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Saṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu

Arahant Moggallana asks a ghost about his past evil actions.

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

0.316. Saṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu

1.1“Kiṁ nu ummattarūpova,1.2Migo bhantova dhāvasi;1.3Nissaṁsayaṁ pāpakammanto,1.4Kiṁ nu saddāyase tuvan”ti.

2.1“Ahaṁ bhadante petomhi,2.2duggato yamalokiko;2.3Pāpakammaṁ karitvāna,2.4petalokaṁ ito gato.

3.1Saṭṭhi kūṭasahassāni,3.2paripuṇṇāni sabbaso;3.3Sīse mayhaṁ nipatanti,3.4te bhindanti ca matthakan”ti.

4.1“Kiṁ nu kāyena vācāya,4.2manasā dukkaṭaṁ kataṁ;4.3Kissa kammavipākena,4.4idaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.

5.1Saṭṭhi kūṭasahassāni,5.2paripuṇṇāni sabbaso;5.3Sīse tuyhaṁ nipatanti,5.4te bhindanti ca matthakan”ti.

6.1“Athaddasāsiṁ sambuddhaṁ,6.2sunettaṁ bhāvitindriyaṁ;6.3Nisinnaṁ rukkhamūlasmiṁ,6.4jhāyantaṁ akutobhayaṁ.

7.1Sālittakappahārena,7.2bhindissaṁ tassa matthakaṁ;7.3Tassa kammavipākena,7.4idaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchisaṁ.

8.1Saṭṭhi kūṭasahassāni,8.2Paripuṇṇāni sabbaso;8.3Sīse mayhaṁ nipatanti,8.4Te bhindanti ca matthakan”ti.

9.1“Dhammena te kāpurisa,9.2saṭṭhikūṭasahassāni;9.3Paripuṇṇāni sabbaso,9.4sīse tuyhaṁ nipatanti;9.5Te bhindanti ca matthakan”ti.

10.1Saṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu soḷasamaṁ.

11.1Mahāvaggo catuttho.

12.1Tassuddānaṁ

13.1Ambasakkaro serīsako,13.2piṅgalo revati ucchu;13.3Dve kumārā duve gūthā,13.4gaṇapāṭaliambavanaṁ.

14.1Akkharukkhabhogasaṁharā,14.2seṭṭhiputtasaṭṭhikūṭā;14.3Iti soḷasavatthūni,14.4vaggo tena pavuccati.

15.1Atha vagguddānaṁ

16.1Urago uparivaggo,16.2cūḷamahāti catudhā;16.3Vatthūni ekapaññāsaṁ,16.4catudhā bhāṇavārato.

17.1Petavatthupāḷi niṭṭhitā.