7. S±riputtattheravatthu

Na br±hmaºass±ti ima½ dhammadesana½ satth± jetavane viharanto s±riputtatthera½ ±rabbha kathesi.

Ekasmi½ kira µh±ne sambahul± manuss± “aho amh±ka½ ayyo, khantibalena samann±gato, aññesu akkosantesu v± paharantesu v± kopamattampi natth²”ti therassa guºe kathayi½su. Atheko micch±diµµhiko br±hmaºo “ko esa na kujjhat²”ti pucchi. “Amh±ka½ thero”ti. “Na½ kujjh±pento na bhavissat²”ti? “Nattheta½, br±hmaº±”ti. “Tena hi aha½ na½ kujjh±pess±m²”ti? “Sace sakkosi, kujjh±peh²”ti. So “hotu, j±niss±missa kattabban”ti thera½ bhikkh±ya paviµµha½ disv± pacch±bh±gena gantv± piµµhimajjhe mahanta½ p±ºippah±ramad±si. Thero “ki½ n±metan”ti anoloketv±va gato. Br±hmaºassa sakalasar²re ¹±ho uppajji. So “aho guºasampanno, ayyo”ti therassa p±dam³le nipajjitv± “khamatha me, bhante”ti vatv± “ki½ etan”ti ca vutte “aha½ v²ma½sanatth±ya tumhe paharin”ti ±ha. “Hotu kham±mi te”ti. “Sace me, bhante, khamatha, mama geheyeva nis²ditv± bhikkha½ gaºhath±”ti therassa patta½ gaºhi, theropi patta½ ad±si. Br±hmaºo thera½ geha½ netv± parivisi.

Manuss± kujjhitv± “imin± amh±ka½ nirapar±dho ayyo pahaµo, daº¹enapissa mokkho natthi, ettheva na½ m±ress±m±”ti le¹¹udaº¹±dihatth± br±hmaºassa gehadv±re aµµha½su. Thero uµµh±ya gacchanto br±hmaºassa hatthe patta½ ad±si. Manuss± ta½ therena saddhi½ gacchanta½ disv±, “bhante, tumh±ka½ patta½ gahetv± br±hmaºa½ nivatteth±”ti ±ha½su. Ki½ eta½ up±sak±ti? Br±hmaºena tumhe pahaµ±, mayamassa kattabba½ j±niss±m±ti. Ki½ pana tumhe imin± pahaµ±, ud±hu ahanti? Tumhe, bhanteti. “Ma½ esa paharitv± kham±pesi, gacchatha tumhe”ti manusse uyyojetv± br±hmaºa½ nivatt±petv± thero vih±rameva gato. Bhikkh³ ujjh±yi½su “ki½ n±meta½ s±riputtatthero yena br±hmaºena pahaµo, tasseva gehe nis²ditv± bhikkha½ gahetv± ±gato. Therassa pahaµak±lato paµµh±ya id±ni so kassa lajjissati, avasese pothento vicarissat²”ti. Satth± ±gantv± “k±ya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kath±ya sannisinn±”ti pucchitv± “im±ya n±m±”ti vutte, “bhikkhave, br±hmaºo br±hmaºa½ paharanto n±ma natthi, gihibr±hmaºena pana samaºabr±hmaºo pahaµo bhavissati, kodho n±mesa an±g±mimaggena samuggh±ta½ gacchat²”ti vatv± dhamma½ desento im± g±th± abh±si–

389. “Na br±hmaºassa pahareyya, n±ssa muñcetha br±hmaºo;

dh² br±hmaºassa hant±ra½, tato dh² yassa muñcati.

390. “Na br±hmaºassetadakiñci seyyo, yad± nisedho manaso piyehi;

yato yato hi½samano nivattati, tato tato sammatimeva dukkhan”ti.

Tattha pahareyy±ti “kh²º±savabr±hmaºohamasm²”ti j±nanto kh²º±savassa v± aññatarassa v± j±tibr±hmaºassa na pahareyya. N±ssa muñceth±ti sopi pahaµo kh²º±savabr±hmaºo assa paharitv± µhitassa vera½ na muñcetha, tasmi½ kopa½ na kareyy±ti attho. Dh² br±hmaºass±ti kh²º±savabr±hmaºassa hant±ra½ garah±mi. Tato dh²ti yo pana ta½ paharanta½ paµipaharanto tassa upari vera½ muñcati, ta½ tatopi garah±miyeva.

Etadakiñci seyyoti ya½ kh²º±savassa akkosanta½ v± apaccakkosana½, paharanta½ v± appaµipaharaºa½, eta½ tassa kh²º±savabr±hmaºassa na kiñci seyyo, appamattaka½ seyyo na hoti, adhimattameva seyyoti attho. Yad± nisedho manaso piyeh²ti kodhanassa hi kodhupp±dova manaso piyo n±ma. Kodho hi panesa m±t±pit³supi buddh±d²supi aparajjhati. Tasm± yo assa tehi manaso nisedho kodhavasena uppajjam±nassa cittassa niggaho, eta½ na kiñci seyyoti attho. Hi½samanoti kodhamano. So tassa yato yato vatthuto an±g±mimaggena samuggh±ta½ gacchanto nivattati Tato tatoti tato tato vatthuto sakalampi vaµµadukkha½ nivattatiyev±ti attho.

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

S±riputtattheravatthu sattama½.