8. Āyuvaḍḍhanakumāravatthu

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8. Āyuvaḍḍhanakumāravatthu

AbhivādanasīlissātiM1.423 imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā dīghalaṅghikaṃ nissāya araññakuṭiyaṃ viharanto dīghāyukumāraṃ ārabbha kathesi .

Dīghalaṅghikanagaravāsino kira dve brāhmaṇā bāhirakapabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā aṭṭhacattālīsa vassāni tapacaraṇaṃ kariṃsu .

Tesu eko ‘‘ paveṇi me nassissati , vibbhamissāmī ’’ ti cintetvā attanā kataṃ tapaṃ paresaṃ vikkiṇitvā gosatena ceva kahāpaṇasatena ca saddhiṃ bhariyaṃ labhitvā kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapesi .

Athassa bhariyā puttaṃ vijāyi .

Itaro panassa sahāyako pavāsaṃ gantvā punadeva taṃ nagaraṃ paccāgami .

So tassa āgatabhāvaṃ sutvā puttadāraṃ ādāya sahāyakassa dassanatthāya agamāsi .

Gantvā puttaṃ mātu hatthe datvā sayaṃ tāva vandi , mātāpi puttaṃ pitu hatthe datvā vandi .

So ‘‘ dīghāyukā hothā ’’ tiP2.236 āha , putte pana vandāpite tuṇhī ahosi .

Atha naṃ ‘‘ kasmā , bhante , amhehi vandite ‘ dīghāyukā hothā ’ ti vatvā imassa vandanakāle kiñci na vadethā ’’ ti āha .

‘‘ Imasseko antarāyo atthi , brāhmaṇā ’’ ti .

‘‘ Kittakaṃ jīvissati , bhante ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Sattāhaṃ , brāhmaṇā ’’ ti .

‘‘ Paṭibāhanakāraṇaṃ atthi , bhante ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Nāhaṃ paṭibāhanakāraṇaṃ jānāmī ’’ ti .

‘‘ Ko pana jāneyya , bhante ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Samaṇo gotamo jāneyya , tassa santikaṃ gantvā pucchāhī ’’ ti .

‘‘ Tattha gacchanto tapaparihānito bhāyāmī ’’ ti .

‘‘ Sace te puttasineho atthi , tapaparihāniṃ acintetvā tassa santikaṃ gantvā pucchāhī ’’ ti .

SoV1.378 satthu santikaṃ gantvā sayaṃ tāva vandi .

Satthā ‘‘ dīghāyuko hohī ’’ ti āha , pajāpatiyā vandanakālepi tassā tatheva vatvā puttassa vandāpanakāle tuṇhī ahosi .

So purimanayeneva satthāraṃ pucchi , satthāpi tatheva byākāsi .

So kira brāhmaṇo sabbaññutaññāṇaṃ apaṭivijjhitvāva attano mantaṃ sabbaññutaññāṇena saṃsandesi , paṭibāhanūpāyaṃ pana na jānāti .

Brāhmaṇo satthāraṃ pucchi –

‘‘ atthi pana , bhante , paṭibāhanūpāyo ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Bhaveyya , brāhmaṇā ’’ ti .

‘‘ Kiṃ bhaveyyā ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Sace tvaṃ attano gehadvāre maṇḍapaṃ kāretvā tassa majjheP2.237 pīṭhikaṃ kāretvā taṃ parikkhipanto aṭṭha vā soḷasa vā āsanāniM1.424 paññāpetvā tesu mama sāvake nisīdāpetvā sattāhaṃ nirantaraṃ parittaṃ kātuṃ sakkuṇeyyāsi , evamassa antarāyo nasseyyā ’’ ti .

‘‘ Bho gotama , mayā maṇḍapādīni sakkā kātuṃ , tumhākaṃ pana sāvake kathaṃ lacchāmī ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Tayā ettake kate ahaṃ mama sāvake pahiṇissāmī ’’ ti .

‘‘ Sādhu , bho gotamā ’’ ti so attano gehadvāre sabbaṃ kiccaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā satthu santikaṃ agamāsi .

Satthā bhikkhū pahiṇi , te gantvā tattha nisīdiṃsu , dārakampi pīṭhikāyaṃ nipajjāpesuṃ , bhikkhū sattarattindivaṃ nirantaraṃ parittaṃ bhaṇiṃsu , sattame divase sāyaṃ satthā āgacchi .

Tasmiṃ āgate sabbacakkavāḷadevatā sannipatiṃsu .

Eko pana avaruddhako nāma yakkho dvādasa saṃvaccharāni vessavaṇaṃ upaṭṭhahitvā tassa santikā varaṃ labhanto ‘‘ ito sattame divase imaṃ dārakaṃ gaṇheyyāsī ’’ ti labhi .

Tasmā sopi āgantvā aṭṭhāsi .

Satthari pana tattha gate mahesakkhāsu devatāsu sannipatitāsu appesakkhā devatā osakkitvā osakkitvā okāsaṃ alabhamānā dvādasaP2.238 yojanāni paṭikkamiṃsu .

Avaruddhakopi tatheva paṭikkami , satthāpi sabbarattiṃ parittamakāsi .

Sattāhe vītivatte avaruddhako dārakaṃ na labhi .

Aṭṭhame pana divase aruṇe uggatamatte dārakaṃ ānetvā satthāraṃ vandāpesuṃ .

Satthā ‘‘ dīghāyuko hohī ’’ ti āha .

‘‘ Kīvaciraṃ pana , bho gotama , dārako ṭhassatī ’’ ti ?

‘‘ Vīsavassasataṃ , brāhmaṇā ’’ ti .

Athassa ‘‘ āyuvaḍḍhanakumāro ’’ ti nāmaṃ kariṃsu .

So vuddhimanvāya pañcahi upāsakasatehi parivuto vicari .

Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ ‘‘ passathāvuso , āyuvaḍḍhanakumārena kira sattame divase maritabbaṃ abhavissa , so idāni vīsavassasataṭṭhāyī hutvā pañcahi upāsakasatehi parivuto vicarati , atthi maññe imesaṃ sattānaṃ āyuvaḍḍhanakāraṇan ’’ ti .

Satthā āgantvā ‘‘ kāya nuttha , bhikkhave , etarahi kathāya sannisinnā ’’ ti pucchitvā ‘‘ imāya nāmā ’’ ti vutte ,‘‘ bhikkhave , na kevalaṃ āyuvaḍḍhanameva , ime pana sattā guṇavante vandantā abhivādentā catūhi kāraṇehi vaḍḍhanti , parissayatoV1.379 muccanti , yāvatāyukameva tiṭṭhantī ’’ ti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha –

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‘‘ AbhivādanasīlissaM1.425P2.239 , niccaṃ vuḍḍhāpacāyino ;

Cattāro dhammā vaḍḍhanti , āyu vaṇṇo sukhaṃ balan ’’ ti .

Tattha abhivādanasīlissāti vandanasīlissa , abhiṇhaṃ vandanakiccapasutassāti attho .

Vuḍḍhāpacāyinoti gihissa vā tadahupabbajite daharasāmaṇerepi , pabbajitassa vā pana pabbajjāya vā upasampadāya vā vuḍḍhatare guṇavuḍḍhe apacāyamānassa , abhivādanena vā niccaṃ pūjentassāti attho .

Cattāro dhammā vaḍḍhantīti āyumhi vaḍḍhamāne yattakaṃ kālaṃ taṃ vaḍḍhati , tattakaṃ itarepi vaḍḍhantiyeva .

Yena hi paññāsavassaāyusaṃvattanikaṃ kusalaṃ kataṃ , pañcavīsativassakāle cassa jīvitantarāyo uppajjeyya , so abhivādanasīlatāya paṭippassambhati , so yāvatāyukameva tiṭṭhati , vaṇṇādayopissa āyunāva saddhiṃ vaḍḍhanti .

Ito uttaripi eseva nayo .

Anantarāyena pavattassāyuno vaḍḍhanaṃ nāma natthi .

Desanāvasāne āyuvaḍḍhanakumāro pañcahi upāsakasatehi saddhiṃ sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi , aññepi bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti .

Āyuvaḍḍhanakumāravatthu aṭṭhamaṃ .

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