2. S³karamukhapetavatthuvaººan±

K±yo te sabbasovaººoti ida½ satthari r±jagaha½ upaniss±ya ve¼uvane kalandakaniv±pe viharante añññ±tara½ s³karamukhapeta½ ±rabbha vutta½. At²te kira kassapassa bhagavato s±sane eko bhikkhu k±yena saññato ahosi, v±c±ya asaññato, bhikkh³ akkosati paribh±sati. So k±la½ katv± niraye nibbatto, eka½ buddhantara½ tattha paccitv± tato cavitv± imasmi½ buddhupp±de r±jagahasam²pe gijjhak³µapabbatap±de tasseva kammassa vip±k±vasesena khuppip±s±bhibh³to peto hutv± nibbatti. Tassa k±yo suvaººavaººo ahosi, mukha½ s³karamukhasadisa½. Ath±yasm± n±rado gijjhak³µe pabbate vasanto p±tova sar²rapaµijaggana½ katv± pattac²varam±d±ya r±jagaha½ piº¹±ya gacchanto antar±magge ta½ peta½ disv± tena katakamma½ pucchanto–

4. “K±yo te sabbasovaººo, sabb± obh±sate dis±;

mukha½ te s³karasseva, ki½ kammamakar² pure”ti.–

G±tham±ha. Tattha k±yo te sabbasovaººoti tava k±yo deho sabbo suvaººavaººo uttattakanakasannibho. Sabb± obh±sate dis±ti tassa pabh±ya sabb±pi dis± samantanto obh±sati vijjotati. Obh±sateti v± antogadhahotu-atthamida½ padanti “te k±yo sabbasovaººo sabb± dis± obh±seti vijjotet²”ti attho daµµhabbo. Mukha½ te s³karassev±ti mukha½ pana te s³karassa viya, s³karamukhasadisa½ tava mukhanti attho. Ki½ kammamakar² pureti “tva½ pubbe at²taj±tiya½ k²disa½ kamma½ ak±s²”ti pucchati.

Eva½ therena so peto katakamma½ puµµho g±th±ya vissajjento–

5. “K±yena saññato ±si½, v±c±y±simasaññato;

tena met±diso vaººo, yath± passasi n±rad±”ti.–

¾ha Tattha k±yena saññato ±sinti k±yikena sa½yamena sa½yato k±yadv±rikena sa½varena sa½vuto ahosi½. V±c±y±simasaññatoti v±c±ya asaññato v±casikena asa½varena samann±gato ahosi½. Ten±ti tena ubhayena sa½yamena asa½yamena ca. Meti mayha½. Et±diso vaººoti ediso. Yath± tva½, n±rada, paccakkhato passasi, evar³po, k±yena manussasaºµh±no suvaººavaººo, mukhena s³karasadiso ±sinti yojan±. Vaººasaddo hi idha chaviya½ saºµh±ne ca daµµhabbo.

Eva½ peto therena pucchito tamattha½ vissajjetv± tameva k±raºa½ katv± therassa ov±da½ dento–

6. “Ta½ ty±ha½ n±rada br³mi, s±ma½ diµµhamida½ tay±;

m±k±si mukhas± p±pa½, m± kho s³karamukho ah³”ti.–

G±tham±ha. Tattha tanti tasm±. Ty±hanti te aha½. N±rad±ti thera½ ±lapati. Br³m²ti kathemi. S±manti sayameva. Idanti attano sar²ra½ sandh±ya vadati. Ayañhettha attho– yasm±, bhante n±rada, ida½ mama sar²ra½ galato paµµh±ya heµµh± manussasaºµh±na½, upari s³karasaºµh±na½, tay± paccakkhatova diµµha½, tasm± te aha½ ov±davasena vad±m²ti. Kinti ceti ±ha “m±k±si mukhas± p±pa½, m± kho s³karamukho ah³”ti. Tattha m±ti paµisedhe nip±to. Mukhas±ti mukhena. Khoti avadh±raºe, v±c±ya p±pakamma½ m±k±si m± karohi. M± kho s³karamukho ah³ti aha½ viya s³karamukho m± ahosiyeva. Sace pana tva½ mukharo hutv± v±c±ya p±pa½ kareyy±si, eka½sena s³karamukho bhaveyy±si, tasm± m±k±si mukhas± p±panti phalapaµisedhanamukhenapi hetumeva paµisedheti.

Ath±yasm± n±rado r±jagahe piº¹±ya caritv± pacch±bhatta½ piº¹ap±tapaµikkanto catuparisamajjhe nisinnassa satthuno tamattha½ ±rocesi. Satth±, “n±rada, pubbeva may± so sattho diµµho”ti vatv± anek±k±ravok±ra½ vac²duccaritasannissita½ ±d²nava½, vac²sucaritapaµisa½yuttañca ±nisa½sa½ pak±sento dhamma½ desesi. S± desan± sampattaparis±ya s±tthik± ahos²ti.

S³karamukhapetavatthuvaººan± niµµhit±.