4.
Maṇibhaddasuttaṃ
238.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu viharati maṇimālike cetiye maṇibhaddassa yakkhassa bhavane.
Atha kho maṇibhaddo yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami;
upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi -
‘‘Satīmato sadā bhaddaṃ, satimā sukhamedhati;
Satīmato suve seyyo, verā ca parimuccatī’’ti.
‘‘Satīmato sadā bhaddaṃ, satimā sukhamedhati;
Satīmato suve seyyo, verā na parimuccati.
‘‘Yassa sabbamahorattaṃ, ahiṃsāya rato mano;
Mettaṃ so sabbabhūtesu, veraṃ tassa na kenacī’’ti.