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संयुत्त निकाय २९।६
Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.6
The Related Suttas Collection 29.6
१। नागवग्ग
1. Nāgavagga
1. Dragons
चतुत्थौपोसथसुत्त
Catutthauposathasutta
Uposatha (4th)
सावत्थिनिदानं।
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
एकमन्तं निसिन्नो खो सो भिक्खु भगवन्तं एतदवोच:
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Buddha:
“को नु खो, भन्ते, हेतु, को पच्चयो, येन म्ऽइधेकच्चे ओपपातिका नागा उपोसथं उपवसन्ति वोस्सट्ठकाया च भवन्ती”ति?
“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena m’idhekacce opapātikā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti?
“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why some spontaneously-born dragons keep the Uposatha day, having transformed their bodies?”
“इध, भिक्खु, एकच्चानं ओपपातिकानं नागानं एवं होति: ‘मयं खो पुब्बे कायेन द्वयकारिनो अहुम्ह, वाचाय द्वयकारिनो, मनसा द्वयकारिनो। ते मयं कायेन द्वयकारिनो, वाचाय द्वयकारिनो, मनसा द्वयकारिनो, कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा ओपपातिकानं नागानं सहब्यतं उपपन्ना। सचज्ज मयं कायेन सुचरितं चरेय्याम, वाचाय … मनसा सुचरितं चरेय्याम, एवं मयं कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सुगतिं सग्गं लोकं उपपज्जेय्याम। हन्द मयं एतरहि कायेन सुचरितं चराम, वाचाय … मनसा सुचरितं चरामाऽति। अयं खो, भिक्खु, हेतु, अयं पच्चयो, येन म्ऽइधेकच्चे ओपपातिका नागा उपोसथं उपवसन्ति वोस्सट्ठकाया च भवन्ती”ति।
“Idha, bhikkhu, ekaccānaṁ opapātikānaṁ nāgānaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘mayaṁ kho pubbe kāyena dvayakārino ahumha, vācāya dvayakārino, manasā dvayakārino. Te mayaṁ kāyena dvayakārino, vācāya dvayakārino, manasā dvayakārino, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā opapātikānaṁ nāgānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapannā. Sacajja mayaṁ kāyena sucaritaṁ careyyāma, vācāya … manasā sucaritaṁ careyyāma, evaṁ mayaṁ kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjeyyāma. Handa mayaṁ etarahi kāyena sucaritaṁ carāma, vācāya … manasā sucaritaṁ carāmā’ti. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhu, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yena m’idhekacce opapātikā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti.
“Bhikkhu, it’s when some spontaneously-born dragons think: ‘In the past we did both kinds of deeds by body, speech, and mind. When the body broke up, after death, we were reborn in the company of the spontaneously-born dragons. If today we do good things by body, speech, and mind, when the body breaks up, after death, we may be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. Come, let us do good things by way of body, speech, and mind.’ This is the cause, this is the reason why some spontaneously-born dragons keep the Uposatha day, having transformed their bodies.”
छट्ठं।
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
