3. Rathakārapetivatthuvaṇṇanā

Veḷuriyathambhaṃ ruciraṃ pabhassaran ti idaṃ satthari sāvatthiyaṃ viharante aññataraṃ petiṃ ārabbha vuttaṃ .

Atīte kira kassapassa bhagavato kāle aññatarā itthī sīlācārasampannā kalyāṇamittasannissayena sāsane abhippasannā suvibhattavicitrabhittithambhasopānabhūmitalaṃ ativiya dassanīyaṃ ekaṃ āvāsaṃ katvā tattha bhikkhū nisīdāpetvā paṇītena āhārena parivisitvā bhikkhusaṅghassa niyyādesi .

Sā aparena samayena kālaṃ katvā aññassa pāpakammassa vasena himavati pabbatarāje rathakāradahaṃ nissāya vimānapetī hutvā nibbatti .

Tassā saṅghassa āvāsadānapuññānubhāvena sabbaratanamayaṃ uḷāraṃ ativiya samantato pāsādikaṃ manoharaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ pokkharaṇiyaṃP0.187 nandanavanasadisaṃ upasobhitaṃ vimānaṃ nibbatti , sayañca suvaṇṇavaṇṇā abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā ahosi .

Sā tattha purisehi vināva dibbasampattiṃ anubhavantī viharati .

Tassā tattha dīgharattaṃ nippurisāya vasantiyā anabhirati uppannā .

Sā ukkaṇṭhitā hutvā ‘‘ attheso upāyo ’’ ti cintetvā dibbāni ambapakkāni nadiyaṃ pakkhipati .

Sabbaṃ kaṇṇamuṇḍapetivatthusmiṃ āgatanayeneva veditabbaṃ .

Idha pana bārāṇasivāsī eko māṇavo gaṅgāya tesu ekaṃ ambaphalaṃ disvāV0.163 tassa pabhavaṃ gavesanto anukkamena taṃ ṭhānaṃ gantvā nadiṃ disvā tadanusārena tassā vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gato .

Sā taṃ disvā attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃM0.173 netvā paṭisanthāraṃ karontī nisīdi .

So tassā vasanaṭṭhānasampattiṃ disvā pucchanto –

439.

‘‘ Veḷuriyathambhaṃ ruciraṃ pabhassaraṃ , vimānamāruyha anekacittaṃ ;

Tatthacchasi devi mahānubhāve , pathaddhani pannaraseva cando .

440.

‘‘ Vaṇṇo ca te kanakassa sannibho , uttattarūpo bhusa dassaneyyo ;

Pallaṅkaseṭṭhe atule nisinnā , ekā tuvaṃ natthi ca tuyha sāmiko .

441.

‘‘ Imā ca te pokkharaṇī samantā , pahūtamalyā bahupuṇḍarīkā ;

Suvaṇṇacuṇṇehi samantamotthatā , na tattha paṅko paṇako ca vijjati .

442.

‘‘ Haṃsā cime dassanīyā manoramā , udakasmimanupariyantiP0.188 sabbadā ;

Samayya vaggūpanadanti sabbe , bindussarā dundubhīnaṃva ghoso .

443.

‘‘ Daddallamānā yasasā yasassinī , nāvāya ca tvaṃ avalamba tiṭṭhasi ;

Āḷārapamhe hasite piyaṃvade , sabbaṅgakalyāṇi bhusaṃ virocasi .

444.

‘‘ Idaṃ vimānaṃ virajaṃ same ṭhitaṃ , uyyānavantaṃ ratinandivaḍḍhanaṃ ;

Icchāmahaṃ nāri anomadassane , tayā saha nandane idha moditun ’’ ti .

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Imā gāthā abhāsi .

439. TatthaM0.174 tatthāti tasmiṃ vimāne .

Acchasīti icchiticchitakāle nisīdasi .

Devīti taṃ ālapati .

Mahānubhāveti mahatā dibbānubhāvena samannāgate .

Pathaddhanīti attano pathabhūte addhani , gaganatalamaggeti attho .

Pannaraseva candoti puṇṇamāsiyaṃ paripuṇṇamaṇḍalo cando viya vijjotamānāti attho .

440. VaṇṇoV0.164 ca te kanakassa sannibhoti tava vaṇṇo ca uttattasiṅgīsuvaṇṇena sadiso ativiya manoharo .

Tenāha ‘‘ uttattarūpo bhusa dassaneyyo ’’ ti .

Atuleti mahārahe .

Atuleti vā devatāya ālapanaṃ , asadisarūpeti attho .

Natthi ca tuyha sāmikoti tuyhaṃ sāmiko ca natthi .

441. Pahūtamalyāti kamalakuvalayādibahuvidhakusumavatiyoP0.189 .

Suvaṇṇacuṇṇehīti suvaṇṇavālukāhi .

Samantamotthatāti samantato okiṇṇā .

Tatthāti tāsu pokkharaṇīsu .

Paṅko paṇako cāti kaddamo vā udakapicchillo vā na vijjati .

442. Haṃsā cime dassanīyā manoramāti ime haṃsā ca dassanasukhā manoramā ca .

Anupariyantīti anuvicaranti .

Sabbadāti sabbesu utūsu .

Samayyāti saṅgamma .

Vaggūti madhuraṃ .

Upanadantīti vikūjanti .

Bindussarāti avisaṭassarā sampiṇḍitassarā .

Dundubhīnaṃva ghosoti vaggubindussarabhāvena dundubhīnaṃ viya tava pokkharaṇiyaṃ haṃsānaṃ ghosoti attho .

443. Daddallamānāti ativiya abhijalantī .

Yasasāti deviddhiyā .

Nāvāyāti doṇiyaṃ .

Pokkharaṇiyañhi paduminiyaṃ suvaṇṇanāvāya mahārahe pallaṅke nisīditvā udakakīḷaṃ kīḷantiṃ petiṃ disvā evamāha .

Avalambāti avalambitvā apassenaṃ apassāya .

Tiṭṭhasīti idaṃ ṭhānasaddassa gatinivatti atthattā gatiyā paṭikkhepavacanaṃ .

‘‘ Nisajjasī ’’ ti vā pāṭho , nisīdasiccevassa attho daṭṭhabbo .

Āḷārapamheti vellitadīghanīlapakhume .

Hasiteti hasitamahāhasitamukhe .

Piyaṃvadeti piyabhāṇinī .

Sabbaṅgakalyāṇīti sabbehi aṅgehi sundare , sobhanasabbaṅgapaccaṅgīti attho .

Virocasīti virājesi .

444. Virajan tiM0.175 vigatarajaṃ niddosaṃ .

Same ṭhitan ti same bhūmibhāge ṭhitaṃ , caturassasobhitatāya vā samabhāge ṭhitaṃ , samantabhaddakanti attho .

Uyyānavantan ti nandanavanasahitaṃ .

Ratinandivaḍḍhanan ti ratiñcaP0.190 nandiñca vaḍḍhetīti ratinandivaḍḍhanaṃ , sukhassa ca pītiyā ca saṃvaḍḍhananti attho .

Nārīti tassā ālapanaṃ .

Anomadassaneti paripuṇṇaaṅgapaccaṅgatāya aninditadassane .

Nandaneti nandanakare .

Idhāti nandanavane , vimāne vā .

Moditun ti abhiramituṃ icchāmīti yojanā .

EvaṃV0.165 tena māṇavena vutte sā vimānapetidevatā tassa paṭivacanaṃ dentī –

445.

‘‘ Karohi kammaṃ idha vedanīyaṃ , cittañca te idha nihitaṃ bhavatu ;

Katvāna kammaṃ idha vedanīyaṃ , evaṃ mamaṃ lacchasi kāmakāminin ’’ ti .

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Gāthamāha .

Tattha karohi kammaṃ idha vedanīyan ti idha imasmiṃ dibbaṭṭhāne vipaccanakaṃ vipākadāyakaṃ kusalakammaṃ karohi pasaveyyāsi .

Idha nihitan ti idhūpanītaṃ ,‘‘ idha ninnan ’’ ti vā pāṭho , imasmiṃ ṭhāne ninnaṃ poṇaṃ pabbhāraṃ tava cittaṃ bhavatu hotu .

Maman ti maṃ .

Lacchasīti labhissasi .

So māṇavo tassā vimānapetiyā vacanaṃ sutvā tato manussapathaṃ gato tattha cittaṃ paṇidhāya tajjaṃ puññakammaṃ katvā nacirasseva kālaṃ katvā tattha nibbatti tassā petiyā sahabyataṃ .

Tamatthaṃ pakāsentā saṅgītikārā –

446.

‘‘ Sādhūti so tassā paṭissuṇitvā ,

Akāsi kammaṃ tahiṃ vedanīyaṃ ;

Katvāna kammaṃ tahiṃ vedanīyaṃ ,

Upapajji so māṇavo tassā sahabyatan ’’ ti .

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Osānagāthamāhaṃsu .

TatthaP0.191 sādhūti sampaṭicchane nipāto .

Tassāti tassā vimānapetiyā .

Paṭissuṇitvāti tassā vacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā .

Tahiṃ vedanīyan tiM0.176 tasmiṃ vimāne tāya saddhiṃ veditabbasukhavipākaṃ kusalakammaṃ .

Sahabyatan ti sahabhāvaṃ .

So māṇavo tassā sahabyataṃ upapajjīti yojanā .

Sesaṃ uttānameva .

Evaṃ tesu tattha cirakālaṃ dibbasampattiṃ anubhavantesu puriso kammassa parikkhayena kālamakāsi , itthī pana attano puññakammassa khettaṅgatabhāvena ekaṃ buddhantaraṃ tattha paripuṇṇaṃ katvā vasi .

Atha amhākaṃ bhagavati loke uppajjitvā pavattitavaradhammacakke anukkamena jetavane viharante āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ekadivasaṃ pabbatacārikaṃ caramāno taṃ vimānañca vimānapetiñca disvā ‘‘ veḷuriyathambhaṃ ruciraṃ pabhassaran ’’ tiādikāhi gāthāhi pucchi .

Sā cassaV0.166 ādito paṭṭhāya sabbaṃ attano pavattiṃ ārocesi .

Taṃ sutvā thero sāvatthiṃ āgantvā bhagavato ārocesi .

Bhagavā tamatthaṃ aṭṭhuppattiṃ katvā sampattaparisāya dhammaṃ desesi .

Taṃ sutvā mahājano dānādipuññadhammanirato ahosīti .

Rathakārapetivatthuvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā .

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