Kom±rabhaccaj²vakakath±

157. Tena kho pana samayena j²vako kom±rabhacco rañño m±gadhassa aj±tasattussa vedehiputtassa avid³re tuºh²bh³to nisinno hoti. Atha kho r±j± m±gadho aj±tasattu vedehiputto j²vaka½ kom±rabhacca½ etadavoca– “tva½ pana, samma j²vaka, ki½ tuºh²”ti? “Aya½, deva, bhagav± araha½ samm±sambuddho amh±ka½ ambavane viharati mahat± bhikkhusaªghena saddhi½ a¹¹hate¼asehi bhikkhusatehi. Ta½ kho pana bhagavanta½ [bhagavanta½ gotama½ (s². ka. p².)] eva½ kaly±ºo kittisaddo abbhuggato– ‘itipi so bhagav± araha½ samm±sambuddho vijj±caraºasampanno sugato lokavid³ anuttaro purisadammas±rathi satth± devamanuss±na½ buddho bhagav±’ti. Ta½ devo bhagavanta½ payirup±satu. Appeva n±ma devassa bhagavanta½ payirup±sato citta½ pas²deyy±’ti.

158. “Tena hi, samma j²vaka, hatthiy±n±ni kapp±peh²”ti. “Eva½, dev±”ti kho j²vako kom±rabhacco rañño m±gadhassa aj±tasattussa vedehiputtassa paµissuºitv± pañcamatt±ni hatthinik±sat±ni kapp±petv± rañño ca ±rohaº²ya½ n±ga½, rañño m±gadhassa aj±tasattussa vedehiputtassa paµivedesi– “kappit±ni kho te, deva, hatthiy±n±ni, yassad±ni k±la½ maññas²”ti.

159. Atha kho r±j± m±gadho aj±tasattu vedehiputto pañcasu hatthinik±satesu paccek± itthiyo ±ropetv± ±rohaº²ya½ n±ga½ abhiruhitv± ukk±su dh±riyam±n±su r±jagahamh± niyy±si mahaccar±j±nubh±vena, yena j²vakassa kom±rabhaccassa ambavana½ tena p±y±si.

Atha kho rañño m±gadhassa aj±tasattussa vedehiputtassa avid³re ambavanassa ahudeva bhaya½, ahu chambhitatta½, ahu lomaha½so. Atha kho r±j± m±gadho aj±tasattu vedehiputto bh²to sa½viggo lomahaµµhaj±to j²vaka½ kom±rabhacca½ etadavoca– “kacci ma½, samma j²vaka, na vañcesi? Kacci ma½, samma j²vaka, na palambhesi? Kacci ma½, samma j²vaka, na paccatthik±na½ desi Kathañhi n±ma t±va mahato bhikkhusaªghassa a¹¹hate¼as±na½ bhikkhusat±na½ neva khipitasaddo bhavissati, na ukk±sitasaddo na nigghoso”ti.

“M± bh±yi, mah±r±ja, m± bh±yi, mah±r±ja. Na ta½ deva, vañcemi; na ta½, deva, palambh±mi na ta½, deva, paccatthik±na½ demi. Abhikkama, mah±r±ja, abhikkama, mah±r±ja, ete maº¹alam±¼e d²p± [pad²p± (s². sy±.)] jh±yant²”ti.