7.1.7 Suddhikasutta

Brāhmaṇasaṃyutta

Arahantavagga

Suddhikasutta

193. 1168 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ ajjhabhāsi—

1169 “Na brāhmaṇo sujjhati koci,

Loke sīlavāpi tapokaraṃ;

Vijjācaraṇasampanno,

So sujjhati na aññā itarā pajā”ti.

1170 “Bahumpi palapaṃ jappaṃ,

na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo;

Antokasambu saṃkiliṭṭho,

kuhanaṃ upanissito.

1171 Khattiyo brāhmaṇo vesso,

Suddo caṇḍālapukkuso;

Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,

Niccaṃ daḷhaparakkamo;

Pappoti paramaṃ suddhiṃ,

Evaṃ jānāhi brāhmaṇā”ti.

1172 Evaṃ vutte, suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca— “abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama…pe… aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.