4. Manāpadāyīsuttaṃ

44. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ. Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena uggassa gahapatino vesālikassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Atha kho uggo gahapati vesāliko yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho uggo gahapati vesāliko bhagavantaṃ etadavoca –

‘‘Sammukhā metaṃ, bhante, bhagavato sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ – ‘manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’nti. Manāpaṃ me, bhante, sālapupphakaṃ ² khādanīyaṃ; taṃ me bhagavā paṭiggaṇhātu anukampaṃ upādāyā’’ti. Paṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṃ upādāya.

‘‘Sammukhā metaṃ, bhante, bhagavato sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ – ‘manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’nti. Manāpaṃ me, bhante, sampannakolakaṃ sūkaramaṃsaṃ ⁴; taṃ me bhagavā paṭiggaṇhātu anukampaṃ upādāyā’’ti. Paṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṃ upādāya.

‘‘Sammukhā metaṃ, bhante, bhagavato sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ – ‘manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’nti. Manāpaṃ me, bhante, nibbattatelakaṃ ⁶ nāliyasākaṃ; taṃ me bhagavā paṭiggaṇhātu anukampaṃ upādāyā’’ti. Paṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṃ upādāya.

‘‘Sammukhā metaṃ, bhante, bhagavato sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ – ‘manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’nti. Manāpo me, bhante, sālīnaṃ odano vicitakāḷako ⁸ anekasūpo anekabyañjano; taṃ me bhagavā paṭiggaṇhātu anukampaṃ upādāyā’’ti. Paṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṃ upādāya.

‘‘Sammukhā metaṃ, bhante, bhagavato sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ – ‘manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’nti. Manāpāni me, bhante, kāsikāni vatthāni; tāni me bhagavā paṭiggaṇhātu anukampaṃ upādāyā’’ti. Paṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṃ upādāya.

‘‘Sammukhā metaṃ, bhante, bhagavato sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ – ‘manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’nti . Manāpo me, bhante, pallaṅko gonakatthato paṭalikatthato kadalimigapavarapaccattharaṇo ¹⁰ sauttaracchado ubhatolohitakūpadhāno. Api ca, bhante, mayampetaṃ jānāma – ‘netaṃ bhagavato kappatī’ti. Idaṃ me, bhante, candanaphalakaṃ agghati adhikasatasahassaṃ; taṃ me bhagavā paṭiggaṇhātu anukampaṃ upādāyā’’ti. Paṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṃ upādāya. Atha kho bhagavā uggaṃ gahapatiṃ vesālikaṃ iminā anumodanīyena anumodi –

‘‘Manāpadāyī labhate manāpaṃ,

Yo ujjubhūtesu ¹² dadāti chandasā;

Acchādanaṃ sayanamannapānaṃ ¹⁴,

Nānāppakārāni ca paccayāni.

‘‘Cattañca muttañca anuggahītaṃ ¹⁶,

Khettūpame arahante viditvā;

So duccajaṃ sappuriso cajitvā,

Manāpadāyī labhate manāpa’’nti.

Atha kho bhagavā uggaṃ gahapatiṃ vesālikaṃ iminā anumodanīyena anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.

Atha kho uggo gahapati vesāliko aparena samayena kālamakāsi. Kālaṅkato ¹⁸ ca uggo gahapati vesāliko aññataraṃ manomayaṃ kāyaṃ upapajji. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho uggo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ kho uggaṃ devaputtaṃ bhagavā etadavoca – ‘‘kacci te, ugga, yathādhippāyo’’ti? ‘‘Taggha me, bhagavā, yathādhippāyo’’ti. Atha kho bhagavā uggaṃ devaputtaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Manāpadāyī labhate manāpaṃ,

Aggassa dātā labhate punaggaṃ;

Varassa dātā varalābhi hoti,

Seṭṭhaṃ dado seṭṭhamupeti ṭhānaṃ.

‘‘Yo aggadāyī varadāyī, seṭṭhadāyī ca yo naro;

Dīghāyu yasavā hoti, yattha yatthūpapajjatī’’ti. catutthaṃ;