Tipiṭaka / Tipiṭaka (English) / Aṅguttara Nikāya, English translation

    अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ७।६६

    Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.66

    Numbered Discourses 7.66

    ७। महावग्ग

    7. Mahāvagga

    7. The Great Chapter

    सत्तसूरियसुत्त

    Sattasūriyasutta

    The Seven Suns

    एवं मे सुतं—एकं समयं भगवा वेसालियं विहरति अम्बपालिवने। तत्र खो भगवा भिक्खू आमन्तेसि: “भिक्खवो”ति।

    Evaṁ me sutaṁ—ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati ambapālivane. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.

    So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, in Ambapālī’s Mango Grove. There the Buddha addressed the bhikkhus, “Bhikkhus!”

    “भदन्ते”ति ते भिक्खू भगवतो पच्चस्सोसुं। भगवा एतदवोच:

    “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:

    “Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:

    “अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा; अधुवा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा; अनस्सासिका, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा। यावञ्चिदं, भिक्खवे, अलमेव सब्बसङ्खारेसु निब्बिन्दितुं अलं विरज्जितुं अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    “Aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā; adhuvā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā; anassāsikā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā. Yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, alameva sabbasaṅkhāresu nibbindituṁ alaṁ virajjituṁ alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    “Bhikkhus, conditions are impermanent. Conditions are unstable. Conditions are unreliable. This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.

    सिनेरु, भिक्खवे, पब्बतराजा चतुरासीतियोजनसहस्सानि आयामेन, चतुरासीतियोजनसहस्सानि वित्थारेन, चतुरासीतियोजनसहस्सानि महासमुद्दे अज्झोगाळ्हो, चतुरासीतियोजनसहस्सानि महासमुद्दा अच्चुग्गतो। होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन बहूनि वस्सानि बहूनि वस्ससतानि बहूनि वस्ससहस्सानि बहूनि वस्ससतसहस्सानि देवो न वस्सति। देवे खो पन, भिक्खवे, अवस्सन्ते ये केचिमे बीजगामभूतगामा ओसधितिणवनप्पतयो ते उस्सुस्सन्ति विसुस्सन्ति, न भवन्ति। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा; एवं अधुवा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा …पे… अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Sineru, bhikkhave, pabbatarājā caturāsītiyojanasahassāni āyāmena, caturāsītiyojanasahassāni vitthārena, caturāsītiyojanasahassāni mahāsamudde ajjhogāḷho, caturāsītiyojanasahassāni mahāsamuddā accuggato. Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena bahūni vassāni bahūni vassasatāni bahūni vassasahassāni bahūni vassasatasahassāni devo na vassati. Deve kho pana, bhikkhave, avassante ye kecime bījagāmabhūtagāmā osadhitiṇavanappatayo te ussussanti visussanti, na bhavanti. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā; evaṁ adhuvā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā …pe… alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    Sineru, the king of mountains, is 84,000 leagues long and 84,000 leagues wide. It sinks 84,000 leagues below the ocean and rises 84,000 leagues above it. There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the rain doesn’t fall. For many years, many hundreds, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands of years no rain falls. When this happens, the plants and seeds, the herbs, grass, and big trees wither away and dry up, and are no more. So impermanent are conditions, so unstable, so unreliable. This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.

    होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन दुतियो सूरियो पातुभवति। दुतियस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा या काचि कुन्नदियो कुसोब्भा ता उस्सुस्सन्ति विसुस्सन्ति, न भवन्ति। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा …पे… अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena dutiyo sūriyo pātubhavati. Dutiyassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā yā kāci kunnadiyo kusobbhā1 tā ussussanti visussanti, na bhavanti. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā …pe… alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, a second sun appears. When this happens, the streams and pools wither away and dry up, and are no more. So impermanent are conditions …

    होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन ततियो सूरियो पातुभवति। ततियस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा या काचि महानदियो, सेय्यथिदं—गङ्गा, यमुना, अचिरवती, सरभू, मही, ता उस्सुस्सन्ति विसुस्सन्ति, न भवन्ति। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा …पे… अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena tatiyo sūriyo pātubhavati. Tatiyassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyathidaṁ—gaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, tā ussussanti visussanti, na bhavanti. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā …pe… alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, a third sun appears. When this happens, the great rivers—the Ganges, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī—wither away and dry up, and are no more. So impermanent are conditions …

    होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन चतुत्थो सूरियो पातुभवति। चतुत्थस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा ये ते महासरा यतो इमा महानदियो पवत्तन्ति, सेय्यथिदं—अनोतत्ता, सीहपपाता, रथकारा, कण्णमुण्डा, कुणाला, छद्दन्ता, मन्दाकिनिया, ता उस्सुस्सन्ति विसुस्सन्ति, न भवन्ति। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा …पे… अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena catuttho sūriyo pātubhavati. Catutthassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā ye te mahāsarā yato imā mahānadiyo pavattanti, seyyathidaṁ—anotattā, sīhapapātā, rathakārā, kaṇṇamuṇḍā, kuṇālā, chaddantā, mandākiniyā, tā ussussanti visussanti, na bhavanti. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā …pe… alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, a fourth sun appears. When this happens, the great lakes from which the rivers originate—the Anotattā, Sīhapapātā, Rathakārā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Kuṇālā, Chaddantā, and Mandākinī—wither away and dry up, and are no more. So impermanent are conditions …

    होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन पञ्चमो सूरियो पातुभवति। पञ्चमस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा योजनसतिकानिपि महासमुद्दे उदकानि ओगच्छन्ति, द्वियोजनसतिकानिपि महासमुद्दे उदकानि ओगच्छन्ति, तियोजनसतिकानिपि, चतुयोजनसतिकानिपि, पञ्चयोजनसतिकानिपि, छयोजनसतिकानिपि, सत्तयोजनसतिकानिपि महासमुद्दे उदकानि ओगच्छन्ति; सत्ततालम्पि महासमुद्दे उदकं सण्ठाति, छतालम्पि, पञ्चतालम्पि, चतुतालम्पि, तितालम्पि, द्वितालम्पि, तालमत्तम्पि महासमुद्दे उदकं सण्ठाति; सत्तपोरिसम्पि महासमुद्दे उदकं सण्ठाति, छपोरिसम्पि, पञ्चपोरिसम्पि, चतुपोरिसम्पि, तिपोरिसम्पि, द्विपोरिसम्पि, पोरिसम्पि, अड्ढपोरिसम्पि, कटिमत्तम्पि, जण्णुकामत्तम्पि, गोप्फकमत्तम्पि महासमुद्दे उदकं सण्ठाति। सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, सरदसमये थुल्लफुसितके देवे वस्सन्ते तत्थ तत्थ गोपदेसु उदकानि ठितानि होन्ति; एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, तत्थ तत्थ गोप्फकमत्तानि महासमुद्दे उदकानि ठितानि होन्ति। पञ्चमस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा अङ्गुलिपब्बमत्तम्पि महासमुद्दे उदकं न होति। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा …पे… अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena pañcamo sūriyo pātubhavati. Pañcamassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā yojanasatikānipi mahāsamudde udakāni ogacchanti, dviyojanasatikānipi mahāsamudde udakāni ogacchanti, tiyojanasatikānipi, catuyojanasatikānipi, pañcayojanasatikānipi, chayojanasatikānipi, sattayojanasatikānipi mahāsamudde udakāni ogacchanti; sattatālampi mahāsamudde udakaṁ saṇṭhāti, chatālampi, pañcatālampi, catutālampi, titālampi, dvitālampi, tālamattampi mahāsamudde udakaṁ saṇṭhāti; sattaporisampi mahāsamudde udakaṁ saṇṭhāti, chaporisampi, pañcaporisampi, catuporisampi, tiporisampi, dviporisampi, porisampi, aḍḍhaporisampi, kaṭimattampi, jaṇṇukāmattampi, gopphakamattampi mahāsamudde udakaṁ saṇṭhāti. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, saradasamaye thullaphusitake deve vassante tattha tattha gopadesu2 udakāni ṭhitāni honti; evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tattha tattha gopphakamattāni3 mahāsamudde udakāni ṭhitāni honti. Pañcamassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā aṅgulipabbamattampi mahāsamudde udakaṁ na hoti. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā …pe… alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, a fifth sun appears. When this happens, the water in the ocean sinks by a hundred leagues. It sinks by two, three, four, five, six, or even seven hundred leagues. The water that remains in the ocean is only seven palm trees deep. It’s six, five, four, three, two, or even one palm tree deep. The water that remains in the ocean is only seven fathoms deep. It’s six, five, four, three, two, one or even half a fathom deep. It’s waist high, knee high, or even ankle high. It’s like the time after the rainy season, when the rain falls heavily and water remains here and there in the cows’ hoofprints. In the same way, water in the ocean remains here and there in puddles like cows’ hoofprints. When the fifth sun appears there’s not even enough water in the great ocean to wet a toe-joint. So impermanent are conditions …

    होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन छट्ठो सूरियो पातुभवति। छट्ठस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा अयञ्च महापथवी सिनेरु च पब्बतराजा धूमायन्ति सन्धूमायन्ति सम्पधूमायन्ति। सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, कुम्भकारपाको आलेपितो पठमं धूमेति सन्धूमेति सम्पधूमेति; एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, छट्ठस्स सूरियस्स पातुभावा अयञ्च महापथवी सिनेरु च पब्बतराजा धूमायन्ति सन्धूमायन्ति सम्पधूमायन्ति। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा …पे… अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena chaṭṭho sūriyo pātubhavati. Chaṭṭhassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā ayañca mahāpathavī sineru ca pabbatarājā dhūmāyanti sandhūmāyanti sampadhūmāyanti. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbhakārapāko ālepito paṭhamaṁ dhūmeti sandhūmeti sampadhūmeti; evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, chaṭṭhassa sūriyassa pātubhāvā ayañca mahāpathavī sineru ca pabbatarājā dhūmāyanti sandhūmāyanti sampadhūmāyanti. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā …pe… alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, a sixth sun appears. When this happens, this great earth and Sineru the king of mountains smoke and smolder and give off fumes. It’s like when a potter’s kiln is first kindled, and it smokes and smolders and gives off fumes. In the same way, this great earth and Sineru the king of mountains smoke and smolder and give off fumes. So impermanent are conditions …

    होति खो सो, भिक्खवे, समयो यं कदाचि करहचि दीघस्स अद्धुनो अच्चयेन सत्तमो सूरियो पातुभवति। सत्तमस्स, भिक्खवे, सूरियस्स पातुभावा अयञ्च महापथवी सिनेरु च पब्बतराजा आदिप्पन्ति पज्जलन्ति एकजाला भवन्ति। इमिस्सा च, भिक्खवे, महापथविया सिनेरुस्स च पब्बतराजस्स झायमानानं दय्हमानानं अच्चि वातेन खित्ता याव ब्रह्मलोकापि गच्छति। सिनेरुस्स, भिक्खवे, पब्बतराजस्स झायमानस्स दय्हमानस्स विनस्समानस्स महता तेजोखन्धेन अभिभूतस्स योजनसतिकानिपि कूटानि पलुज्जन्ति द्वियोजनसतिकानिपि, तियोजनसतिकानिपि, चतुयोजनसतिकानिपि, पञ्चयोजनसतिकानिपि कूटानि पलुज्जन्ति। इमिस्सा च, भिक्खवे, महापथविया सिनेरुस्स च पब्बतराजस्स झायमानानं दय्हमानानं नेव छारिका पञ्ञायति न मसि। सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, सप्पिस्स वा तेलस्स वा झायमानस्स दय्हमानस्स नेव छारिका पञ्ञायति न मसि; एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, इमिस्सा च महापथविया सिनेरुस्स च पब्बतराजस्स झायमानानं दय्हमानानं नेव छारिका पञ्ञायति न मसि। एवं अनिच्चा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा; एवं अधुवा, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा; एवं अनस्सासिका, भिक्खवे, सङ्खारा। यावञ्चिदं, भिक्खवे, अलमेव सब्बसङ्खारेसु निब्बिन्दितुं अलं विरज्जितुं अलं विमुच्चितुं।

    Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena sattamo sūriyo pātubhavati. Sattamassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā ayañca mahāpathavī sineru ca pabbatarājā ādippanti pajjalanti ekajālā bhavanti. Imissā ca, bhikkhave, mahāpathaviyā sinerussa ca pabbatarājassa jhāyamānānaṁ dayhamānānaṁ acci vātena khittā yāva brahmalokāpi gacchati. Sinerussa, bhikkhave, pabbatarājassa jhāyamānassa dayhamānassa vinassamānassa mahatā tejokhandhena abhibhūtassa yojanasatikānipi kūṭāni palujjanti dviyojanasatikānipi, tiyojanasatikānipi, catuyojanasatikānipi, pañcayojanasatikānipi kūṭāni palujjanti. Imissā ca, bhikkhave, mahāpathaviyā sinerussa ca pabbatarājassa jhāyamānānaṁ dayhamānānaṁ neva chārikā paññāyati na masi. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sappissa vā telassa vā jhāyamānassa dayhamānassa neva chārikā paññāyati na masi; evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, imissā ca mahāpathaviyā sinerussa ca pabbatarājassa jhāyamānānaṁ dayhamānānaṁ neva chārikā paññāyati na masi. Evaṁ aniccā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā; evaṁ adhuvā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā; evaṁ anassāsikā, bhikkhave, saṅkhārā. Yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, alameva sabbasaṅkhāresu nibbindituṁ alaṁ virajjituṁ alaṁ vimuccituṁ.

    There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, a seventh sun appears. When this happens, this great earth and Sineru the king of mountains erupt in one burning mass of fire. And as they blaze and burn the flames are swept by the wind as far as the Brahmā realm. Sineru the king of mountains blazes and burns, crumbling as it’s overcome by the great fire. And meanwhile, mountain peaks a hundred leagues high, or two, three, four, or five hundred leagues high disintegrate as they burn. And when the great earth and Sineru the king of mountains blaze and burn, no soot or ash is found. It’s like when ghee or oil blaze and burn, and neither ashes nor soot are found. In the same way, when the great earth and Sineru the king of mountains blaze and burn, no soot or ash is found. So impermanent are conditions, so unstable are conditions, so unreliable are conditions. This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.

    तत्र, भिक्खवे, को मन्ता को सद्धाता: ‘अयञ्च पथवी सिनेरु च पब्बतराजा दय्हिस्सन्ति विनस्सिस्सन्ति, न भविस्सन्तीऽति अञ्ञत्र दिट्ठपदेहि?

    Tatra, bhikkhave, ko mantā ko saddhātā: ‘ayañca pathavī sineru ca pabbatarājā dayhissanti vinassissanti, na bhavissantī’ti aññatra diṭṭhapadehi?

    Bhikkhus, who would ever think or believe that this earth and Sineru, king of mountains, will burn and crumble and be no more, except for one who has seen the truth?

    भूतपुब्बं, भिक्खवे, सुनेत्तो नाम सत्था अहोसि तित्थकरो कामेसु वीतरागो। सुनेत्तस्स खो पन, भिक्खवे, सत्थुनो अनेकानि सावकसतानि अहेसुं। सुनेत्तो, भिक्खवे, सत्था सावकानं ब्रह्मलोकसहब्यताय धम्मं देसेसि। ये खो पन, भिक्खवे, सुनेत्तस्स सत्थुनो ब्रह्मलोकसहब्यताय धम्मं देसेन्तस्स सब्बेन सब्बं सासनं आजानिंसु ते कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा सुगतिं ब्रह्मलोकं उपपज्जिंसु। ये न सब्बेन सब्बं सासनं आजानिंसु ते कायस्स भेदा परं मरणा अप्पेकच्चे परनिम्मितवसवत्तीनं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे निम्मानरतीनं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे तुसितानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे यामानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे तावतिंसानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे चातुमहाराजिकानं देवानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे खत्तियमहासालानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे ब्राह्मणमहासालानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु, अप्पेकच्चे गहपतिमहासालानं सहब्यतं उपपज्जिंसु।

    Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sunetto nāma satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vītarāgo. Sunettassa kho pana, bhikkhave, satthuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṁ. Sunetto, bhikkhave, satthā sāvakānaṁ brahmalokasahabyatāya dhammaṁ desesi. Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, sunettassa satthuno brahmalokasahabyatāya dhammaṁ desentassa sabbena sabbaṁ sāsanaṁ ājāniṁsu te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ brahmalokaṁ upapajjiṁsu. Ye na sabbena sabbaṁ sāsanaṁ ājāniṁsu te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā appekacce paranimmitavasavattīnaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce nimmānaratīnaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce tusitānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce yāmānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce tāvatiṁsānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce cātumahārājikānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce khattiyamahāsālānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce brāhmaṇamahāsālānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu, appekacce gahapatimahāsālānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjiṁsu.

    Once upon a time, there was a teacher called Sunetta. He was a religious founder and was free of sensual desire. He had many hundreds of disciples. He taught them the path to rebirth in the company of Brahmā. Those who totally understood Sunetta’s teachings were—when their body broke up, after death—reborn in a good place, the company of Brahmā. Of those who didn’t totally understand Sunetta’s teachings, some—when their body broke up, after death—were reborn in the company of the Gods Who Control the Creations of Others. Some were reborn in the company of the Gods Who Love to Create, some with the Joyful Gods, some with the Gods of Yāma, some with the Gods of the Thirty-Three, and some with the Gods of the Four Great Kings. Some were reborn in the company of well-to-do aristocrats or brahmins or householders.

    अथ खो, भिक्खवे, सुनेत्तस्स सत्थुनो एतदहोसि: ‘न खो मेतं पतिरूपं योहं सावकानं समसमगतियो अस्सं अभिसम्परायं, यन्नूनाहं उत्तरि मेत्तं भावेय्यन्ऽति।

    Atha kho, bhikkhave, sunettassa satthuno etadahosi: ‘na kho metaṁ patirūpaṁ yohaṁ sāvakānaṁ samasamagatiyo assaṁ abhisamparāyaṁ, yannūnāhaṁ uttari mettaṁ4 bhāveyyan’ti.

    Then the teacher Sunetta thought: ‘It’s not proper for me to be reborn in the next life in exactly the same place as my disciples. Why don’t I further develop love?’

    अथ खो, भिक्खवे, सुनेत्तो सत्था सत्त वस्सानि मेत्तं चित्तं भावेसि। सत्त वस्सानि मेत्तं चित्तं भावेत्वा सत्त संवट्टविवट्टकप्पे नयिमं लोकं पुनरागमासि। संवट्टमाने सुदं, भिक्खवे, लोके आभस्सरूपगो होति। विवट्टमाने लोके सुञ्ञं ब्रह्मविमानं उपपज्जति। तत्र सुदं, भिक्खवे, ब्रह्मा होति महाब्रह्मा अभिभू अनभिभूतो अञ्ञदत्थुदसो वसवत्ती। छत्तिंसक्खत्तुं खो पन, भिक्खवे, सक्को अहोसि देवानमिन्दो। अनेकसतक्खत्तुं राजा अहोसि चक्कवत्ती धम्मिको धम्मराजा चातुरन्तो विजितावी जनपदत्थावरियप्पत्तो सत्तरतनसमन्नागतो। परोसहस्सं खो पनस्स पुत्ता अहेसुं सूरा वीरङ्गरूपा परसेनप्पमद्दना। सो इमं पथविं सागरपरियन्तं अदण्डेन असत्थेन धम्मेन अभिविजिय अज्झावसि। सो हि नाम, भिक्खवे, सुनेत्तो सत्था एवं दीघायुको समानो एवं चिरट्ठितिको अपरिमुत्तो अहोसि: ‘जातिया जराय मरणेन सोकेहि परिदेवेहि दुक्खेहि दोमनस्सेहि उपायासेहि, अपरिमुत्तो दुक्खस्माऽति वदामि।

    Atha kho, bhikkhave, sunetto satthā satta vassāni mettaṁ cittaṁ5 bhāvesi. Satta vassāni mettaṁ cittaṁ6 bhāvetvā satta saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe nayimaṁ lokaṁ punarāgamāsi. Saṁvaṭṭamāne sudaṁ, bhikkhave, loke ābhassarūpago hoti. Vivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ upapajjati. Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmā hoti mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī. Chattiṁsakkhattuṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, sakko ahosi devānamindo. Anekasatakkhattuṁ rājā ahosi cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato. Parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā ahesuṁ sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā. So imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasi. So hi nāma, bhikkhave, sunetto satthā evaṁ dīghāyuko samāno evaṁ ciraṭṭhitiko aparimutto ahosi: ‘jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, aparimutto dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

    Then Sunetta developed love for seven years. Having done so he did not return to this world for seven eons of cosmic expansion and contraction. As the cosmos contracted he went to the realm of streaming radiance. As it expanded he was reborn in an empty mansion of Brahmā. There he was Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the vanquisher, the unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of power. He was Sakka, lord of gods, thirty-six times. Many hundreds of times he was a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extended to all four sides, he achieved stability in the country, and he possessed the seven treasures. He had over a thousand sons who were valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies. After conquering this land girt by sea, he reigned by principle, without rod or sword. Yet even though Sunetta lived so long, he was not exempt from rebirth, old age, and death. He was not exempt from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress, I say.

    तं किस्स हेतु? चतुन्नं धम्मानं अननुबोधा अप्पटिवेधा। कतमेसं चतुन्नं? अरियस्स, भिक्खवे, सीलस्स अननुबोधा अप्पटिवेधा, अरियस्स समाधिस्स अननुबोधा अप्पटिवेधा, अरियाय पञ्ञाय अननुबोधा अप्पटिवेधा, अरियाय विमुत्तिया अननुबोधा अप्पटिवेधा। तयिदं, भिक्खवे, अरियं सीलं अनुबुद्धं पटिविद्धं, अरियो समाधि अनुबोधो पटिविद्धो, अरिया पञ्ञा अनुबोधा पटिविद्धा, अरिया विमुत्ति अनुबोधा पटिविद्धा, उच्छिन्ना भवतण्हा, खीणा भवनेत्ति, नत्थि दानि पुनब्भवो”ति।

    Taṁ kissa hetu? Catunnaṁ dhammānaṁ ananubodhā appaṭivedhā. Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? Ariyassa, bhikkhave, sīlassa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā, ariyassa samādhissa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā, ariyāya paññāya ananubodhā appaṭivedhā, ariyāya vimuttiyā ananubodhā appaṭivedhā. Tayidaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyaṁ sīlaṁ anubuddhaṁ paṭividdhaṁ, ariyo samādhi anubodho paṭividdho, ariyā paññā anubodhā paṭividdhā, ariyā vimutti anubodhā paṭividdhā, ucchinnā bhavataṇhā, khīṇā bhavanetti, natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.

    Why is that? Because of not understanding and not penetrating four things. What four? Noble ethics, immersion, wisdom, and freedom. These noble ethics, immersion, wisdom, and freedom have been understood and comprehended. Craving for continued existence has been cut off; the conduit to rebirth is ended; now there’ll be no more future lives.”

    इदमवोच भगवा। इदं वत्वान सुगतो अथापरं एतदवोच सत्था:

    Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

    That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

    “सीलं समाधि पञ्ञा च, विमुत्ति च अनुत्तरा; अनुबुद्धा इमे धम्मा, गोतमेन यसस्सिना।

    “Sīlaṁ samādhi paññā ca, vimutti ca anuttarā; Anubuddhā ime dhammā, gotamena yasassinā.

    “Ethics, immersion, and wisdom, and the supreme freedom: these things have been understood by Gotama the renowned.

    इति बुद्धो अभिञ्ञाय, धम्ममक्खासि भिक्खुनं; दुक्खस्सन्तकरो सत्था, चक्खुमा परिनिब्बुतो”ति।

    Iti buddho abhiññāya, dhammamakkhāsi bhikkhunaṁ; Dukkhassantakaro satthā, cakkhumā parinibbuto”ti.

    And so the Buddha, having insight, explained this teaching to the bhikkhus. The Teacher has made an end of suffering; seeing clearly, he is extinguished.”

    दुतियं।

    Dutiyaṁ.





    The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]




    Footnotes:
    1. kusobbhā → kussubbho (bj); kussobbhā (sya-all); kussubbhā (pts1ed)
    2. tattha gopadesu → gopphakapadesesu (mr)
    3. gopphakamattāni → gopadamattāni (bj, sya-all, pts1ed)
    4. uttari mettaṁ → uttariṁ mettaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed); uttari maggaṁ (mr)
    5. mettaṁ cittaṁ → mettacittaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed)
    6. mettaṁ cittaṁ → mettacittaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed)

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