[69] 9. Visavantaj±takavaººan±

Dhiratthu ta½ visa½ vantanti ida½ satth± jetavane viharanto dhammasen±pati½ ±rabbha kathesi. Therassa kira piµµhakhajjakakh±danak±le manuss± saªghassa bahu½ piµµhakh±dan²ya½ gahetv± vih±ra½ agama½su, bhikkhusaªghassa gahit±vasesa½ bahu atiritta½ ahosi. Manuss± “bhante, antog±magat±nampi gaºhath±”ti ±ha½su. Tasmi½ khaºe therassa saddhivih±riko daharo antog±me hoti, tassa koµµh±sa½ gahetv± tasmi½ an±gacchante “atidiv± hot²”ti therassa ada½su. Therena tasmi½ paribhutte daharo agam±si. Atha na½ thero “maya½, ±vuso, tuyha½ µhapitakh±dan²ya½ paribhuñjimh±”ti ±ha. So “madhura½ n±ma, bhante, kassa appiyan”ti ±ha. Mah±therassa sa½vego uppajji. So ito paµµh±ya “piµµhakh±dan²ya½ na kh±diss±m²”ti adhiµµh±si. Tato paµµh±ya kira s±riputtattherena piµµhakh±dan²ya½ n±ma na kh±ditapubba½. Tassa piµµhakh±dan²ya½ akh±danabh±vo bhikkhusaªghe p±kaµo j±to. Bhikkh³ ta½ katha½ kathent± dhammasabh±ya½ nis²di½su. Atha satth± ±gantv± “k±ya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kath±ya sannisinn±”ti pucchitv± “im±ya n±m±”ti vutte “bhikkhave, s±riputto ekav±ra½ jahitaka½ j²vita½ pariccajantopi puna na gaºh±tiyev±”ti vatv± at²ta½ ±hari.

At²te b±r±ºasiya½ brahmadatte rajja½ k±rente bodhisatto visavejjakule nibbattitv± vejjakammena j²vika½ kappesi. Atheka½ janapadamanussa½ sappo ¹a½si, tassa ñ±tak± pam±da½ akatv± khippa½ vejja½ ±nayi½su Vejjo ±ha “ki½ t±va osadhena, paribh±vetv± visa½ har±mi, daµµhasappa½ ±v±hetv± daµµhaµµh±nato teneva visa½ ±ka¹¹h±pem²”ti. “Sappa½ ±v±hetv± visa½ ±ka¹¹h±peh²”ti. So sappa½ ±v±hetv± “tay± aya½ daµµho”ti ±ha. “¾ma, may±”ti “Tay± daµµhaµµh±nato tvaññeva mukhena visa½ ±ka¹¹h±h²”ti. “May± ekav±ra½ jahitaka½ puna na gahitapubba½, n±ha½ may± jahitavisa½ ±ka¹¹hiss±m²”ti. So d±r³ni ±har±petv± aggi½ katv± ±ha “sace attano visa½ n±ka¹¹hasi, ima½ aggi½ pavis±”ti. Sappo “api aggi½ pavisiss±mi, nevattan± ekav±ra½ jahitavisa½ pacc±hariss±m²”ti vatv± ima½ g±tham±ha–

69. “Dhiratthu ta½ visa½ vanta½, yamaha½ j²vitak±raº±;

vanta½ pacc±hariss±mi, mata½ me j²vit± varan”ti.

Tattha dhiratth³ti garahatthe nip±to. Ta½ visanti yamaha½ j²vitak±raº± vanta½ visa½ pacc±hariss±mi, ta½ vanta½ visa½ dhiratthu. Mata½ me j²vit± varanti tassa visassa apacc±haraºak±raº± ya½ aggi½ pavisitv± maraºa½, ta½ mama j²vitato varanti attho.

Evañca pana vatv± aggi½ pavisitu½ p±y±si. Atha na½ vejjo niv±retv± ta½ purisa½ osadhehi ca mantehi ca nibbisa½ aroga½ katv± sappassa s²l±ni datv± “ito paµµh±ya m± kañci viheµhes²”ti vatv± vissajjesi.

Satth±pi “na, bhikkhave, s±riputto ekav±ra½ jahitaka½ j²vitampi pariccajanto puna gaºh±t²”ti ima½ dhammadesana½ ±haritv± anusandhi½ ghaµetv± j±taka½ samodh±nesi “tad± sappo s±riputto ahosi, vejjo pana ahameva ahosin”ti.

Visavantaj±takavaººan± navam±.