From the VRI Chaṭṭa Saṅgāyana edition. PTS: SN, I, 216. This is part of the text-cluster of BZA (T.100) sutra 043.
Evaṃ me sutaṃ– ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane
anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi– “bhikkhavo”ti. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca–
“Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, asurā deve abhiyaṃsu. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo
suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi– ‘ete, tāta suvīra, asurā deve abhiyanti. Gaccha, tāta suvīra, asure paccuyyāhī’ti. ‘Evaṃ bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, suvīro devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā pamādaṃ āpādesi [var] . Dutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi– ‘ete, tāta suvīra, asurā deve abhiyanti. Gaccha, tāta suvīra, asure paccuyyāhī’ti. ‘Evaṃ bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, suvīro devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā dutiyampi pamādaṃ āpādesi. Tatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi– ‘ete, tāta suvīra, asurā deve abhiyanti. Gaccha, tāta suvīra, asure paccuyyāhī’ti ‘Evaṃ bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, suvīro devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā tatiyampi pamādaṃ āpādesi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi–
“Anuṭṭhahaṃ avāyāmaṃ, sukhaṃ yatrādhigacchati;
suvīra tattha gacchāhi, mañca tattheva pāpayā”ti.
“Alasvassa [var] anuṭṭhātā, na ca kiccāni kāraye;
sabbakāmasamiddhassa, taṃ me sakka varaṃ disā”ti.
“Yatthālaso anuṭṭhātā, accantaṃ sukhamedhati;
suvīra tattha gacchāhi, mañca tattheva pāpayā”ti.
“Akammunā [var] devaseṭṭha, sakka vindemu yaṃ sukhaṃ;
asokaṃ anupāyāsaṃ, taṃ me sakka varaṃ disā”ti.
“Sace atthi akammena, koci kvaci na jīvati;
nibbānassa hi so maggo, suvīra tattha gacchāhi;
mañca tattheva pāpayā”ti.
“So hi nāma, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sakaṃ puññaphalaṃ upajīvamāno devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ issariyādhipaccaṃ rajjaṃ kārento uṭṭhānavīriyassa vaṇṇavādī bhavissati. Idha kho taṃ, bhikkhave, sobhetha, yaṃ tumhe evaṃ svākkhāte dhammavinaye pabbajitā samānā uṭṭhaheyyātha ghaṭeyyātha vāyameyyātha appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya, asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.
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