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Mil 7.2.8

8. Cāpaṅgapañha

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Gadrabhavagga

8. Cāpaṅgapañha

“Bhante nāgasena, ‘cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, cāpo sutacchito namito yāvaggamūlaṁ samakameva anunamati nappaṭitthambhati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena theranavamajjhimasamakesu anunamitabbaṁ nappaṭipharitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena vidhura (puṇṇaka) jātake—

‘Cāpovūnudaro dhīro,
vaṁso vāpi pakampaye;
Paṭilomaṁ na vatteyya,
sa rājavasatiṁ vase’”ti.

Cāpaṅgapañho aṭṭhamo.

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