3. Devahitasuttaṃ

199. Sāvatthinidānaṃ . Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā vātehābādhiko hoti; āyasmā ca upavāṇo bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ āmantesi – ‘‘iṅgha me tvaṃ, upavāṇa, uṇhodakaṃ jānāhī’’ti. ‘‘Evaṃ, bhante’’ti kho āyasmā upavāṇo bhagavato paṭissutvā nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena devahitassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Addasā kho devahito brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ tuṇhībhūtaṃ ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ. Disvāna āyasmantaṃ upavāṇaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Tuṇhībhūto bhavaṃ tiṭṭhaṃ, muṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto;

Kiṃ patthayāno kiṃ esaṃ, kiṃ nu yācitumāgato’’ti.

‘‘Arahaṃ sugato loke, vātehābādhiko muni;

Sace uṇhodakaṃ atthi, munino dehi brāhmaṇa.

‘‘Pūjito pūjaneyyānaṃ, sakkareyyāna sakkato;

Apacito apaceyyānaṃ ², tassa icchāmi hātave’’ti.

Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo uṇhodakassa kājaṃ purisena gāhāpetvā phāṇitassa ca puṭaṃ āyasmato upavāṇassa pādāsi. Atha kho āyasmā upavāṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ uṇhodakena nhāpetvā ⁴ uṇhodakena phāṇitaṃ āloletvā bhagavato pādāsi. Atha kho bhagavato ābādho paṭippassambhi.

Atha kho devahito brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Kattha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ, kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;

Kathañhi yajamānassa, kathaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā’’ti.

‘‘Pubbenivāsaṃ yo vedī, saggāpāyañca passati;

Atho jātikkhayaṃ patto, abhiññāvosito muni.

‘‘Ettha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ, ettha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ;

Evañhi yajamānassa, evaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā’’ti.

Evaṃ vutte, devahito brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘abhikkantaṃ bho gotama…pe… upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gata’’nti.