3. Sambarimāyāsuttaṃ

269. Sāvatthiyaṃ…pe… bhagavā etadavoca – ‘‘bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo ābādhiko ahosi dukkhito bāḷhagilāno. Atha kho bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami gilānapucchako. Addasā kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ. Disvāna sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ etadavoca – ‘tikiccha maṃ devānamindā’ti. ‘Vācehi maṃ, vepacitti, sambarimāya’nti. ‘Na tāvāhaṃ vācemi, yāvāhaṃ, mārisa, asure paṭipucchāmī’’’ti. ‘‘Atha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo asure paṭipucchi – ‘vācemahaṃ, mārisā, sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ sambarimāya’nti? ‘Mā kho tvaṃ, mārisa, vācesi sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ sambarimāya’’’nti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Māyāvī maghavā sakka, devarāja sujampati;

Upeti nirayaṃ ghoraṃ, sambarova sataṃ sama’’nti.