4. Mettajittheragāthāvaṇṇanā
Namo
M1.246V1.211 hi tassa bhagavatoti āyasmato mettajittherassa gāthā .Kā uppatti ?
So kira anomadassissa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto sāsane abhippasanno hutvā bodhirukkhassa iṭṭhakāhi vedikaṃ cinitvā sudhāparikammaṃ kāresi .
Satthā tassa anumodanaṃ akāsi .
So tena puññakammena devaloke nibbattitvā aparāparaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde magadharaṭṭhe aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa putto hutvā nibbatti , mettajī tissa nāmaṃ ahosi .
So vayappatto kāmesu ādīnavaṃ disvā tāpasapabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā araññe viharanto buddhuppādaṃ sutvā pubbahetunā codiyamāno satthu santikaṃ gantvā pavattinivattiyo ārabbha pañhaṃ pucchitvā satthārā pañhe vissajjite paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi .
Tena vuttaṃ apadāne ( apa . thera 1.15.26-31)–
‘‘ Anomadassīmunino , bodhivedimakāsahaṃ ;
Sudhāya piṇḍaṃ datvāna , pāṇikammaṃ akāsahaṃ .
‘‘ Disvā taṃ sukataṃ kammaṃ , anomadassī naruttamo ;
Bhikkhusaṅghe ṭhito satthā , imā gāthā abhāsatha .
‘‘ Iminā sudhakammena , cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca ;
Sampattiṃ anubhotvāna , dukkhassantaṃ karissati .
‘‘ Pasannamukhavaṇṇomhi , ekaggo susamāhito ;
Dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ , sammāsambuddhasāsane .
‘‘ Ito kappasate āsiṃ , paripuṇṇe anūnake ;
Rājā sabbaghano nāma , cakkavattī mahabbalo .
‘‘ Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ … pe … kataṃ buddhassa sāsanan ’’ ti .
Arahattaṃ pana patvā satthāraṃ thomento –
94.
‘‘ Namo hi tassa bhagavato , sakyaputtassa sirīmato ;
Tenāyaṃ aggappattena , aggadhammo sudesito ’’ ti .
– gāthaṃ
P1.206 abhāsi ;Tattha
M1.247 namoti namakkāro .Hīti nipātamattaṃ .
Tassāti yo so bhagavā samattiṃsapāramiyo pūretvā
V1.212 sabbakilese bhañjitvā anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambuddho , sakyarājassa puttoti sakyaputto .Anaññasādhāraṇāya puññasampattiyā ca sambhāvito uttamāya rūpakāyasiriyā dhammakāyasiriyā ca samannāgatattā sirīmā , tassa bhagavato sakyaputtassa sirīmato namo atthu , taṃ namāmīti attho .
Tenāti tena bhagavatā .
Ayan ti tassa dhammassa attano paccakkhatāya vadati .
Aggappattenāti aggaṃ sabbaññutaṃ , sabbehi vā guṇehi aggabhāvaṃ seṭṭhabhāvaṃ pattena .
Aggadhammoti aggo uttamo navavidhalokuttaro dhammo suṭṭhu aviparītaṃ desito paveditoti .
Mettajittheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā .