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Bahudhītarasuttaṃ
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Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe.
Tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa catuddasa balībaddā naṭṭhā honti.
Atha kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo te balībadde gavesanto yena so vanasaṇḍo tenupasaṅkami;
upasaṅkamitvā addasa bhagavantaṃ tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe nisinnaṃ pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā.
Disvāna yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami;
upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi -
Ajjasaṭṭhiṃ na dissanti, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
Ekapaṇṇā dupaṇṇā ca, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
Ussoḷhikāya naccanti, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
Uppāṭakehi sañchanno, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
Ekaputtā duputtā ca, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
Sottaṃ pādena bodheti, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
Detha dethāti codenti, tenāyaṃ samaṇo sukhī’’ti.
Ajjasaṭṭhiṃ na dissanti, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī.
Ekapaṇṇā dupaṇṇā ca, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī.
Ussoḷhikāya naccanti, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī.
Uppāṭakehi sañchanno, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī.
Ekaputtā duputtā ca, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī.
Sottaṃ pādena bodheti, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī.
Detha dethāti codenti, tenāhaṃ brāhmaṇā sukhī’’ti.
Evaṃ vutte, bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama! Seyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya - cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti; evameva bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca. Labheyyāhaṃ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṃ, labheyyaṃ upasampada’’nti.
Alattha kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ, alattha upasampadaṃ. Acirūpasampanno panāyasmā bhāradvājo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi. ‘‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’’ti abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.