[358] 4 Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu viharati sundarikāya nadiyā tīre . tena kho pana samayena sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo sundarikāya nadiyā tīre aggiṃ juhati aggihutaṃ paricarati . atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo aggiṃ juhitvā aggihutaṃ paricaritvā uṭṭhāyāsanā samantā catuddisā anuvilokesi ko nu kho imaṃ habyasesaṃ bhuñjeyyāti. Addasā kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ avidūre aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle sasīsaṃ pārutaṃ nisinnaṃ disvāna vāmena hatthena habyasesaṃ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena kamaṇḍaluṃ [1]- yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami. {358.4} Atha kho bhagavā sundarikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa padasaddena Sīsaṃ vivari . atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo muṇḍo ayaṃ bhavaṃ muṇḍako ayaṃ bhavanti tato puna nivattitukāmo ahosi . Atha kho sundarikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi muṇḍāpi hidhekacce brāhmaṇā bhavanti yannūnāhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā jātiṃ puccheyyanti . atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kiṃjacco bhavanti . Atha kho bhagavā sundarikabhāradvājaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi

[359] |359.879| Na brāhmaṇo nomhi na rājaputto na vessāyano uda koci nomhi gottaṃ pariññāya puthujjanānaṃ akiñcano manta carāmi loke |359.880| saṅghāṭivāsī agaho carāmi nivuttakeso abhinibbutatto alimpamāno idha māṇavehi akallaṃ maṃ (brāhmaṇa) pucchasi gottapañhaṃ |359.881| pucchanti ve bho brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇehi saha brāhmaṇo no bhavanti. |359.882| Brāhmaṇo ce tvaṃ brūsi mañca brūsi abrāhmaṇaṃ taṃ taṃ sāvittiṃ pucchāmi tipadaṃ catuvīsatakkharaṃ. Tena hi tvaṃ brāhmaṇa odahassu sotaṃ dhammaṃ te desissāmi |359.888| mā jātiṃ puccha caraṇañca puccha kaṭṭhā have jāyati jātavedo Nīcākulīnopi munī dhitīmā ājāniyo hoti hirīnisedho. |359.889| Saccena danto damasā upeto vedantagū vūsitabrahmacariyo kālena tamhi habyaṃ pavecche yo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha. |359.890| Ye kāme hitvā agahā caranti susaññatattā tasaraṃva ujjuṃ kālena tesu habyaṃ pavecche yo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha. |359.891| Ye vītarāgā susamāhitindriyā candova rāhugahaṇā pamutto kālena tesu habyaṃ pavecche yo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha. |359.892| Āsajjamānā vicaranti loke sadā satā hitvā mamāyitāni kālena tesu habyaṃ pavecche yo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha. |359.893| Yo kāme hitvā abhibhuyyacārī yo vedi jātīmaraṇassa antaṃ parinibbuto udakarahadova sīto tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.899| Saṅgātigo yassa na santi saṅgā yo mānasattesu amānasatto dukkhaṃ pariññāya sakhettavatthuṃ tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.900| Āsaṃ anissāya vivekadassī paravediyaṃ diṭṭhimupātivatto ārammaṇā yassa na santi keci tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.901| Paroparā yassa samecca dhammā vidhūpitā atthagatā na santi santo upādānakkhaye vimutto tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.902| Saṃyojanaṃ jātikhayantadassī yo pānudī rāgapathaṃ asesaṃ suddho niddoso vimalo akāmo tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.903| Yo attanāttānaṃ nānupassati samāhito ujugato ṭhitatto sa ve anejo akhilo akaṅkho Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.904| Mohantarā yassa na santi keci sabbesu dhammesu ca ñāṇadassī sarīrañca antimaṃ dhāreti patto ca sambodhimanuttaraṃ sivaṃ ettāvatā yakkhassa suddhi (tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṃ .) |359.905| hutañca mayhaṃ hutamatthu saccaṃ yaṃ tādisaṃ vedagunaṃ alatthaṃ brahmā hi sakkhi paṭigaṇhātu me bhagavā bhuñjatu me bhagavā pūraḷāsaṃ. |359.906| Gāthābhigītaṃ me abhojaneyyaṃ samphassataṃ brāhmaṇa nesa dhammo gāthābhigītaṃ panudanti buddhā dhamme sati brāhmaṇa vuttiresā. |359.907| Aññena ca kevalinaṃ mahesiṃ khīṇāsavaṃ kukkuccavūpasantaṃ annena pānena upaṭṭhahassu khettañhi taṃ puññapekkhassa hoti.