8. Parosahassasuttaṃ

216. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ aḍḍhatelasehi bhikkhusatehi. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā bhikkhū nibbānapaṭisaṃyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṃ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṃ suṇanti. Atha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi – ‘‘ayaṃ kho bhagavā bhikkhū nibbānapaṭisaṃyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṃseti. Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṃ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṃ suṇanti. Yaṃnūnāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthaveyya’’nti.

Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘paṭibhāti maṃ bhagavā, paṭibhāti maṃ sugatā’’ti. ‘‘Paṭibhātu taṃ, vaṅgīsā’’ti bhagavā avoca. Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavantaṃ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi –

‘‘Parosahassaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ, sugataṃ payirupāsati;

Desentaṃ virajaṃ dhammaṃ, nibbānaṃ akutobhayaṃ.

‘‘Suṇanti dhammaṃ vimalaṃ, sammāsambuddhadesitaṃ;

Sobhati vata sambuddho, bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhato.

‘‘Nāganāmosi bhagavā, isīnaṃ isisattamo;

Mahāmeghova hutvāna, sāvake abhivassati.

‘‘Divāvihārā nikkhamma, satthudassanakamyatā ²;

Sāvako te mahāvīra, pāde vandati vaṅgīso’’ti.

‘‘Kiṃ nu te, vaṅgīsa, imā gāthāyo pubbe parivitakkitā, udāhu ṭhānasova taṃ paṭibhantī’’ti? ‘Na kho me, bhante, imā gāthāyo pubbe parivitakkitā, atha kho ṭhānasova maṃ paṭibhantī’ti. ‘Tena hi taṃ, vaṅgīsa, bhiyyosomattāya pubbe aparivitakkitā gāthāyo paṭibhantū’ti. ‘Evaṃ, bhante’ti kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavato paṭissutvā bhiyyosomattāya bhagavantaṃ pubbe aparivitakkitāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi –

‘‘Ummaggapathaṃ ⁴ mārassa abhibhuyya, carati pabhijja khilāni;

Taṃ passatha bandhapamuñcakaraṃ, asitaṃ bhāgaso pavibhajaṃ.

‘‘Oghassa nittharaṇatthaṃ, anekavihitaṃ maggaṃ akkhāsi;

Tasmiñce amate akkhāte, dhammaddasā ṭhitā asaṃhīrā.

‘‘Pajjotakaro ativijjha ⁶, sabbaṭṭhitīnaṃ atikkamamaddasa;

Ñatvā ca sacchikatvā ca, aggaṃ so desayi dasaddhānaṃ.

‘‘Evaṃ sudesite dhamme,

Ko pamādo vijānataṃ dhammaṃ ⁸;

Tasmā hi tassa bhagavato sāsane;

Appamatto sadā namassamanusikkhe’’ti.