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The Ghost Nandaka

Nandakapetavatthu

A ghost advises a king on the dangers of wrong views and the importance of taking refuge in the Triple Gem.

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

0.33. Nandakapetavatthu

1.1Rājā piṅgalako nāma,1.2Suraṭṭhānaṁ adhipati ahu;1.3Moriyānaṁ upaṭṭhānaṁ gantvā,1.4Suraṭṭhaṁ punarāgamā.

2.1Uṇhe majjhanhike kāle,2.2Rājā paṅkaṁ upāgami;2.3Addasa maggaṁ ramaṇīyaṁ,2.4Petānaṁ taṁ vaṇṇupathaṁ.

3.1Sārathiṁ āmantayī rājā—

4.1“Ayaṁ maggo ramaṇīyo,4.2khemo sovatthiko sivo;4.3Iminā sārathi yāma,4.4suraṭṭhānaṁ santike ito”.

5.1Tena pāyāsi soraṭṭho,5.2senāya caturaṅginiyā;5.3Ubbiggarūpo puriso,5.4soraṭṭhaṁ etadabravi.

6.1“Kummaggaṁ paṭipannamhā,6.2bhiṁsanaṁ lomahaṁsanaṁ;6.3Purato dissati maggo,6.4pacchato ca na dissati.

7.1Kummaggaṁ paṭipannamhā,7.2yamapurisāna santike;7.3Amānuso vāyati gandho,7.4ghoso suyyati dāruṇo”.

8.1Saṁviggo rājā soraṭṭho,8.2sārathiṁ etadabravi;8.3“Kummaggaṁ paṭipannamhā,8.4bhiṁsanaṁ lomahaṁsanaṁ;8.5Purato dissati maggo,8.6pacchato ca na dissati.

9.1Kummaggaṁ paṭipannamhā,9.2yamapurisāna santike;9.3Amānuso vāyati gandho,9.4ghoso suyyati dāruṇo”.

10.1Hatthikkhandhaṁ samāruyha,10.2Olokento catuddisaṁ;10.3Addasa nigrodhaṁ ramaṇīyaṁ,10.4Pādapaṁ chāyāsampannaṁ;10.5Nīlabbhavaṇṇasadisaṁ,10.6Meghavaṇṇasirīnibhaṁ.

11.1Sārathiṁ āmantayī rājā,11.2“kiṁ eso dissati brahā;11.3Nīlabbhavaṇṇasadiso,11.4meghavaṇṇasirīnibho”.

12.1“Nigrodho so mahārāja,12.2pādapo chāyāsampanno;12.3Nīlabbhavaṇṇasadiso,12.4meghavaṇṇasirīnibho”.

13.1Tena pāyāsi soraṭṭho,13.2yena so dissate brahā;13.3Nīlabbhavaṇṇasadiso,13.4meghavaṇṇasirīnibho.

14.1Hatthikkhandhato oruyha,14.2rājā rukkhaṁ upāgami;14.3Nisīdi rukkhamūlasmiṁ,14.4sāmacco saparijjano;14.5Pūraṁ pānīyasarakaṁ,14.6pūve vitte ca addasa.

15.1Puriso ca devavaṇṇī,15.2sabbābharaṇabhūsito;15.3Upasaṅkamitvā rājānaṁ,15.4soraṭṭhaṁ etadabravi.

16.1“Svāgataṁ te mahārāja,16.2atho te adurāgataṁ;16.3Pivatu devo pānīyaṁ,16.4pūve khāda arindama”.

17.1Pivitvā rājā pānīyaṁ,17.2sāmacco saparijjano;17.3Pūve khāditvā pitvā ca,17.4soraṭṭho etadabravi.

18.1“Devatā nusi gandhabbo,18.2adu sakko purindado;18.3Ajānantā taṁ pucchāma,18.4kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

19.1“Nāmhi devo na gandhabbo,19.2nāpi sakko purindado;19.3Peto ahaṁ mahārāja,19.4suraṭṭhā idha māgato”ti.

20.1“Kiṁsīlo kiṁsamācāro,20.2suraṭṭhasmiṁ pure tuvaṁ;20.3Kena te brahmacariyena,20.4ānubhāvo ayaṁ tavā”ti.

21.1“Taṁ suṇohi mahārāja,21.2arindama raṭṭhavaḍḍhana;21.3Amaccā pārisajjā ca,21.4brāhmaṇo ca purohito.

22.1Suraṭṭhasmiṁ ahaṁ deva,22.2puriso pāpacetaso;22.3Micchādiṭṭhi ca dussīlo,22.4kadariyo paribhāsako.

23.1Dadantānaṁ karontānaṁ,23.2vārayissaṁ bahujjanaṁ;23.3Aññesaṁ dadamānānaṁ,23.4antarāyakaro ahaṁ.

24.1Vipāko natthi dānassa,24.2saṁyamassa kuto phalaṁ;24.3Natthi ācariyo nāma,24.4adantaṁ ko damessati.

25.1Samatulyāni bhūtāni,25.2kuto jeṭṭhāpacāyiko;25.3Natthi balaṁ vīriyaṁ vā,25.4kuto uṭṭhānaporisaṁ.

26.1Natthi dānaphalaṁ nāma,26.2na visodheti verinaṁ;26.3Laddheyyaṁ labhate macco,26.4niyatipariṇāmajaṁ.

27.1Natthi mātā pitā bhātā,27.2loko natthi ito paraṁ;27.3Natthi dinnaṁ natthi hutaṁ,27.4sunihitaṁ na vijjati.

28.1Yopi haneyya purisaṁ,28.2parassa chindate siraṁ;28.3Na koci kañci hanati,28.4sattannaṁ vivaramantare.

29.1Acchejjābhejjo hi jīvo,29.2Aṭṭhaṁso guḷaparimaṇḍalo;29.3Yojanānaṁ sataṁ pañca,29.4Ko jīvaṁ chettumarahati.

30.1Yathā suttaguḷe khitte,30.2nibbeṭhentaṁ palāyati;30.3Evamevaṁ ca so jīvo,30.4nibbeṭhento palāyati.

31.1Yathā gāmato nikkhamma,31.2aññaṁ gāmaṁ pavīsati;31.3Evamevaṁ ca so jīvo,31.4aññaṁ bondiṁ pavīsati.

32.1Yathā gehato nikkhamma,32.2aññaṁ gehaṁ pavīsati;32.3Evamevaṁ ca so jīvo,32.4aññaṁ bondiṁ pavīsati.

33.1Cullāsīti mahākappino,33.2satasahassāni hi;33.3Ye bālā ye ca paṇḍitā,33.4saṁsāraṁ khepayitvāna;33.5Dukkhassantaṁ karissare.

34.1Mitāni sukhadukkhāni,34.2doṇehi piṭakehi ca;34.3Jino sabbaṁ pajānāti,34.4sammūḷhā itarā pajā.

35.1Evaṁdiṭṭhi pure āsiṁ,35.2sammūḷho mohapāruto;35.3Micchādiṭṭhi ca dussīlo,35.4kadariyo paribhāsako.

36.1Oraṁ me chahi māsehi,36.2kālakiriyā bhavissati;36.3Ekantakaṭukaṁ ghoraṁ,36.4nirayaṁ papatissahaṁ.

37.1Catukkaṇṇaṁ catudvāraṁ,37.2vibhattaṁ bhāgaso mitaṁ;37.3Ayopākārapariyantaṁ,37.4ayasā paṭikujjitaṁ.

38.1Tassa ayomayā bhūmi,38.2jalitā tejasā yutā;38.3Samantā yojanasataṁ,38.4pharitvā tiṭṭhati sabbadā.

39.1Vassāni satasahassāni,39.2ghoso suyyati tāvade;39.3Lakkho eso mahārāja,39.4satabhāgavassakoṭiyo.

40.1Koṭisatasahassāni,40.2niraye paccare janā;40.3Micchādiṭṭhī ca dussīlā,40.4ye ca ariyūpavādino.

41.1Tatthāhaṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,41.2dukkhaṁ vedissa vedanaṁ;41.3Phalaṁ pāpassa kammassa,41.4tasmā socāmahaṁ bhusaṁ.

42.1Taṁ suṇohi mahārāja,42.2arindama raṭṭhavaḍḍhana;42.3Dhītā mayhaṁ mahārāja,42.4uttarā bhaddamatthu te.

43.1Karoti bhaddakaṁ kammaṁ,43.2sīlesuposathe ratā;43.3Saññatā saṁvibhāgī ca,43.4vadaññū vītamaccharā.

44.1Akhaṇḍakārī sikkhāya,44.2suṇhā parakulesu ca;44.3Upāsikā sakyamunino,44.4sambuddhassa sirīmato.

45.1Bhikkhu ca sīlasampanno,45.2gāmaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi;45.3Okkhittacakkhu satimā,45.4guttadvāro susaṁvuto.

46.1Sapadānaṁ caramāno,46.2agamā taṁ nivesanaṁ;46.3‘Tamaddasa mahārāja,46.4uttarā bhaddamatthu te’.

47.1Pūraṁ pānīyasarakaṁ,47.2pūve vitte ca sā adā;47.3‘Pitā me kālakato bhante,47.4tassetaṁ upakappatu’.

48.1Samanantarānuddiṭṭhe,48.2vipāko udapajjatha;48.3Bhuñjāmi kāmakāmīhaṁ,48.4rājā vessavaṇo yathā.

49.1Taṁ suṇohi mahārāja,49.2arindama raṭṭhavaḍḍhana;49.3Sadevakassa lokassa,49.4buddho aggo pavuccati;49.5Taṁ buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gaccha,49.6saputtadāro arindama.

50.1Aṭṭhaṅgikena maggena,50.2phusanti amataṁ padaṁ;50.3Taṁ dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gaccha,50.4saputtadāro arindama.

51.1Cattāro ca paṭipannā,51.2cattāro ca phale ṭhitā;51.3Esa saṅgho ujubhūto,51.4paññāsīlasamāhito;51.5Taṁ saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gaccha,51.6saputtadāro arindama.

52.1Pāṇātipātā viramassu khippaṁ,52.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayassu;52.3Amajjapo mā ca musā abhāṇi,52.4Sakena dārena ca hohi tuṭṭho”ti.

53.1“Atthakāmosi me yakkha,53.2hitakāmosi devate;53.3Karomi tuyhaṁ vacanaṁ,53.4tvaṁsi ācariyo mama.

54.1Upemi saraṇaṁ buddhaṁ,54.2dhammañcāpi anuttaraṁ;54.3Saṅghañca naradevassa,54.4gacchāmi saraṇaṁ ahaṁ.

55.1Pāṇātipātā viramāmi khippaṁ,55.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayāmi;55.3Amajjapo no ca musā bhaṇāmi,55.4Sakena dārena ca homi tuṭṭho.

56.1Ophuṇāmi mahāvāte,56.2nadiyā sīghagāmiyā;56.3Vamāmi pāpikaṁ diṭṭhiṁ,56.4buddhānaṁ sāsane rato”.

57.1Idaṁ vatvāna soraṭṭho,57.2viramitvā pāpadassanā;57.3Namo bhagavato katvā,57.4pāmokkho rathamāruhīti.

58.1Nandakapetavatthu tatiyaṁ.