Samannaphalasutta 16.1-6

16.1

“Ekamidāhaṃ, bhante, samayaṃ yena pūraṇo kassapo tenupasaṅkamiṃ; upasaṅkamitvā pūraṇena kassapena saddhiṃ sammodiṃ.

“This one time, sir, I approached Pūraṇa Kassapa and exchanged greetings with him.

16.2

Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho ahaṃ, bhante, pūraṇaṃ kassapaṃ etadavocaṃ:

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, I sat down to one side, and asked him the same question.

16.3

‘yathā nu kho imāni, bho kassapa, puthusippāyatanāni,

16.4

seyyathidaṃ—hatthārohā assārohā rathikā dhanuggahā celakā calakā piṇḍadāyakā uggā rājaputtā pakkhandino mahānāgā sūrā cammayodhino dāsikaputtā āḷārikā kappakā nhāpakā sūdā mālakārā rajakā pesakārā naḷakārā kumbhakārā gaṇakā muddikā, yāni vā panaññānipi evaṅgatāni puthusippāyatanāni, te diṭṭheva dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sippaphalaṃ upajīvanti;

16.5

te tena attānaṃ sukhenti pīṇenti, mātāpitaro sukhenti pīṇenti, puttadāraṃ sukhenti pīṇenti, mittāmacce sukhenti pīṇenti, samaṇabrāhmaṇesu uddhaggikaṃ dakkhiṇaṃ patiṭṭhapenti sovaggikaṃ sukhavipākaṃ saggasaṃvattanikaṃ.

16.6

Sakkā nu kho, bho kassapa, evameva diṭṭheva dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ paññapetun’ti?