5. Sāriputtattherassa mātulabrāhmaṇavatthu
Māse
M1.420P2.230 māseti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto sāriputtattherassa mātulabrāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi .Thero kira tassa santikaṃ gantvā āha –
‘‘ kiṃ nu kho , brāhmaṇa , kiñcideva kusalaṃ karosī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Karomi , bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Kiṃ karosī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Māse māse sahassapariccāgena dānaṃ dammī ’’ ti .
‘‘ Kassa desī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Nigaṇṭhānaṃ , bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Kiṃ patthayanto ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Brahmalokaṃ , bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Kiṃ pana brahmalokassa ayaṃ maggo ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Āma , bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Ko evamāhā ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Ācariyehi me kathitaṃ , bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ No tvaṃ brahmalokassa maggaṃ jānāsi , nāpi te ācariyā , satthāva eko jānāti , ehi , brāhmaṇa , brahmalokassa te maggaṃ kathāpessāmī ’’ ti taṃ ādāya satthu santikaṃ netvā ,‘‘ bhante , ayaṃ brāhmaṇo evamāhā ’’ ti ,‘‘ taṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā sādhu vatassa brahmalokassa maggaṃ kathethā ’’ ti .
Satthā ‘‘ evaṃ kira , brāhmaṇā ’’ ti pucchitvā ‘‘ āma , bho gotamā ’’ ti vutte ,‘‘ brāhmaṇa , tayā evaṃ dadamānena vassasataṃ dinnadānatopi muhuttamattaṃ pasannacittena mama sāvakassa
P2.231 olokanaṃ vā kaṭacchubhikkhāmattadānaṃ vā mahapphalataran ’’ ti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha – 106.
‘‘ Māse māse sahassena , yo yajetha sataṃ samaṃ ;
Ekañca bhāvitattānaṃ , muhuttamapi pūjaye ;
Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo , yañce vassasataṃ hutan ’’ ti .
Tattha
V1.375 sahassenā hi sahassapariccāgena .Yo yajetha sataṃ saman ti yo vassasataṃ māse māse sahassaṃ pariccajanto lokiyamahājanassa dānaṃ dadeyya , ekañca bhāvitattānan ti yo pana ekaṃ sīlādiguṇavisesena vaḍḍhitaattānaṃ heṭṭhimakoṭiyā sotāpannaṃ , uparimakoṭiyā khīṇāsavaṃ gharadvāraṃ sampattaṃ kaṭacchubhikkhādānavasena vā yāpanamattaāhāradānavasena vā thūlasāṭakadānamattena vā pūjeyya .
Yaṃ itarena vassasataṃ hutaṃ .
Tato sāyeva pūjanā seyyo .
Seṭṭho uttamoti atthoti .
Desanāvasāne
M1.421 so brāhmaṇo sotāpattiphalaṃ patto , aññepi bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti .Sāriputtattherassa mātulabrāhmaṇavatthu pañcamaṃ .