[80] Evaṃ vutte sīho senāpati bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telappajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evamevaṃ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatanti . anuviccakāraṃ kho sīha karohi anuviccakāro tumhādisānaṃ ñātamanussānaṃ sādhu hotīti. {80.1} Imināpāhaṃ bhante bhagavato vacanena bhiyyoso mattāya attamano abhiraddho yaṃ maṃ bhagavā evamāha anuviccakāraṃ kho sīha karohi anuviccakāro tumhādisānaṃ ñātamanussānaṃ sādhu hotīti maṃ hi bhante aññatitthiyā sāvakaṃ labhitvā kevalakappaṃ vesāliṃ paṭākaṃ parihareyyuṃ sīho kho amhākaṃ senāpati sāvakattaṃ upagatoti atha ca pana maṃ bhagavā evamāha anuviccakāraṃ kho sīha karohi anuviccakāro tumhādisānaṃ ñātamanussānaṃ sādhu hotīti esāhaṃ bhante dutiyampi bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ Bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatanti. {80.2} Dīgharattaṃ kho te sīha nigaṇṭhānaṃ opānabhūtaṃ kulaṃ yena nesaṃ upagatānaṃ piṇḍakaṃ dātabbaṃ maññeyyāsīti . imināpāhaṃ bhante bhagavato vacanena bhiyyoso mattāya attamano abhiraddho yaṃ maṃ bhagavā evamāha dīgharattaṃ kho te sīha nigaṇṭhānaṃ opānabhūtaṃ kulaṃ yena nesaṃ upagatānaṃ piṇḍakaṃ dātabbaṃ maññeyyāsīti sutammetaṃ bhante samaṇo gotamo evamāha mayhameva dānaṃ dātabbaṃ na aññesaṃ dānaṃ dātabbaṃ mayhameva sāvakānaṃ dānaṃ dātabbaṃ na aññesaṃ sāvakānaṃ dānaṃ dātabbaṃ mayhameva dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ na aññesaṃ dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ mayhameva sāvakānaṃ dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ na aññesaṃ sāvakānaṃ dinnaṃ mahapphalanti atha ca pana maṃ bhagavā nigaṇṭhesupi dāne samādapeti apica bhante mayamettha kālaṃ jānissāma esāhaṃ bhante tatiyampi bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatanti. {80.3} Athakho bhagavā sīhassa senāpatissa anupubbīkathaṃ kathesi seyyathīdaṃ dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṅkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi . yadā bhagavā aññāsi sīhaṃ senāpatiṃ kallacittaṃ muducittaṃ vinīvaraṇacittaṃ udaggacittaṃ pasannacittaṃ atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā Dhammadesanā taṃ pakāsesi dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ . seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya evameva sīhassa senāpatissa tasmiṃyevāsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi yaṅkiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbantaṃ nirodhadhammanti . athakho sīho senāpati diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthu sāsane bhagavantaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu me bhante bhagavā svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti . adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena . athakho sīho senāpati bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi. {80.4} Athakho sīho senāpati aññataraṃ purisaṃ āṇāpesi gaccha bhaṇe pavattamaṃsaṃ jānāhīti . athakho sīho senāpati tassā rattiyā accayena paṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṃ ārocāpesi kālo bhante niṭṭhitaṃ bhattanti . Athakho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena sīhassa senāpatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghena. {80.5} Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā nigaṇṭhā vesāliyaṃ rathiyāya rathiyaṃ siṅghāṭakena siṅghāṭakaṃ bāhā paggayha kandanti ajja sīhena senāpatinā thullaṃ pasuṃ vadhitvā samaṇassa gotamassa bhattaṃ kataṃ taṃ samaṇo gotamo Jānaṃ uddissa kataṃ maṃsaṃ paribhuñjati paṭiccakammanti . athakho aññataro puriso yena sīho senāpati tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā sīhassa senāpatissa upakaṇṇake ārocesi yagghe bhante jāneyyāsi ete sambahulā nigaṇṭhā vesāliyaṃ rathiyāya rathiyaṃ siṅghāṭakena siṅghāṭakaṃ bāhā paggayha kandanti ajja sīhena senāpatinā thullaṃ pasuṃ vadhitvā samaṇassa gotamassa bhattaṃ kataṃ taṃ samaṇo gotamo jānaṃ uddissa kataṃ maṃsaṃ paribhuñjati paṭiccakammanti. Alaṃ ayya dīgharattaṃpi te āyasmantā avaṇṇakāmā buddhassa avaṇṇakāmā dhammassa avaṇṇakāmā saṅghassa na ca pana te āyasmantā kīranti taṃ bhagavantaṃ asatā tucchā musā [3]- abhūtena abbhācikkhantā na ca mayaṃ jīvitahetupi sañcicca pāṇaṃ jīvitā voropeyyāmāti. {80.6} Athakho sīho senāpati buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappetvā sampavāretvā bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho sīhaṃ senāpatiṃ bhagavā dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi . athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi na bhikkhave jānaṃ Uddissa kataṃ maṃsaṃ paribhuñjitabbaṃ yo paribhuñjeyya āpatti dukkaṭassa anujānāmi bhikkhave tikoṭiparisuddhaṃ macchamaṃsaṃ adiṭṭhaṃ assutaṃ aparisaṅkitanti.

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