Brahmāyusutta

mn91:26.1 Assosi kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo: “samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito mithilaṁ anuppatto, mithilāyaṁ viharati maghadevaambavane”ti.

mn91:26.2 Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo sambahulehi sāvakehi saddhiṁ yena maghadevaambavanaṁ tenupasaṅkami.

mn91:26.3 Atha kho brahmāyuno brāhmaṇassa avidūre ambavanassa etadahosi:

mn91:26.4 “na kho metaṁ patirūpaṁ yohaṁ pubbe appaṭisaṁvidito samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyan”ti.

mn91:26.5 Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo aññataraṁ māṇavakaṁ āmantesi:

mn91:26.6 “ehi tvaṁ, māṇavaka, yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ puccha:

mn91:26.7 ‘brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ pucchatī’ti.

mn91:26.8 Evañca vadehi:

mn91:26.9 ‘brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto, vīsavassasatiko jātiyā, tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo.

mn91:26.10 Yāvatā, bho, brāhmaṇagahapatikā mithilāyaṁ paṭivasanti, brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—

mn91:26.11 yadidaṁ bhogehi;

mn91:26.12 brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—

mn91:26.13 yadidaṁ mantehi;

mn91:26.14 brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—

mn91:26.15 yadidaṁ āyunā ceva yasasā ca.

mn91:26.16 So bhoto gotamassa dassanakāmo’”ti.

mn91:26.17 “Evaṁ, bho”ti kho so māṇavako brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.

mn91:26.18 Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho so māṇavako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

mn91:26.19 “brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ pucchati;

mn91:26.20 evañca vadeti:

mn91:26.21 ‘brahmāyu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇo jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto, vīsavassasatiko jātiyā, tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo.

mn91:26.22 Yāvatā, bho, brāhmaṇagahapatikā mithilāyaṁ paṭivasanti, brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—

mn91:26.23 yadidaṁ bhogehi;

mn91:26.24 brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—

mn91:26.25 yadidaṁ mantehi;

mn91:26.26 brahmāyu tesaṁ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati—

mn91:26.27 yadidaṁ āyunā ceva yasasā ca.

mn91:26.28 So bhoto gotamassa dassanakāmo’”ti.

mn91:26.29 “Yassadāni, māṇava, brahmāyu brāhmaṇo kālaṁ maññatī”ti.