Vipassana Research Institute

Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘‘kathaṃ nu tvaṃ, mārisa, oghamatarī’ti? ‘Appatiṭṭhaṃ khvāhaṃ, āvuso, anāyūhaṃ oghamatari’nti. ‘Yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, mārisa, appatiṭṭhaṃ anāyūhaṃ oghamatarī’ti? ‘Yadākhvāhaṃ, āvuso, santiṭṭhāmi tadāssu saṃsīdāmi ; yadākhvāhaṃ, āvuso, āyūhāmi tadāssu nibbuyhāmi [nivuyhāmi (syā. kaṃ. ka.)]. Evaṃ khvāhaṃ, āvuso, appatiṭṭhaṃ anāyūhaṃ oghamatari’’’nti.

‘‘Cirassaṃ vata passāmi, brāhmaṇaṃ parinibbutaṃ;
Appatiṭṭhaṃ anāyūhaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ loke visattika’’nti. –

Idamavoca sā devatā. Samanuñño satthā ahosi. Atha kho sā devatā – ‘‘samanuñño me satthā’’ti bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.