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Majjhima Nikāya 99

Subhasutta

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Evaṁ vutte, subho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama.
Seyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.
Esāhaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.
Upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gataṁ.
Handa ca dāni mayaṁ, bho gotama, gacchāma;
bahukiccā mayaṁ bahukaraṇīyā”ti.

“Yassadāni tvaṁ, māṇava, kālaṁ maññasī”ti.
Atha kho subho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.

Tena kho pana samayena jāṇussoṇi brāhmaṇo sabbasetena vaḷavābhirathena sāvatthiyā niyyāti divā divassa.
Addasā kho jāṇussoṇi brāhmaṇo subhaṁ māṇavaṁ todeyyaputtaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.
Disvāna subhaṁ māṇavaṁ todeyyaputtaṁ etadavoca:
“handa kuto nu bhavaṁ bhāradvājo āgacchati divā divassā”ti?
“Ito hi kho ahaṁ, bho, āgacchāmi samaṇassa gotamassa santikā”ti.
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, bhavaṁ bhāradvājo samaṇassa gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṁ paṇḍito maññeti”?
“Ko cāhaṁ, bho, ko ca samaṇassa gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṁ jānissāmi?
Sopi nūnassa tādisova yo samaṇassa gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṁ jāneyyā”ti.
“Uḷārāya khalu bhavaṁ bhāradvājo samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ pasaṁsāya pasaṁsatī”ti.
“Ko cāhaṁ, bho, ko ca samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ pasaṁsissāmi?
Pasatthapasatthova so bhavaṁ gotamo seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.

Ye cime, bho, brāhmaṇā pañca dhamme paññapenti puññassa kiriyāya kusalassa ārādhanāya;
cittassete samaṇo gotamo parikkhāre vadeti—
yadidaṁ cittaṁ averaṁ abyābajjhaṁ tassa bhāvanāyā”ti.

Evaṁ vutte, jāṇussoṇi brāhmaṇo sabbasetā vaḷavābhirathā orohitvā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā udānaṁ udānesi:
“lābhā rañño pasenadissa kosalassa, suladdhalābhā rañño pasenadissa kosalassa
yassa vijite tathāgato viharati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho”ti.
Subhasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ navamaṁ.

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