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The Boy Chatta’s Mansion

Chattamāṇavakavimānavatthu

The Supreme Buddha teaches a young boy about going for refuge and the precepts.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Mahārathavagga

0.43. Chattamāṇavakavimānavatthu

1.1“Yo vadataṁ pavaro manujesu,1.2Sakyamunī bhagavā katakicco;1.3Pāragato balaviriyasamaṅgī,1.4Taṁ sugataṁ saraṇatthamupehi.

2.1Rāgavirāgamanejamasokaṁ,2.2Dhammamasaṅkhatamappaṭikūlaṁ;2.3Madhuramimaṁ paguṇaṁ suvibhattaṁ,2.4Dhammamimaṁ saraṇatthamupehi.

3.1Yattha ca dinna mahapphalamāhu,3.2Catūsu sucīsu purisayugesu;3.3Aṭṭha ca puggaladhammadasā te,3.4Saṅghamimaṁ saraṇatthamupehi.

4.1Na tathā tapati nabhe sūriyo,4.2Cando ca na bhāsati na phusso;4.3Yathā atulamidaṁ mahappabhāsaṁ,4.4Ko nu tvaṁ tidivā mahiṁ upāgā.

5.1Chindati raṁsī pabhaṅkarassa,5.2Sādhikavīsatiyojanāni ābhā;5.3Rattimapi yathā divaṁ karoti,5.4Parisuddhaṁ vimalaṁ subhaṁ vimānaṁ.

6.1Bahupadumavicitrapuṇḍarīkaṁ,6.2Vokiṇṇaṁ kusumehi nekacittaṁ;6.3Arajavirajahemajālachannaṁ,6.4Ākāse tapati yathāpi sūriyo.

7.1Rattambarapītavāsasāhi,7.2Agarupiyaṅgucandanussadāhi;7.3Kañcanatanusannibhattacāhi,7.4Paripūraṁ gaganaṁva tārakāhi.

8.1Naranāriyo bahuketthanekavaṇṇā,8.2Kusumavibhūsitābharaṇettha sumanā;8.3Anilapamuñcitā pavanti surabhiṁ,8.4Tapaniyavitatā suvaṇṇachannā.

9.1Kissa saṁyamassa ayaṁ vipāko,9.2Kenāsi kammaphalenidhūpapanno;9.3Yathā ca te adhigatamidaṁ vimānaṁ,9.4Tadanupadaṁ avacāsi iṅgha puṭṭho”ti.

10.1“Sayamidha pathe samecca māṇavena,10.2Satthānusāsi anukampamāno;10.3Tava ratanavarassa dhammaṁ sutvā,10.4Karissāmīti ca bravittha chatto.

11.1Jinavarapavaraṁ upehi saraṇaṁ,11.2Dhammañcāpi tatheva bhikkhusaṅghaṁ;11.3Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,11.4Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

12.1Mā ca pāṇavadhaṁ vividhaṁ carassu asuciṁ,12.2Na hi pāṇesu asaññataṁ avaṇṇayiṁsu sappaññā;12.3Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,12.4Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

13.1Mā ca parajanassa rakkhitampi,13.2Ādātabbamamaññitho adinnaṁ;13.3Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,13.4Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

14.1Mā ca parajanassa rakkhitāyo,14.2Parabhariyā agamā anariyametaṁ;14.3Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,14.4Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

15.1Mā ca vitathaṁ aññathā abhāṇi,15.2Na hi musāvādaṁ avaṇṇayiṁsu sappaññā;15.3Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,15.4Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

16.1Yena ca purisassa apeti saññā,16.2Taṁ majjaṁ parivajjayassu sabbaṁ;16.3Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,16.4Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

17.1Svāhaṁ idha pañca sikkhā karitvā,17.2Paṭipajjitvā tathāgatassa dhamme;17.3Dvepathamagamāsiṁ coramajjhe,17.4Te maṁ tattha vadhiṁsu bhogahetu.

18.1Ettakamidaṁ anussarāmi kusalaṁ,18.2Tato paraṁ na me vijjati aññaṁ;18.3Tena sucaritena kammunāhaṁ,18.4Uppanno tidivesu kāmakāmī.

19.1Passa khaṇamuhuttasaññamassa,19.2Anudhammappaṭipattiyā vipākaṁ;19.3Jalamiva yasasā samekkhamānā,19.4Bahukā maṁ pihayanti hīnakammā.

20.1Passa katipayāya desanāya,20.2Sugatiñcamhi gato sukhañca patto;20.3Ye ca te satataṁ suṇanti dhammaṁ,20.4Maññe te amataṁ phusanti khemaṁ.

21.1Appampi kataṁ mahāvipākaṁ,21.2Vipulaṁ hoti tathāgatassa dhamme;21.3Passa katapuññatāya chatto,21.4Obhāseti pathaviṁ yathāpi sūriyo.

22.1Kimidaṁ kusalaṁ kimācarema,22.2Icceke hi samecca mantayanti;22.3Te mayaṁ punareva laddha mānusattaṁ,22.4Paṭipannā viharemu sīlavanto.

23.1Bahukāro anukampako ca satthā,23.2Iti me sati agamā divā divassa;23.3Svāhaṁ upagatomhi saccanāmaṁ,23.4Anukampassu punapi suṇemu dhammaṁ.

24.1Ye cidha pajahanti kāmarāgaṁ,24.2Bhavarāgānusayañca pahāya mohaṁ;24.3Na ca te punamupenti gabbhaseyyaṁ,24.4Parinibbānagatā hi sītibhūtā”ti.

25.1Chattamāṇavakavimānaṁ tatiyaṁ.