8. Verocanaasurindasuttaṃ

254. Sāvatthiyaṃ jetavane. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno. Atha kho sakko ca devānamindo verocano ca asurindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu; upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṃ dvārabāhaṃ nissāya aṭṭhaṃsu. Atha kho verocano asurindo bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Vāyametheva puriso, yāva atthassa nipphadā;

Nipphannasobhano [sobhino (sī.), sobhaṇo (pī. ka.)] attho [atthā (sī.)], verocanavaco ida’’nti.

‘‘Vāyametheva puriso, yāva atthassa nipphadā;

Nipphannasobhano attho [nipphannasobhino atthā (sī. syā. kaṃ.)], khantyā bhiyyo na vijjatī’’ti.

‘‘Sabbe sattā atthajātā, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;

Saṃyogaparamā tveva, sambhogā sabbapāṇinaṃ;

Nipphannasobhano attho, verocanavaco ida’’nti.

‘‘Sabbe sattā atthajātā, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ;

Saṃyogaparamā tveva, sambhogā sabbapāṇinaṃ;

Nipphannasobhano attho, khantyā bhiyyo na vijjatī’’ti.