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Khallāṭiyapetivatthu

A ghost explains the value of giving and sharing merit.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.310. Khallāṭiyapetivatthu

1.1“Kā nu antovimānasmiṁ,1.2tiṭṭhantī nūpanikkhami;1.3Upanikkhamassu bhadde,1.4passāma taṁ bahiṭṭhitan”ti.

2.1“Aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi,2.2naggā nikkhamituṁ bahi;2.3Kesehamhi paṭicchannā,2.4puññaṁ me appakaṁ katan”ti.

3.1“Handuttarīyaṁ dadāmi te,3.2idaṁ dussaṁ nivāsaya;3.3Idaṁ dussaṁ nivāsetvā,3.4ehi nikkhama sobhane;3.5Upanikkhamassu bhadde,3.6passāma taṁ bahiṭṭhitan”ti.

4.1“Hatthena hatthe te dinnaṁ,4.2na mayhaṁ upakappati;4.3Esetthupāsako saddho,4.4sammāsambuddhasāvako.

5.1Etaṁ acchādayitvāna,5.2mama dakkhiṇamādisa;5.3Tathāhaṁ sukhitā hessaṁ,5.4sabbakāmasamiddhinī”ti.

6.1Tañca te nhāpayitvāna,6.2vilimpetvāna vāṇijā;6.3Vatthehacchādayitvāna,6.4tassā dakkhiṇamādisuṁ.

7.1Samanantarānuddiṭṭhe,7.2vipāko udapajjatha;7.3Bhojanacchādanapānīyaṁ,7.4dakkhiṇāya idaṁ phalaṁ.

8.1Tato suddhā sucivasanā,8.2kāsikuttamadhārinī;8.3Hasantī vimānā nikkhami,8.4dakkhiṇāya idaṁ phalanti.

9.1“Sucittarūpaṁ ruciraṁ,9.2vimānaṁ te pabhāsati;9.3Devate pucchitācikkha,9.4kissa kammassidaṁ phalan”ti.

10.1“Bhikkhuno caramānassa,10.2doṇinimmajjaniṁ ahaṁ;10.3Adāsiṁ ujubhūtassa,10.4vippasannena cetasā.

11.1Tassa kammassa kusalassa,11.2vipākaṁ dīghamantaraṁ;11.3Anubhomi vimānasmiṁ,11.4tañca dāni parittakaṁ.

12.1Uddhaṁ catūhi māsehi,12.2kālakiriyā bhavissati;12.3Ekantakaṭukaṁ ghoraṁ,12.4nirayaṁ papatissahaṁ.

13.1Catukkaṇṇaṁ catudvāraṁ,13.2vibhattaṁ bhāgaso mitaṁ;13.3Ayopākārapariyantaṁ,13.4ayasā paṭikujjitaṁ.

14.1Tassa ayomayā bhūmi,14.2jalitā tejasā yutā;14.3Samantā yojanasataṁ,14.4pharitvā tiṭṭhati sabbadā.

15.1Tatthāhaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,15.2dukkhaṁ vedissa vedanaṁ;15.3Phalañca pāpakammassa,15.4tasmā socāmahaṁ bhusan”ti.

16.1Khallāṭiyapetivatthu dasamaṁ.