2. Appāyukasuttaṃ

42. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho āyasmā ānando sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā [paṭisallāṇā (sī.)] vuṭṭhito yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘acchariyaṃ, bhante, abbhutaṃ, bhante! Yāva appāyukā hi, bhante, bhagavato mātā ahosi, sattāhajāte bhagavati bhagavato mātā kālamakāsi, tusitaṃ kāyaṃ upapajjī’’ti.

‘‘Evametaṃ, ānanda [evametaṃ ānanda evametaṃ ānanda (syā.)], appāyukā hi, ānanda, bodhisattamātaro honti. Sattāhajātesu bodhisattesu bodhisattamātaro kālaṃ karonti, tusitaṃ kāyaṃ upapajjantī’’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi –

‘‘Ye keci bhūtā bhavissanti ye vāpi,

Sabbe gamissanti pahāya dehaṃ;

Taṃ sabbajāniṃ kusalo viditvā,

Ātāpiyo brahmacariyaṃ careyyā’’ti. dutiyaṃ;