[17] 7. M±lutaj±takavaººan±

K±¼e v± yadi v± juºheti ida½ satth± jetavane viharanto dve vu¹¹hapabbajite ±rabbha kathesi. Te kira kosalajanapade ekasmi½ araññ±v±se vasanti. Eko k±¼atthero n±ma, eko juºhatthero n±ma. Athekadivasa½ juºho k±¼a½ pucchi “bhante k±¼a, s²ta½ n±ma kasmi½ k±le hot²”ti. So “k±¼e hot²”ti ±ha. Athekadivasa½ k±¼o juºha½ pucchi– “bhante juºha, s²ta½ n±ma kasmi½ k±le hot²”ti. So “juºhe hot²”ti ±ha. Te ubhopi attano kaªkha½ chinditu½ asakkont± satthu santika½ gantv± satth±ra½ vanditv± “bhante, s²ta½ n±ma kasmi½ k±le hot²”ti pucchi½su. Satth± tesa½ katha½ sutv± “pubbepi aha½, bhikkhave, tumh±ka½ ima½ pañha½ kathesi½, bhavasaªkhepagatatt± pana na sallakkhayitth±”ti vatv± at²ta½ ±hari.

At²te ekasmi½ pabbatap±de s²ho ca byaggho ca dve sah±y± ekiss±yeva guh±ya vasanti. Tad± bodhisattopi isipabbajja½ pabbajitv± tasmi½yeva pabbatap±de vasati. Athekadivasa½ tesa½ sah±yak±na½ s²ta½ niss±ya viv±do udap±di. Byaggho “k±¼eyeva s²ta½ hot²”ti ±ha. S²ho “juºheyeva s²ta½ hot²”ti ±ha. Te ubhopi attano kaªkha½ chinditu½ asakkont± bodhisatta½ pucchi½su. Bodhisatto ima½ g±tham±ha–

17. “K±¼e v± yadi v± juºhe, yad± v±yati m±luto;

v±taj±ni hi s²t±ni, ubhotthamapar±jit±”ti.

Tattha k±¼e v± yadi v± juºheti k±¼apakkhe v± juºhapakkhe v±. Yad± v±yati m±lutoti yasmi½ samaye puratthim±dibhedo v±to v±yati, tasmi½ samaye s²ta½ hoti. Ki½k±raº±? V±taj±ni hi s²t±ni, yasm± v±te vijjanteyeva s²t±ni honti, k±¼apakkho v± juºhapakkho v± ettha apam±ºanti vutta½ hoti. Ubhotthamapar±jit±ti ubhopi tumhe imasmi½ pañhe apar±jit±ti. Eva½ bodhisatto te sah±yake saññ±pesi.

Satth±pi “bhikkhave, pubbepi may± tumh±ka½ aya½ pañho kathito”ti ima½ dhammadesana½ ±haritv± sacc±ni pak±sesi, saccapariyos±ne dvepi ther± sot±pattiphale patiµµhahi½su. Satth± anusandhi½ ghaµetv± j±taka½ samodh±nesi “tad± byaggho k±¼o ahosi, s²ho juºho, pañhavissajjanakat±paso pana ahameva ahosin”ti.

M±lutaj±takavaººan± sattam±.