12. Devadattavatthu

Idha tappat²ti ima½ dhammadesana½ satth± jetavane viharanto devadatta½ ±rabbha kathesi.

Devadattassa vatthu pabbajitak±lato paµµh±ya y±va pathavippavesan± devadatta½ ±rabbha bh±sit±ni sabb±ni j±tak±ni vitth±retv± kathita½. Aya½ panettha saªkhepo– satthari anupiya½ n±ma mall±na½ nigamo atthi. Ta½ niss±ya anupiyambavane viharanteyeva tath±gatassa lakkhaºapaµiggahaºadivaseyeva as²tisahassehi ñ±tikulehi “r±j± v± hotu, buddho v±, khattiyapariv±rova vicarissat²”ti as²tisahassaputt± paµiññ±t±. Tesu yebhuyyena pabbajitesu bhaddiya½ n±ma r±j±na½, anuruddha½, ±nanda½, bhagu½, kimila½, devadattanti ime cha sakye apabbajante disv±, “maya½ attano putte pabb±jema, ime cha saky± na ñ±tak± maññe, kasm± na pabbajant²”ti? Katha½ samuµµh±pesu½. Atha kho mah±n±mo sakyo anuruddha½ upasaªkamitv±, “t±ta, amh±ka½ kul± pabbajito natthi, tva½ v± pabbaja, aha½ v± pabbajiss±m²”ti ±ha. So pana sukhum±lo hoti sampannabhogo, “natth²”ti vacanampi tena na sutapubba½. Ekadivasañhi tesu chasu khattiyesu gu¼ak²¼a½ k²¼antesu anuruddho p³vena par±jito p³vatth±ya pahiºi, athassa m±t± p³ve sajjetv± pahiºi Te kh±ditv± puna k²¼i½su. Punappuna½ tasseva par±jayo hoti. M±t± panassa pahite pahite tikkhattu½ p³ve pahiºitv± catutthav±re “p³v± natth²”ti pahiºi. So “natth²”ti vacanassa asukapubbatt± “es±pek± p³vavikati bhavissat²”ti maññam±no “natthip³va½ me ±harath±”ti pesesi. M±t± panassa “natthip³va½ kira, ayye, deth±”ti vutte, “mama puttena ‘natth²’ti pada½ na sutapubba½, imin± pana up±yena na½ etamattha½ j±n±pess±m²”ti tuccha½ suvaººap±ti½ aññ±ya suvaººap±tiy± paµikujjitv± pesesi. Nagaraparigg±hik± devat± cintesu½– “anuruddhasakyena annabh±rak±le attano bh±gabhatta½ upariµµhapaccekabuddhassa datv± “‘natth²’ti me vacanassa savana½ m± hotu, bhojanuppattiµµh±naj±nana½ m± ‘hot³’ti patthan± kat±, sac±ya½ tucchap±ti½ passissati, devasam±gama½ pavisitu½ na labhiss±ma, s²sampi no sattadh± phaleyy±”ti. Atha na½ p±ti½ dibbap³vehi puººa½ aka½su. Kass± gu¼amaº¹ale µhapetv± uggh±µitamatt±ya p³vagandho sakalanagare ch±detv± µhito. P³vakhaº¹a½ mukhe µhapitamattameva sattarasaharaº²sahass±ni anuphari.

So cintesi– “n±ha½ m±tu piyo, ettaka½ me k±la½ ima½ natthip³va½ n±ma na paci, ito paµµh±ya añña½ p³va½ n±ma na kh±diss±m²”ti, so geha½ gantv±va m±tara½ pucchi– “amma tumh±ka½ aha½ piyo, appiyo”ti? “T±ta, ekakkhino akkhi viya ca hadaya½ viya ca ativiya piyo me ahos²”ti. “Atha kasm± ettaka½ k±la½ mayha½ natthi p³va½ na pacittha, amm±”ti? S± c³¼³paµµh±ka½ pucchi– “atthi kiñci p±tiya½, t±t±”ti? “Paripuºº±, ayye, p±ti p³vehi, evar³p± p³v± n±ma me na diµµhapubb±”ti ±rocesi. S± cintesi– “mayha½ putto puññav± kat±bhin²h±ro bhavissati, devat±hi p±ti½ p³retv± p³v± pahit± bhavissant²”ti. “Atha na½ putto, amma, ito paµµh±y±ha½ añña½ p³va½ n±ma na kh±diss±mi, natthip³vameva paceyy±s²”ti. S±pissa tato paµµh±ya “p³va½ kh±dituk±momh²”ti vutte tucchap±timeva aññ±ya p±tiy± paµikucchitv± pesesi. Y±va ag±ramajjhe vasi, t±vassa devat±va p³ve pahiºi½su.

So ettakampi aj±nanto pabbajja½ n±ma ki½ j±nissati? Tasm± “k± es± pabbajj± n±m±”ti bh±tara½ pucchitv± “oh±ritakesamassun± k±s±yanivatthena kaµµhattharake v± bidalamañcake v± nipajjitv± piº¹±ya carantena viharitabba½. Es± pabbajj± n±m±”ti vutte, “bh±tika, aha½ sukhum±lo. N±ha½ sakkhiss±mi pabbajitun”ti ±ha. “Tena hi, t±ta, kammanta½ uggahetv± ghar±v±sa½ vasa. Na hi sakk± amhesu ekena apabbajitun”ti. Atha na½ “ko esa kammanto n±m±”ti pucchi. “Bhattuµµh±naµµh±nampi aj±nanto kulaputto kammanta½ n±ma ki½ j±nissat²”ti? Ekadivasañhi tiººa½ khattiy±na½ kath± udap±di– “bhatta½ n±ma kuhi½ uµµhahat²”ti? Kimilo ±ha– “koµµhe uµµhahat²”ti. Atha na½ bhaddiyo “tva½ bhattassa uµµh±naµµh±na½ na j±n±si, bhatta½ n±ma ukkhaliya½ uµµhahat²”ti ±ha. Anuruddho “tumhe dvepi na j±n±tha, bhatta½ n±ma ratanamaku¼±ya suvaººap±tiya½ uµµhahat²”ti ±ha.

Tesu kira ekadivasa½ kimilo koµµhato v²h² ot±riyam±ne disv±, “ete koµµheyeva j±t±”ti saññ² ahosi. Bhaddiyo ekadivasa½ ukkhalito bhatta½ va¹¹hiyam±na½ disv± “ukkhaliyaññeva uppannan”ti saññ² ahosi. Anuruddhena pana neva v²h² koµµent±, na bhatta½ pacant±, na va¹¹hent± diµµhapubb±, va¹¹hetv± pana purato µhapitameva passati. So bhuñjituk±mak±le “bhatta½ p±tiya½ uµµhahat²”ti saññamak±si. Eva½ tayopi te bhattuµµh±naµµh±na½ na j±nanti. Ten±ya½ “ko esa kammanto n±m±”ti pucchitv±, “paµhama½ khetta½ kas±petabban”ti-±dika½ sa½vacchare sa½vacchare kattabba½ kicca½ sutv±, “kad± kammant±na½ anto paññ±yissati, kad± maya½ appossukk± bhoge bhuñjiss±m±”ti vatv± kammant±na½ apariyantat±ya akkh±t±ya “tena hi tvaññeva ghar±v±sa½ vasa, na mayha½ etenattho”ti m±tara½ upasaªkamitv± “anuj±n±hi ma½, amma, pabbajiss±m²”ti vatv± t±ya n±nappak±rehi tikkhattu½ paµikkhipitv±, “sace te sah±yako bhaddiyar±j± pabbajissati, tena saddhi½ pabbaj±h²”ti vutte ta½ upasaªkamitv±, “mama kho, samma, pabbajj± tava paµibaddh±”ti vatv± ta½ n±nappak±rehi saññ±petv± sattame divase attan± saddhi½ pabbajanatth±ya paµiñña½ gaºhi.

Tato bhaddiyo sakyar±j± anuruddho ±nando bhagu kimilo devadattoti ime cha khattiy± up±likappakasattam± dev± viya dibbasampatti½ satt±ha½ sampatti½ anubhavitv± uyy±na½ gacchant± viya caturaªginiy± sen±ya nikkhamitv± paravisaya½ patv± r±j±º±ya sena½ nivatt±petv± paravisaya½ okkami½su. Tattha cha khattiy± attano attano ±bharaº±ni omuñcitv± bhaº¹ika½ katv±, “handa bhaºe, up±li, nivattassu, ala½ te ettaka½ j²vik±y±”ti tassa ada½su. So tesa½ p±dam³le parivattitv± paridevitv± tesa½ ±ºa½ atikkamitu½ asakkonto uµµh±ya ta½ gahetv± nivatti. Tesa½ dvidh± j±tak±le, vana½ ±rodanappatta½ viya pathav²kampam±n±k±rappatt± viya ahosi. Up±li kappakopi thoka½ gantv± nivattitv± “caº¹± kho s±kiy±, ‘imin± kum±r± nipp±tit±’ti gh±teyyumpi ma½. Ime hi n±ma sakyakum±r± evar³pa½ sampatti½ pah±ya im±ni anaggh±ni ±bharaº±ni khe¼apiº¹a½ viya cha¹¹etv± pabbajissanti, kimaªga½ pan±han”ti bhaº¹ika½ omuñcitv± t±ni ±bharaº±ni rukkhe laggetv± “atthik± gaºhant³”ti vatv± tesa½ santika½ gantv± tehi “kasm± nivattos²”ti puµµho tamattha½ ±rocesi. Atha na½ te ±d±ya satthu santika½ gantv±, “maya½, bhante, s±kiy± n±ma m±nanissit±, aya½ amh±ka½ d²gharatta½ paric±rako, ima½ paµhamatara½ pabb±jetha, mayamassa abhiv±dan±d²ni kariss±ma, eva½ no m±no nimm±n±yissat²”ti vatv± ta½ paµhamatara½ pabb±jetv± pacch± saya½ pabbaji½su. Tesu ±yasm± bhaddiyo teneva antaravassena tevijjo ahosi. ¾yasm± anuruddho dibbacakkhuko hutv± pacch± mah±vitakkasutta½ (a. ni. 8.30) sutv± arahatta½ p±puºi. ¾yasm± ±nando sot±pattiphale patiµµhahi. Bhagutthero ca kimilatthero ca aparabh±ge vipassana½ va¹¹hetv± arahatta½ p±puºi½su. Devadatto pothujjanika½ iddhi½ patto.

Aparabh±ge satthari kosambiya½ viharante sas±vakasaªghassa tath±gatassa mahanto l±bhasakk±ro nibbatti. Vatthabhesajj±dihatth± manuss± vih±ra½ pavisitv± “kuhi½ satth±, kuhi½ s±riputtatthero, kuhi½ mah±moggall±natthero, kuhi½ mah±kassapatthero, kuhi½ bhaddiyatthero, kuhi½ anuruddhatthero, kuhi½ ±nandatthero, kuhi½ bhagutthero, kuhi½ kimilatthero”ti as²timah±s±vak±na½ nisinnaµµh±na½ olokent± vicaranti. “Devadattatthero kuhi½ nisinno v±, µhito v±”ti pucchanto n±ma natthi. So cintesi– “ahampi etehi saddhiññeva pabbajito, etepi khattiyapabbajit±, ahampi khattiyapabbajito, l±bhasakk±rahatth± manuss± eteyeva pariyesanti, mama n±ma½ gahet±pi natthi. Kena nu kho saddhi½ ekato hutv± ka½ pas±detv± mama l±bhasakk±ra½ nibbatteyyan”ti. Athassa etadahosi– “aya½ kho r±j± bimbis±ro paµhamadassaneneva ek±dasahi nahutehi saddhi½ sot±pattiphale patiµµhito, na sakk± etena saddhi½ ekato bhavitu½, kosalaraññ±pi saddhi½ na sakk± bhavitu½. Aya½ kho pana rañño putto aj±tasattu kum±ro kassaci guºadose na j±n±ti, etena saddhi½ ekato bhaviss±m²”ti. So kosambito r±jagaha½ gantv± kum±rakavaººa½ abhinimminitv± catt±ro ±s²vise cat³su hatthap±desu eka½ g²v±ya pilandhitv± eka½ s²se cumbaµaka½ katv± eka½ eka½sa½ karitv± im±ya ahimekhal±ya ±k±sato oruyha aj±tasattussa ucchaªge nis²ditv± tena bh²tena “kosi tvan”ti vutte “aha½ devadatto”ti vatv± tassa bhayavinodanattha½ ta½ attabh±va½ paµisa½haritv± saªgh±µipattac²varadharo purato µhatv± ta½ pas±detv± l±bhasakk±ra½ nibbattesi. So l±bhasakk±r±bhibh³to “aha½ bhikkhusaªgha½ parihariss±m²”ti p±paka½ citta½ upp±detv± saha cittupp±dena iddhito parih±yitv± satth±ra½ ve¼uvanavih±re sar±jik±ya paris±ya dhamma½ desenta½ vanditv± uµµh±y±san± añjali½ paggayha– “bhagav±, bhante, etarahi jiººo vu¹¹ho mahallako, appossukko diµµhadhammasukhavih±ra½ anuyuñjatu, aha½ bhikkhusaªgha½ parihariss±mi, niyy±detha me bhikkhusaªghan”ti vatv± satth±r± khe¼±sakav±dena apas±detv± paµikkhitto anattamano ima½ paµhama½ tath±gate ±gh±ta½ bandhitv± pakk±mi.

Athassa bhagav± r±jagahe pak±san²yakamma½ k±resi. So “pariccatto d±ni aha½ samaºena gotamena, id±nissa anattha½ kariss±m²”ti aj±tasattu½ upasaªkamitv±, “pubbe kho, kum±ra, manuss± d²gh±yuk±, etarahi app±yuk±. Ýh±na½ kho paneta½ vijjati, ya½ tva½ kum±rova sam±no k±la½ kareyy±si, tena hi tva½, kum±ra, pitara½ hantv± r±j± hohi, aha½ bhagavanta½ hantv± buddho bhaviss±m²”ti vatv± tasmi½ rajje patiµµhite tath±gatassa vadh±ya purise payojetv± tesu sot±pattiphala½ patv± nivattesu saya½ gijjhak³µapabbata½ abhiruhitv±, “ahameva samaºa½ gotama½ j²vit± voropess±m²”ti sila½ pavijjhitv± ruhirupp±dakakamma½ katv± imin±pi up±yena m±retu½ asakkonto puna n±¼±giri½ vissajj±pesi. Tasmi½ ±gacchante ±nandatthero attano j²vita½ satthu pariccajitv± purato aµµh±si. Satth± n±ga½ dametv± nagar± nikkhamitv± vih±ra½ gantv± anekasahassehi up±sakehi abhihaµa½ mah±d±na½ paribhuñjitv± tasmi½ divase sannipatit±na½ aµµh±rasakoµisaªkh±t±na½ r±jagahav±s²na½ anupubbi½ katha½ kathetv± catur±s²tiy± p±ºasahass±na½ dhamm±bhisamaye j±te “aho ±yasm± ±nando mah±guºo, tath±r³pe n±ma hatthin±ge ±gacchante attano j²vita½ pariccajitv± satthu puratova aµµh±s²”ti therassa guºakatha½ sutv± “na, bhikkhave, id±neva, pubbepesa mamatth±ya j²vita½ pariccajiyev±”ti vatv± bhikkh³hi y±cito c³¼aha½sa (j±. 1.15.133 ±dayo; 2.21.1 ±dayo)– mah±ha½sa (j±. 2.21.89 ±dayo)– kakkaµakaj±tak±ni (j±. 1.3.49 ±dayo) kathesi. Devadattass±pi kamma½ neva p±kaµa½, tath± rañño m±r±pitatt±, na vadhak±na½ payojitatt± na sil±ya paviddhatt± p±kaµa½ ahosi, yath± n±¼±girihatthino vissajjitatt±. Tad± hi mah±jano “r±j±pi devadatteneva m±r±pito, vadhakopi payojito, sil±pi apaviddh±. Id±ni pana tena n±¼±giri vissajj±pito, evar³pa½ n±ma p±paka½ gahetv± r±j± vicarat²”ti kol±halamak±si.