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Sudattasuttaṃ
242.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati sītavane.
Tena kho pana samayena anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati rājagahaṃ anuppatto hoti kenacideva karaṇīyena.
Assosi kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati -
‘‘buddho kira loke uppanno’’ti.
Tāvadeva ca pana bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo hoti.
Athassa anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa etadahosi -
‘‘akālo kho ajja bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ.
Sve dānāhaṃ kālena bhagavantaṃ dassanāya gamissāmī’’ti buddhagatāya satiyā nipajji.
Rattiyā sudaṃ tikkhattuṃ vuṭṭhāsi pabhātanti maññamāno.
Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena sivathikadvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami.
Amanussā dvāraṃ vivariṃsu.
Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nagaramhā nikkhamantassa āloko antaradhāyi, andhakāro pāturahosi, bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso udapādi, tatova puna nivattitukāmo ahosi.
Atha kho sivako yakkho antarahito saddamanussāvesi -
Sataṃ kaññāsahassāni, āmukkamaṇikuṇḍalā;
Ekassa padavītihārassa, kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ.
Abhikkamanaṃ te seyyo, no paṭikkamana’’nti.
Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa andhakāro antaradhāyi, āloko pāturahosi, yaṃ ahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso, so paṭippassambhi. Dutiyampi kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa āloko antaradhāyi, andhakāro pāturahosi, bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso udapādi, tatova puna nivattitukāmo ahosi. Dutiyampi kho sivako yakkho antarahito saddamanussāvesi -
Kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ.
Abhikkamanaṃ te seyyo, no paṭikkamana’’nti.
Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa andhakāro antaradhāyi, āloko pāturahosi, yaṃ ahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso, so paṭippassambhi. Tatiyampi kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa āloko antaradhāyi, andhakāro pāturahosi, bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso udapādi, tatova puna nivattitukāmo ahosi. Tatiyampi kho sivako yakkho antarahito saddamanussāvesi -
Kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ.
Abhikkamanaṃ te seyyo, no paṭikkamana’’nti.
Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa andhakāro antaradhāyi, āloko pāturahosi, yaṃ ahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso, so paṭippassambhi. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena sītavanaṃ yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhāya abbhokāse caṅkamati. Addasā kho bhagavā anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ. Disvāna caṅkamā orohitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Nisajja kho bhagavā anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca - ‘‘ehi sudattā’’ti. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati, nāmena maṃ bhagavā ālapatīti, haṭṭho udaggo tattheva bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca - ‘‘kacci, bhante, bhagavā sukhamasayitthā’’ti?
Yo na limpati kāmesu, sītibhūto nirūpadhi.
Upasanto sukhaṃ seti, santiṃ pappuyya cetasā’’ti.