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Pv 42

7. Rājaputtapetavatthu

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7. Rājaputtapetavatthu

Pubbe katānaṁ kammānaṁ,
vipāko mathaye manaṁ;
Rūpe sadde rase gandhe,
phoṭṭhabbe ca manorame.

Naccaṁ gītaṁ ratiṁ khiḍḍaṁ,
anubhutvā anappakaṁ;
Uyyāne paricaritvā,
pavisanto giribbajaṁ.

Isiṁ sunetta maddakkhi,
attadantaṁ samāhitaṁ;
Appicchaṁ hirisampannaṁ,
uñche pattagate rataṁ.

Hatthikkhandhato oruyha,
laddhā bhanteti cābravi;
Tassa pattaṁ gahetvāna,
uccaṁ paggayha khattiyo.

Thaṇḍile pattaṁ bhinditvā,
hasamāno apakkami;
“Rañño kitavassāhaṁ putto,
kiṁ maṁ bhikkhu karissasi”.

Tassa kammassa pharusassa,
vipāko kaṭuko ahu;
Yaṁ rājaputto vedesi,
nirayamhi samappito.

Chaḷeva caturāsīti,
vassāni navutāni ca;
Bhusaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchittho,
niraye katakibbiso.

Uttānopi ca paccittha,
nikujjo vāmadakkhiṇo;
Uddhampādo ṭhito ceva,
ciraṁ bālo apaccatha.

Bahūni vassasahassāni,
pūgāni nahutāni ca;
Bhusaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchittho,
niraye katakibbiso.

Etādisaṁ kho kaṭukaṁ,
appaduṭṭhappadosinaṁ;
Paccanti pāpakammantā,
isimāsajja subbataṁ.

So tattha bahuvassāni,
vedayitvā bahuṁ dukhaṁ;
Khuppipāsahato nāma,
peto āsi tato cuto.

Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,
issaramadasambhavaṁ;
Pahāya issaramadaṁ,
nivātamanuvattaye.

Diṭṭheva dhamme pāsaṁso,
yo buddhesu sagāravo;
Kāyassa bhedā sappañño,
saggaṁ so upapajjatīti.

Rājaputtapetavatthu sattamaṁ.

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