Saṃyutta Nikāya 7
1. Arahantavagga
7. Suddhikasutta
Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ ajjhabhāsi:
VAR: Na brāhmaṇo → nābrāhmaṇo (?)
“Na brāhmaṇo sujjhati koci,
Loke sīlavāpi tapokaraṃ;
Vijjācaraṇasampanno,
So sujjhati na aññā itarā pajā”ti.“Bahumpi palapaṃ jappaṃ,
na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo;
Antokasambu saṅkiliṭṭho,
kuhanaṃ upanissito.Khattiyo brāhmaṇo vesso,
Suddo caṇḍālapukkuso;
Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto,
Niccaṃ daḷhaparakkamo;
Pappoti paramaṃ suddhiṃ,
Evaṃ jānāhi brāhmaṇā”ti.
Evaṃ vutte, suddhikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.