[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Devatasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra) › 1.2 # Devatasutra 1.2 Devatāsūtra 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra.1.2) evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ cchrāvastyāṃ viharati sma (Ds; GBM 1542.6) jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme athānyatamā devatā atikrāntavarṇā atikrāntāyāṃ rātryāṃ yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntā (Ds; GBM 1542.7) upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇā / atha tasyā devatāyā varṇānubhāvena sarvaṃ jetavanaṃ udāreṇāvabhāsena (Ds; GBM 1542.8) sphuṭam abhūt / ekānte niṣaṇṇā sā devatā tasyāṃ velāyām imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata kiṃ nu taṃ niśitaṃ śastraṃ kiṃ vā hālāhalaṃ viṣaṃ / ko nu prajvālito vahni kiṃ vā tad dāruṇaṃ tamaḥ 1 (Ds; GBM 1543.1) bhagavān āha / duṣṭā vāṅ niśitaṃ śastraṃ rāgo hālāhalaṃ viṣaṃ / dveṣaḥ prajvālito vahni 'vidyā tad dāruṇaṃ tamaḥ 2 devatā prāha (Ds; GBM 1543.2) gṛhītaṃ kiṃ nu martyena kiṃ vā tad yad ihojjhitaṃ / abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ kiṃ nu kiṃ vā tīkṣṇam ihāyudhaṃ / 3 bhagavān āha / gṛhītaṃ yat svayaṃ dattaṃ yad gṛhe tad iho jjhitaṃ / (Ds; GBM 1543.3) abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ kṣānti prajñā tīkṣṇam ihāyudham / 4 devatā prāha / ko nv asau procyate cauro dhanaṃ kiṃ vā satāṃ mataṃ / ke vā sadevake loke pro cyante muṣitā iti / 5 (Ds; GBM 1543.4) bhagavān āha / vitarkaḥ kuśalaś cauro dhanaṃ śīlaṃ satāṃ mataṃ / te cāpi muṣitā loke yaiḥ śīlaṃ vinipātitam / 6 (Ds; GBM 1543.5) devatā prāha / ko nv asau sukhito jñeya ko vā yaḥ parameśvaraḥ ko vā vibhūṣito nityaṃ brūhi ko vā viḍaṃbitaḥ 7 bhagavān āha / (Ds; GBM 1543.6) alpecchaḥ sukhito jñeyaḥ saṃtuṣṭo parameśvaraḥ śīlavāṃ vibhūṣito nityaṃ bhraṣṭaśīlo viḍaṃbitaḥ 8 devatā prāha / kiṃ svid agnir na dahati na bhinatti ca mārutaḥ (Ds; GBM 1543.7) kiṃ svin na kledayanty āpaḥ plāvayanto vasundharām / 9 bhagavān āha / puṇyam agnir na dahati na bhinatti ca mārutaḥ puṇyaṃ na kledayan ty āpaḥ plāvayanto vasundharām / 10 (Ds; GBM 1543.8) devatā prāha / kiṃ svid rājā ca caurāś ca spandamānā samudyatā / nāpahartuṃ śaknuvanti striyā vā puruṣasya vā / 11 (Ds; GBM 1544.1) bhagavān āha / puṇyaṃ rājā ca caurāś ca spandamānā samudyatā / nāpahartuṃ śaknuvanti striyā vā puruṣasya vā / 12 devatā prāha / vatsalo bā ndhavaḥ ko 'sau ko vā duṣṭāśayo ripuḥ (Ds; GBM 1544.2) kiṃ vā tad dāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ vā paramaṃ sukham / 13 bhagavān āha / vatsalo bāndhavaḥ puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ duṣṭāśayo ri puḥ (Ds; GBM 1544.3) nārakaṃ dāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ śuddhā bhāvaḥ paramaṃ sukham / 14 devatā prāha / kenāyam āvṛto lokaḥ kena loko vaśīkṛtaḥ kena tyajati mitrāṇi kena svargaṃ na gacchati / 15 (Ds; GBM 1544.4) bhagavān āha / ajñānenāvṛto loko mohena ca vaśīkṛtaḥ lobhāt tyajati mitrāṇi saṃgāt svargaṃ na gacchati / 16 (Ds; GBM 1544.5) devatā prāha / kiṃ tat priyam apathyaṃ ca kiṃ vā pathyaṃ na ca priyaṃ ko vā pīḍākaro vyādhiḥ ko 'sāv eko bhiṣag varaḥ / 17 bhagavān āha / kāmāḥ priyā apathyāś ca mokṣaḥ pathyo na ca priyaḥ (Ds; GBM 1544.6) rāgaḥ pīḍākaro vyādhir buddhaś caiko bhiṣag varaḥ / 18 devatā prāha / kena mitrāṇi vardhante ke na śāmyanti śatravaḥ (Ds; GBM 1544.7) kena svargam avāpnoti kena mokṣaṃ ca gacchati / 19 bhagavān āha / tyāgān mitrāṇi vardhante maitryā śāmyanti śatravaḥ śīlā t svargam avāpnoti jñānān mokṣaṃ ca gacchati / 20 (Ds; GBM 1544.8) devatā prāha / idaṃ saṃśayam adyāpi mama tvaṃ chettum arhasi / asmāl lokāt paraṃ lokaṃ ko gato 'tyantavaṃcitaḥ / 21 (Ds; GBM 1545.1) bhagavān āha / vidyamāneṣu bhogeṣu puṇyaṃ yena na saṃcitaṃ / asmāl lokāt paraṃ lokaṃ so gato 'tyantavaṃcitaḥ / 22 devatā prāha (Ds; GBM 1545.2) cirasya bata paśyāmi brāhmaṇaṃ parinirvṛtaṃ / sarvavairabhayātītaṃ tīrṇaṃ loke viṣaktikām // 23 ity uktvā sā devatā bhagavato bhāṣitam (Ds; GBM 1545.3) abhinandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato 'ntikāt prakrāntā // - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra.1.1) - [Next: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra.2.1) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [ལྷའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.devatasutra*bo.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.devatasutra.1.2) · Pramāṇa