6. Paccanīkasuttaṃ

202. Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena paccanīkasāto nāma brāhmaṇo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati. Atha kho paccanīkasātassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi – ‘‘yaṃnūnāhaṃ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṃ. Yaṃ yadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsissati taṃ tadevassāhaṃ [tadeva sāhaṃ (ka.)] paccanīkāssa’’nti [paccanīkassanti (pī.), paccanīkasātanti (ka.)]. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā abbhokāse caṅkamati. Atha kho paccanīkasāto brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ caṅkamantaṃ etadavoca – ‘bhaṇa samaṇadhamma’nti.

‘‘Na paccanīkasātena, suvijānaṃ subhāsitaṃ;

Upakkiliṭṭhacittena, sārambhabahulena ca.

‘‘Yo ca vineyya sārambhaṃ, appasādañca cetaso;

Āghātaṃ paṭinissajja, sa ve [sace (syā. kaṃ. ka.)] jaññā subhāsita’’nti.

Evaṃ vutte, paccanīkasāto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama…pe… upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gata’’nti.