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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ५।१६५
Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.165
Numbered Discourses 5.165
१७। आघातवग्ग
17. Āghātavagga
17. Resentment
पञ्हपुच्छासुत्त
Pañhapucchāsutta
Asking Questions
तत्र खो आयस्मा सारिपुत्तो भिक्खू आमन्तेसि …पे… “यो हि कोचि, आवुसो, परं पञ्हं पुच्छति, सब्बो सो पञ्चहि ठानेहि, एतेसं वा अञ्ञतरेन। कतमेहि पञ्चहि? मन्दत्ता मोमूहत्ता परं पञ्हं पुच्छति, पापिच्छो इच्छापकतो परं पञ्हं पुच्छति, परिभवं परं पञ्हं पुच्छति, अञ्ञातुकामो परं पञ्हं पुच्छति, अथ वा पनेवंचित्तो परं पञ्हं पुच्छति: ‘सचे मे पञ्हं पुट्ठो सम्मदेव ब्याकरिस्सति इच्चेतं कुसलं, नो चे मे पञ्हं पुट्ठो सम्मदेव ब्याकरिस्सति अहमस्स सम्मदेव ब्याकरिस्सामीऽति। यो हि कोचि, आवुसो, परं पञ्हं पुच्छति, सब्बो सो इमेहि पञ्चहि ठानेहि, एतेसं वा अञ्ञतरेन। अहं खो पनावुसो, एवंचित्तो परं पञ्हं पुच्छामि: ‘सचे मे पञ्हं पुट्ठो सम्मदेव ब्याकरिस्सति इच्चेतं कुसलं, नो चे मे पञ्हं पुट्ठो सम्मदेव ब्याकरिस्सति, अहमस्स सम्मदेव ब्याकरिस्सामीऽ”ति।
Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi …pe… “yo hi koci, āvuso, paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati, sabbo so pañcahi ṭhānehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena. Katamehi pañcahi? Mandattā momūhattā1 paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati, pāpiccho icchāpakato paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati, paribhavaṁ paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati, aññātukāmo paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati, atha vā panevaṁcitto paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati: ‘sace me pañhaṁ puṭṭho sammadeva byākarissati iccetaṁ kusalaṁ, no ce2 me pañhaṁ puṭṭho sammadeva byākarissati ahamassa sammadeva byākarissāmī’ti. Yo hi koci, āvuso, paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchati, sabbo so imehi pañcahi ṭhānehi, etesaṁ vā aññatarena. Ahaṁ kho panāvuso, evaṁcitto paraṁ pañhaṁ pucchāmi: ‘sace me pañhaṁ puṭṭho sammadeva byākarissati iccetaṁ kusalaṁ, no ce me pañhaṁ puṭṭho sammadeva byākarissati, ahamassa sammadeva byākarissāmī’”ti.
There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the bhikkhus: … “Whoever asks a question of another, does so for one or other of these five reasons. What five? Someone asks a question of another from stupidity and folly. Or they ask from corrupt wishes, being of wishful temperament. Or they ask in order to disparage. Or they ask wanting to understand. Or they ask with the thought, ‘If they correctly answer the question I ask it’s good. If not, I’ll correctly answer it for them.’ Whoever asks a question of another, does so for one or other of these five reasons. As for myself, I ask with the thought, ‘If they correctly answer the question I ask it’s good. If not, I’ll correctly answer it for them.’”
पञ्चमं।
Pañcamaṁ.
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