10.
Āḷavakasuttaṃ
Evaṃ me sutaṃ - ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā āḷaviyaṃ viharati āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane. Atha kho āḷavako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘nikkhama, samaṇā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhāvuso’’ti bhagavā nikkhami. ‘‘Pavisa, samaṇā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhāvuso’’ti bhagavā pāvisi.
Dutiyampi kho...pe... tatiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘nikkhama, samaṇā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhāvuso’’ti bhagavā nikkhami. ‘‘Pavisa, samaṇā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhāvuso’’ti bhagavā pāvisi.
Catutthampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘nikkhama, samaṇā’’ti. ‘‘Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, nikkhamissāmi. Yaṃ te karaṇīyaṃ, taṃ karohī’’ti.
‘‘Pañhaṃ taṃ, samaṇa, pucchissāmi. Sace me na byākarissasi, cittaṃ vā te khipissāmi, hadayaṃ vā te phālessāmi, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipissāmī’’ti.
‘‘Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yo me cittaṃ vā khipeyya hadayaṃ vā phāleyya pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipeyya. Api ca tvaṃ, āvuso, puccha yadākaṅkhasī’’ti. Atha kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi -
183.
Kiṃ su have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ, kathaṃ jīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṃ’’.
184.
Saccaṃ have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ, paññājīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṃ’’.
185.
Kathaṃ su dukkhamacceti, kathaṃ su parisujjhati’’.
186.
Vīriyena dukkhamacceti, paññāya parisujjhati’’.
187.
Kathaṃ su kittiṃ pappoti, kathaṃ mittāni ganthati;
Asmā lokā paraṃ lokaṃ, kathaṃ pecca na socati’’.
188.
Sussūsaṃ labhate paññaṃ, appamatto vicakkhaṇo.
189.
Saccena kittiṃ pappoti, dadaṃ mittāni ganthati.
190.
Saccaṃ dhammo dhiti cāgo, sa ve pecca na socati.
191.
Yadi saccā damā cāgā, khantyā bhiyyodha vijjati’’.
192.
Yohaṃ ajja pajānāmi, yo attho samparāyiko.
193.
Yohaṃ ajja pajānāmi, yattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ.
194.
Namassamāno sambuddhaṃ, dhammassa ca sudhammata’’nti.
Āḷavakasuttaṃ dasamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.