41. Metteyyavaggo

1. Tissametteyyatthera-apadānaṃ

1. “Pabbhārakūṭaṃ nissāya, sobhito nāma tāpaso;

pavattaphalaṃ bhuñjitvā, vasati pabbatantare.

2. “Aggiṃ dāruṃ āharitvā, ujjālesiṃ ahaṃ tadā;

uttamatthaṃ gavesanto, brahmalokūpapattiyā.

3. “Padumuttaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho;

mamuddharitukāmo so, āgacchi mama santike.

4. “Kiṃ karosi mahāpuñña, dehi me aggidārukaṃ;

ahamaggiṃ paricare, tato me suddhi hohiti [hehiti (sī.)].

5. “Subhaddako tvaṃ manuje, devate tvaṃ pajānasi;

tuvaṃ aggiṃ paricara, handa te aggidārukaṃ.

6. “Tato kaṭṭhaṃ gahetvāna, aggiṃ ujjālayī jino;

na tattha kaṭṭhaṃ pajjhāyi, pāṭiheraṃ mahesino.

7. “Na te aggi pajjalati, āhutī te na vijjati;

niratthakaṃ vataṃ tuyhaṃ, aggiṃ paricarassu me.

8. “Kīdiso so [te (syā. ka.)] mahāvīra, aggi tava pavuccati;

mayhampi kathayassetaṃ, ubho paricarāmase.

9. “Hetudhammanirodhāya kilesasamaṇāya ca;

issāmacchariyaṃ hitvā, tayo ete mamāhutī.

10. “Kīdiso tvaṃ mahāvīra, kathaṃ gottosi mārisa;

ācārapaṭipatti te, bāḷhaṃ kho mama ruccati.

11. “Khattiyamhi kule jāto, abhiññāpāramiṃ gato;

sabbāsavaparikkhīṇo, natthi dāni punabbhavo.

12. “Yadi buddhosi sabbaññū, pabhaṅkara tamonuda;

namassissāmi taṃ deva, dukkhassantakaro tuvaṃ.

13. “Pattharitvājinacammaṃ, nisīdanamadāsahaṃ;

nisīda nātha sabbaññu, upaṭṭhissāmahaṃ tuvaṃ.

14. “Nisīdi bhagavā tattha, ajinamhi suvitthate;

nimantayitvā sambuddhaṃ, pabbataṃ agamāsahaṃ.

15. “Khāribhārañca pūretvā, tindukaphalamāhariṃ;

madhunā yojayitvāna, phalaṃ buddhassadāsahaṃ.

16. “Mama nijjhāyamānassa, paribhuñji tadā jino;

tattha cittaṃ pasādesiṃ, pekkhanto lokanāyakaṃ.

17. “Padumuttaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho;

mamassame nisīditvā, imā gāthā abhāsatha.

18. “‘Yo maṃ phalena tappesi, pasanno sehi pāṇibhi;

tamahaṃ kittayissāmi, suṇātha mama bhāsato.

19. “‘Pañcavīsatikkhattuṃ so, devarajjaṃ karissati;

sahassakkhattuṃ rājā ca, cakkavattī bhavissati.

20. “‘Tassa saṅkappamaññāya, pubbakammasamaṅgino;

annaṃ pānañca vatthañca, sayanañca mahārahaṃ.

21. “‘Puññakammena saṃyuttā, nibbattissanti tāvade;

sadā pamudito cāyaṃ, bhavissati anāmayo.

22. “‘Upapajjati yaṃ yoniṃ, devattaṃ atha mānusaṃ;

sabbattha sukhito hutvā, manussattaṃ gamissati.

23. “‘Ajjhāyako mantadharo, tiṇṇaṃ vedāna pāragū;

sambuddhaṃ upagantvāna, arahā so bhavissati’.

24. “Yato sarāmi attānaṃ, yato pattosmi viññutaṃ;

bhoge me ūnatā natthi, phaladānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

25. “Varadhammamanuppatto, rāgadose samūhaniṃ;

sabbāsavaparikkhīṇo, natthi dāni punabbhavo.

26. “Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ, bhavā sabbe samūhatā;

nāgova bandhanaṃ chetvā, viharāmi anāsavo.

27. “Svāgataṃ vata me āsi, mama buddhassa santike;

tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ.

28. “Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā tissametteyyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Tissametteyyattherassāpadānaṃ paṭhamaṃ.