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Māghasutta

Translator: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Atha kho māgho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho māgho devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Kiṁsu chetvā sukhaṁ seti,

kiṁsu chetvā na socati;

Kissassu ekadhammassa,

vadhaṁ rocesi gotamā”ti.

“Kodhaṁ chetvā sukhaṁ seti,

kodhaṁ chetvā na socati;

Kodhassa visamūlassa,

madhuraggassa vatrabhū;

Vadhaṁ ariyā pasaṁsanti,

tañhi chetvā na socatī”ti.

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