Yakkhavañcitavaggo
21. Yakkhavañcita vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
Bhagavati
M0.79 parinibbutamhi kosalarañño kira janapade tuṇḍagāmonāma ahosi .Tattheko buddhadāso nāma manusso ‘‘ yāvajīvaṃ buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi .
Buddho me saraṇaṃ tāṇaṃ leṇaṃ parāyaṇanti ’’ evaṃ jīvitapariyantaṃ buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gato paṭivasati , tasmiṃ samaye eko janapadavāsiko tattha tattha āhiṇḍanto taṃ tuṇḍagāmaṃ patvā tasseva ghare nivāsaṃ kappesi , tassa pana jānapadikassa sarīre eko yakkho āvisitvā pīḷeti , tadā tassa gāmassa pavisanakāle yakkho buddhadāso pāsakassa guṇatejena tassa gehaṃ pavisituṃ asakkonto taṃ muñcitvā bahigāme sattāhaṃ aṭṭhāsi tassāgamanaṃ olokento .
Tato so jānapadiko sattadivasaṃ tattha vasitvā sattame divase sakaraṭṭhaṃ gantukāmo gāmā nikkhami .
Atha taṃ tathā nikkhantaṃ disvā yakkho aggahesi , atha so taṃ ettakaṃ kālaṃ kuhiṃgatosīti pucchi .
Yakkho bho tavatthāya ettha vasantassa me sattāhaṃ atikkantanti .
Tato so ko te mayā attho , kiṃ te dammīti , atha yakkhena bho ahaṃ khudāya pīḷito bhattena me atthoti vutto so evaṃ sati kasmā maṃ antogehe vasantaṃ na gaṇhīti āha .
Yakkhena bho tasmiṃ ghare buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gato eko upasako atthi , tassa sīlatejena gehaṃ pavisitumasakkonto aṭṭhāsinti vutto jānapadiko saraṇaṃ nāma kinti ajānanto kinti vatvā so saraṇaṃ aggahesīti yakkhaṃ pucchi .
Yakkho ‘‘ buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmī ’’ ti vatvā saraṇaṃ aggahesīti āha .
Taṃ sutvā jānapadiko idāni imaṃ vañcessāmīti cintetvā tenahi yakkha ahampi buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmīti āha .
Evaṃ vuttamatteyeva yakkho mahāsaddaṃ karonto bha ye na bhamanto
M0.80 palāyi , evaṃ sammāsambuddhassa saraṇaṃ idhaloke bhayo paddava nivāraṇatthaṃ hoti , paraloke saggamokkhāvahaṃ .Tathāhi .
1.
Buddhoti vacanaṃ etaṃ , amanussānaṃ bhayāvahaṃ ;
Buddhabhattikajantūnaṃ , sabbadā mudamāvahaṃ .
2.
Sabbopaddavanāsāya , paccakkhadibbamosadhaṃ ;
Dibbamantaṃ mahātejaṃ , mahāyantaṃ mahabbhutaṃ .
3.
Tasmā so dāruṇo yakkho ,
Disvā taṃ saraṇe ṭhithaṃ ;
Ubbiggo ca bhayappatto ,
Lomahaṭṭho ca chambhīto .
4.
Bhamanto dhāvitaṃ disvā , timirova suriyuggate ,
Simbalitūlabhaṭṭhaṃva , caṇḍavātena khaṇḍitaṃ .
5.
Yaṃ dukkhaṃ rājacorāri , yakkhapetā disambhavaṃ ;
Nicchantena manussena , gantabbaṃ saraṇattayaṃti .
Tato jānapadiko saraṇāgamane mahāguṇaṃ mahānisaṃsaṃ oloketvā buddhe sagāravo sappemo ‘‘ jīvitapariyantaṃ buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmī ’’ ti saraṇaṃ gantvā teneva saraṇāgamanānubhāvena jīvitapariyosāne suttappabuddhoviya devaloke nibbattīti .
6.
Disvāna evaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ taṃ ,
Apenti yakkhāpi mahabbhayena ;
Pāletha sīlaṃ saraṇañca tasmā ,
Jahātha duritaṃ sugatiṃ bhajavhoti .
Yakkhavañcitavatthuṃ pathamaṃ .