Mahāsattassa pariyesanakhaṇḍaṃ

Mahāsatte sampatte sakalanāgabhavanaṃ ekaparidevasaddaṃ ahosi .

Sopi māsaṃ peḷāya vasitattā kilanto gilānaseyyaṃ sayi .

Tassa santikaṃ āgacchantānaṃ nāgānaṃ pamāṇaṃ natthi .

So tehi saddhiṃ kathento kilamati .

Kāṇāriṭṭho devalokaṃ gantvā mahāsattaṃ adisvā paṭhamamevāgato .

Atha naṃ ‘‘ esa caṇḍo pharuso , sakkhissati nāgaparisaṃ vāretun ’’ ti mahāsattassa nisinnaṭṭhāne dovārikaṃ kariṃsu .

Subhogopi sakalahimavantaṃ vicaritvā tato mahāsamuddañca sesanadiyo ca upadhāretvā yamunaṃ upadhārento āgacchati .

Nesādabrāhmaṇopi alampāyanaṃ kuṭṭhiṃ disvā cintesi ‘‘ ayaṃ bhūridattaṃ kilametvā kuṭṭhi jāto , ahaṃ pana taṃ mayhaṃ tāva bahūpakāraṃ maṇilobhena alampāyanassa dassesiṃ , taṃ pāpaṃ mama āgamissati .

Yāva taṃ na āgacchati , tāvadeva yamunaṃ gantvā payāgatitthe pāpapavāhanaṃ karissāmī ’’ ti .

So tattha gantvā ‘‘ mayā bhūridatte mittadubbhikammaṃ kataṃ , taṃ pāpaṃ pavāhessāmī ’’ ti vatvā udakorohanakammaṃ karoti .

Tasmiṃ khaṇe subhogoM7.44 taṃ ṭhānaṃ patto .

Tassa taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘ iminā kira pāpakena tāva mahantassa yasassa dāyako mama bhātā maṇiratanassa kāraṇā alampāyanassa dassito , nāssa jīvitaṃ dassāmī ’’ ti naṅguṭṭhena tassa pādesu veṭhetvā ākaḍḍhitvā udake osidāpetvā nirassāsakāle thokaṃ sithilaṃ akāsi .

So sīsaṃ ukkhipi .

Atha naṃ punākaḍḍhitvāP6.198 osīdāpesi .

Evaṃ bahū vāre tena kilamiyamāno nesādabrāhmaṇo sīsaṃ ukkhipitvā gāthamāha –

893.

‘‘ Lokyaṃ sajantaṃ udakaṃ , payāgasmiṃ patiṭṭhitaṃ ;

Ko maṃ ajjhoharī bhūto , ogāḷhaṃ yamunaṃ nadin ’’ ti .

Tattha lokyan ti evaṃ pāpavāhanasamatthanti lokasammataṃ .

Sajantan ti evarūpaṃ udakaṃ abhisiñcantaṃ .

Payāgasmin ti payāgatitthe .

AthaV7.44 naṃ subhogo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –

894.

‘‘ Yadesa lokādhipatī yasassī , bārāṇasiṃ pakriya samantato ;

Tassāha putto uragūsabhassa , subhogoti maṃ brāhmaṇa vedayantī ’’ ti .

Tattha yadesāti yo eso .

Pakriya samantatoti paccatthikānaṃ duppaharaṇasamatthatāya parisamantato pakiriya sabbaṃ parikkhipitvā upari phaṇena chādesi .

Atha naṃ brāhmaṇo ‘‘ ayaṃ bhūridattabhātā , na me jīvitaṃ dassati , yaṃnūnāhaṃ etassa ceva mātāpitūnañcassa vaṇṇakittanena muducittataṃ katvā attano jīvitaṃ yāceyyan ’’ ti cintetvā gāthamāha –

895.

‘‘ Sace hi putto uragūsabhassa , kāsissa rañño amarādhipassa ;

Mahesakkho aññataro pitā te , maccesu mātā pana te atulyā ;

Na tādiso arahati brāhmaṇassa , dāsampi ohārituṃ mahānubhāvo ’’ ti .

TatthaM7.45 kāsissāti aparena nāmena evaṃnāmakassa .

‘‘ Kāsikarañño ’’ tipi paṭhantiyeva .

Kāsirājadhītāya gahitattā kāsirajjampi tasseva santakaṃ katvā vaṇṇeti .

Amarādhipassāti dīghāyukatāya amarasaṅkhātānaṃ nāgānaṃ adhipassa .

Mahesakkhoti mahānubhāvo .

Aññataroti mahesakkhānaṃ aññataro .

DāsampītiP6.199 tādiso hi mahānubhāvo ānubhāvarahitaṃ brāhmaṇassa dāsampi udake oharituṃ nārahati , pageva mahānubhāvaṃ brāhmaṇanti .

Atha naṃ subhogo ‘‘ are duṭṭhabrāhmaṇa , tvaṃ maṃ vañcetvā ‘ muñcissāmī ’ ti maññasi , na te jīvitaṃ dassāmī ’’ ti tena katakammaṃ pakāsento āha –

896.

‘‘ Rukkhaṃ nissāya vijjhittho , eṇeyyaṃ pātumāgataṃ ;

So viddho dūramacari , saravegena sīghavā .

897.

‘‘ Taṃ tvaṃ patitamaddakkhi , araññasmiṃ brahāvane ;

Sa maṃsakājamādāya , sāyaṃ nigrodhupāgami .

898.

‘‘ SukasāḷikasaṅghuṭṭhaṃV7.45 , piṅgalaṃ santhatāyutaṃ ;

Kokilābhirudaṃ rammaṃ , dhuvaṃ haritasaddalaṃ .

899.

‘‘ Tattha te so pāturahu , iddhiyā yasasā jalaṃ ;

Mahānubhāvo bhātā me , kaññāhi parivārito .

900.

‘‘ So tena pariciṇṇo tvaṃ , sabbakāmehi tappito ;

Aduṭṭhassa tuvaṃ dubbhi , taṃ te veraṃ idhāgataṃ .

901.

‘‘ Khippaṃ gīvaṃ pasārehi , na te dassāmi jīvitaṃ ;

Bhātu parisaraṃ veraṃ , chedayissāmi te siran ’’ ti .

Tattha sāyaṃ nigrodhupāgamīti vikāle nigrodhaṃ upagato asi .

Piṅgalan ti pakkānaṃ vaṇṇena piṅgalaṃ .

Santhatāyutan ti pārohaparikiṇṇaṃ .

Kokilābhirudan ti kokilāhi abhirudaṃ .

Dhuvaṃ haritasaddalan ti udakabhūmiyaṃ jātattā niccaṃ haritasaddalaṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ .

Pāturahūti tasmiṃ te nigrodhe ṭhitassaM7.46 so mama bhātā pākaṭo ahosi .

Iddhiyāti puññatejena .

So tenāti so tuvaṃ tena attano nāgabhavanaṃ netvā pariciṇṇo .

Parisaran ti tayā mama bhātu kataṃ veraṃ pāpakammaṃ parisaranto anussaranto .

Chedayissāmi te siran ti tava sīsaṃ chindissāmīti .

Atha brāhmaṇo ‘‘ na mesa jīvitaṃ dassati , yaṃ kiñci pana vatvā mokkhatthāya vāyamituṃ vaṭṭatī ’’ ti cintetvā gāthamāha –

902.

‘‘ Ajjhāyako yācayogī , āhutaggi ca brāhmaṇo ;

Etehi tīhi ṭhānehi , avajjho hoti brāhmaṇo ’’ ti .

Tattha etehīti etehi ajjhāyakatādīhi tīhi kāraṇehi brāhmaṇo avajjho , na labbhā brāhmaṇaṃ vadhituṃ , kiṃ tvaṃ vadesi , yo hi brāhmaṇaṃ vadheti , so niraye nibbattatīti .

TaṃP6.200 sutvā subhogo saṃsayapakkhando hutvā ‘‘ imaṃ nāgabhavanaṃ netvā bhātaro paṭipucchitvā jānissāmī ’’ ti cintetvā dve gāthā abhāsi –

903.

‘‘ YaṃV7.46 puraṃ dhataraṭṭhassa , ogāḷhaṃ yamunaṃ nadiṃ ;

Jotate sabbasovaṇṇaṃ , girimāhacca yāmunaṃ .

904.

‘‘ Tattha te purisabyagghā , sodariyā mama bhātaro ;

Yathā te tattha vakkhanti , tathā hessasi brāhmaṇā ’’ ti .

Tattha puran ti nāgapuraṃ .

Ogāḷhan ti anupaviṭṭhaṃ .

Girimāhacca yāmunan ti yamunāto avidūre ṭhitaṃ himavantaṃ āhacca jotati .

Tattha teti tasmiṃ nagare te mama bhātaro vasanti , tattha nīte tayi yathā te vakkhanti , tathā bhavissasi .

Sace hi saccaṃ kathesi , jīvitaṃ te atthi .

No ce , tattheva sīsaṃ chindissāmīti .

Iti naṃ vatvā subhogo gīvāyaṃ gahetvā khipanto akkosanto paribhāsanto mahāsattassa pāsādadvāraṃ agamāsi .

Mahāsattassa pariyesanayakaṇḍaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ .