1. Vatapadasuttaṃ
257. Sāvatthiyaṃ
T1.335M1.230 .‘‘ Sakkassa , bhikkhave , devānamindassa pubbe manussabhūtassa satta vatapadāni
V1.264 [ vattapadāni ( ka .)] samattāni samādinnāni ahesuṃ , yesaṃ samādinnattā sakko sakkattaṃ ajjhagā .Katamāni satta vatapadāni ?
Yāvajīvaṃ mātāpettibharo assaṃ , yāvajīvaṃ kule jeṭṭhāpacāyī assaṃ , yāvajīvaṃ saṇhavāco assaṃ , yāvajīvaṃ apisuṇavāco assaṃ , yāvajīvaṃ vigatamalamaccherena cetasā agāraṃ ajjhāvaseyyaṃ muttacāgo payatapāṇi vossaggarato yācayogo dānasaṃvibhāgarato , yāvajīvaṃ saccavāco assaṃ , yāvajīvaṃ akkodhano assaṃ – sacepi me kodho uppajjeyya , khippameva naṃ paṭivineyyan ’’ ti .
‘‘ Sakkassa , bhikkhave , devānamindassa pubbe manussabhūtassa imāni satta vatapadāni samattāni samādinnāni ahesuṃ , yesaṃ samādinnattā sakko sakkattaṃ ajjhagā ’’ ti .
‘‘ Mātāpettibharaṃ
T1.336 jantuṃ , kule jeṭṭhāpacāyinaṃ ;Saṇhaṃ sakhilasambhāsaṃ , pesuṇeyyappahāyinaṃ .
‘‘ Maccheravinaye yuttaṃ , saccaṃ kodhābhibhuṃ naraṃ ;
Taṃ ve devā tāvatiṃsā , āhu sappuriso itī ’’ ti .