28. Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu
Yassālayāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto mahāmoggallānattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi .
Vatthu purimasadisameva .
Idha pana satthā moggallānattherassa
P4.186 nittaṇhabhāvaṃ vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha – 411.
‘‘ Yassālayā na vijjanti , aññāya akathaṃkathī ;
Amatogadhamanuppattaṃ , tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇan ’’ ti .
Tattha ālayāti taṇhā .
Aññāya akathaṃkathīti aṭṭha vatthūni yathābhūtaṃ jānitvā aṭṭhavatthukāya vicikicchāya nibbicikiccho .
Amatogadhamanuppattan ti amataṃ nibbānaṃ ogāhetvā anuppattaṃ tamahaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti attho .
Desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti .
Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu aṭṭhavīsatimaṃ .