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Indakasuttaṃ
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Evaṃ me sutaṃ -
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati indakūṭe pabbate, indakassa yakkhassa bhavane.
Atha kho indako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami;
upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi -
‘‘Rūpaṃ na jīvanti vadanti buddhā, kathaṃ nvayaṃ vindatimaṃ sarīraṃ;
Kutassa aṭṭhīyakapiṇḍameti, kathaṃ nvayaṃ sajjati gabbharasmi’’nti.
‘‘Paṭhamaṃ kalalaṃ hoti, kalalā hoti abbudaṃ;
Abbudā jāyate pesi, pesi nibbattatī ghano;
Ghanā pasākhā jāyanti, kesā lomā nakhāpi ca.
‘‘Yañcassa bhuñjatī mātā, annaṃ pānañca bhojanaṃ;
Tena so tattha yāpeti, mātukucchigato naro’’ti.