Tipiṭaka

Vimānavatthu 79

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Vimānavatthu

Purisavimāna

Sunikkhittavagga

5. Ambavimānavatthu

1 “Uccamidaṁ maṇithūṇaṁ vimānaṁ,

Samantato dvādasa yojanāni;

Kūṭāgārā sattasatā uḷārā,

Veḷuriyathambhā rucakatthatā subhā.

2 Tatthacchasi pivasi khādasi ca,

Dibbā ca vīṇā pavadanti vagguṁ;

Dibbā rasā kāmaguṇettha pañca,

Nāriyo ca naccanti suvaṇṇachannā.

3 Kena tetādiso vaṇṇo,

…pe…

Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī”ti.

4 So devaputto attamano,

…pe…

yassa kammassidaṁ phalaṁ.

5 “Gimhānaṁ pacchime māse,

patapante divaṅkare;

Paresaṁ bhatako poso,

ambārāmamasiñcati.

6 Atha tenāgamā bhikkhu,

sāriputtoti vissuto;

Kilantarūpo kāyena,

akilantova cetasā.

7 Tañca disvāna āyantaṁ,

Avocaṁ ambasiñcako;

Sādhu taṁ bhante nhāpeyyaṁ,

Yaṁ mamassa sukhāvahaṁ.

8 Tassa me anukampāya,

nikkhipi pattacīvaraṁ;

Nisīdi rukkhamūlasmiṁ,

chāyāya ekacīvaro.

9 Tañca acchena vārinā,

pasannamānaso naro;

Nhāpayī rukkhamūlasmiṁ,

chāyāya ekacīvaraṁ.

10 Ambo ca sitto samaṇo ca nhāpito,

Mayā ca puññaṁ pasutaṁ anappakaṁ;

Iti so pītiyā kāyaṁ,

Sabbaṁ pharati attano.

11 Tadeva ettakaṁ kammaṁ,

akāsiṁ tāya jātiyā;

Pahāya mānusaṁ dehaṁ,

upapannomhi nandanaṁ.

12 Nandane ca vane ramme,

nānādijagaṇāyute;

Ramāmi naccagītehi,

accharāhi purakkhato”ti.

13 Ambavimānaṁ pañcamaṁ.

Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Pāli), 2005. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500, World Tipiṭaka Edition in Roman Script, B.E. 2548 (2005), prepared by the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund. Text and segmenting as published by SuttaCentral, which marks it free of known restrictions under copyright law. Version: bilara-data, published branch at 4b0b8739c (2026-11-05). Source

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