8. Verocanaasurindasuttaṃ

254. Sāvatthiyaṃ jetavane. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno. Atha kho sakko ca devānamindo verocano ca asurindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu; upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṃ dvārabāhaṃ nissāya aṭṭhaṃsu. Atha kho verocano asurindo bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Vāyametheva puriso, yāva atthassa nipphadā;

Nipphannasobhano ³ attho ⁴, verocanavaco ida’’nti.

‘‘Vāyametheva puriso, yāva atthassa nipphadā;

Nipphannasobhano attho ⁶, khantyā bhiyyo na vijjatī’’ti.

‘‘Sabbe sattā atthajātā, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;

Saṃyogaparamā tveva, sambhogā sabbapāṇinaṃ;

Nipphannasobhano attho, verocanavaco ida’’nti.

‘‘Sabbe sattā atthajātā, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;

Saṃyogaparamā tveva, sambhogā sabbapāṇinaṃ;

Nipphannasobhano attho, khantyā bhiyyo na vijjatī’’ti.