4. Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañha

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Samuddavagga

“Bhante nāgasena, ‘sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikā nāma antopathaviyaṁyeva abhivaḍḍhati hatthasatampi bhiyyopi; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena cattāri sāmaññaphalāni catasso paṭisambhidā chaḷabhiññāyo kevalañca samaṇadhammaṁ suññāgāreyeva paripūrayitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, sālakalyāṇikāya ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena rāhulena—

‘Sālakalyāṇikā nāma,
pādapo dharaṇīruho;
Antopathaviyaṁyeva,
satahatthopi vaḍḍhati.

Yathā kālamhi sampatte,
paripākena so dumo;
Uggañchitvāna ekāhaṁ,
satahatthopi vaḍḍhati.

Evamevāhaṁ mahāvīra,
sālakalyāṇikā viya;
Abbhantare suññāgāre,
dhammato abhivaḍḍhayin’”ti.

Sālakalyāṇikaṅgapañho catuttho.