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Anekavaṇṇavimānavatthu

A deva explains how worshiping the relics of a Buddha can bring much happiness.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Sunikkhittavagga

0.48. Anekavaṇṇavimānavatthu

1.1“Anekavaṇṇaṁ darasokanāsanaṁ,1.2Vimānamāruyha anekacittaṁ;1.3Parivārito accharāsaṅgaṇena,1.4Sunimmito bhūtapatīva modasi.

2.1Samassamo natthi kuto panuttaro,2.2Yasena puññena ca iddhiyā ca;2.3Sabbe ca devā tidasagaṇā samecca,2.4Taṁ taṁ namassanti sasiṁva devā;2.5Imā ca te accharāyo samantato,2.6Naccanti gāyanti pamodayanti.

3.1Deviddhipattosi mahānubhāvo,3.2Manussabhūto kimakāsi puññaṁ;3.3Kenāsi evaṁ jalitānubhāvo,3.4Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

4.1So devaputto attamano,4.2…pe…4.3yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

5.1“Ahaṁ bhadante ahuvāsi pubbe,5.2Sumedhanāmassa jinassa sāvako;5.3Puthujjano ananubodhohamasmi,5.4So satta vassāni paribbajissahaṁ.

6.1Sohaṁ sumedhassa jinassa satthuno,6.2Parinibbutassoghatiṇṇassa tādino;6.3Ratanuccayaṁ hemajālena channaṁ,6.4Vanditvā thūpasmiṁ manaṁ pasādayiṁ.

7.1Na māsi dānaṁ na ca matthi dātuṁ,7.2Pare ca kho tattha samādapesiṁ;7.3Pūjetha naṁ pūjanīyassa dhātuṁ,7.4Evaṁ kira saggamito gamissatha.

8.1Tadeva kammaṁ kusalaṁ kataṁ mayā,8.2Sukhañca dibbaṁ anubhomi attanā;8.3Modāmahaṁ tidasagaṇassa majjhe,8.4Na tassa puññassa khayampi ajjhagan”ti.

9.1Anekavaṇṇavimānaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.