10. Yakkhasaṃyuttaṃ

1. Indakasuttaṃ

235. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati indakūṭe pabbate, indakassa yakkhassa bhavane. Atha kho indako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Rūpaṃ na jīvanti vadanti buddhā, kathaṃ nvayaṃ vindatimaṃ sarīraṃ;

Kutassa aṭṭhīyakapiṇḍameti, kathaṃ nvayaṃ sajjati gabbharasmi’’nti.

‘‘Paṭhamaṃ kalalaṃ hoti, kalalā hoti abbudaṃ;

Abbudā jāyate pesi, pesi nibbattatī ghano;

Ghanā pasākhā jāyanti, kesā lomā nakhāpi ca.

‘‘Yañcassa bhuñjatī mātā, annaṃ pānañca bhojanaṃ;

Tena so tattha yāpeti, mātukucchigato naro’’ti.