Bakabrahmajātakaṃ

dvāsattatīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto bakabrahmānaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Tassa hi idaṃ niccaṃ dhuvaṃ sassataṃ acavanadhammaṃ ito aññaṃ lokassa nissaraṇaṃ nibbānannāma natthīti evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajji. Heṭṭhuppattiko kiresa brahmā pubbe jhānaṃ bhāvetvā vehapphalesu nibbatto. Tattha pañcakappasataparimāṇaṃ āyuṃ khepetvā subhakiṇhesu nibbattetvā catusaṭṭhī kappe khepetvā tato cuto aṭṭhakappāyuke ābhassare nibbatti. Tatrassa evaṃ diṭṭhi uppajji. So hi Neva uparibrahmalokato cutiṃ na tattha upapattiṃ anussari. Tadubhayaṃpi apassanto evaṃ diṭṭhiṃ gaṇhi. Bhagavā tassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva jetavane antarahito tasmiṃ brahmaloke pāturahosi. Atha brahmā bhagavantaṃ disvā ehi kho mārisa svāgataṃ mārisa cirassaṃ kho mārisa imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāya idaṃ hi mārisa niccaṃ idaṃ dhuvaṃ idaṃ sassataṃ idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ idaṃ hi kevalaṃ na jāyati na jiyyati na miyyati na cavati na upapajjati ito ca panaññaṃ uttarinissaraṇannāma natthīti āha. Evaṃ vutte bhagavā bakabrahmānaṃ etadavoca avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā yatra hi nāma aniccaññeva samānaṃ niccanti vakkhati santañca panaññaṃ uttarinissaraṇaṃ natthaññaṃ uttarinissaraṇanti vakkhatīti. Taṃ sutvā brahmā tvaṃ evaṃ kathesīti iti maṃ esa anuvattanto anubandhatīti cintetvā yathā nāma dubbalo coro katipaye pahāre labhitvā kiṃ ahameva coro asukopi coro asukopi coroti sabbe sahāyake ācikkhi tatheva bhagavato anuyogabhayabhīto aññepi attano sahāyake ācikkhanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha

dvāsattati gotama puññakammā