5. Nakulaṅgapañho

5. ‘‘Bhante nāgasena, ‘nakulassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabba’nti yaṃ vadesi, katamaṃ taṃ ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabba’’nti? ‘‘Yathā, mahārāja, nakulo uragamupagacchanto bhesajjena kāyaṃ paribhāvetvā uragamupagacchati gahetuṃ, evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena kodhāghātabahulaṃ kalahaviggahavivādavirodhābhibhūtaṃ lokamupagacchantena mettābhesajjena mānasaṃ anulimpitabbaṃ. Idaṃ, mahārāja, nakulassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabbaṃ. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatinā –

‘‘‘Tasmā sakaṃ paresampi, kātabbā mettabhāvanā;

Mettacittena pharitabbaṃ, etaṃ buddhāna sāsana’’’nti.

Nakulaṅgapañho pañcamo.