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Daddallavimānavatthu

Devas discuss the importance of thinking about the Noble Sanga when giving alms instead of individual monks.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Itthivimāna
  • 0.3Pāricchattakavagga

0.46. Daddallavimānavatthu

1.1“Daddallamānā vaṇṇena,1.2yasasā ca yasassinī;1.3Sabbe deve tāvatiṁse,1.4vaṇṇena atirocasi.

2.1Dassanaṁ nābhijānāmi,2.2idaṁ paṭhamadassanaṁ;2.3Kasmā kāyā nu āgamma,2.4nāmena bhāsase maman”ti.

3.1“Ahaṁ bhadde subhaddāsiṁ,3.2pubbe mānusake bhave;3.3Sahabhariyā ca te āsiṁ,3.4bhaginī ca kaniṭṭhikā.

4.1Sā ahaṁ kāyassa bhedā,4.2vippamuttā tato cutā;4.3Nimmānaratīnaṁ devānaṁ,4.4upapannā sahabyatan”ti.

5.1“Pahūtakatakalyāṇā,5.2te deve yanti pāṇino;5.3Yesaṁ tvaṁ kittayissasi,5.4subhadde jātimattano.

6.1Atha tvaṁ kena vaṇṇena,6.2kena vā anusāsitā;6.3Kīdiseneva dānena,6.4subbatena yasassinī.

7.1Yasaṁ etādisaṁ pattā,7.2visesaṁ vipulamajjhagā;7.3Devate pucchitācikkha,7.4kissa kammassidaṁ phalan”ti.

8.1“Aṭṭheva piṇḍapātāni,8.2yaṁ dānaṁ adadaṁ pure;8.3Dakkhiṇeyyassa saṅghassa,8.4pasannā sehi pāṇibhi.

9.1Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,9.2…pe…9.3vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

10.1“Ahaṁ tayā bahutare bhikkhū,10.2Saññate brahmacārayo;10.3Tappesiṁ annapānena,10.4Pasannā sehi pāṇibhi.

11.1Tayā bahutaraṁ datvā,11.2hīnakāyūpagā ahaṁ;11.3Kathaṁ tvaṁ appataraṁ datvā,11.4visesaṁ vipulamajjhagā;11.5Devate pucchitācikkha,11.6kissa kammassidaṁ phalan”ti.

12.1“Manobhāvanīyo bhikkhu,12.2sandiṭṭho me pure ahu;12.3Tāhaṁ bhattena nimantesiṁ,12.4revataṁ attanaṭṭhamaṁ.

13.1So me atthapurekkhāro,13.2anukampāya revato;13.3Saṅghe dehīti maṁvoca,13.4tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ kariṁ.

14.1Sā dakkhiṇā saṅghagatā,14.2appameyye patiṭṭhitā;14.3Puggalesu tayā dinnaṁ,14.4na taṁ tava mahapphalan”ti.

15.1“Idānevāhaṁ jānāmi,15.2saṅghe dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ;15.3Sāhaṁ gantvā manussattaṁ,15.4vadaññū vītamaccharā;15.5Saṅghe dānāni dassāmi,15.6appamattā punappunan”ti.

16.1“Kā esā devatā bhadde,16.2tayā mantayate saha;16.3Sabbe deve tāvatiṁse,16.4vaṇṇena atirocatī”ti.

17.1“Manussabhūtā devinda,17.2pubbe mānusake bhave;17.3Sahabhariyā ca me āsi,17.4bhaginī ca kaniṭṭhikā;17.5Saṅghe dānāni datvāna,17.6katapuññā virocatī”ti.

18.1“Dhammena pubbe bhaginī,18.2tayā bhadde virocati;18.3Yaṁ saṅghamhi appameyye,18.4patiṭṭhāpesi dakkhiṇaṁ”.

19.1“Pucchito hi mayā buddho,19.2gijjhakūṭamhi pabbate;19.3Vipākaṁ saṁvibhāgassa,19.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.

20.1Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,20.2puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ;20.3Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,20.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.

21.1Taṁ me buddho viyākāsi,21.2jānaṁ kammaphalaṁ sakaṁ;21.3Vipākaṁ saṁvibhāgassa,21.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.

22.1Cattāro ca paṭipannā,22.2cattāro ca phale ṭhitā;22.3Esa saṅgho ujubhūto,22.4paññāsīlasamāhito.

23.1Yajamānānaṁ manussānaṁ,23.2puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṁ;23.3Karotaṁ opadhikaṁ puññaṁ,23.4saṅghe dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.

24.1Eso hi saṅgho vipulo mahaggato,24.2Esappameyyo udadhīva sāgaro;24.3Ete hi seṭṭhā naravīrasāvakā,24.4Pabhaṅkarā dhammamudīrayanti.

25.1Tesaṁ sudinnaṁ suhutaṁ suyiṭṭhaṁ,25.2Ye saṅghamuddissa dadanti dānaṁ;25.3Sā dakkhiṇā saṅghagatā patiṭṭhitā,25.4Mahapphalā lokavidūna vaṇṇitā.

26.1Etādisaṁ yaññamanussarantā,26.2Ye vedajātā vicaranti loke;26.3Vineyya maccheramalaṁ samūlaṁ,26.4Aninditā saggamupenti ṭhānan”ti.

27.1Daddallavimānaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.