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Majjhima Nikāya 91

Brahmāyusutta

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Assosi kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo: “samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito mithilaṁ anuppatto, mithilāyaṁ viharati maghadevaambavane”ti.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo sambahulehi sāvakehi saddhiṁ yena maghadevaambavanaṁ tenupasaṅkami.
Atha kho brahmāyuno brāhmaṇassa avidūre ambavanassa etadahosi:
“na kho metaṁ patirūpaṁ yohaṁ pubbe appaṭisaṁvidito samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyan”ti.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo aññataraṁ māṇavakaṁ āmantesi:
“ehi tvaṁ, māṇavaka, yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ puccha:
‘brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ pucchatī’ti.
Evañca vadehi:

‘brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto, vīsavassasatiko jātiyā, tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo.
Yāvatā, bho, brāhmaṇagahapatikā mithilāyaṁ paṭivasanti, brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—
yadidaṁ bhogehi;
brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—
yadidaṁ mantehi;
brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—
yadidaṁ āyunā ceva yasasā ca.
So bhoto gotamassa dassanakāmo’”ti.
“Evaṁ, bho”ti kho so māṇavako brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho so māṇavako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ pucchati;
evañca vadeti:

‘brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto, vīsavassasatiko jātiyā, tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo.
Yāvatā, bho, brāhmaṇagahapatikā mithilāyaṁ paṭivasanti, brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—
yadidaṁ bhogehi;
brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—
yadidaṁ mantehi;
brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—
yadidaṁ āyunā ceva yasasā ca.
So bhoto gotamassa dassanakāmo’”ti.
“Yassadāni, māṇava, brahmāyu brāhmaṇo kālaṁ maññatī”ti.

Atha kho so māṇavako yena brahmāyu brāhmaṇo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavoca:
“katāvakāso khomhi bhavatā samaṇena gotamena.
Yassadāni bhavaṁ kālaṁ maññatī”ti.

Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.
Addasā kho sā parisā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.
Disvāna oramiya okāsamakāsi yathā taṁ ñātassa yasassino.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo taṁ parisaṁ etadavoca:
“alaṁ, bho.
Nisīdatha tumhe sake āsane.
Idhāhaṁ samaṇassa gotamassa santike nisīdissāmī”ti.

Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavato kāye dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni samannesi.
Addasā kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavato kāye dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.
Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—
kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya ca.
Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:
“Ye me dvattiṁsāti sutā,
mahāpurisalakkhaṇā;
Duve tesaṁ na passāmi,
bhoto kāyasmiṁ gotama.
Kacci kosohitaṁ bhoto,
vatthaguyhaṁ naruttama;
Nārīsamānasavhayā,
kacci jivhā na dassakā.
Kacci pahūtajivhosi,
yathā taṁ jāniyāmase;
Ninnāmayetaṁ pahūtaṁ,
kaṅkhaṁ vinaya no ise.
Diṭṭhadhammahitatthāya,
samparāyasukhāya ca;
Katāvakāsā pucchāma,
yaṁ kiñci abhipatthitan”ti.

Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:
“passati kho me ayaṁ brahmāyu brāhmaṇo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve.
Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati—
kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā”ti.
Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi yathā addasa brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavato kosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ.
Atha kho bhagavā jivhaṁ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṁ jivhāya chādesi.
Atha kho bhagavā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāhi paccabhāsi:

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