7. Samayasuttaṃ

37. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi; dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca. Atha kho catunnaṃ suddhāvāsakāyikānaṃ devatānaṃ etadahosi – ‘‘ayaṃ kho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi; dasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṃ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca. Yaṃnūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekaṃ gāthaṃ ² bhāseyyāmā’’ti.

Atha kho tā devatā – seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya. Evameva – suddhāvāsesu devesu antarahitā bhagavato purato pāturahesuṃ. Atha kho tā devatā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Mahāsamayo pavanasmiṃ, devakāyā samāgatā;

Āgatamha imaṃ dhammasamayaṃ, dakkhitāye aparājitasaṅgha’’nti.

Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Tatra bhikkhavo samādahaṃsu, cittamattano ujukaṃ akaṃsu ⁴;

Sārathīva nettāni gahetvā, indriyāni rakkhanti paṇḍitā’’ti.

Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Chetvā khīlaṃ chetvā palighaṃ, indakhīlaṃ ūhacca manejā;

Te caranti suddhā vimalā, cakkhumatā sudantā susunāgā’’ti.

Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Ye keci buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gatāse, na te gamissanti apāyabhūmiṃ;

Pahāya mānusaṃ dehaṃ, devakāyaṃ paripūressantī’’ti.