8. Tāyanasuttaṃ

89. Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho tāyano devaputto purāṇatitthakaro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho tāyano devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Chinda sotaṃ parakkamma, kāme panuda brāhmaṇa;

Nappahāya munī kāme, nekattamupapajjati.

‘‘Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ, daḷhamenaṃ parakkame;

Sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

‘‘Akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ ² seyyo, pacchā tapati dukkaṭaṃ;

Katañca sukataṃ seyyo, yaṃ katvā nānutappati.

‘‘Kuso yathā duggahito, hatthamevānukantati;

Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ, nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati.

‘‘Yaṃ kiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ, saṃkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ;

Saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ, na taṃ hoti mahapphala’’nti.

Idamavoca tāyano devaputto; idaṃ vatvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi – ‘‘imaṃ, bhikkhave, rattiṃ tāyano nāma devaputto purāṇatitthakaro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, tāyano devaputto mama santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi –

‘‘Chinda sotaṃ parakkamma, kāme panuda brāhmaṇa;

Nappahāya munī kāme, nekattamupapajjati.

‘‘Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ, daḷhamenaṃ parakkame;

Sithilo hi paribbājo, bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ.

‘‘Akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ seyyo, pacchā tapati dukkaṭaṃ;

Katañca sukataṃ seyyo, yaṃ katvā nānutappati.

‘‘Kuso yathā duggahito, hatthamevānukantati;

Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ, nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati.

‘‘Yaṃ kiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ, saṃkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ;

Saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ, na taṃ hoti mahapphala’’nti.

‘‘Idamavoca, bhikkhave, tāyano devaputto, idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi. Uggaṇhātha, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā; pariyāpuṇātha, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā; dhāretha, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā. Atthasaṃhitā, bhikkhave, tāyanagāthā ādibrahmacariyikā’’ti.