中部第 12 经

Yaṁ kho taṁ, sāriputta, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:

‘asammohadhammo satto loke uppanno bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan’ti, mameva taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya

‘asammohadhammo satto loke uppanno bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan’”ti.

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavato piṭṭhito ṭhito hoti bhagavantaṁ bījayamāno.

Atha kho āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.

Api hi me, bhante, imaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ sutvā lomāni haṭṭhāni.

Konāmo ayaṁ, bhante, dhammapariyāyo”ti?

“Tasmātiha tvaṁ, nāgasamāla, imaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ lomahaṁsanapariyāyotveva naṁ dhārehī”ti.

Idamavoca bhagavā.

Attamano āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandīti.

Mahāsīhanādasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ dutiyaṁ.