1. “Ida½ te raµµha½ sadhana½ sayogga½, sak±yura½ sabbak±m³papanna½;

ida½ te rajja½ anus±sa amma, gacch±maha½ yattha piy± pabh±vat²”ti.

Tattha sayogganti hatthiyogg±disahita½. Sak±yuranti sapañcar±jakakudhabhaº¹a½. Anus±sa, amm±ti so kira purisassa rajja½ datv± puna gaºhana½ n±ma na yuttanti pitu v± bh±tu v± aniyy±detv± m±tu niyy±dento evam±ha.

S± tassa katha½ sutv± “tena hi, t±ta, appamatto bhaveyy±si, m±tug±mo n±ma aparisuddhahadayo”ti vatv± n±naggarasabhojanassa suvaººakaroµi½ p³retv± “ida½ antar±magge bhuñjeyy±s²”ti vatv± uyyojesi. So ta½ ±d±ya m±tara½ vanditv± tikkhattu½ padakkhiºa½ katv± “j²vanto puna tumhe passiss±m²”ti vatv± sirigabbha½ pavisitv± pañc±vudha½ sannayhitv± bhattakaroµiy± saddhi½ kah±paºasahassa½ pasibbake katv± kokanudañca v²ºa½ ±d±ya nagar± nikkhamitv± magga½ paµipajjitv± mahabbalo mah±th±mo y±va majjhanhik± paºº±sa yojan±ni gantv± bhatta½ bhuñjitv± sesadivasabh±gena puna paºº±sa yojan±ni gantv± ek±heneva yojanasatika½ magga½ khepetv± s±yanhasamaye nhatv± s±galanagara½ p±visi. Tasmi½ paviµµhamatteyeva tassa tejena pabh±vat² sayanapiµµhe saºµh±tu½ asakkont² otaritv± bh³miya½ nipajji. Bodhisatta½ kilantindriya½ v²thiy± gacchanta½ aññatar± itth² disv± pakkos±petv± nis²d±petv± p±de dhov±petv± sayana½ d±pesi. So kilantak±yo nipajjitv± nidda½ okkami.

Atha s± tasmi½ niddamupagate bhatta½ samp±detv± ta½ pabodhetv± bhatta½ bhojesi. So tuµµho tass± saddhi½ bhattakaroµiy± kah±paºasahassa½ ad±si. So pañc±vudha½ tattheva µhapetv± “gantabbaµµh±na½ me atth²”ti vatv± v²ºa½ ±d±ya hatthis±la½ gantv± “ajja me idha vasitu½ detha, gandhabba½ vo kariss±m²”ti vatv± hatthigopakehi anuññ±to ekamante nipajjitv± thoka½ nidd±yitv± paµippassaddhadaratho uµµh±ya v²ºa½ muñcitv± “s±galanagarav±sino ima½ sadda½ suºant³”ti v²ºa½ v±dento g±yi. Pabh±vat² bh³miya½ nipann± ta½ sadda½ sutv±va “aya½ na aññassa v²º±saddo, nissa½saya½ kusar±j± mamatth±ya ±gato”ti aññ±si. Maddar±j±pi ta½ sadda½ sutv± “ativiya madhura½ v±deti, sve eta½ pakkos±petv± mama gandhabba½ k±ress±m²”ti cintesi.

Bodhisatto “na sakk± idha vasam±nena pabh±vat² daµµhu½, aµµh±nametan”ti p±tova nikkhamitv± s±ya½ bhuttageheyeva p±tar±sa½ bhuñjitv± v²ºa½ µhapetv± r±jakumbhak±rassa santika½ gantv± tassa antev±sikabh±va½ upagantv± ekadivaseneva ghara½ mattik±ya p³retv± “bh±jan±ni karomi ±cariy±”ti vatv±, “±ma, k±roh²”ti vutte eka½ mattik±piº¹a½ cakke µhapetv± cakka½ ±viñchi, saki½ ±viddhameva y±va majjhanhik±tikkam± bhamiyeva. So n±n±vaºº±ni khuddakamahant±ni bh±jan±ni katv± pabh±vatiy± atth±ya bh±jana½ karonto n±n±r³p±ni samuµµh±pesi. Bodhisatt±nañhi adhipp±yo n±ma samijjhati, “t±ni r³p±ni pabh±vat²yeva passat³”ti adhiµµh±si. So sabbabh±jan±ni sukkh±petv± pacitv± geha½ p³resi. Kumbhak±ro n±n±bh±jan±ni gahetv± r±jakula½ agam±si. R±j± disv± “kenim±ni kat±n²”ti pucchi. “May±, dev±”ti. “Aha½ tay± kat±ni j±n±mi, kathehi, kena kat±n²”ti? “Antev±sikena me dev±”ti. “Na te so antev±s², ±cariyo te so, tva½ tassa santike sippa½ sikkha, ito paµµh±ya ca so mama dh²t±na½ bh±jan±ni karotu, imañcassa sahassa½ deh²”ti sahassa½ d±petv± “n±n±vaºº±ni im±ni khuddakabh±jan±ni mama dh²t±na½ deh²”ti ±ha.

So t±ni t±sa½ santika½ netv± “im±ni vo k²¼anatth±ya khuddakabh±jan±n²”ti ±ha. T± sabb± ±gami½su. Kumbhak±ro mah±sattena pabh±vatiy± atth±ya katabh±janameva tass± ad±si. S± ca bh±jana½ gahetv± tattha attano ca mah±sattassa ca khujj±ya ca r³pa½ passitv± “ida½ na aññena kata½, kusar±jeneva katan”ti ñatv± kujjhitv± bh³miya½ khipitv± “imin± mayha½ attho natthi, icchant±na½ deh²”ti ±ha. Athass± bhaginiyo kuddhabh±va½ ñatv± “khuddakabh±jana½ kusaraññ± katanti maññasi, ida½ tena na kata½, kumbhak±reneva kata½, gaºh±hi nan”ti avahasi½su. S± tena katabh±va½ tassa ca ±gatabh±va½ t±sa½ na kathesi. Kumbhak±ro sahassa½ bodhisattassa datv± “t±ta, r±j± te tuµµho, ito kira paµµh±ya r±jadh²t±na½ bh±jan±ni kareyy±si, aha½ t±sa½ hariss±m²”ti ±ha.

So “idh±pi vasantena na sakk± pabh±vat² daµµhun”ti ta½ sahassa½ tasseva datv± r±jupaµµh±kassa na¼ak±rassa santika½ gantv± tassa antev±siko hutv± pabh±vatiy± atth±ya t±lavaºµa½ katv± tattheva setacchattañca ±p±nabh³miñca vattha½ gahetv± µhita½ pabh±vatiñc±ti n±n±r³p±ni dassesi. Na¼ak±ro tañca aññañca tena katabhaº¹aka½ ±d±ya r±jakula½ agam±si. R±j± disv± “kenim±ni kat±n²”ti pucchitv± purimanayeneva sahassa½ datv± “im±ni na¼ak±rabhaº¹±ni mama dh²t±na½ deh²”ti ±ha. Sopi bodhisattena pabh±vatiy± atth±ya kata½ t±lavaºµa½ tass±yeva ad±si. Tatrapi r³p±ni añño jano na passati, pabh±vat² pana disv± kusaraññ± katabh±va½ ñatv± “gaºhituk±m± gaºhant³”ti kuddh± bh³miya½ khipi Atha na½ ses± avahasi½su. Na¼ak±ro sahassa½ ±haritv± bodhisattassa datv± ta½ pavatti½ ±rocesi.

So “idampi mayha½ avasanaµµh±nan”ti sahassa½ tasseva datv± r±jam±l±k±rassa santika½ gantv± antev±sikabh±va½ upagantv± n±n±vidha½ m±l±vikati½ ganthitv± pabh±vatiy± atth±ya n±n±r³pavicitra½ eka½ cumbaµaka½ ak±si. M±l±k±ro ta½ sabba½ ±d±ya r±jakula½ agam±si. R±j± disv± “kenim±ni ganthit±n²”ti pucchi. “May±, dev±”ti. “Aha½ tay± ganthit±ni j±n±mi, kathehi, kena ganthit±n²”ti? “Antev±sikena me dev±”ti. “Na so antev±s², ±cariyo te so, tva½ tassa santike sippa½ sikkha, ito paµµh±ya ca so mama dh²t±na½ pupph±ni ganthatu, imañcassa sahassa½ deh²”ti sahassa½ datv± “im±ni pupph±ni mama dh²t±na½ deh²”ti ±ha. Sopi bodhisattena pabh±vatiy± atth±ya kata½ cumbaµaka½ tass±yeva ad±si. S± tattha attano ca rañño ca r³pehi saddhi½ n±n±r³p±ni disv± tena katabh±va½ ñatv± kujjhitv± bh³miya½ khipi. Ses± bhaginiyo ta½ tatheva avahasi½su. M±l±k±ropi sahassa½ ±haritv± bodhisattassa datv± ta½ pavatti½ ±rocesi.

So “idampi mayha½ avasanaµµh±nan”ti sahassa½ tasseva datv± rañño s³dassa santika½ gantv± antev±sikabh±va½ upagacchi. Athekadivasa½ s³do rañño bhojanavikati½ haranto attano atth±ya pacitu½ bodhisattassa aµµhima½sa½ ad±si. So ta½ tath± samp±desi, yath±ssa gandho sakalanagara½ avatthari. R±j± ta½ gh±yitv± “ki½ te mah±nase aññampi ma½sa½ pacas²”ti pucchi. “Natthi, deva, apica kho pana me antev±sikassa aµµhima½sa½ pacanatth±ya dinna½, tasseva so gandho bhavissat²”ti. R±j± ±har±petv± tato thoka½ jivhagge µhapesi, t±vadeva satta rasaharaºisahass±ni khobhenta½ phari. R±j± rasataºh±ya bajjhitv± sahassa½ datv± “ito paµµh±ya tava antev±sin± mama ca dh²t±nañca me bhatta½ pac±petv± tva½ mayha½ ±hara, so me dh²t±na½ harat³”ti ±ha. S³do gantv± tassa ±rocesi. So ta½ sutv± “id±ni me manoratho matthaka½ patto, id±ni pan±ha½ pabh±vati½ daµµhu½ labhiss±m²”ti tuµµho ta½ sahassa½ tasseva datv± punadivase bhatta½ samp±detv± rañño bhattabh±jan±ni pesetv± r±jadh²t±na½ bhattak±ja½ saya½ gahetv± pabh±vatiy± vasanap±s±da½ abhiruhi. S± ta½ bhattak±ja½ ±d±ya p±s±da½ abhiruhanta½ disv± cintesi– “aya½ attano ananucchavika½ d±sakammakarehi kattabba½ karoti. Sace pan±ha½ katip±ha½ tuºh² bhaviss±mi, ‘id±ni ma½ es± rocat²’ti saññ² hutv± katthaci agantv± ma½ olokento idheva vasissati, id±neva ta½ akkositv± paribh±sitv± muhuttampi idha vasitu½ adatv± pal±pess±m²”ti. S± dv±ra½ a¹¹havivaµa½ katv± eka½ hattha½ kav±µe laggetv± ekena hatthena agga¼a½ upp²¼etv± dutiya½ g±tham±ha–

2. “Anujjubh³tena hara½ mahanta½, div± ca ratto ca nis²thak±le;

paµigaccha tva½ khippa½ kus±vati½ kusa, nicch±mi dubbaººamaha½ vasantan”ti.

Tassattho– mah±r±ja, tva½ bhattak±rako hutv± ujukena cittena yopi te s²sa½ bhindeyya, tassapeta½ kamma½ na karosi, anujubh³tena pana cittena mamatth±ya eta½ mahanta½ k±ja½ haranto div± ca ratto ca nis²thak±le ca mahanta½ dukkha½ anubhavissasi, ki½ te tena anubh³tena dukkhena, tva½ attano nagara½ kus±vatimeva paµigaccha, añña½ attan± sadisi½ atirasakap³vasaºµh±namukhi½ yakkhini½ aggamahesi½ katv± rajja½ k±reh²ti. Nicch±mi dubbaººamaha½ vasantanti aha½ pana ta½ dubbaººa½ dussaºµhita½ idha vasanta½ na icch±m²ti.

So “pabh±vatiy± me santik± kath± laddh±”ti tuµµhacitto tisso g±th± abh±si–

3. “N±ha½ gamiss±mi ito kus±vati½, pabh±vat² vaººapalobhito tava;

ram±mi maddassa niketaramme, hitv±na raµµha½ tava dassane rato.

4. “Pabh±vat² vaººapalobhito tava, samm³¼har³po vicar±mi medini½;

disa½ na j±n±mi kutomhi ±gato, tayamhi matto migamandalocane.

5. “Suvaººac²ravasane, j±tar³pasumekhale;

sussoºi tava k±m± hi, n±ha½ rajjena matthiko”ti.

Tattha ram±m²ti abhiram±mi na ukkaºµh±mi. Samm³¼har³poti kilesasamm³¼ho hutv±. Tayamhi mattoti tayi mattomhi, tay± v± mattomhi. Suvaººac²ravasaneti suvaººakhacitavatthavasane. N±ha½ rajjena matthikoti na aha½ rajjena atthiko.

Eva½ vutte s± cintesi– “aha½ eta½ ‘vippaµis±r² bhavissat²’ti paribh±s±mi, aya½ pana rajjitv±va katheti, sace kho pana ma½ ‘aha½ kusar±j±’ti vatv± hatthe gaºheyya, ko ta½ niv±reyya, koci no ima½ katha½ suºeyy±”ti dv±ra½ thaketv± s³ci½ datv± anto aµµh±si. Sopi bhattak±ja½ ±haritv± bhatta½ va¹¹hetv± r±jadh²taro bhojesi. Pabh±vat² “gaccha kusar±jena pakkabhatta½ ±har±”ti khujja½ pesesi. S± ±haritv± “bhuñj±h²”ti ±ha. N±ha½ tena pakkabhatta½ bhuñj±mi, tva½ bhuñjitv± attano laddhaniv±pa½ gahetv± bhatta½ pacitv± ±hara, kusarañño ±gatabh±vañca m± kassaci ±roces²ti. Khujj± tato paµµh±ya tass± koµµh±sa½ ±haritv± saya½ bhuñjati, attano koµµh±sa½ tass± upaneti. Kusar±j±pi tato paµµh±ya ta½ passitu½ alabhanto cintesi– “atthi nu kho pabh±vatiy± mayi sineho, ud±hu natthi, v²ma½siss±mi nan”ti. So pana r±jadh²taro bhojetv± bhattak±ja½ ±d±ya nikkhanto tass± gabbhadv±re p±s±datala½ p±dena paharitv± bh±jan±ni ghaµµetv± nitthunitv± visaññ² hutv± viya avakujjo pati. S± tassa nitthunitasaddena dv±ra½ vivaritv± ta½ bhattak±jena otthata½ disv± cintesi– “aya½ sakalajambud²pe aggar±j± ma½ niss±ya rattindiva½ dukkha½ anubhoti, sukhum±lat±ya bhattak±jena avatthato patati, j²vati nu kho, no v±”ti. S± gabbhato nikkhamitv± tassa n±sav±ta½ upadh±retu½ g²va½ pas±retv± mukha½ olokesi. So mukhap³ra½ khe¼a½ gahetv± tass± sar²re p±tesi. S± ta½ paribh±sitv± gabbha½ pavisitv± dv±ra½ a¹¹havivaµa½ thaketv± µhit± g±tham±ha–