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Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā

8. Kālattheravatthu

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8. Kālattheravatthu

YoV2.87 sāsanan ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kālattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi .
Sāvatthiyaṃ kirekā itthī mātuṭṭhāne ṭhatvā taṃ theraṃ upaṭṭhahi .
Tassā paṭivissakagehe manussā satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā āgantvā ‘‘ aho buddhā nāma acchariyā , aho dhammadesanā madhurā ’’ ti pasaṃsanti .
Sā itthī tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā ,‘‘ bhante , ahampi satthu dhammadesanaṃ sotukāmā ’’ ti tassa ārocesi .
So ‘‘ tattha mā gamī ’’ ti taṃ nivāresi .
Sā punadivase punadivasepīti yāvatatiyaṃ tena nivāriyamānāpi sotukāmāva ahosi .
Kasmā so panetaṃ nivāresīti ?
Evaṃ kirassa ahosi –
‘‘ satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā mayi bhijjissatī ’’ ti .
Sā ekadivasaṃ pātova bhuttapātarāsā uposathaṃ samādiyitvā ,‘‘ amma , sādhukaṃ ayyaṃ pariviseyyāsī ’’ ti dhītaraṃ āṇāpetvā vihāraṃ agamāsi .
Dhītāpissā taṃ bhikkhuṃ āgatakāle parivisitvā ‘‘ kuhiṃ mahāupāsikā ’’ ti vuttā ‘‘ dhammassavanāyaM2.100 vihāraṃ gatā ’’ ti āha .
So taṃP3.156 sutvāva kucchiyaṃ uṭṭhitena ḍāhena santappamāno ‘‘ idāni sā mayi bhinnā ’’ ti vegena gantvā satthu santike dhammaṃ suṇamānaṃ disvā satthāraṃ āha ,‘‘ bhante , ayaṃ itthī dandhā sukhumaṃ dhammakathaṃ na jānāti , imissā khandhādipaṭisaṃyuttaṃ sukhumaṃ dhammakathaṃ akathetvā dānakathaṃ vā sīlakathaṃ vā kathetuṃ vaṭṭatī ’’ ti .
Satthā tassajjhāsayaṃ viditvā ‘‘ tvaṃ duppañño pāpikaṃ diṭṭhiṃ nissāya buddhānaṃ sāsanaṃ paṭikkosasi .
Attaghātāyeva vāyamasī ’’ ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
164.
‘‘ Yo sāsanaṃ arahataṃ , ariyānaṃ dhammajīvinaṃ ;
Paṭikkosati dummedho , diṭṭhiṃ nissāya pāpikaṃ ;
Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva , attaghātāya phallatī ’’ ti .
Tassattho – yo dummedho puggalo attano sakkārahānibhayena pāpikaṃ diṭṭhiṃ nissāya ‘‘ dhammaṃ vā sossāma , dānaṃ vā dassāmā ’’ ti vadante paṭikkosanto arahataṃ ariyānaṃ dhammajīvinaṃ buddhānaṃ sāsanaṃ paṭikkosati , tassa taṃ paṭikkosanaṃ sā ca pāpikā diṭṭhi veḷusaṅkhātassa kaṭṭhakassa phalāni viya hoti .
Tasmā yathā kaṭṭhako phalāni gaṇhanto attaghātāya phallati , attano ghātatthameva phalati , evaṃ sopi attaghātāya phallatīti .
Vuttampi cetaṃ –
‘‘ PhalaṃV2.88 ve kadaliṃ hanti , phalaṃ veḷuṃ phalaṃ naḷaṃ ;
Sakkāro kāpurisaṃ hanti , gabbho assatariṃ yathā ’’ ti .( cūḷava .335; a . ni .4.68);
Desanāvasāne upāsikā sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi , sampattaparisāyapi sātthikā dhammadesanā ahosīti .
Kālattheravatthu aṭṭhamaṃ .