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The Deer-Hunter (1st)

Migaluddakapetavatthu

Keeping precepts even for a small duration will provide benefits.

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

0.37. Migaluddakapetavatthu

1.1“Naranāripurakkhato yuvā,1.2Rajanīyehi kāmaguṇehi sobhasi;1.3Divasaṁ anubhosi kāraṇaṁ,1.4Kimakāsi purimāya jātiyā”ti.

2.1“Ahaṁ rājagahe ramme,2.2ramaṇīye giribbaje;2.3Migaluddo pure āsiṁ,2.4lohitapāṇi dāruṇo.

3.1Avirodhakaresu pāṇisu,3.2Puthusattesu paduṭṭhamānaso;3.3Vicariṁ atidāruṇo sadā,3.4Parahiṁsāya rato asaññato.

4.1Tassa me sahāyo suhadayo,4.2Saddho āsi upāsako;4.3Sopi maṁ anukampanto,4.4Nivāresi punappunaṁ.

5.1‘Mākāsi pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,5.2Mā tāta duggatiṁ agā;5.3Sace icchasi pecca sukhaṁ,5.4Virama pāṇavadhā asaṁyamā’.

6.1Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,6.2Sukhakāmassa hitānukampino;6.3Nākāsiṁ sakalānusāsaniṁ,6.4Cirapāpābhirato abuddhimā.

7.1So maṁ puna bhūrisumedhaso,7.2Anukampāya saṁyame nivesayi;7.3‘Sace divā hanasi pāṇino,7.4Atha te rattiṁ bhavatu saṁyamo’.

8.1Svāhaṁ divā hanitvā pāṇino,8.2Virato rattimahosi saññato;8.3Rattāhaṁ paricāremi,8.4Divā khajjāmi duggato.

9.1Tassa kammassa kusalassa,9.2Anubhomi rattiṁ amānusiṁ;9.3Divā paṭihatāva kukkurā,9.4Upadhāvanti samantā khādituṁ.

10.1Ye ca te satatānuyogino,10.2Dhuvaṁ payuttā sugatassa sāsane;10.3Maññāmi te amatameva kevalaṁ,10.4Adhigacchanti padaṁ asaṅkhatan”ti.

11.1Migaluddakapetavatthu sattamaṁ.