7. Navakammikasuttaṃ
203. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe
T1.264 .Tena kho pana samayena navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe kammantaṃ kārāpeti .
Addasā kho navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ aññatarasmiṃ sālarukkhamūle nisinnaṃ pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā .
Disvānassa etadahosi –
‘‘ ahaṃ kho imasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe kammantaṃ kārāpento ramāmi .
Ayaṃ samaṇo gotamo kiṃ kārāpento ramatī ’’ ti ?
Atha
M1.182 kho navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavāP1.180 tenupasaṅkami .Upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi –
‘‘ Ke nu kammantā karīyanti , bhikkhu sālavane tava ;
Yadekako araññasmiṃ , ratiṃ vindati gotamo ’’ ti .
‘‘ Na me vanasmiṃ karaṇīyamatthi ,
Ucchinnamūlaṃ me vanaṃ visūkaṃ ;
Svāhaṃ vane nibbanatho visallo ,
Eko rame aratiṃ vippahāyā ’’ ti .
Evaṃ
V1.210 vutte , navakammikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca –‘‘ abhikkantaṃ , bho gotama … pe … upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan ’’ ti .