14. Gandhatthenasuttaṃ

234. Ekaṃ samayaṃ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe. Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto pokkharaṇiṃ ogāhetvā padumaṃ upasiṅghati. Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ saṃvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Yametaṃ vārijaṃ pupphaṃ, adinnaṃ upasiṅghasi;

Ekaṅgametaṃ theyyānaṃ, gandhatthenosi mārisā’’ti.

‘‘Na harāmi na bhañjāmi, ārā siṅghāmi vārijaṃ;

Atha kena nu vaṇṇena, gandhatthenoti vuccati.

‘‘Yvāyaṃ bhisāni khanati, puṇḍarīkāni bhañjati;

Evaṃ ākiṇṇakammanto, kasmā eso na vuccatī’’ti.

‘‘Ākiṇṇaluddo puriso, dhāticelaṃva makkhito;

Tasmiṃ me vacanaṃ natthi, tvañcārahāmi vattave.

‘‘Anaṅgaṇassa posassa, niccaṃ sucigavesino;

Vālaggamattaṃ pāpassa, abbhāmattaṃva khāyatī’’ti.

‘‘Addhā maṃ yakkha jānāsi, atho me anukampasi;

Punapi yakkha vajjāsi, yadā passasi edisa’’nti.

‘‘Neva taṃ upajīvāma, napi te bhatakāmhase;

Tvameva bhikkhu jāneyya, yena gaccheyya suggati’’nti.

Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṃvejito saṃvegamāpādīti.

Vanasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Vivekaṃ upaṭṭhānañca, kassapagottena sambahulā;

Ānando anuruddho ca, nāgadattañca kulagharaṇī.

Vajjiputto ca vesālī, sajjhāyena ayoniso;

Majjhanhikālamhi pākatindriya, padumapupphena cuddasa bhaveti.