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Suttapetavatthu

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0.311. Suttapetavatthu

1.1“Ahaṁ pure pabbajitassa bhikkhuno,1.2Suttaṁ adāsiṁ upasaṅkamma yācitā;1.3Tassa vipāko vipulaphalūpalabbhati,1.4Bahukā ca me uppajjare vatthakoṭiyo.

2.1Pupphābhikiṇṇaṁ ramitaṁ vimānaṁ,2.2Anekacittaṁ naranārisevitaṁ;2.3Sāhaṁ bhuñjāmi ca pārupāmi ca,2.4Pahūtavittā na ca tāva khīyati.

3.1Tasseva kammassa vipākamanvayā,3.2Sukhañca sātañca idhūpalabbhati;3.3Sāhaṁ gantvā punadeva mānusaṁ,3.4Kāhāmi puññāni nayayyaputta man”ti.

4.1“Satta tuvaṁ vassasatā idhāgatā,4.2Jiṇṇā ca vuḍḍhā ca tahiṁ bhavissasi;4.3Sabbeva te kālakatā ca ñātakā,4.4Kiṁ tattha gantvāna ito karissasī”ti.

5.1“Satteva vassāni idhāgatāya me,5.2Dibbañca sukhañca samappitāya;5.3Sāhaṁ gantvāna punadeva mānusaṁ,5.4Kāhāmi puññāni nayayyaputta man”ti.

6.1So taṁ gahetvāna pasayha bāhāyaṁ,6.2Paccānayitvāna theriṁ sudubbalaṁ;6.3“Vajjesi aññampi janaṁ idhāgataṁ,6.4‘Karotha puññāni sukhūpalabbhati’.

7.1Diṭṭhā mayā akatena sādhunā,7.2Petā vihaññanti tatheva manussā;7.3Kammañca katvā sukhavedanīyaṁ,7.4Devā manussā ca sukhe ṭhitā pajā”ti.

8.1Suttapetavatthu ekādasamaṁ.