacchubhikkhaṃ datvāna, anuruddhassa indako;

So hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, tāvatiṃsūpago ahu.

315.

Dasahi ṭhānehi aṅkuraṃ, indako atirocati;

Rūpe sadde rase gandhe, phoṭṭhabbe ca manorame.

316.

Āyunā yasasā ceva, vaṇṇena ca sukhena ca;

Ādhipaccena aṅkuraṃ, indako atirocati.

317.

Tāvatiṃse yadā buddho, silāyaṃ paṇḍukambale;

Pāricchattakamūlamhi, vihāsi purisuttamo.

318.

Dasasu lokadhātūsu, sannipatitvāna devatā;

Payirupāsanti sambuddhaṃ, vasantaṃ nagamuddhani.

319.

Na koci devo vaṇṇena, sambuddhaṃ atirocati;

Sabbe deve atikkamma ³⁶, sambuddhova virocati.

320.

Yojanāni dasa dve ca, aṅkuroyaṃ tadā ahu;

Avidūreva buddhassa ³⁸, indako atirocati.

321.

Oloketvāna sambuddho, aṅkurañcāpi indakaṃ;

Dakkhiṇeyyaṃ sambhāvento ⁴⁰, idaṃ vacanamabravi.

322.

‘‘Mahādānaṃ tayā dinnaṃ, aṅkura dīghamantaraṃ;

Atidūre ⁴² nisinnosi, āgaccha mama santike’’ti.

323.

Codito bhāvitattena, aṅkuro idamabravi;

‘‘Kiṃ mayhaṃ tena dānena, dakkhiṇeyyena suññataṃ.

324.

‘‘Ayaṃ so indako yakkho, dajjā dānaṃ parittakaṃ;

Atirocati amhehi, cando tāragaṇe yathā’’ti.

325.

‘‘Ujjaṅgale yathā khette, bījaṃ bahumpi ropitaṃ;

Na vipulaphalaṃ hoti, napi toseti kassakaṃ.

326.

‘‘Tatheva dānaṃ bahukaṃ, dussīlesu patiṭṭhitaṃ;

Na vipulaphalaṃ hoti, napi toseti dāyakaṃ.

327.

‘‘Yathāpi bhaddake khette, bījaṃ appampi ropitaṃ;

Sammā dhāraṃ pavecchante, phalaṃ toseti kassakaṃ.

328.

‘‘Tatheva sīlavantesu, guṇavantesu tādisu;

Appakampi kataṃ kāraṃ, puññaṃ hoti mahapphala’’nti.

329.

Viceyya dānaṃ dātabbaṃ, yattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;

Viceyya dānaṃ datvāna, saggaṃ gacchanti dāyakā.

330.

Viceyya dānaṃ sugatappasatthaṃ, ye dakkhiṇeyyā idha jīvaloke;

Etesu dinnāni mahapphalāni, bījāni vuttāni yathā sukhetteti.

Aṅkurapetavatthu navamaṃ.