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10. Sampasādanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañha

Translator: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500

Rājā āha—

“bhante nāgasena, kiṁlakkhaṇā saddhā”ti?

“Sampasādanalakkhaṇā ca, mahārāja, saddhā, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā cā”ti.

“Kathaṁ, bhante, sampasādanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti?

“Saddhā kho, mahārāja, uppajjamānā nīvaraṇe vikkhambheti, vinīvaraṇaṁ cittaṁ hoti acchaṁ vippasannaṁ anāvilaṁ.

Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampasādanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti.

“Opammaṁ karohī”ti.

“Yathā, mahārāja, rājā cakkavattī caturaṅginiyā senāya saddhiṁ addhānamaggappaṭipanno parittaṁ udakaṁ tareyya, taṁ udakaṁ hatthīhi ca assehi ca rathehi ca pattīhi ca khubhitaṁ bhaveyya āvilaṁ luḷitaṁ kalalībhūtaṁ.

Uttiṇṇo ca rājā cakkavattī manusse āṇāpeyya ‘pānīyaṁ, bhaṇe, āharatha, pivissāmī’ti, rañño ca udakappasādako maṇi bhaveyya.

‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho te manussā rañño cakkavattissa paṭissutvā taṁ udakappasādakaṁ maṇiṁ udake pakkhipeyyuṁ, tasmiṁ udake pakkhittamatte saṅkhasevālapaṇakaṁ vigaccheyya, kaddamo ca sannisīdeyya, acchaṁ bhaveyya udakaṁ vippasannaṁ anāvilaṁ.

Tato rañño cakkavattissa pānīyaṁ upanāmeyyuṁ ‘pivatu, deva, pānīyan’ti.

Yathā, mahārāja, udakaṁ, evaṁ cittaṁ daṭṭhabbaṁ, yathā te manussā, evaṁ yogāvacaro daṭṭhabbo, yathā saṅkhasevālapaṇakaṁ kaddamo ca, evaṁ kilesā daṭṭhabbā.

Yathā udakappasādako maṇi, evaṁ saddhā daṭṭhabbā, yathā udakappasādake maṇimhi udake pakkhittamatte saṅkhasevālapaṇakaṁ vigaccheyya, kaddamo ca sannisīdeyya, acchaṁ bhaveyya udakaṁ vippasannaṁ anāvilaṁ;

evameva kho, mahārāja, saddhā uppajjamānā nīvaraṇe vikkhambheti, vinīvaraṇaṁ cittaṁ hoti acchaṁ vippasannaṁ anāvilaṁ.

Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampasādanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

Sampasādanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho dasamo.

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