Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.6.13 Sārandadasuttaṃ

Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati sārandade cetiye. Atha kho sambahulā licchavī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Ekamantaṃ nisinne kho te licchavī bhagavā etadavoca – ‘‘satta vo, licchavī, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi. Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha; bhāsissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Evaṃ, bhante’’ti kho te licchavī bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca –

‘‘Katame ca, licchavī, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī abhiṇhaṃ sannipātā bhavissanti sannipātabahulā; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī samaggā sannipatissanti, samaggā vuṭṭhahissanti, samaggā vajjikaraṇīyāni karissanti; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī apaññattaṃ na paññāpessanti, paññattaṃ na samucchindissanti, yathāpaññatte porāṇe vajjidhamme samādāya vattissanti; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī ye te vajjīnaṃ vajjimahallakā te sakkarissanti garuṃ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca sotabbaṃ maññissanti; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī yā tā kulitthiyo kulakumāriyo tā na okassa pasayha vāsessanti; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī yāni tāni vajjīnaṃ vajjicetiyāni abbhantarāni ceva bāhirāni ca tāni sakkarissanti garuṃ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca dinnapubbaṃ katapubbaṃ dhammikaṃ baliṃ no parihāpessanti; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ arahantesu dhammikā rakkhāvaraṇagutti susaṃvihitā bhavissati – ‘kinti anāgatā ca arahanto vijitaṃ āgaccheyyuṃ, āgatā ca arahanto vijite phāsuṃ vihareyyu’nti; vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā vajjīsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu vajjī sandississanti vuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī’’ti.

Vajjisattakavaggo, Paṭhamapaṇṇāsakaṃ, Sattakanipātapāḷi, Aṅguttaranikāyo

 

Vocabulary
  1. abbhantarāni - [pl.] interior, internal
  2. baliṃ - offering
  3. kulakumāriyo - [kula + kumāriyo] clan + girl, young woman
  4. kulitthiyo - lady, woman of good family
  5. maññissanti - [maññati (fut.)] believe
  6. okassa - [gen.] house, dwelling
  7. paññattaṃ - [paññapeti (pp.)] make known
  8. parihāpessanti - [parihāpeti (caus., fut.)] abandon, diminish
  9. pasayha - [instr.] by force, with violence
  10. phāsuṃ - comfortable, pleasant
  11. samādāya - [samādādiyati (ger.)] proceed, act in accordance, undertake
  12. samaggā - [harmonious, friendly, with empathy
  13. samucchindissanti - [samucchindati (fut.)] break off, extirpate
  14. sandississanti - [sandissati (ft.)] will be seen
  15. sannipātā - congregation, assembly
  16. satidovāriko - [sati + dovāriko] awareness + gatekeeper
  17. sotabbaṃ - [suṇoti/ suṇati (fpp.)] hear, listen
  18. suddhamattānaṃ - [su + d + dhama + attānaṃ] well + blow + oneself
  19. susaṃvihitā - [su + saṃvidahati (pp.)] well + arrange, accomplish, dispose
  20. vajjikaraṇīyāni - [vajji + karaṇīyāni] Vajjans + duty, business
  21. vajjimahallakā - [vajji + mahallakā] Vajjans + old, aged
  22. vāsessanti - [vāseti (caus., fut.)] make to dwell, live
  23. yāvakīvañca - [yāva + kīvant + ca] as far as + how much + and

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