4. Anantakāyapañho
4. Atha kho milindassa rañño etadahosi ‘‘ paṇḍito kho ayaṃ bhikkhu paṭibalo mayā saddhiṃ sallapituṃ , bahukāni ca me ṭhānāni pucchitabbāni bhavissanti , yāva apucchitāni yeva tāni ṭhānāni bhavissanti , atha sūriyo atthaṃ gamissati , yaṃnūnāhaṃ sve antepure sallapeyyan ’’ ti .
Atha kho rājā devamantiyaṃ etadavoca ‘‘ tena hi , tvaṃ devamantiya , bhadantassa āroceyyāsi ‘ sve antepure raññā saddhiṃ sallāpo bhavissatī ’’’ ti .
Idaṃ vatvā milindo rājā uṭṭhāyāsanā theraṃ nāgasenaṃ āpucchitvā rathaṃ abhirūhitvā ‘‘ nāgaseno nāgaseno ’’ ti sajjhāyaṃ karonto pakkāmi .
Atha kho devamantiyo āyasmantaṃ nāgasenaṃ etadavoca ‘‘ rājā , bhante , milindo evamāha ‘ sve antepure raññā saddhiṃ sallāpo bhavissatī ’’’ ti .
‘‘ Suṭṭhū ’’ ti thero abbhānumodi .
Atha kho tassā rattiyā accayena devamantiyo ca anantakāyo ca maṅkuro ca sabbadinno ca yena milindo rājā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu , upasaṅkamitvā rājānaṃ milindaṃ etadavocuṃ ‘‘ āgacchatu , mahārāja , bhadanto nāgaseno ’’ ti
P0.30 ?‘‘ Āma āgacchatū ’’ ti .
‘‘ Kittakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgacchatū ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Yattake bhikkhū icchati , tattakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgacchatū ’’ ti .
Atha kho sabbadinno āha ‘‘ āgacchatu , mahārāja , dasahi bhikkhūhi saddhin ’’ ti , dutiyampi kho rājā āha ‘‘ yattake bhikkhū icchati , tattakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgacchatū ’’ ti
V0.27 .Dutiyampi kho sabbadinno āha ‘‘ āgacchatu , mahārāja , dasahi bhikkhūhi saddhin ’’ ti .
Tatiyampi kho rājā āha ‘‘ yattake
M0.29 bhikkhū icchati , tattakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgacchatū ’’ ti .Tatiyampi kho sabbadinno āha ‘‘ āgacchatu , mahārāja , dasahi bhikkhūhi saddhin ’’ ti .
‘‘ Sabbo panāyaṃ sakkāro paṭiyādito , ahaṃ bhaṇāmi ‘ yattake bhikkhū icchati , tattakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgacchatū ’ ti .
Ayaṃ , bhaṇe sabbadinno , aññathā bhaṇati , kiṃ nu mayaṃ nappaṭibalā bhikkhūnaṃ bhojanaṃ dātun ’’ ti ?
Evaṃ vutte sabbadinno maṅku ahosi .
Atha kho devamantiyo ca anantakāyo ca maṅkuro ca yenāyasmā nāgaseno tenupasaṅkamiṃsu , upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ nāgasenaṃ etadavocuṃ ‘‘ rājā , bhante , milindo evamāha ‘ yattake bhikkhū icchati , tattakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgacchatū ’’’ ti .
Atha kho āyasmā nāgaseno pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya asītiyā bhikkhusahassehi saddhiṃ sāgalaṃ pāvisi .
Atha kho anantakāyo āyasmantaṃ nāgasenaṃ nissāya gacchanto āyasmantaṃ nāgasenaṃ etadavoca ‘‘ bhante nāgasena , yaṃ panetaṃ brūsi ‘ nāgaseno ’ ti , katamo ettha , nāgaseno ’’ ti ?
Thero āha ‘‘ ko panettha ‘ nāgaseno ’ ti maññasī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Yo so , bhante , abbhantare vāto jīvo pavisati ca nikkhamati ca , so ‘ nāgaseno ’ ti maññāmī ’’ ti .
‘‘ Yadi paneso vāto nikkhamitvā nappaviseyya , pavisitvā na nikkhameyya , jīveyya nu kho so puriso ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Na hi bhante ’’ ti
P0.31 .‘‘ Ye panime saṅkhadhamakā saṅkhaṃ dhamenti , tesaṃ vāto puna pavisatī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Na hi bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Ye panime vaṃsadhamakā vaṃsaṃ dhamenti , tesaṃ vāto puna pavisatī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Na hi bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Ye panime siṅgadhamakā siṅgaṃ dhamenti , tesaṃ vāto puna pavisatī ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Na hi bhante ’’ ti .
‘‘ Atha kissa pana tena na marantī ’’ ti .
‘‘ Nāhaṃ paṭibalo tayā vādinā saddhiṃ sallapituṃ , sādhu , bhante , atthaṃ jappehī ’’ ti .
‘‘ Neso jīvo , assāsapassāsā nāmete kāyasaṅkhārā ’’ ti thero abhidhammakathaṃ kathesi .
Atha anantakāyo upāsakattaṃ paṭivedesīti .
Anantakāyapañho catuttho .