21. Mahānipāto

1. Vaṅgīsattheragāthā

1218.

‘‘Nikkhantaṃ vata maṃ santaṃ, agārasmānagāriyaṃ;

Vitakkā upadhāvanti, pagabbhā kaṇhato ime.

1219.

‘‘Uggaputtā mahissāsā, sikkhitā daḷhadhammino ²;

Samantā parikireyyuṃ, sahassaṃ apalāyinaṃ.

1220.

‘‘Sacepi ettakā ⁴ bhiyyo, āgamissanti itthiyo;

Neva maṃ byādhayissanti ⁷, dhamme samhi ⁸ patiṭṭhito.

1221.

‘‘Sakkhī hi me sutaṃ etaṃ, buddhassādiccabandhuno;

Nibbānagamanaṃ maggaṃ, tattha me nirato mano.

1222.

‘‘Evaṃ ce maṃ viharantaṃ, pāpima upagacchasi;

Tathā maccu karissāmi, na me maggampi dakkhasi.

1223.

‘‘Aratiñca ¹⁰ ratiñca pahāya, sabbaso gehasitañca vitakkaṃ;

Vanathaṃ na kareyya kuhiñci, nibbanatho avanatho sa ¹² bhikkhu.

1224.

‘‘Yamidha pathaviñca vehāsaṃ, rūpagataṃ jagatogadhaṃ kiñci;

Parijīyati sabbamaniccaṃ, evaṃ samecca caranti mutattā.

1225.

‘‘Upadhīsu janā gadhitāse, diṭṭhasute ¹⁴ paṭighe ca mute ca;

Ettha vinodaya chandamanejo, yo hettha na limpati muni tamāhu ¹⁶.

1226.

‘‘Atha saṭṭhisitā savitakkā, puthujjanatāya ¹⁸ adhammā niviṭṭhā;

Na ca vaggagatassa kuhiñci, no pana duṭṭhullagāhī ²⁰ sa bhikkhu.

1227.

‘‘Dabbo cirarattasamāhito, akuhako nipako apihālu;

Santaṃ padaṃ ajjhagamā muni, paṭicca parinibbuto kaṅkhati kālaṃ.

1228.

‘‘Mānaṃ pajahassu gotama, mānapathañca jahassu asesaṃ;

Mānapathamhi sa mucchito, vippaṭisārīhuvā cirarattaṃ.

1229.

‘‘Makkhena makkhitā pajā, mānahatā nirayaṃ papatanti;

Socanti janā cirarattaṃ, mānahatā nirayaṃ upapannā.

1230.

‘‘Na hi socati bhikkhu kadāci, maggajino sammā paṭipanno;

Kittiñca sukhañcānubhoti, dhammadasoti tamāhu tathattaṃ.

1231.

‘‘Tasmā akhilo idha ²² padhānavā, nīvaraṇāni pahāya visuddho;

Mānañca pahāya asesaṃ, vijjāyantakaro samitāvī.

1232.

‘‘Kāmarāgena ḍayhāmi, cittaṃ me pariḍayhati;

Sādhu nibbāpanaṃ brūhi, anukampāya gotama.

1233.

‘‘Saññāya vipariyesā, cittaṃ te pariḍayhati;

Nimittaṃ parivajjehi, subhaṃ rāgūpasaṃhitaṃ ( ) ²⁴.

1234.

‘‘Asubhāya cittaṃ bhāvehi, ekaggaṃ susamāhitaṃ;

Sati kāyagatā tyatthu, nibbidābahulo bhava.

1235.

‘‘Animittañca bhāvehi, mānānusayamujjaha;

Tato mānābhisamayā, upasanto carissasi.

1236.

‘‘Tameva vācaṃ bhāseyya, yāyattānaṃ na tāpaye;

Pare ca na vihiṃseyya, sā ve vācā subhāsitā.

1237.

‘‘Piyavācameva bhāseyya, yā vācā paṭinanditā;

Yaṃ anādāya pāpāni, paresaṃ bhāsate piyaṃ.

1238.

‘‘Saccaṃ ve amatā vācā, esa dhammo sanantano;

Sacce atthe ca dhamme ca, āhu santo patiṭṭhitā.

1239.

‘‘Yaṃ buddho bhāsati vācaṃ, khemaṃ nibbānapattiyā;

Dukkhassantakiriyāya, sā ve vācānamuttamā.

1240.

‘‘Gambhīrapañño medhāvī, maggāmaggassa kovido;

Sāriputto mahāpañño, dhammaṃ deseti bhikkhunaṃ.

1241.

‘‘Saṅkhittenapi deseti, vitthārenapi bhāsati;

Sālikāyiva nigghoso, paṭibhānaṃ udiyyati ²⁶.

1242.

‘‘Tassa taṃ desayantassa, suṇanti madhuraṃ giraṃ;

Sarena rajanīyena, savanīyena vaggunā;

Udaggacittā muditā, sotaṃ odhenti bhikkhavo.

1243.

‘‘Ajja pannarase visuddhiyā, bhikkhū pañcasatā samāgatā;

Saṃyojanabandhanacchidā, anīghā khīṇapunabbhavā isī.

1244.

‘‘Cakkavattī yathā rājā, amaccaparivārito;

Samantā anupariyeti, sāgarantaṃ mahiṃ imaṃ.

1245.

‘‘Evaṃ vijitasaṅgāmaṃ, satthavāhaṃ anuttaraṃ;

Sāvakā payirupāsanti, tevijjā maccuhāyino.

1246.

‘‘Sabbe bhagavato puttā, palāpettha na vijjati;

Taṇhāsallassa hantāraṃ, vande ādiccabandhunaṃ.

1247.

‘‘Parosahassaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ, sugataṃ payirupāsati;

Desentaṃ virajaṃ dhammaṃ, nibbānaṃ akutobhayaṃ.

1248.

‘‘Suṇanti dhammaṃ vimalaṃ, sammāsambuddhadesitaṃ;

Sobhati vata sambuddho, bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhato.

1249.

‘‘‘Nāganāmo’si bhagavā, isīnaṃ isisattamo;

Mahāmeghova hutvāna, sāvake abhivassasi.

1250.

‘‘Divā vihārā nikkhamma, satthudassanakamyatā;

Sāvako te mahāvīra, pāde vandati vaṅgiso.

1251.

‘‘Ummaggapathaṃ mārassa, abhibhuyya carati pabhijja khīlāni;

Taṃ passatha bandhapamuñcakaraṃ, asitaṃva bhāgaso pavibhajja.

1252.

‘‘Oghassa hi nitaraṇatthaṃ, anekavihitaṃ maggaṃ akkhāsi;

Tasmiñca amate akkhāte, dhammadasā ṭhitā asaṃhīrā.

1253.

‘‘Pajjotakaro ativijjha ²⁹, sabbaṭhitīnaṃ atikkamamaddasa ³⁰;

Ñatvā ca sacchikatvā ca, aggaṃ so desayi dasaddhānaṃ.

1254.

‘‘Evaṃ sudesite dhamme, ko pamādo vijānataṃ dhammaṃ;

Tasmā hi tassa bhagavato sāsane, appamatto sadā namassamanusikkhe.

1255.

‘‘Buddhānubuddho yo thero, koṇḍañño tibbanikkamo;

Lābhī sukhavihārānaṃ, vivekānaṃ abhiṇhaso.

1256.

‘‘Yaṃ sāvakena pattabbaṃ, satthu sāsanakārinā;

Sabbassa taṃ anuppattaṃ, appamattassa sikkhato.

1257.

‘‘Mahānubhāvo tevijjo, cetopariyakovido;

Koṇḍañño buddhadāyādo, pāde vandati satthuno.

1258.

‘‘Nagassa passe āsīnaṃ, muniṃ dukkhassa pāraguṃ;

Sāvakā payirupāsanti, tevijjā maccuhāyino.

1259.

‘‘Cetasā ³² anupariyeti, moggallāno mahiddhiko;

Cittaṃ nesaṃ samanvesaṃ ³⁴, vippamuttaṃ nirūpadhiṃ.

1260.

‘‘Evaṃ sabbaṅgasampannaṃ, muniṃ dukkhassa pāraguṃ;

Anekākārasampannaṃ, payirupāsanti gotamaṃ.

1261.

‘‘Cando yathā vigatavalāhake nabhe, virocati vītamalova bhāṇumā;

Evampi aṅgīrasa tvaṃ mahāmuni, atirocasi yasasā sabbalokaṃ.

1262.

‘‘Kāveyyamattā vicarimha pubbe, gāmā gāmaṃ purā puraṃ;

Athaddasāma sambuddhaṃ, sabbadhammāna pāraguṃ.

1263.

‘‘So me dhammamadesesi, muni dukkhassa pāragū;

Dhammaṃ sutvā pasīdimha, saddhā ³⁶ no udapajjatha.

1264.

‘‘Tassāhaṃ vacanaṃ sutvā, khandhe āyatanāni ca;

Dhātuyo ca viditvāna, pabbajiṃ anagāriyaṃ.

1265.

‘‘Bahūnaṃ vata atthāya, uppajjanti tathāgatā;

Itthīnaṃ purisānañca, ye te sāsanakārakā.

1266.

‘‘Tesaṃ kho vata atthāya, bodhimajjhagamā muni;

Bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnañca, ye nirāmagataddasā.

1267.

‘‘Sudesitā cakkhumatā, buddhenādiccabandhunā;

Cattāri ariyasaccāni, anukampāya pāṇinaṃ.

1268.

‘‘Dukkhaṃ dukkhasamuppādaṃ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṃ;

Ariyaṃ caṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṃ.

1269.

‘‘Evamete tathā vuttā, diṭṭhā me te yathā tathā;

Sadattho me anuppatto, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ.

1270.

‘‘Svāgataṃ vata me āsi, mama buddhassa santike;

Suvibhattesu ³⁸ dhammesu, yaṃ seṭṭhaṃ tadupāgamiṃ.

1271.

‘‘Abhiññāpāramippatto, sotadhātu visodhitā;

Tevijjo iddhipattomhi, cetopariyakovido.

1272.

‘‘Pucchāmi satthāramanomapaññaṃ, diṭṭheva dhamme yo vicikicchānaṃ chettā;

Aggāḷave kālamakāsi bhikkhu, ñāto yasassī abhinibbutatto.

1273.

‘‘Nigrodhakappo iti tassa nāmaṃ, tayā kataṃ bhagavā brāhmaṇassa;

So taṃ namassaṃ acari mutyapekho, āraddhavīriyo daḷhadhammadassī.

1274.

‘‘Taṃ sāvakaṃ sakka mayampi sabbe, aññātumicchāma samantacakkhu;

Samavaṭṭhitā no savanāya sotā ⁴⁰, tuvaṃ no satthā tvamanuttarosi’’.

1275.

Chinda no vicikicchaṃ brūhi metaṃ, parinibbutaṃ vedaya bhūripañña;

Majjheva no bhāsa samantacakkhu, sakkova devāna sahassanetto.

1276.

‘‘Ye keci ganthā idha mohamaggā, aññāṇapakkhā vicikicchaṭhānā;

Tathāgataṃ patvā na te bhavanti, cakkhuñhi etaṃ paramaṃ narānaṃ.

1277.

‘‘No ce hi jātu puriso kilese, vāto yathā abbhaghanaṃ vihāne;

Tamovassa nivuto sabbaloko, jotimantopi na pabhāseyyuṃ ⁴².

1278.

‘‘Dhīrā ca pajjotakarā bhavanti, taṃ taṃ ahaṃ vīra tatheva maññe;

Vipassinaṃ jānamupāgamimha, parisāsu no āvikarohi kappaṃ.

1279.

‘‘Khippaṃ giraṃ eraya vaggu vagguṃ, haṃsova paggayha saṇikaṃ nikūja;

Bindussarena suvikappitena, sabbeva te ujjugatā suṇoma.

1280.

‘‘Pahīnajātimaraṇaṃ asesaṃ, niggayha dhonaṃ vadessāmi ⁴⁴ dhammaṃ;

Na kāmakāro hi ⁴⁷ puthujjanānaṃ, saṅkheyyakāro ca ⁴⁸ tathāgatānaṃ.

1281.

‘‘Sampannaveyyākaraṇaṃ tavedaṃ, samujjupaññassa samuggahītaṃ;

Ayamañjali pacchimo suppaṇāmito, mā mohayī jānamanomapañña.

1282.

‘‘Paroparaṃ ariyadhammaṃ viditvā, mā mohayī jānamanomavīriya;

Vāriṃ yathā ghammani ghammatatto, vācābhikaṅkhāmi sutaṃ pavassa.

1283.

‘‘Yadatthikaṃ brahmacariyaṃ acarī, kappāyano kaccissataṃ amoghaṃ;

Nibbāyi so ādu saupādiseso ⁵⁰, yathā vimutto ahu taṃ suṇoma.

1284.

‘‘‘Acchecchi taṇhaṃ idha nāmarūpe,

(Iti bhagavā) kaṇhassa sotaṃ dīgharattānusayitaṃ;

Atāri jātiṃ maraṇaṃ asesaṃ’, iccabravi bhagavā pañcaseṭṭho.

1285.

‘‘Esa sutvā pasīdāmi, vaco te isisattama;

Amoghaṃ kira me puṭṭhaṃ, na maṃ vañcesi brāhmaṇo.

1286.

‘‘Yathā vādī tathā kārī, ahu buddhassa sāvako;

Acchecchi maccuno jālaṃ, tataṃ māyāvino daḷhaṃ.

1287.

‘‘Addasa bhagavā ādiṃ, upādānassa kappiyo;

Accagā vata kappāno, maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ.

1288.

‘‘Taṃ devadevaṃ vandāmi, puttaṃ te dvipaduttama;

Anujātaṃ mahāvīraṃ, nāgaṃ nāgassa orasa’’nti.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā vaṅgīso thero gāthāyo

Abhāsitthāti.

Mahānipāto niṭṭhito.

Tatruddānaṃ –

Sattatimhi nipātamhi, vaṅgīso paṭibhāṇavā;

Ekova thero natthañño, gāthāyo ekasattatīti.

Niṭṭhitā theragāthāyo.

Tatruddānaṃ –

Sahassaṃ honti tā gāthā, tīṇi saṭṭhisatāni ca;

Therā ca dve satā saṭṭhi, cattāro ca pakāsitā.

Sīhanādaṃ naditvāna, buddhaputtā anāsavā;

Khemantaṃ pāpuṇitvāna, aggikhandhāva nibbutāti.

Theragāthāpāḷi niṭṭhitā.