5. Mah±kassapattheravatthu

Pam±da½ appam±den±ti ima½ dhammadesana½ satth± jetavane viharanto mah±kassapatthera½ ±rabbha kathesi.

Ekasmiñhi divase thero pipphaliguh±ya½ viharanto r±jagahe piº¹±ya caritv± pacch±bhatta½ piº¹ap±tapaµikkanto ±loka½ va¹¹hetv± pamatte ca appamatte ca udakapathav²pabbat±d²su cavanake upapajjanake ca satte dibbena cakkhun± olokento nis²di. Satth± jetavane nisinnakova “kena nu kho vih±rena ajja mama putto kassapo viharat²”ti dibbena cakkhun± upadh±rento “satt±na½ cut³pap±ta½ olokento viharat²”ti ñatv± “satt±na½ cut³pap±to n±ma buddhañ±ºenapi aparicchinno, m±tukucchiya½ paµisandhi½ gahetv± m±t±pitaro aj±n±petv± cavanasatt±na½ paricchedo k±tu½ na sakk±, te j±nitu½ tava avisayo, kassapa, appamattako tava visayo, sabbaso pana cavante ca upapajjante ca j±nitu½ passitu½ buddh±nameva visayo”ti vatv± obh±sa½ pharitv± sammukhe nisinno viya hutv± ima½ g±tham±ha–

28. “Pam±da½ appam±dena, yad± nudati paº¹ito;

paññ±p±s±dam±ruyha, asoko sokini½ paja½;
pabbataµµhova bh³maµµhe, dh²ro b±le avekkhat²”ti.

Tattha nudat²ti yath± n±ma pokkharaºi½ pavisanta½ navodaka½ pur±ºodaka½ khobhetv± tassok±sa½ adatv± ta½ attano matthakamatthakena pal±yanta½ nudati n²harati, evameva paº¹ito appam±dalakkhaºa½ br³hento pam±dassok±sa½ adatv± yad± appam±davegena ta½ nudati n²harati, atha so panunnapam±do accuggatatthena parisuddha½ dibbacakkhusaªkh±ta½ paññ±p±s±da½ tassa anucchavika½ paµipada½ p³rento t±ya paµipad±ya nisseºiy± p±s±da½ viya ±ruyha pah²nasokasallat±ya asoko, appah²nasokasallat±ya sokini½ paja½ sattanik±ya½ cavam±nañceva upapajjam±nañca dibbacakkhun± avekkhati passati. Yath± ki½? Pabbataµµhova bh³maµµheti pabbatamuddhani µhito bh³miya½ µhite, uparip±s±de v± pana µhito p±s±dapariveºe µhite akicchena avekkhati, tath± sopi dh²ro paº¹ito mah±kh²º±savo asamucchinnavaµµab²je b±le cavante ca upapajjante ca akicchena avekkhat²ti.

G±th±pariyos±ne bah³ sot±pattiphal±d²ni sacchikari½s³ti.

Mah±kassapattheravatthu pañcama½.