Yāgukathā

Yāgukathāyaṃ ‘‘dasayime, brāhmaṇa, ānisaṃsā yāguyā. Katame dasa, yāguṃ dento āyuṃ deti, vaṇṇaṃ deti, sukhaṃ deti, balaṃ deti, paṭibhānaṃ deti, yāgupītā khudaṃ paṭihanati, pipāsaṃ vineti, vātaṃ anulometi, vatthiṃ sodheti, āmāvasesaṃ pāceti. Ime kho, brāhmaṇa, dasānisaṃsā yāguyāti.

‘Yo saññatānaṃ paradattabhojinaṃ;

Kālena sakkacca dadāti yāguṃ;

Dasassa ṭhānāni anuppavecchati;

Āyuñca vaṇṇañca sukhaṃ balañca.

‘Paṭibhānamassa upajāyate tato;

Khuddaṃ pipāsañca byapaneti vātaṃ;

Sodheti vatthiṃ pariṇāmeti bhattaṃ;

Bhesajjametaṃ sugatena vaṇṇitaṃ.

‘Tasmā hi yāguṃ alameva dātuṃ;

Niccaṃ manussena sukhatthikena;

Dibbāni vā patthayatā sukhāni;

Mānussasobhagyatamicchatā vā’ti.

Atha kho bhagavā taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ imāhi gāthāhi anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi – anujānāmi, bhikkhave, yāguñca madhugoḷakañcā’’ti (mahāva. 282) vacanato yāguñca madhugoḷakañca sampaṭicchituṃ vaṭṭati. Anumodanāgāthāya ‘‘patthayataṃ icchata’’nti padānaṃ ‘‘alameva dātu’’nti iminā sambandho. Sace pana ‘‘patthayatā icchatā’’ti pāṭho atthi, soyeva gahetabbo. ‘‘Na, bhikkhave, aññatra nimantitena aññassa bhojjayāgu paribhuñjitabbā, yo paribhuñjeyya, yathādhammo kāretabbo’’ti (mahāva. 283) vacanato tathā bhuñjantassa paramparabhojanasikkhāpadena āpatti hoti. Bhojjayāgūti yā pavāraṇaṃ janeti. Yathādhammo kāretabboti paramparabhojanena kāretabbo.