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Vimānavatthu

Purisavimāna

Mahārathavagga

3. Chattamāṇavakavimānavatthu

1 “Yo vadataṁ pavaro manujesu,

Sakyamunī bhagavā katakicco;

Pāragato balaviriyasamaṅgī,

Taṁ sugataṁ saraṇatthamupehi.

2 Rāgavirāgamanejamasokaṁ,

Dhammamasaṅkhatamappaṭikūlaṁ;

Madhuramimaṁ paguṇaṁ suvibhattaṁ,

Dhammamimaṁ saraṇatthamupehi.

3 Yattha ca dinna mahapphalamāhu,

Catūsu sucīsu purisayugesu;

Aṭṭha ca puggaladhammadasā te,

Saṅghamimaṁ saraṇatthamupehi.

4 Na tathā tapati nabhe sūriyo,

Cando ca na bhāsati na phusso;

Yathā atulamidaṁ mahappabhāsaṁ,

Ko nu tvaṁ tidivā mahiṁ upāgā.

5 Chindati raṁsī pabhaṅkarassa,

Sādhikavīsatiyojanāni ābhā;

Rattimapi yathā divaṁ karoti,

Parisuddhaṁ vimalaṁ subhaṁ vimānaṁ.

6 Bahupadumavicitrapuṇḍarīkaṁ,

Vokiṇṇaṁ kusumehi nekacittaṁ;

Arajavirajahemajālachannaṁ,

Ākāse tapati yathāpi sūriyo.

7 Rattambarapītavāsasāhi,

Agarupiyaṅgucandanussadāhi;

Kañcanatanusannibhattacāhi,

Paripūraṁ gaganaṁva tārakāhi.

8 Naranāriyo bahuketthanekavaṇṇā,

Kusumavibhūsitābharaṇettha sumanā;

Anilapamuñcitā pavanti surabhiṁ,

Tapaniyavitatā suvaṇṇachannā.

9 Kissa saṁyamassa ayaṁ vipāko,

Kenāsi kammaphalenidhūpapanno;

Yathā ca te adhigatamidaṁ vimānaṁ,

Tadanupadaṁ avacāsi iṅgha puṭṭho”ti.

10 “Sayamidha pathe samecca māṇavena,

Satthānusāsi anukampamāno;

Tava ratanavarassa dhammaṁ sutvā,

Karissāmīti ca bravittha chatto.

11 Jinavarapavaraṁ upehi saraṇaṁ,

Dhammañcāpi tatheva bhikkhusaṅghaṁ;

Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,

Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

12 Mā ca pāṇavadhaṁ vividhaṁ carassu asuciṁ,

Na hi pāṇesu asaññataṁ avaṇṇayiṁsu sappaññā;

Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,

Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

13 Mā ca parajanassa rakkhitampi,

Ādātabbamamaññitho adinnaṁ;

Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,

Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

14 Mā ca parajanassa rakkhitāyo,

Parabhariyā agamā anariyametaṁ;

Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,

Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

15 Mā ca vitathaṁ aññathā abhāṇi,

Na hi musāvādaṁ avaṇṇayiṁsu sappaññā;

Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,

Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

16 Yena ca purisassa apeti saññā,

Taṁ majjaṁ parivajjayassu sabbaṁ;

Noti paṭhamaṁ avocahaṁ bhante,

Pacchā te vacanaṁ tathevakāsiṁ.

17 Svāhaṁ idha pañca sikkhā karitvā,

Paṭipajjitvā tathāgatassa dhamme;

Dvepathamagamāsiṁ coramajjhe,

Te maṁ tattha vadhiṁsu bhogahetu.

18 Ettakamidaṁ anussarāmi kusalaṁ,

Tato paraṁ na me vijjati aññaṁ;

Tena sucaritena kammunāhaṁ,

Uppanno tidivesu kāmakāmī.

19 Passa khaṇamuhuttasaññamassa,

Anudhammappaṭipattiyā vipākaṁ;

Jalamiva yasasā samekkhamānā,

Bahukā maṁ pihayanti hīnakammā.

20 Passa katipayāya desanāya,

Sugatiñcamhi gato sukhañca patto;

Ye ca te satataṁ suṇanti dhammaṁ,

Maññe te amataṁ phusanti khemaṁ.

21 Appampi kataṁ mahāvipākaṁ,

Vipulaṁ hoti tathāgatassa dhamme;

Passa katapuññatāya chatto,

Obhāseti pathaviṁ yathāpi sūriyo.

22 Kimidaṁ kusalaṁ kimācarema,

Icceke hi samecca mantayanti;

Te mayaṁ punareva laddha mānusattaṁ,

Paṭipannā viharemu sīlavanto.

23 Bahukāro anukampako ca satthā,

Iti me sati agamā divā divassa;

Svāhaṁ upagatomhi saccanāmaṁ,

Anukampassu punapi suṇemu dhammaṁ.

24 Ye cidha pajahanti kāmarāgaṁ,

Bhavarāgānusayañca pahāya mohaṁ;

Na ca te punamupenti gabbhaseyyaṁ,

Parinibbānagatā hi sītibhūtā”ti.

25 Chattamāṇavakavimānaṁ tatiyaṁ.

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