[49] 9. Nakkhattaj±takavaººan±

Nakkhatta½ patim±nentanti ida½ satth± jetavane viharanto aññatara½ ±j²vaka½ ±rabbha kathesi. S±vatthiya½ kireka½ kuladh²tara½ janapade eko kulaputto attano puttassa v±retv± “asukadivase n±ma gaºhiss±m²”ti divasa½ µhapetv± tasmi½ divase sampatte attano kul³paka½ ±j²vaka½ pucchi “bhante, ajja maya½ eka½ maªgala½ kariss±ma, sobhana½ nu kho nakkhattan”ti. So “aya½ ma½ paµhama½ apucchitv±va divasa½ µhapetv± id±ni paµipucchati, hotu, sikkh±pess±mi nan”ti kujjhitv± “ajja asobhana½ nakkhatta½, m± ajja maªgala½ karittha, sace karissatha, mah±vin±so bhavissat²”ti ±ha. Tasmi½ kule manuss± tassa saddahitv± ta½ divasa½ na gacchi½su. Nagarav±sino sabba½ maªgalakiriya½ katv± tesa½ an±gamana½ disv± “tehi ajja divaso µhapito, no ca kho ±gat±, amh±kampi bahu vayakamma½ kata½, ki½ no tehi, amh±ka½ dh²tara½ aññassa dass±m±”ti yath±kateneva maªgalena dh²tara½ aññassa kulassa ada½su.

Itare punadivase ±gantv± “detha no d±rikan”ti ±ha½su. Atha ne s±vatthiv±sino “janapadav±sino n±ma tumhe gahapatik± p±pamanuss± divasa½ µhapetv± avaññ±ya na ±gat±, ±gatamaggeneva paµigacchatha amhehi aññesa½ d±rik± dinn±”ti paribh±si½su. Te tehi saddhi½ kalaha½ katv± d±rika½ alabhitv± yath±gatamaggeneva gat±. Tenapi ±j²vakena tesa½ manuss±na½ maªgalantar±yassa katabh±vo bhikkh³na½ antare p±kaµo j±to. Te bhikkh³ dhammasabh±ya½ sannipatit± “±vuso, ±j²vakena kulassa maªgalantar±yo kato”ti kathayam±n± nis²di½su. Satth± ±gantv± “k±ya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kath±ya sannisinn±”ti pucchi. Te “im±ya n±m±”ti kathayi½su. “Na, bhikkhave, id±neva ±j²vako tassa kulassa maªgalantar±ya½ karoti, pubbepi esa tesa½ kujjhitv± maªgalantar±ya½ ak±siyev±”ti vatv± at²ta½ ±hari.

At²te b±r±ºasiya½ brahmadatte rajja½ k±rente nagarav±sino janapadav±s²na½ dh²tara½ v±retv± divasa½ µhapetv± attano kul³paka½ ±j²vaka½ pucchi½su “bhante, ajja amh±ka½ ek± maªgalakiriy±, sobhana½ nu kho nakkhattan”ti. So “ime attano ruciy± divasa½ µhapetv± id±ni ma½ pucchant²”ti kujjhitv± “ajja nesa½ maªgalantar±ya½ kariss±m²”ti cintetv± “ajja asobhana½ nakkhatta½, sace karotha, mah±vin±sa½ p±puºissath±”ti ±ha. Te tassa saddahitv± na gami½su. Janapadav±sino tesa½ an±gamana½ ñatv± “te ajja divasa½ µhapetv±pi na ±gat±, ki½ no tehi, aññesa½ dh²tara½ dass±m±”ti aññesa½ dh²tara½ ada½su. Nagarav±sino punadivase ±gantv± d±rika½ y±ci½su. Janapadav±sino “tumhe nagarav±sino n±ma chinnahirik± gahapatik±, divasa½ µhapetv± d±rika½ na gaºhittha, maya½ tumh±ka½ an±gamanabh±vena aññesa½ adamh±”ti. Maya½ ±j²vaka½ paµipucchitv± “‘nakkhatta½ na sobhanan’ti n±gat±, detha no d±rikan”ti. “Amhehi tumh±ka½ an±gamanabh±vena aññesa½ dinn±, id±ni dinnad±rika½ katha½ puna ±ness±m±”ti.

Eva½ tesu aññamañña½ kalaha½ karontesu eko nagarav±s² paº¹itapuriso ekena kammena janapada½ gato tesa½ nagarav±s²na½ “maya½ ±j²vaka½ pucchitv± nakkhattassa asobhanabh±vena n±gat±”ti kathent±na½ sutv± “nakkhattena ko attho, nanu d±rik±ya laddhabh±vova nakkhattan”ti vatv± ima½ g±tham±ha–

49. “Nakkhatta½ patim±nenta½, attho b±la½ upaccag±;

attho atthassa nakkhatta½, ki½ karissanti t±rak±”ti.

Tattha patim±nentanti olokenta½, “id±ni nakkhatta½ bhavissati, id±ni nakkhatta½ bhavissat²”ti ±gamayam±na½. Attho b±la½ upaccag±ti eta½ nagarav±sika½ b±la½ d±rik±paµil±bhasaªkh±to attho atikkanto. Attho atthassa nakkhattanti ya½ attha½ pariyesanto carati, so paµiladdho atthova atthassa nakkhatta½ n±ma. Ki½ karissanti t±rak±ti itare pana ±k±se t±rak± ki½ karissanti, katara½ attha½ s±dhessant²ti attho. Nagarav±sino kalaha½ katv± d±rika½ alabhitv±va agama½su.

Satth± “na, bhikkhave, esa ±j²vako id±neva kulassa maªgalantar±ya½ karoti, pubbepi ak±siyev±”ti ima½ dhammadesana½ ±haritv± anusandhi½ ghaµetv± j±taka½ samodh±nesi– “tad± ±j²vako etarahi ±j²vakova ahosi, t±nipi kul±ni etarahi kul±niyeva, g±tha½ vatv± µhito paº¹itapuriso pana ahameva ahosin”ti.

Nakkhattaj±takavaººan± navam±.