14. Bahuputtikattherīvatthu
Yo
V1.398P2.276 ca vassasataṃ jīveti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto bahuputtikaṃ theriṃ ārabbha kathesi .Sāvatthiyaṃ kirekasmiṃ kule satta puttā satta ca dhītaro ahesuṃ .
Te sabbepi vayappattā gehe patiṭṭhahitvā attano dhammatāya sukhappattā ahesuṃ .
Tesaṃ aparena samayena pitā kālamakāsi .
Mahāupāsikā sāmike naṭṭhepi na tāva kuṭumbaṃ vibhajati .
Atha naṃ puttā āhaṃsu –
‘‘ amma , amhākaṃ pitari naṭṭhe tuyhaṃ ko attho kuṭumbena , kiṃ mayaṃ taṃ upaṭṭhātuṃ na sakkomā ’’ ti .
Sā tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā tuṇhī hutvā punappunaṃ tehi vuccamānā ‘‘ puttā maṃ paṭijaggissanti , kiṃ me visuṃ kuṭumbenā ’’ ti sabbaṃ sāpateyyaṃ majjhe bhinditvā adāsi .
Atha naṃ katipāhaccayena jeṭṭhaputtassa bhariyā ‘‘ aho amhākaṃ , ayyā ,‘ jeṭṭhaputto me ’ ti dve koṭṭhāse datvā viya imameva gehaṃ āgacchatī ’’ ti āha .
Sesaputtānaṃ bhariyāpi evameva vadiṃsu .
Jeṭṭhadhītaraṃ ādiṃ katvā tāsaṃ gehaṃ gatakālepi naṃ evameva vadiṃsu .
Sā avamānappattā hutvā ‘‘ kiṃ imesaṃ santike vuṭṭhena , bhikkhunī hutvā jīvissāmī ’’ ti bhikkhunīupassayaṃ gantvā
P2.277 pabbajjaṃ yāci .Tā naṃ pabbājesuṃ .
Sā laddhūpasampadā hutvā bahuputtikattherīti paññāyi .
Sā ‘‘ ahaṃ mahallakakāle pabbajitā , appamattāya me bhavitabban ’’ ti bhikkhunīnaṃ vattapaṭivattaṃ karontī ‘‘ sabbarattiṃ samaṇadhammaṃ karissāmī ’’ ti heṭṭhāpāsāde ekaṃ thambhaṃ hatthena gahetvā taṃ āviñchamānāva samaṇadhammaṃ karoti , caṅkamamānāpi ‘‘ andhakāraṭṭhāne me rukkhe vā katthaci vā sīsaṃ paṭihaññeyyā ’’ ti taṃ rukkhaṃ hatthena gahetvā taṃ āviñchamānāva samaṇadhammaṃ karoti ,‘‘ satthārā desitadhammameva karissāmī ’’ ti dhammaṃ āvajjetvā dhammaṃ anussaramānāva samaṇadhammaṃ karoti .
Atha
M1.447 satthā gandhakuṭiyaṃ nisinnova obhāsaṃ pharitvā sammukhe nisinno viya tāya saddhiṃ kathento ‘‘ bahuputtike mayā desitaṃ dhammaṃ anāvajjentassa apassantassa vassasataṃ jīvanato mayā desitaṃ dhammaṃ passantassa muhuttampi jīvitaṃ seyyo ’’ ti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha – 115.
‘‘ Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve , apassaṃ dhammamuttamaṃ ;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo , passato dhammamuttaman ’’ ti .
Tattha
V1.399P2.278 dhammamuttaman ti navavidhaṃ lokuttaradhammaṃ .So hi uttamo dhammo nāma .
Yo hi taṃ na passati , tassa vassasatampi jīvanato taṃ dhammaṃ passantassa paṭivijjhantassa ekāhampi ekakkhaṇampi jīvitaṃ seyyoti .
Gāthāpariyosāne bahuputtikattherī saha paṭisambhidāhi arahatte patiṭṭhahīti .
Bahuputtikattherīvatthu cuddasamaṃ .
Sahassavaggavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā .
Aṭṭhamo vaggo .
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
Khuddakanikāye
Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā
( Dutiyo bhāgo )