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Sūcilomasuttaṃ
Evaṃ me sutaṃ - ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā gayāyaṃ viharati ṭaṅkitamañce sūcilomassa yakkhassa bhavane. Tena kho pana samayena kharo ca yakkho sūcilomo ca yakkho bhagavato avidūre atikkamanti. Atha kho kharo yakkho sūcilomaṃ yakkhaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘eso samaṇo’’ti. ‘‘Neso samaṇo, samaṇako eso. Yāvāhaṃ jānāmi yadi vā so samaṇo, yadi vā so samaṇako’’ti.
Atha kho sūcilomo yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato kāyaṃ upanāmesi. Atha kho bhagavā kāyaṃ apanāmesi. Atha kho sūcilomo yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘bhāyasi maṃ, samaṇā’’ti? ‘‘Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, bhāyāmi; api ca te sapphasso pāpako’’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 sūcilomo yakkho bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi -
273.
Kuto samuṭṭhāya manovitakkā, kumārakā dhaṅkamivossajanti’’.
274.
Ito samuṭṭhāya manovitakkā, kumārakā dhaṅkamivossajanti.
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Puthū visattā kāmesu, māluvāva vitatāvane.
276.
Te duttaraṃ oghamimaṃ taranti, atiṇṇapubbaṃ apunabbhavāyā’’ti.
Sūcilomasuttaṃ pañcamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.