8. Kakudhasuttaṃ

99. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye. Atha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ añjanavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘nandasi, samaṇā’’ti? ‘‘Kiṃ laddhā, āvuso’’ti? ‘‘Tena hi, samaṇa, socasī’’ti? ‘‘Kiṃ jīyittha, āvuso’’ti? ‘‘Tena hi, samaṇa, neva nandasi na ca ² socasī’’ti? ‘‘Evamāvuso’’ti.

‘‘Kacci tvaṃ anagho ⁵ bhikkhu, kacci nandī ⁶ na vijjati;

Kacci taṃ ekamāsīnaṃ, aratī nābhikīratī’’ti.

‘‘Anagho ve ahaṃ yakkha, atho nandī na vijjati;

Atho maṃ ekamāsīnaṃ, aratī nābhikīratī’’ti.

‘‘Kathaṃ tvaṃ anagho bhikkhu, kathaṃ nandī na vijjati;

Kathaṃ taṃ ekamāsīnaṃ, aratī nābhikīratī’’ti.

‘‘Aghajātassa ve nandī, nandījātassa ve aghaṃ;

Anandī anagho bhikkhu, evaṃ jānāhi āvuso’’ti.

‘‘Cirassaṃ vata passāmi, brāhmaṇaṃ parinibbutaṃ;

Anandiṃ anaghaṃ bhikkhuṃ, tiṇṇaṃ loke visattika’’ntntti.