10. Jaṭilabrāhmaṇavatthu
Na jaṭāhīti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ jaṭilabrāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi .
So
M2.402P4.152 kira ‘‘ ahaṃ mātito ca pitito ca sujāto brāhmaṇakule nibbatto .Sace samaṇo gotamo attano sāvake brāhmaṇāti vadati , mampi nu kho tathā vattuṃ vaṭṭatī ’’ ti satthu santikaṃ gantvā tamatthaṃ pucchi .
Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘ nāhaṃ , brāhmaṇa , jaṭāmattena , na jātigottamattena brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmi , paṭividdhasaccameva panāhaṃ brāhmaṇoti vadāmī ’’ ti vatvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha –
393.
‘‘ Na jaṭāhi na gottena , na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo ;
Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca , so sucī so ca brāhmaṇo ’’ ti .
Tattha
V2.371 saccan ti yasmiṃ puggale cattāri saccāni soḷasahākārehi paṭivijjhitvā ṭhitaṃ saccañāṇañceva navavidho ca lokuttaradhammo atthi , so suci , so brāhmaṇo cāti attho .Desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti .
Jaṭilabrāhmaṇavatthu dasamaṃ .