4. Bakabrahmasuttaṃ

175. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bakassa brahmuno evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti – ‘‘idaṃ niccaṃ, idaṃ dhuvaṃ, idaṃ sassataṃ, idaṃ kevalaṃ, idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ, idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, ito ca panaññaṃ uttariṃ ² nissaraṇaṃ natthī’’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā bakassa brahmuno cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya – seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya evameva – jetavane antarahito tasmiṃ brahmaloke pāturahosi. Addasā kho bako brahmā bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ. Disvāna bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘ehi kho mārisa, svāgataṃ te, mārisa! Cirassaṃ kho mārisa! Imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāya. Idañhi, mārisa, niccaṃ, idaṃ dhuvaṃ, idaṃ sassataṃ, idaṃ kevalaṃ, idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ, idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati. Ito ca panaññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ natthī’’ti.

Evaṃ vutte, bhagavā bakaṃ brahmānaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘avijjāgato vata, bho, bako brahmā; avijjāgato vata, bho, bako brahmā. Yatra hi nāma aniccaṃyeva samānaṃ niccanti vakkhati, adhuvaṃyeva samānaṃ dhuvanti vakkhati, asassataṃyeva samānaṃ sassatanti vakkhati, akevalaṃyeva samānaṃ kevalanti vakkhati, cavanadhammaṃyeva samānaṃ acavanadhammanti vakkhati. Yattha ca pana jāyati ca jīyati ca mīyati ca cavati ca upapajjati ca, tañca tathā vakkhati – ‘idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati’. Santañca panaññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ, ‘natthaññaṃ uttari nissaraṇa’nti vakkhatī’’ti.

‘‘Dvāsattati gotama puññakammā,

Vasavattino jātijaraṃ atītā;

Ayamantimā vedagū brahmupapatti,

Asmābhijappanti janā anekā’’ti.

‘‘Appañhi etaṃ na hi dīghamāyu,

Yaṃ tvaṃ baka maññasi dīghamāyuṃ;

Sataṃ sahassānaṃ ⁴ nirabbudānaṃ,

Āyuṃ pajānāmi tavāhaṃ brahme’’ti.

‘‘Anantadassī bhagavāhamasmi,

Jātijaraṃ sokamupātivatto;

Kiṃ me purāṇaṃ vatasīlavattaṃ,

Ācikkha me taṃ yamahaṃ vijaññā’’ti.

‘‘Yaṃ tvaṃ apāyesi bahū manusse,

Pipāsite ghammani samparete;

Taṃ te purāṇaṃ vatasīlavattaṃ,

Suttappabuddhova anussarāmi.

‘‘Yaṃ eṇikūlasmiṃ janaṃ gahītaṃ,

Amocayī gayhakaṃ nīyamānaṃ;

Taṃ te purāṇaṃ vatasīlavattaṃ,

Suttappabuddhova anussarāmi.

‘‘Gaṅgāya sotasmiṃ gahītanāvaṃ,

Luddena nāgena manussakamyā;

Pamocayittha balasā pasayha,

Taṃ te purāṇaṃ vatasīlavattaṃ,

Suttappabuddhova anussarāmi.

‘‘Kappo ca te baddhacaro ahosiṃ,

Sambuddhimantaṃ ⁶ vatinaṃ amaññi;

Taṃ te purāṇaṃ vatasīlavattaṃ,

Suttappabuddhova anussarāmī’’ti.

‘‘Addhā pajānāsi mametamāyuṃ,

Aññepi ⁸ jānāsi tathā hi buddho;

Tathā hi tyāyaṃ jalitānubhāvo,

Obhāsayaṃ tiṭṭhati brahmaloka’’nti.