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The Merchant Aṅkura

Aṅkurapetavatthu

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

0.39. Aṅkurapetavatthu

1.1“Yassa atthāya gacchāma,1.2kambojaṁ dhanahārakā;1.3Ayaṁ kāmadado yakkho,1.4imaṁ yakkhaṁ nayāmase.

2.1Imaṁ yakkhaṁ gahetvāna,2.2Sādhukena pasayha vā;2.3Yānaṁ āropayitvāna,2.4Khippaṁ gacchāma dvārakan”ti.

3.1“Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya,3.2nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;3.3Na tassa sākhaṁ bhañjeyya,3.4mittadubbho hi pāpako”ti.

4.1“Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya,4.2nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;4.3Khandhampi tassa chindeyya,4.4attho ce tādiso siyā”ti.

5.1“Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya,5.2nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;5.3Na tassa pattaṁ bhindeyya,5.4mittadubbho hi pāpako”ti.

6.1“Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya,6.2nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;6.3Samūlampi taṁ abbuhe,6.4attho ce tādiso siyā”ti.

7.1“Yassekarattimpi ghare vaseyya,7.2Yatthannapānaṁ puriso labhetha;7.3Na tassa pāpaṁ manasāpi cintaye,7.4Kataññutā sappurisehi vaṇṇitā.

8.1Yassekarattimpi ghare vaseyya,8.2Annena pānena upaṭṭhito siyā;8.3Na tassa pāpaṁ manasāpi cintaye,8.4Adubbhapāṇī dahate mittadubbhiṁ.

9.1Yo pubbe katakalyāṇo,9.2pacchā pāpena hiṁsati;9.3Allapāṇihato poso,9.4na so bhadrāni passatī”ti.

10.1“Nāhaṁ devena vā manussena vā,10.2Issariyena vāhaṁ suppasayho;10.3Yakkhohamasmi paramiddhipatto,10.4Dūraṅgamo vaṇṇabalūpapanno”ti.

11.1“Pāṇi te sabbaso vaṇṇo,11.2pañcadhāro madhussavo;11.3Nānārasā paggharanti,11.4maññehaṁ taṁ purindadan”ti.

12.1“Nāmhi devo na gandhabbo,12.2nāpi sakko purindado;12.3Petaṁ maṁ aṅkura jānāhi,12.4roruvamhā idhāgatan”ti.

13.1“Kiṁsīlo kiṁsamācāro,13.2roruvasmiṁ pure tuvaṁ;13.3Kena te brahmacariyena,13.4puññaṁ pāṇimhi ijjhatī”ti.

14.1“Tunnavāyo pure āsiṁ,14.2roruvasmiṁ tadā ahaṁ;14.3Sukicchavutti kapaṇo,14.4na me vijjati dātave.

15.1Nivesanañca me āsi,15.2asayhassa upantike;15.3Saddhassa dānapatino,15.4katapuññassa lajjino.

16.1Tattha yācanakāyanti,16.2nānāgottā vanibbakā;16.3Te ca maṁ tattha pucchanti,16.4asayhassa nivesanaṁ.

17.1Kattha gacchāma bhaddaṁ vo,17.2kattha dānaṁ padīyati;17.3Tesāhaṁ puṭṭho akkhāmi,17.4asayhassa nivesanaṁ.

18.1Paggayha dakkhiṇaṁ bāhuṁ,18.2ettha gacchatha bhaddaṁ vo;18.3Ettha dānaṁ padīyati,18.4asayhassa nivesane.

19.1Tena pāṇi kāmadado,19.2tena pāṇi madhussavo;19.3Tena me brahmacariyena,19.4puññaṁ pāṇimhi ijjhatī”ti.

20.1“Na kira tvaṁ adā dānaṁ,20.2Sakapāṇīhi kassaci;20.3Parassa dānaṁ anumodamāno,20.4Pāṇiṁ paggayha pāvadi.

21.1Tena pāṇi kāmadado,21.2tena pāṇi madhussavo;21.3Tena te brahmacariyena,21.4puññaṁ pāṇimhi ijjhati.

22.1Yo so dānamadā bhante,22.2pasanno sakapāṇibhi;22.3So hitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ,22.4kiṁ nu so disataṁ gato”ti.

23.1“Nāhaṁ pajānāmi asayhasāhino,23.2Aṅgīrasassa gatiṁ āgatiṁ vā;23.3Sutañca me vessavaṇassa santike,23.4Sakkassa sahabyataṁ gato asayho”ti.

24.1“Alameva kātuṁ kalyāṇaṁ,24.2dānaṁ dātuṁ yathārahaṁ;24.3Pāṇiṁ kāmadadaṁ disvā,24.4ko puññaṁ na karissati.

25.1So hi nūna ito gantvā,25.2anuppatvāna dvārakaṁ;25.3Dānaṁ paṭṭhapayissāmi,25.4yaṁ mamassa sukhāvahaṁ.

26.1Dassāmannañca pānañca,26.2vatthasenāsanāni ca;26.3Papañca udapānañca,26.4dugge saṅkamanāni cā”ti.

27.1“Kena te aṅgulī kuṇā,27.2mukhañca kuṇalīkataṁ;27.3Akkhīni ca paggharanti,27.4kiṁ pāpaṁ pakataṁ tayā”ti.

28.1“Aṅgīrasassa gahapatino,28.2Saddhassa gharamesino;28.3Tassāhaṁ dānavissagge,28.4Dāne adhikato ahuṁ.

29.1Tattha yācanake disvā,29.2āgate bhojanatthike;29.3Ekamantaṁ apakkamma,29.4akāsiṁ kuṇaliṁ mukhaṁ.

30.1Tena me aṅgulī kuṇā,30.2mukhañca kuṇalīkataṁ;30.3Akkhīni me paggharanti,30.4taṁ pāpaṁ pakataṁ mayā”ti.

31.1“Dhammena te kāpurisa,31.2mukhañca kuṇalīkataṁ;31.3Akkhīni ca paggharanti,31.4yaṁ taṁ parassa dānassa;31.5Akāsi kuṇaliṁ mukhaṁ.

32.1Kathaṁ hi dānaṁ dadamāno,32.2kareyya parapattiyaṁ;32.3Annaṁ pānaṁ khādanīyaṁ,32.4vatthasenāsanāni ca.

33.1So hi nūna ito gantvā,33.2anuppatvāna dvārakaṁ;33.3Dānaṁ paṭṭhapayissāmi,33.4yaṁ mamassa sukhāvahaṁ.

34.1Dassāmannañca pānañca,34.2vatthasenāsanāni ca;34.3Papañca udapānañca,34.4dugge saṅkamanāni cā”ti.

35.1Tato hi so nivattitvā,35.2anuppatvāna dvārakaṁ;35.3Dānaṁ paṭṭhapayi aṅkuro,35.4yaṁtumassa sukhāvahaṁ.

36.1Adā annañca pānañca,36.2vatthasenāsanāni ca;36.3Papañca udapānañca,36.4vippasannena cetasā.

37.1Ko chāto ko ca tasito,37.2ko vatthaṁ paridahissati;37.3Kassa santāni yoggāni,37.4ito yojentu vāhanaṁ.

38.1Ko chatticchati gandhañca,38.2ko mālaṁ ko upāhanaṁ;38.3Itissu tattha ghosenti,38.4kappakā sūdamāgadhā;38.5Sadā sāyañca pāto ca,38.6aṅkurassa nivesane.

39.1“‘Sukhaṁ supati aṅkuro’,39.2iti jānāti maṁ jano;39.3Dukkhaṁ supāmi sindhaka,39.4yaṁ na passāmi yācake.

40.1‘Sukhaṁ supati aṅkuro’,40.2iti jānāti maṁ jano;40.3Dukkhaṁ sindhaka supāmi,40.4appake su vanibbake”ti.

41.1“Sakko ce te varaṁ dajjā,41.2tāvatiṁsānamissaro;41.3Kissa sabbassa lokassa,41.4varamāno varaṁ vare”ti.

42.1“Sakko ce me varaṁ dajjā,42.2tāvatiṁsānamissaro;42.3Kāluṭṭhitassa me sato,42.4sūriyuggamanaṁ pati;42.5Dibbā bhakkhā pātubhaveyyuṁ,42.6sīlavanto ca yācakā.

43.1Dadato me na khīyetha,43.2datvā nānutapeyyahaṁ;43.3Dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādeyyaṁ,43.4etaṁ sakkaṁ varaṁ vare”ti.

44.1“Na sabbavittāni pare pavecche,44.2Dadeyya dānañca dhanañca rakkhe;44.3Tasmā hi dānā dhanameva seyyo,44.4Atippadānena kulā na honti.

45.1Adānamatidānañca,45.2Nappasaṁsanti paṇḍitā;45.3Tasmā hi dānā dhanameva seyyo,45.4Samena vatteyya sa dhīradhammo”ti.

46.1“Aho vata re ahameva dajjaṁ,46.2Santo ca maṁ sappurisā bhajeyyuṁ;46.3Meghova ninnāni paripūrayanto,46.4Santappaye sabbavanibbakānaṁ.

47.1Yassa yācanake disvā,47.2mukhavaṇṇo pasīdati;47.3Datvā attamano hoti,47.4taṁ gharaṁ vasato sukhaṁ.

48.1Yassa yācanake disvā,48.2mukhavaṇṇo pasīdati;48.3Datvā attamano hoti,48.4esā yaññassa sampadā.

49.1Pubbeva dānā sumano,49.2dadaṁ cittaṁ pasādaye;49.3Datvā attamano hoti,49.4esā yaññassa sampadā”ti.

50.1Saṭṭhi vāhasahassāni,50.2aṅkurassa nivesane;50.3Bhojanaṁ dīyate niccaṁ,50.4puññapekkhassa jantuno.

51.1Tisahassāni sūdāni hi,51.2āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā;51.3Aṅkuraṁ upajīvanti,51.4dāne yaññassa vāvaṭā.

52.1Saṭṭhi purisasahassāni,52.2āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā;52.3Aṅkurassa mahādāne,52.4kaṭṭhaṁ phālenti māṇavā.

53.1Soḷasitthisahassāni,53.2sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;53.3Aṅkurassa mahādāne,53.4vidhā piṇḍenti nāriyo.

54.1Soḷasitthisahassāni,54.2sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;54.3Aṅkurassa mahādāne,54.4dabbigāhā upaṭṭhitā.

55.1Bahuṁ bahūnaṁ pādāsi,55.2ciraṁ pādāsi khattiyo;55.3Sakkaccañca sahatthā ca,55.4cittīkatvā punappunaṁ.

56.1Bahū māse ca pakkhe ca,56.2utusaṁvaccharāni ca;56.3Mahādānaṁ pavattesi,56.4aṅkuro dīghamantaraṁ.

57.1Evaṁ datvā yajitvā ca,57.2aṅkuro dīghamantaraṁ;57.3So hitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ,57.4tāvatiṁsūpago ahu.

58.1Kaṭacchubhikkhaṁ datvāna,58.2anuruddhassa indako;58.3So hitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ,58.4tāvatiṁsūpago ahu.

59.1Dasahi ṭhānehi aṅkuraṁ,59.2indako atirocati;59.3Rūpe sadde rase gandhe,59.4phoṭṭhabbe ca manorame.

60.1Āyunā yasasā ceva,60.2vaṇṇena ca sukhena ca;60.3Ādhipaccena aṅkuraṁ,60.4indako atirocati.

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62.1Tāvatiṁse yadā buddho,62.2silāyaṁ paṇḍukambale;62.3Pāricchattakamūlamhi,62.4vihāsi purisuttamo.

63.1Dasasu lokadhātūsu,63.2sannipatitvāna devatā;63.3Payirupāsanti sambuddhaṁ,63.4vasantaṁ nagamuddhani.

64.1Na koci devo vaṇṇena,64.2sambuddhaṁ atirocati;64.3Sabbe deve atikkamma,64.4sambuddhova virocati.

65.1Yojanāni dasa dve ca,65.2aṅkuroyaṁ tadā ahu;65.3Avidūreva buddhassa,65.4indako atirocati.

66.1Oloketvāna sambuddho,66.2Aṅkurañcāpi indakaṁ;66.3Dakkhiṇeyyaṁ sambhāvento,66.4Idaṁ vacanamabravi.

67.1“Mahādānaṁ tayā dinnaṁ,67.2aṅkura dīghamantaraṁ;67.3Atidūre nisinnosi,67.4āgaccha mama santike”ti.

68.1Codito bhāvitattena,68.2aṅkuro idamabravi;68.3“Kiṁ mayhaṁ tena dānena,68.4dakkhiṇeyyena suññataṁ.

69.1Ayaṁ so indako yakkho,69.2dajjā dānaṁ parittakaṁ;69.3Atirocati amhehi,69.4cando tāragaṇe yathā”ti.

70.1“Ujjaṅgale yathā khette,70.2bījaṁ bahumpi ropitaṁ;70.3Na vipulaphalaṁ hoti,70.4napi toseti kassakaṁ.

71.1Tatheva dānaṁ bahukaṁ,71.2dussīlesu patiṭṭhitaṁ;71.3Na vipulaphalaṁ hoti,71.4napi toseti dāyakaṁ.

72.1Yathāpi bhaddake khette,72.2bījaṁ appampi ropitaṁ;72.3Sammā dhāraṁ pavecchante,72.4phalaṁ toseti kassakaṁ.

73.1Tatheva sīlavantesu,73.2guṇavantesu tādisu;73.3Appakampi kataṁ kāraṁ,73.4puññaṁ hoti mahapphalan”ti.

74.1Viceyya dānaṁ dātabbaṁ,74.2yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ;74.3Viceyya dānaṁ datvāna,74.4saggaṁ gacchanti dāyakā.

75.1Viceyya dānaṁ sugatappasatthaṁ,75.2Ye dakkhiṇeyyā idha jīvaloke;75.3Etesu dinnāni mahapphalāni,75.4Bījāni vuttāni yathā sukhetteti.

76.1Aṅkurapetavatthu navamaṁ.