10. Nānātitthiyasāvakasuttaṃ

111. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Atha kho sambahulā nānātitthiyasāvakā devaputtā asamo ca sahali ⁴ ca nīko ⁵ ca ākoṭako ca vegabbhari ca ⁶ māṇavagāmiyo ca abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ veḷuvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho asamo devaputto pūraṇaṃ kassapaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Idha chinditamārite, hatajānīsu kassapo;

Na pāpaṃ samanupassati, puññaṃ vā pana attano;

Sa ve vissāsamācikkhi, satthā arahati mānana’’nti.

Atha kho sahali devaputto makkhaliṃ gosālaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Tapojigucchāya susaṃvutatto,

Vācaṃ pahāya kalahaṃ janena;

Samosavajjā virato saccavādī,

Na hi nūna tādisaṃ karoti ⁸ pāpa’’nti.

Atha kho nīko devaputto nigaṇṭhaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ ¹⁰ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Jegucchī nipako bhikkhu, cātuyāmasusaṃvuto;

Diṭṭhaṃ sutañca ācikkhaṃ, na hi nūna kibbisī siyā’’ti.

Atha kho ākoṭako devaputto nānātitthiye ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Pakudhako kātiyāno nigaṇṭho,

Ye cāpime makkhalipūraṇāse;

Gaṇassa satthāro sāmaññappattā,

Na hi nūna te sappurisehi dūre’’ti.

Atha kho vegabbhari devaputto ākoṭakaṃ devaputtaṃ gāthāya paccabhāsi –

‘‘Sahācaritena ¹³ chavo sigālo ¹⁴,

Na kotthuko sīhasamo kadāci;

Naggo musāvādī gaṇassa satthā,

Saṅkassarācāro na sataṃ sarikkho’’ti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā begabbhariṃ devaputtaṃ anvāvisitvā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Tapojigucchāya āyuttā, pālayaṃ pavivekiyaṃ;

Rūpe ca ye niviṭṭhāse, devalokābhinandino;

Te ve sammānusāsanti, paralokāya mātiyā’’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā, ‘māro ayaṃ pāpimā’ iti viditvā, māraṃ pāpimantaṃ gāthāya paccabhāsi –

‘‘Ye keci rūpā idha vā huraṃ vā,

Ye cantalikkhasmiṃ pabhāsavaṇṇā;

Sabbeva te te namucippasatthā,

Āmisaṃva macchānaṃ vadhāya khittā’’ti.

Atha kho māṇavagāmiyo devaputto bhagavantaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Vipulo rājagahīyānaṃ, giriseṭṭho pavuccati;

Seto himavataṃ seṭṭho, ādicco aghagāminaṃ.

‘‘Samuddo udadhinaṃ seṭṭho, nakkhattānañca candimā ¹⁶;

Sadevakassa lokassa, buddho aggo pavuccatī’’ti.

Nānātitthiyavaggo tatiyo.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Sivo khemo ca serī ca, ghaṭī jantu ca rohito;

Nando nandivisālo ca, susimo nānātitthiyena te dasāti.

Devaputtasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.