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Verocanaasurindasuttaṃ
254.
Sāvatthiyaṃ jetavane.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno.
Atha kho sakko ca devānamindo verocano ca asurindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu;
upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṃ dvārabāhaṃ nissāya aṭṭhaṃsu.
Atha kho verocano asurindo bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi -
‘‘Vāyametheva puriso, yāva atthassa nipphadā;
Nipphannasobhano attho, verocanavaco ida’’nti.
‘‘Vāyametheva puriso, yāva atthassa nipphadā;
Nipphannasobhano attho, khantyā bhiyyo na vijjatī’’ti.
‘‘Sabbe sattā atthajātā, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;
Saṃyogaparamā tveva, sambhogā sabbapāṇinaṃ;
Nipphannasobhano attho, verocanavaco ida’’nti.
‘‘Sabbe sattā atthajātā, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;
Saṃyogaparamā tveva, sambhogā sabbapāṇinaṃ;
Nipphannasobhano attho, khantyā bhiyyo na vijjatī’’ti.