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Aggikasuttaṃ
194.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.
Tena kho pana samayena aggikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa sappinā pāyaso sannihito hoti -
‘‘aggiṃ juhissāmi, aggihuttaṃ paricarissāmī’’ti.
Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Rājagahe sapadānaṃ piṇḍāya caramāno yena aggikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Addasā kho aggikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ piṇḍāya ṭhitaṃ. Disvāna bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi -
Vijjācaraṇasampanno, somaṃ bhuñjeyya pāyasa’’nti.
Antokasambu saṃkiliṭṭho, kuhanāparivārito.
Atho jātikkhayaṃ patto, abhiññāvosito muni.
Vijjācaraṇasampanno, somaṃ bhuñjeyya pāyasa’’nti.
‘‘Bhuñjatu bhavaṃ gotamo. Brāhmaṇo bhava’’nti.
Sampassataṃ brāhmaṇa nesa dhammo;
Gāthābhigītaṃ panudanti buddhā,
Dhamme sati brāhmaṇa vuttiresā.
Khīṇāsavaṃ kukkuccavūpasantaṃ;
Annena pānena upaṭṭhahassu,
Khettañhi taṃ puññapekkhassa hotī’’ti.
Evaṃ vutte, aggikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama...pe... aññataro ca panāyasmā aggikabhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosī’’ti.