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Pv 23

11. Suttapetavatthu

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11. Suttapetavatthu

“Ahaṁ pure pabbajitassa bhikkhuno,
Suttaṁ adāsiṁ upasaṅkamma yācitā;
Tassa vipāko vipulaphalūpalabbhati,
Bahukā ca me uppajjare vatthakoṭiyo.

Pupphābhikiṇṇaṁ ramitaṁ vimānaṁ,
Anekacittaṁ naranārisevitaṁ;
Sāhaṁ bhuñjāmi ca pārupāmi ca,
Pahūtavittā na ca tāva khīyati.

Tasseva kammassa vipākamanvayā,
Sukhañca sātañca idhūpalabbhati;
Sāhaṁ gantvā punadeva mānusaṁ,
Kāhāmi puññāni nayayyaputta man”ti.

“Satta tuvaṁ vassasatā idhāgatā,
Jiṇṇā ca vuḍḍhā ca tahiṁ bhavissasi;
Sabbeva te kālakatā ca ñātakā,
Kiṁ tattha gantvāna ito karissasī”ti.

“Satteva vassāni idhāgatāya me,
Dibbañca sukhañca samappitāya;
Sāhaṁ gantvāna punadeva mānusaṁ,
Kāhāmi puññāni nayayyaputta man”ti.

So taṁ gahetvāna pasayha bāhāyaṁ,
Paccānayitvāna theriṁ sudubbalaṁ;
“Vajjesi aññampi janaṁ idhāgataṁ,
‘Karotha puññāni sukhūpalabbhati’.

Diṭṭhā mayā akatena sādhunā,
Petā vihaññanti tatheva manussā;
Kammañca katvā sukhavedanīyaṁ,
Devā manussā ca sukhe ṭhitā pajā”ti.

Suttapetavatthu ekādasamaṁ.

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