Paṭhamadevapadasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.34

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Paṭhamadevapadasutta

Footprints of the Gods (1st)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, devānaṁ devapadāni avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāya.

“Mendicants, these four footprints of the gods are in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings.

Katamāni cattāri?

What four?

Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—

Firstly, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …

itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.

Idaṁ paṭhamaṁ devānaṁ devapadaṁ avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāya.

This is the first footprint of the gods in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako dhamme …pe…

Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching …

saṅghe …pe….

the Saṅgha …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.

Furthermore, a noble disciple’s ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones, unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion.

Idaṁ catutthaṁ devānaṁ devapadaṁ avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāya.

This is the fourth footprint of the gods in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri devānaṁ devapadāni avisuddhānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā apariyodātānaṁ sattānaṁ pariyodapanāyā”ti.

These four footprints of the gods are in order to purify unpurified beings and cleanse unclean beings.”

Catutthaṁ.