9. Araññāyatanaisisuttaṃ

255. Sāvatthiyaṃ . ‘‘Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, sambahulā isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā araññāyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu sammanti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko ca devānamindo vepacitti ca asurindo yena te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu. Atha kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asurindo paṭaliyo ² upāhanā ārohitvā khaggaṃ olaggetvā chattena dhāriyamānena aggadvārena assamaṃ pavisitvā te isayo sīlavante kalyāṇadhamme apabyāmato karitvā atikkami. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo paṭaliyo upāhanā orohitvā khaggaṃ aññesaṃ datvā chattaṃ apanāmetvā dvāreneva assamaṃ pavisitvā te isayo sīlavante kalyāṇadhamme anuvātaṃ pañjaliko namassamāno aṭṭhāsi’’. Atha kho, bhikkhave, te isayo sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsiṃsu –

‘‘Gandho isīnaṃ ciradikkhitānaṃ,

Kāyā cuto gacchati mālutena;

Ito paṭikkamma sahassanetta,

Gandho isīnaṃ asuci devarājā’’ti.

‘‘Gandho isīnaṃ ciradikkhitānaṃ,

Kāyā cuto gacchatu ⁴ mālutena,

Sucitrapupphaṃ sirasmiṃva mālaṃ;

Gandhaṃ etaṃ paṭikaṅkhāma bhante,

Na hettha devā paṭikūlasaññino’’ti.