10. Dutiyaāyusuttaṃ

146. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā…pe… etadavoca –

‘‘Appamidaṃ, bhikkhave, manussānaṃ āyu. Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ, caritabbaṃ brahmacariyaṃ. Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṃ. Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṃ jīvati, so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyo’’ti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

‘‘Nāccayanti ahorattā, jīvitaṃ nūparujjhati;

Āyu anupariyāyati, maccānaṃ nemīva rathakubbara’’nti.

‘‘Accayanti ahorattā, jīvitaṃ uparujjhati;

Āyu khīyati maccānaṃ, kunnadīnaṃva odaka’’nti.

Atha kho māro pāpimā ‘‘jānāti maṃ bhagavā, jānāti maṃ sugato’’ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Paṭhamo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Tapokammañca nāgo ca, subhaṃ pāsena te duve;

Sappo supati nandanaṃ, āyunā apare duveti.