4.2.9 Navattabbaṃsaṃghassadinnaṃmahapphalantikathā

Niggahapaṇṇāsaka

Sattarasamavagga

Navattabbaṃsaṃghassadinnaṃmahapphalantikathā

797. 2484 ๐ Na vattabbaṃ— “saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti? Āmantā. Nanu saṃgho āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassāti? Āmantā. Hañci saṃgho āhuneyyo…pe… anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassa, tena vata re vattabbe— “saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti.

2485 ๐ Na vattabbaṃ— “saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti? Āmantā. Nanu cattāro purisayugā aṭṭha purisapuggalā dakkhiṇeyyā vuttā bhagavatāti? Āmantā. Hañci cattāro purisayugā aṭṭha purisapuggalā dakkhiṇeyyā vuttā bhagavatā, tena vata re vattabbe— “saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti.

798. 2486 ๐ Na vattabbaṃ— “saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti? Āmantā. Nanu vuttaṃ bhagavatā— “saṃghe, gotami, dehi, saṃghe te dinne ahañceva pūjito bhavissāmi saṃgho cā”ti. Attheva suttantoti? Āmantā. Tena hi saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalanti.

2487 ๐ Na vattabbaṃ— “saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti? Āmantā. Nanu sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca—

2488 “Yajamānānaṃ manussānaṃ,

puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṃ;

Karotaṃ opadhikaṃ puññaṃ,

kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti.

2489 “Cattāro ca paṭipannā,

cattāro ca phale ṭhitā;

Esa saṃgho ujubhūto,

paññāsīlasamāhito.

2490 Yajamānānaṃ manussānaṃ,

puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṃ;

Karotaṃ opadhikaṃ puññaṃ,

saṃghe dinnaṃ mahapphalanti.

2491 Eso hi saṃgho vipulo mahaggato,

Esappameyyo udadhīva sāgaro;

Ete hi seṭṭhā naravīrasāvakā,

Pabhaṅkarā dhammamudīrayanti.

2492 Tesaṃ sudinnaṃ suhutaṃ suyiṭṭhaṃ,

Ye saṃghamuddissa dadanti dānaṃ;

Sā dakkhiṇā saṃghagatā patiṭṭhitā,

Mahapphalā lokavidūna vaṇṇitā.

2493 Etādisaṃ yaññamanussarantā,

Ye vedajātā vicaranti loke;

Vineyya maccheramalaṃ samūlaṃ,

Aninditā saggamupenti ṭhānan”ti.

2494 Attheva suttantoti? Āmantā. Tena hi saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalanti.

2495 Na vattabbaṃ saṃghassa dinnaṃ mahapphalantikathā niṭṭhitā.