8. Cūḷaseṭṭhipetavatthu

246.

‘‘Naggo kiso pabbajitosi bhante, rattiṃ kuhiṃ gacchasi kissa hetu;

Ācikkha me taṃ api sakkuṇemu, sabbena vittaṃ paṭipādaye tuva’’nti.

247.

‘‘Bārāṇasī nagaraṃ dūraghuṭṭhaṃ, tatthāhaṃ gahapati aḍḍhako ahu dīno;

Adātā gedhitamano āmisasmiṃ, dussīlyena yamavisayamhi patto.

248.

‘‘So sūcikāya kilamito tehi,

Teneva ñātīsu yāmi āmisakiñcikkhahetu;

Adānasīlā na ca saddahanti,

Dānaphalaṃ hoti paramhi loke.

249.

‘‘Dhītā ca mayhaṃ lapate abhikkhaṇaṃ, ‘dassāmi dānaṃ pitūnaṃ pitāmahānaṃ’;

Tamupakkhaṭaṃ parivisayanti brāhmaṇā ², ‘yāmi ahaṃ andhakavindaṃ bhottu’’’nti.

250.

Tamavoca rājā ‘‘anubhaviyāna tampi,

Eyyāsi khippaṃ ahamapi kassaṃ pūjaṃ;

Ācikkha me taṃ yadi atthi hetu,

Saddhāyitaṃ hetuvaco suṇomā’’ti.

251.

‘Tathā’ti vatvā agamāsi tattha, bhuñjiṃsu bhattaṃ na ca dakkhiṇārahā;

Paccāgami rājagahaṃ punāparaṃ, pāturahosi purato janādhipassa.

252.

Disvāna petaṃ punadeva āgataṃ, rājā avoca ‘‘ahamapi kiṃ dadāmi;

Ācikkha me taṃ yadi atthi hetu, yena tuvaṃ cirataraṃ pīṇito siyā’’ti.

253.

‘‘Buddhañca saṅghaṃ parivisiyāna rāja, annena pānena ca cīvarena;

Taṃ dakkhiṇaṃ ādisa me hitāya, evaṃ ahaṃ cirataraṃ pīṇito siyā’’ti.

254.

Tato ca rājā nipatitvā tāvade ⁵, dānaṃ sahatthā atulaṃ daditvā ⁶ saṅghe;

Ārocesi pakataṃ ⁸ tathāgatassa, tassa ca petassa dakkhiṇaṃ ādisittha.

255.

So pūjito ativiya sobhamāno, pāturahosi purato janādhipassa;

‘‘Yakkhohamasmi paramiddhipatto, na mayhamatthi samā sadisā ¹⁰ mānusā.

256.

‘‘Passānubhāvaṃ aparimitaṃ mamayidaṃ, tayānudiṭṭhaṃ atulaṃ datvā saṅghe;

Santappito satataṃ sadā bahūhi, yāmi ahaṃ sukhito manussadevā’’ti.

Cūḷaseṭṭhipetavatthu aṭṭhamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.

Bhāṇavāraṃ paṭhamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.