39. Aṅgulimālattheravatthu
Usabhan ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aṅgulimālattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi .
Vatthu ‘‘ na ve kadariyā devalokaṃ vajantī ’’ ti ( dha . pa .177) gāthāvaṇṇanāya vuttameva .
Vuttañhi tattha –
Bhikkhū aṅgulimālaṃ pucchiṃsu –
‘‘ kiṃ nu kho , āvuso aṅgulimāla , duṭṭhahatthiṃ chattaṃ dhāretvā ṭhitaṃ disvā bhāyī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Na bhāyiṃ , āvuso ’’ ti .
Te satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā āhaṃsu –
‘‘ aṅgulimālo , bhante , aññaṃ byākarotī ’’ ti .
Satthā ‘‘ na , bhikkhave , mama putto aṅgulimālo bhāyati .
Khīṇāsavausabhānañhi antare jeṭṭhakausabhā mama puttasadisā bhikkhū na bhāyantī ’’ ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
422.
‘‘ Usabhaṃ pavaraṃ vīraṃ , mahesiṃ vijitāvinaṃ ;
Anejaṃ nhātakaṃ buddhaṃ , tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇan ’’ ti .
Tassattho
M2.453 – acchambhitaṭṭhena usabhasadisatāya usabhaṃ uttamaṭṭhena pavaraṃ vīriyasampattiyā vīraṃP4.232 mahantānaṃ sīlakkhandhādīnaṃ esitattā mahesiṃ tiṇṇaṃ mārānaṃ vijitattā vijitāvinaṃ nhātakilesatāya nhātakaṃ catusaccabuddhatāya buddhaṃ taṃ evarūpaṃ ahaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti attho .Desanāvasāne
V2.417 bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti .Aṅgulimālattheravatthu ekūnacattālīsaṃ .