4. Anatthapucchakabr±hmaºavatthu

Att± haveti ima½ dhammadesana½ satth± jetavane viharanto anatthapucchaka½ br±hmaºa½ ±rabbha kathesi.

So kira br±hmaºo “ki½ nu kho samm±sambuddho atthameva j±n±ti, ud±hu anatthampi, pucchiss±mi nan”ti satth±ra½ upasaªkamitv± pucchi– “bhante, tumhe atthameva j±n±tha maññe, no anatthan”ti? “Atthañc±ha½, br±hmaºa, j±n±mi anatthañc±”ti. “Tena hi me anattha½ katheth±”ti. Athassa satth± ima½ g±tham±ha–

“Uss³raseyya½ ±lasya½, caº¹ikka½ d²ghasoº¹iya½;
ekassaddh±nagamana½ parad±r³pasevana½;
eta½ br±hmaºa sevassu, anattha½ te bhavissat²”ti.

Ta½ sutv± br±hmaºo s±dhuk±ramad±si “s±dhu s±dhu, gaº±cariya, gaºajeµµhaka, tumhe atthañca j±n±tha anatthañc±”ti “Eva½ kho, br±hmaºa, atth±natthaj±nanako n±ma may± sadiso natth²”ti. Athassa satth± ajjh±saya½ upadh±retv±, “br±hmaºa, kena kammena j²vas²”ti pucchi. “J³takammena, bho gotam±”ti. “Ki½ pana te jayo hoti par±jayo”ti “Jayopi hoti par±jayop²”ti vutte, “br±hmaºa, appamattako esa, para½ jinantassa jayo n±ma na seyyo. Yo pana kilesajayena att±na½ jin±ti, tassa jayo seyyo. Na hi ta½ jaya½ koci apajaya½ k±tu½ sakkot²”ti vatv± anusandhi½ ghaµetv± dhamma½ desento im± g±th± abh±si–

104. “Att± have jita½ seyyo, y± c±ya½ itar± paj±;

attadantassa posassa, nicca½ saññatac±rino.

105. “Neva devo na gandhabbo, na m±ro saha brahmun±;

jita½ apajita½ kayir±, tath±r³passa jantuno”ti.

Tattha haveti nip±to. Jitanti liªgavipall±so, attano kilesajayena att± jito seyyoti attho. Y± c±ya½ itar± paj±ti y± pan±ya½ avases± paj± j³tena v± dhanaharaºena v± saªg±mena v± bal±bhibhavena v± jit± bhaveyya, ta½ jinantena ya½ jita½, na ta½ seyyoti attho. Kasm± pana tadeva jita½ seyyo, ida½ na seyyoti? Yasm± attadantassa…pe… tath±r³passa jantunoti. Ida½ vutta½ hoti– yasm± hi yv±ya½ nikkilesat±ya attadanto poso, tassa attadantassa k±y±d²hi nicca½ saññatac±rino evar³passa imehi k±yasaññam±d²hi saññatassa jantuno devo v± gandhabbo v± m±ro v± brahmun± saha uµµhahitv± “ahamassa jita½ apajita½ kariss±mi, maggabh±van±ya pah²ne kilese puna upp±dess±m²”ti ghaµentopi v±yamantopi yath± dhan±d²hi par±jito pakkhantaro hutv± itarena jita½ puna jinanto apajita½ kareyya, “eva½ apajita½ k±tu½ neva sakkuºeyy±”ti.

Desan±vas±ne bah³ sot±pattiphal±d²ni p±puºi½s³ti.

Anatthapucchakabr±hmaºavatthu catuttha½.