Pāthikasutta
Acelapāthikaputtavatthu
15. 27 Ekamidāhaṁ, bhaggava, samayaṁ tattheva vesāliyaṁ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ. Tena kho pana samayena acelo pāthikaputto[23] vesāliyaṁ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme. So vesāliyaṁ parisati evaṁ vācaṁ bhāsati— ‘samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo, ahampi ñāṇavādo. Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ dassetuṁ. Samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṁ āgaccheyya, ahampi upaḍḍhapathaṁ gaccheyyaṁ. Te tattha ubhopi uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ kareyyāma. Ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, dvāhaṁ karissāmi. Dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, cattārāhaṁ karissāmi. Cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, aṭṭhāhaṁ karissāmi. Iti yāvatakaṁ yāvatakaṁ samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmī’ti. [24]
16. 28 Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto maṁ etadavoca— ‘acelo, bhante, pāthikaputto vesāliyaṁ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme. So vesāliyaṁ parisati evaṁ vācaṁ bhāsati— “samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo, ahampi ñāṇavādo. Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ dassetuṁ. Samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṁ āgaccheyya, ahampi upaḍḍhapathaṁ gaccheyyaṁ. Te tattha ubhopi uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ kareyyāma. Ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, dvāhaṁ karissāmi. Dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, cattārāhaṁ karissāmi. Cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, aṭṭhāhaṁ karissāmi. Iti yāvatakaṁ yāvatakaṁ samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmī”’ti.
29 Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ— ‘abhabbo kho, sunakkhatta, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā’ti.
17. 30 ‘Rakkhatetaṁ, bhante, bhagavā vācaṁ, rakkhatetaṁ sugato vācan’ti. ‘Kiṁ pana maṁ tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, evaṁ vadesi— rakkhatetaṁ, bhante, bhagavā vācaṁ, rakkhatetaṁ sugato vācan’ti? ‘Bhagavatā cassa, bhante, esā vācā ekaṁsena odhāritā[25]— abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Acelo ca, bhante, pāthikaputto virūparūpena bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgaccheyya, tadassa bhagavato musā’ti.
18. 31 ‘Api nu, sunakkhatta, tathāgato taṁ vācaṁ bhāseyya yā sā vācā dvayagāminī’ti? ‘Kiṁ pana, bhante, bhagavatā acelo pāthikaputto cetasā ceto paricca vidito— abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti?
32 Udāhu, devatā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ— abhabbo, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā’ti?
19. 33 ‘Cetasā ceto paricca vidito ceva me, sunakkhatta, acelo pāthikaputto— abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
34 Devatāpi me etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ— abhabbo, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
35 Ajitopi nāma licchavīnaṁ senāpati adhunā kālaṅkato tāvatiṁsakāyaṁ upapanno. Sopi maṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamārocesi— alajjī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto; musāvādī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto. Mampi, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto byākāsi vajjigāme— ajito licchavīnaṁ senāpati mahānirayaṁ upapannoti.
36 Na kho panāhaṁ, bhante, mahānirayaṁ upapanno; tāvatiṁsakāyamhi upapanno. Alajjī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto; musāvādī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto; abhabbo ca, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
37 Iti kho, sunakkhatta, cetasā ceto paricca vidito ceva me acelo pāthikaputto abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Devatāpi me etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ— abhabbo, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa— ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
38 So kho panāhaṁ, sunakkhatta, vesāliyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena acelassa pāthikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkamissāmi divāvihārāya. Yassadāni tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, icchasi, tassa ārocehī’ti.