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Milindapañha

Opammakathāpañha

Upacikāvagga

8. Gorūpaṅgapañha

1 “Bhante nāgasena, ‘gorūpassa cattāri aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni cattāri aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, gorūpo sakaṁ gehaṁ na vijahati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sako kāyo na vijahitabbo ‘aniccucchādanaparimaddanabhedanavikiraṇaviddhaṁsanadhammo ayaṁ kāyo’ti. Idaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpassa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.

2 Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpo ādinnadhuro sukhadukkhena dhuraṁ vahati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena ādinnabrahmacariyena sukhadukkhena yāva jīvitapariyādānā āpāṇakoṭikaṁ brahmacariyaṁ caritabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpassa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.

3 Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpo chandena ghāyamāno pānīyaṁ pivati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena ācariyupajjhāyānaṁ anusiṭṭhi chandena pemena pasādena ghāyamānena paṭiggahetabbā. Idaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpassa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.

4 Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpo yena kenaci vāhiyamāno vahati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena theranavamajjhimabhikkhūnampi gihiupāsakassāpi ovādānusāsanī sirasā sampaṭicchitabbā. Idaṁ, mahārāja, gorūpassa catutthaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatinā—

5 ‘Tadahu pabbajito santo,

jātiyā sattavassiko;

Sopi maṁ anusāseyya,

sampaṭicchāmi matthake.

6 Tibbaṁ chandañca pemañca,

tasmiṁ disvā upaṭṭhape;

Ṭhapeyyācariyaṭṭhāne,

sakkacca naṁ punappunan’”ti.

7 Gorūpaṅgapañho aṭṭhamo.

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