3. L±jadevadh²t±vatthu
Puññañceti ima½ dhammadesana½ satth± jetavane viharanto l±jadevadh²tara½ ±rabbha kathesi. Vatthu r±jagahe samuµµhita½. ¾yasm± hi mah±kassapo pippaliguh±ya½ viharanto jh±na½ sam±pajjitv± sattame divase vuµµh±ya dibbena cakkhun± bhikkh±c±raµµh±na½ olokento eka½ s±likhettap±lika½ itthi½ s±lis²s±ni gahetv± l±je kurum±na½ disv± “saddh± nu kho, assaddh±”ti v²ma½sitv± “saddh±”ti ñatv± “sakkhissati nu kho me saªgaha½ k±tu½, no”ti upadh±rento “vis±rad± kuladh²t± mama saªgaha½ karissati, katv± ca pana mah±sampatti½ labhissat²”ti ñatv± c²vara½ p±rupitv± pattam±d±ya s±likhettasam²peyeva aµµh±si. Kuladh²t± thera½ disv±va pasannacitt± pañcavaºº±ya p²tiy± phuµµhasar²r± “tiµµhatha, bhante”ti vatv± l±je ±d±ya vegena gantv± therassa patte ±kiritv± pañcapatiµµhitena vanditv±, “bhante, tumhehi diµµhadhammassa bh±gin² assan”ti patthana½ ak±si. Thero “eva½ hot³”ti anumodanamak±si. S±pi thera½ vanditv± attan± dinnad±na½ ±vajjam±n± nivatti. T±ya ca pana ked±ramariy±d±ya gamanamagge ekasmi½ bile ghoraviso sappo nipajji. So therassa k±s±yapaµicchanna½ jaªgha½ ¹a½situ½ n±sakkhi. Itar± d±na½ ±vajjam±n± nivattant² ta½ padesa½ p±puºi. Sappo bil± nikkhamitv± ta½ ¹a½sitv± tattheva p±tesi. S± pasannacittena k±la½ katv± t±vati½sabhavane ti½sayojanike kanakavim±ne suttappabuddh± viya sabb±laªk±rapaµimaº¹itena tig±vutena attabh±vena nibbatti. S± dv±dasayojanika½ eka½ dibbavattha½ niv±setv± eka½ p±rupitv± acchar±sahassaparivut± pubbakammapak±sanatth±ya suvaººal±jabharitena olambakena suvaººasarakena paµimaº¹ite vim±nadv±re µhit± attano sampatti½ oloketv± “ki½ nu kho me katv± aya½ sampatti laddh±”ti dibbena cakkhun± upadh±rent² “ayyassa me mah±kassapattherassa dinnal±janissandena s± laddh±”ti aññ±si. S± eva½ parittakena kammena evar³pa½ sampatti½ labhitv± “na d±ni may± pamajjitu½ vaµµati, ayyassa vattapaµivatta½ katv± ima½ sampatti½ th±vara½ kariss±m²”ti cintetv± p±tova kanakamaya½ sammajjaniñceva kacavaracha¹¹anakañca pacchi½ ±d±ya gantv± therassa pariveºa½ sammajjitv± p±n²yaparibhojan²ya½ upaµµh±pesi. Thero ta½ disv± “kenaci daharena v± s±maºerena v± vatta½ kata½ bhavissat²”ti sallakkhesi. S± dutiyadivasepi tatheva ak±si, theropi tatheva sallakkhesi. Tatiyadivase pana thero tass± sammajjanisadda½ sutv± t±lacchidd±d²hi ca paviµµha½ sar²robh±sa½ disv± dv±ra½ vivaritv± “ko esa sammajjat²”ti pucchi. “Aha½, bhante, tumh±ka½ upaµµh±yik± l±jadevadh²t±”ti. “Nanu mayha½ eva½n±mik± upaµµh±yik± n±ma natth²”ti. “Aha½, bhante, s±likhetta½ rakkham±n± l±je datv± pasannacitt± nivattant² sappena daµµh± k±la½ katv± t±vati½sadevaloke uppann±, may± ayya½ niss±ya aya½ sampatti laddh±, id±nipi tumh±ka½ vattapaµivatta½ katv± ‘sampatti½ th±vara½ kariss±m²’ti ±gat±mhi, bhante”ti. “Hiyyopi parepi tay±veta½ µh±na½ sammajjita½, tay±va p±n²yabhojan²ya½ upaµµh±pitan”ti. “¾ma, bhante”ti. “Apehi devadh²te, tay± kata½ vatta½ kata½va hotu, ito paµµh±ya ima½ µh±na½ m± ±gam²”ti. “Bhante, m± ma½ n±setha, tumh±ka½ vatta½ katv± sampatti½ me thira½ k±tu½ deth±”ti. “Apehi devadh²te, m± ma½ an±gate cittab²jani½ gahetv± nisinnehi dhammakathikehi ‘mah±kassapattherassa kira ek± devadh²t± ±gantv± vattapaµivatta½ katv± p±n²yaparibhojan²ya½ upaµµh±pes²’ti vattabbata½ kari, ito paµµh±ya idha m± ±gami, paµikkam±”ti. S± “m± ma½, bhante, n±seth±”ti punappuna½ y±ciyeva. Thero “n±ya½ mama vacana½ suº±t²”ti cintetv± “tuva½ pam±ºa½ na j±n±s²”ti acchara½ pahari. S± tattha saºµh±tu½ asakkont² ±k±se uppatitv± añjali½ paggayha, “bhante, may± laddhasampatti½ m± n±setha, th±vara½ k±tu½ deth±”ti rodant² ±k±se aµµh±si. Satth± jetavane gandhakuµiya½ nisinnova tass± roditasadda½ sutv± obh±sa½ pharitv± devadh²t±ya sammukhe nis²ditv± kathento viya “devadh²te mama puttassa kassapassa sa½varakaraºameva bh±ro, puññatthik±na½ pana ‘aya½ no attho’ti sallakkhetv± puññakaraºameva bh±ro. Puññakaraºañhi idha ceva sampar±ye ca sukhamev±”ti vatv± anusandhi½ ghaµetv± dhamma½ desento ima½ g±tham±ha– 118. “Puññañce puriso kayir±, kayir± na½ punappuna½;
tamhi chanda½ kayir±tha, sukho puññassa uccayo”ti.
Tassattho– sace puriso puñña½ kareyya, “ekav±ra½ me puñña½ kata½, ala½ ett±vat±”ti anoramitv± punappuna½ karotheva. Tassa akaraºakkhaºepi tamhi puññe chanda½ ruci½ uss±ha½ karotheva. Ki½ k±raº±? Sukho puññassa uccayo. Puññassa hi uccayo vu¹¹hi idhalokaparalokasukh±vahanato sukhoti. Desan±vas±ne devadh²t± pañcacatt±l²sayojanamatthake µhit±va sot±pattiphala½ p±puº²ti.
L±jadevadh²t±vatthu tatiya½.