Tipiṭaka

Vimānavatthu 52

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Vimānavatthu

Purisavimāna

Mahārathavagga

2. Revatīvimānavatthu

1 “Cirappavāsiṁ purisaṁ,

dūrato sotthimāgataṁ;

Ñātimittā suhajjā ca,

abhinandanti āgataṁ.

2 Tatheva katapuññampi,

asmā lokā paraṁ gataṁ;

Puññāni paṭigaṇhanti,

piyaṁ ñātīva āgataṁ”.

3 “Uṭṭhehi revate supāpadhamme,

Apārutadvāre adānasīle;

Nessāma taṁ yattha thunanti duggatā,

Samappitā nerayikā dukkhenā”ti.

4 Icceva vatvāna yamassa dūtā,

Te dve yakkhā lohitakkhā brahantā;

Paccekabāhāsu gahetvā revataṁ,

Pakkāmayuṁ devagaṇassa santike.

5 “Ādiccavaṇṇaṁ ruciraṁ pabhassaraṁ,

Byamhaṁ subhaṁ kañcanajālachannaṁ;

Kassetamākiṇṇajanaṁ vimānaṁ,

Suriyassa raṁsīriva jotamānaṁ.

6 Nārīgaṇā candanasāralittā,

Ubhato vimānaṁ upasobhayanti;

Taṁ dissati suriyasamānavaṇṇaṁ,

Ko modati saggapatto vimāne”ti.

7 “Bārāṇasiyaṁ nandiyo nāmāsi,

Upāsako amaccharī dānapati vadaññū;

Tassetamākiṇṇajanaṁ vimānaṁ,

Suriyassa raṁsīriva jotamānaṁ.

8 Nārīgaṇā candanasāralittā,

Ubhato vimānaṁ upasobhayanti;

Taṁ dissati suriyasamānavaṇṇaṁ,

So modati saggapatto vimāne”ti.

9 “Nandiyassāhaṁ bhariyā,

Agārinī sabbakulassa issarā;

Bhattu vimāne ramissāmi dānahaṁ,

Na patthaye nirayaṁ dassanāyā”ti.

10 “Eso te nirayo supāpadhamme,

Puññaṁ tayā akataṁ jīvaloke;

Na hi maccharī rosako pāpadhammo,

Saggūpagānaṁ labhati sahabyatan”ti.

11 “Kiṁ nu gūthañca muttañca,

asucī paṭidissati;

Duggandhaṁ kimidaṁ mīḷhaṁ,

kimetaṁ upavāyatī”ti.

12 “Esa saṁsavako nāma,

gambhīro sataporiso;

Yattha vassasahassāni,

tuvaṁ paccasi revate”ti.

13 “Kiṁ nu kāyena vācāya,

manasā dukkaṭaṁ kataṁ;

Kena saṁsavako laddho,

gambhīro sataporiso”ti.

14 “Samaṇe brāhmaṇe cāpi,

aññe vāpi vanibbake;

Musāvādena vañcesi,

taṁ pāpaṁ pakataṁ tayā.

15 Tena saṁsavako laddho,

gambhīro sataporiso;

Tattha vassasahassāni,

tuvaṁ paccasi revate.

16 Hatthepi chindanti athopi pāde,

Kaṇṇepi chindanti athopi nāsaṁ;

Athopi kākoḷagaṇā samecca,

Saṅgamma khādanti viphandamānan”ti.

17 “Sādhu kho maṁ paṭinetha,

kāhāmi kusalaṁ bahuṁ;

Dānena samacariyāya,

saṁyamena damena ca;

Yaṁ katvā sukhitā honti,

na ca pacchānutappare”ti.

18 “Pure tuvaṁ pamajjitvā,

idāni paridevasi;

Sayaṁ katānaṁ kammānaṁ,

vipākaṁ anubhossasī”ti.

19 “Ko devalokato manussalokaṁ,

Gantvāna puṭṭho me evaṁ vadeyya;

‘Nikkhittadaṇḍesu dadātha dānaṁ,

Acchādanaṁ seyyamathannapānaṁ;

Na hi maccharī rosako pāpadhammo,

Saggūpagānaṁ labhati sahabyataṁ’.

20 Sāhaṁ nūna ito gantvā,

yoniṁ laddhāna mānusiṁ;

Vadaññū sīlasampannā,

kāhāmi kusalaṁ bahuṁ;

Dānena samacariyāya,

saṁyamena damena ca.

21 Ārāmāni ca ropissaṁ,

dugge saṅkamanāni ca;

Papañca udapānañca,

vippasannena cetasā.

22 Cātuddasiṁ pañcadasiṁ,

yā ca pakkhassa aṭṭhamī;

Pāṭihāriyapakkhañca,

aṭṭhaṅgasusamāgataṁ.

23 Uposathaṁ upavasissaṁ,

sadā sīlesu saṁvutā;

Na ca dāne pamajjissaṁ,

sāmaṁ diṭṭhamidaṁ mayā”ti.

24 Iccevaṁ vippalapantiṁ,

phandamānaṁ tato tato;

Khipiṁsu niraye ghore,

uddhampādaṁ avaṁsiraṁ.

25 “Ahaṁ pure maccharinī ahosiṁ,

Paribhāsikā samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ;

Vitathena ca sāmikaṁ vañcayitvā,

Paccāmahaṁ niraye ghorarūpe”ti.

26 Revatīvimānaṁ dutiyaṁ.

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