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Maṭṭhakuṇḍalī’s Mansion

Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvimānavatthu

A deva shows a grieving father the way to end his sorrow through Dhamma.

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

  • 0.1Vimānavatthu
  • 0.2Purisavimāna
  • 0.3Sunikkhittavagga

0.49. Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvimānavatthu

1.1“Alaṅkato maṭṭhakuṇḍalī,1.2Māladhārī haricandanussado;1.3Bāhā paggayha kandasi,1.4Vanamajjhe kiṁ dukkhito tuvan”ti.

2.1“Sovaṇṇamayo pabhassaro,2.2Uppanno rathapañjaro mama;2.3Tassa cakkayugaṁ na vindāmi,2.4Tena dukkhena jahāmi jīvitan”ti.

3.1“Sovaṇṇamayaṁ maṇimayaṁ,3.2Lohitakamayaṁ atha rūpiyamayaṁ;3.3Ācikkha me bhaddamāṇava,3.4Cakkayugaṁ paṭipādayāmi te”ti.

4.1So māṇavo tassa pāvadi,4.2“Candasūriyā ubhayettha dissare;4.3Sovaṇṇamayo ratho mama,4.4Tena cakkayugena sobhatī”ti.

5.1“Bālo kho tvaṁ asi māṇava,5.2Yo tvaṁ patthayase apatthiyaṁ;5.3Maññāmi tuvaṁ marissasi,5.4Na hi tvaṁ lacchasi candasūriye”ti.

6.1“Gamanāgamanampi dissati,6.2Vaṇṇadhātu ubhayattha vīthiyā;6.3Peto kālakato na dissati,6.4Ko nidha kandataṁ bālyataro”ti.

7.1“Saccaṁ kho vadesi māṇava,7.2Ahameva kandataṁ bālyataro;7.3Candaṁ viya dārako rudaṁ,7.4Petaṁ kālakatābhipatthayinti.

8.1Ādittaṁ vata maṁ santaṁ,8.2ghatasittaṁva pāvakaṁ;8.3Vārinā viya osiñcaṁ,8.4sabbaṁ nibbāpaye daraṁ.

9.1Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,9.2sokaṁ hadayanissitaṁ;9.3Yo me sokaparetassa,9.4puttasokaṁ apānudi.

10.1Svāhaṁ abbūḷhasallosmi,10.2sītibhūtosmi nibbuto;10.3Na socāmi na rodāmi,10.4tava sutvāna māṇavā”ti.

11.1“Devatā nusi gandhabbo,11.2adu sakko purindado;11.3Ko vā tvaṁ kassa vā putto,11.4kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

12.1“Yañca kandasi yañca rodasi,12.2Puttaṁ āḷāhane sayaṁ dahitvā;12.3Svāhaṁ kusalaṁ karitvā kammaṁ,12.4Tidasānaṁ sahabyataṁ gato”ti.

13.1“Appaṁ vā bahuṁ vā nāddasāma,13.2Dānaṁ dadantassa sake agāre;13.3Uposathakammaṁ vā tādisaṁ,13.4Kena kammena gatosi devalokan”ti.

14.1“Ābādhikohaṁ dukkhito gilāno,14.2Āturarūpomhi sake nivesane;14.3Buddhaṁ vigatarajaṁ vitiṇṇakaṅkhaṁ,14.4Addakkhiṁ sugataṁ anomapaññaṁ.

15.1Svāhaṁ muditamano pasannacitto,15.2Añjaliṁ akariṁ tathāgatassa;15.3Tāhaṁ kusalaṁ karitvāna kammaṁ,15.4Tidasānaṁ sahabyataṁ gato”ti.

16.1“Acchariyaṁ vata abbhutaṁ vata,16.2Añjalikammassa ayamīdiso vipāko;16.3Ahampi muditamano pasannacitto,16.4Ajjeva buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ vajāmī”ti.

17.1“Ajjeva buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ vajāhi,17.2Dhammañca saṅghañca pasannacitto;17.3Tatheva sikkhāya padāni pañca,17.4Akhaṇḍaphullāni samādiyassu.

18.1Pāṇātipātā viramassu khippaṁ,18.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayassu;18.3Amajjapo mā ca musā bhaṇāhi,18.4Sakena dārena ca hohi tuṭṭho”ti.

19.1“Atthakāmosi me yakkha,19.2hitakāmosi devate;19.3Karomi tuyhaṁ vacanaṁ,19.4tvaṁsi ācariyo mamāti.

20.1Upemi saraṇaṁ buddhaṁ,20.2dhammañcāpi anuttaraṁ;20.3Saṅghañca naradevassa,20.4gacchāmi saraṇaṁ ahaṁ.

21.1Pāṇātipātā viramāmi khippaṁ,21.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayāmi;21.3Amajjapo no ca musā bhaṇāmi,21.4Sakena dārena ca homi tuṭṭho”ti.

22.1Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvimānaṁ navamaṁ.