Khadiravaniyarevatattheravatthu

203. Pañcame āraññakānan ti araññavāsīnaṃ .

Revato khadiravaniyoti dhammasenāpatittherassa kaniṭṭhabhātiko .

So yathā aññe therā araññe vasamānā vanasabhāgaṃP1.224 udakasabhāgaṃ bhikkhācārasabhāgañca sallakkhetvā araññe vasanti , na evaṃ vasi .

Etāni pana sabhāgāni anādiyitvā ujjaṅgalasakkharapāsāṇavisame khadiravane paṭivasati .

Tasmā āraññakānaṃ aggoti vutto .

Tassa pañhakamme ayamanupubbikathā – ayaṃ kira atīte padumuttarabuddhakāle haṃsavatīnagare nibbatto mahāgaṅgāya payāgapatiṭṭhānatitthe nāvākammaṃ karonto paṭivasati .

Tasmiṃ samaye satthā satasahassabhikkhuparivāro cārikaṃ caranto payāgapatiṭṭhānatitthaṃ sampāpuṇi .

So dasabalaṃ disvā cintesi –

‘‘ mayhaṃ kālena kālaṃ buddhadassanaṃ nāma natthi , ayaṃ me kalyāṇakammāyūhanakkhaṇo ’’ ti nāvāsaṅghāṭaṃ bandhāpetvā upari celavitānaṃ kāretvā gandhamālādāmāni osāretvā heṭṭhā varapotthakaṃ cittattharaṇaṃ attharāpetvā saparivāraṃ satthāraṃ paratīraṃ tāresi .

TasmiṃM1.176 samaye satthā ekaṃ āraññakaṃ bhikkhuṃ etadagge ṭhapesi .

So nāviko taṃ disvā ‘‘ mayāpi evamevaṃ anāgate ekassa buddhassa sāsane āraññakānaṃ aggena bhavituṃ vaṭṭatī ’’ ti satthāraṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ datvā satthu pādamūle nipajjitvā ,‘‘ bhante , tumhehi etadagge ṭhapito so bhikkhu viya ahampi anāgate ekassa buddhassa sāsane āraññakānaṃ aggo bhaveyyan ’’ ti patthanaṃ akāsi .

Satthā anantarāyaṃ disvā ‘‘ anāgate gotamabuddhassa sāsaneV1.175 tvaṃ āraññakānaṃ aggo bhavissasī ’’ ti byākaritvā pakkāmi .

Antarā pana aññaṃ kammaṃ na kathiyati .

So yāvajīvaṃ kalyāṇakammaṃ katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde magadhakkhette nālakabrāhmaṇagāme sārībrāhmaṇiyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā tiṇṇaṃ bhātikānaṃ tissannañca bhaginīnaṃ sabbakaniṭṭho hutvā nibbatti , revato tissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu .

Athassa mātāpitaro cintesuṃP1.225 –

‘‘ vaḍḍhitavaḍḍhite dārake samaṇā sakyaputtiyā netvā pabbājenti , amhākaṃ puttaṃ revataṃ daharameva gharabandhanena bandhissāmā ’’ ti samānakulato dārikaṃ ānetvā revatassa ayyikaṃ vandāpetvā ,‘‘ amma , tava ayyikāya mahallakatarā hohī ’’ ti āhaṃsu .

Revato tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā cintesi –

‘‘ ayaṃ dārikā daharā paṭhamavaye ṭhitā , imissā kira evaṃvidhaṃ rūpaṃ mama ayyikāya rūpasadisaṃ bhavissati , pucchissāmi tāva nesaṃ adhippāyan ’’ ti cintetvā āha –

‘‘ tumhe kiṃ kathethā ’’ ti ?

Tāta ,‘‘ ayaṃ dārikā ayyikā viya te jaraṃ pāpuṇātū ’’ ti vadāmāti .

So ‘‘ imissā rūpaṃ evaṃvidhaṃ bhavissatī ’’ ti pucchi .

Tāta , kiṃ vadesi , mahāpuññā evaṃvidhā hontīti .

So cintesi –

‘‘ idaṃ kira rūpaṃ iminā niyāmena valittacaṃ bhavissati palitakesaṃ khaṇḍadantaṃ , ahaṃ evarūpe rūpe rajjitvā kiṃ karissāmi , mama bhātikānaṃ gatamaggameva gamissāmī ’’ ti kīḷanto viya hutvā samavaye taruṇadārake āha –

‘‘ etha , bho , vidhāvanikaṃ karissāmā ’’ ti nikkhami .

Tāta , maṅgaladivase mā bahi gacchāti .

So dārakehi saddhiṃ kīḷanto viya attano dhāvanavāre sampatte thokaṃ gantvā papañcetvā āgacchatiM1.177 .

Puna dutiyavāre sampatte tato turitaṃ viya gantvā āgato , tatiyavāre sampatte ‘‘ ayaṃ me kālo ’’ ti ñatvā sammukhaṭṭhāneneva palāyitvā paṃsukūlikabhikkhūnaṃ nivāsaṭṭhānaṃ araññaṃ gantvā there abhivādetvā pabbajjaṃ yāci .

Sappurisa mayaṃ taṃ na jānāma ‘‘ kassāsi putto ’’ ti , tvañca alaṅkataniyāmeneva āgato , ko taṃ pabbājetuṃ ussahissatīti .

So ubho bāhā paggayha ‘‘ vilumpanti maṃ vilumpantiP1.226 man ’’ ti mahāravaṃ viravi .

Ito cito ca bhikkhū sannipatitvā ‘‘ sappurisa , imasmiṃ ṭhāne tava vatthaṃ vā piḷandhanaṃ vā koci gaṇhanto nāma natthi , tvañca ‘ vilumpantī ’ ti vadasi , kiṃ sandhāya vadasī ’’ ti ?

Bhante , nāhaṃ vatthālaṅkāraṃ sandhāya vadāmi , tissannaṃ pana me sampattīnaṃ vilopo vattati , taṃ sandhāya vadāmi .

Maṃ tāva tumheV1.176 mā pabbājayittha , bhātaraṃ pana me jānāthāti .

Konāmo pana te bhātāti ?

Gihikāle upatisso nāma , idāni pana sāriputto nāma jātoti vadantīti .

‘‘ Āvuso , evaṃ sante ayaṃ kulaputto amhākaṃ kaniṭṭhabhātiko nāma hoti , jeṭṭhabhātiko no dhammasenāpati puretaraṃyeva āha –

‘ amhākaṃ ñātakā sabbeva micchādiṭṭhikā , yo koci amhākaṃ ñātīti āgacchati , taṃ yena tenupāyena pabbājeyyathā ’ ti .

Ayaṃ pana therassa ajjhattabhātiko , pabbājetha nan ’’ ti vatvā tacapañcakakammaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā pabbājayiṃsu .

Atha naṃ paripuṇṇavassaṃ upasampādetvā kammaṭṭhāne yojayiṃsu .

Thero kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā ācariyupajjhāyānaṃ avidūre ṭhāne vuttappakāraṃ khadiravanaṃ pavisitvā samaṇadhammaṃ karoti .

Tassa ‘‘ arahattaṃ appatvā dasabalaṃ vā bhātikattheraṃ vā na passissāmī ’’ ti vāyamantasseva tayo māsā atikkantā , sukhumālakulaputtassa lūkhabhojanaṃ bhuñjantassa cittaṃ valītaṃ nāma hoti , kammaṭṭhānaṃ vimokkhaṃ na gataṃ .

So temāsaccayena pavāretvā vutthavasso hutvā tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne samaṇadhammaṃ karoti .

Tassa samaṇadhammaṃ karontassa cittaṃ ekaggaṃ ahosi , so vipassanaṃP1.227 vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi .

AthāyasmāM1.178 sāriputto satthāraṃ āha –

‘‘ bhante , mayhaṃ kira kaniṭṭhabhātā revato pabbajito , so abhirameyya vā na vā , gantvā naṃ passissāmī ’’ ti .

Bhagavā revatassa āraddhavipassakabhāvaṃ ñatvā dve vāre paṭikkhipitvā tatiyavāre yācito arahattaṃ pattabhāvaṃ ñatvā ,‘‘ sāriputta , ahampi gamissāmi , bhikkhūnaṃ ārocehī ’’ ti .

Thero bhikkhusaṅghaṃ sannipātetvā ,‘‘ āvuso , satthā cārikaṃ caritukāmo , gantukāmā āgacchantū ’’ ti sabbesaṃyeva ārocesi .

Dasabalassa cārikatthāya gamanakāle ohīnakabhikkhū nāma appakā honti ,‘‘ satthu suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ sarīraṃ passissāma , madhuradhammakathaṃ vā suṇissāmā ’’ ti yebhuyyena gantukāmāva bahukā honti .

Iti satthā mahābhikkhusaṅghaparivāro ‘‘ revataṃ passissāmī ’’ ti nikkhanto .

Athekasmiṃ padese ānandatthero dvedhāpathaṃ patvā bhagavantaṃ pucchi –

‘‘ bhante , imasmiṃ ṭhāne dve maggā , kataramaggena saṅgho gacchatū ’’ ti .

Kataramaggo , ānanda , ujukoti ?

Bhante , ujumaggo tiṃsayojano amanussapatho , parihāramaggo pana saṭṭhiyojaniko khemo subhikkhoti .

ĀnandaV1.177 , sīvali amhehi saddhiṃ āgatoti ?

Āma , bhante , āgatoti .

Tena hi saṅgho ujumaggameva gaṇhatu , sīvalissa puññaṃ vīmaṃsissāmāti .

Satthā bhikkhusaṅghaparivāro sīvalittherassa puññavīmaṃsanatthaṃ aṭavimaggaṃ abhiruhi .

Maggaṃ abhiruhanaṭṭhānato paṭṭhāya devasaṅgho yojane yojane ṭhāne nagaraṃ māpetvā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa vasanatthāya vihāre paṭiyādesi .

Devaputtā raññā pesitakammakārā viya hutvā yāgukhajjakādīni gahetvā ‘‘ kahaṃ ayyoP1.228 sīvali , kahaṃ ayyo sīvalī ’’ ti pucchantā gacchanti .

Thero taṃ sakkārasammānaṃ gaṇhāpetvā satthu santikaṃ gacchati .

Satthā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ paribhuñji .

Imināva niyāmena satthā sakkārasammānaṃ anubhavanto devasikaṃ yojanaparamaṃ gantvā tiṃsayojanikaṃ kantāraṃ atikkamma khadiravaniyattherassa sabhāgaṭṭhānaṃ patto .

Thero satthu āgamanaṃ ñatvā attano vasanaṭṭhāne buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa pahonakavihāre dasabalassa gandhakuṭiṃ rattiṭṭhānadivāṭṭhānādīni ca iddhiyā māpetvā tathāgatassa paccuggamanaṃM1.179 gato .

Satthā alaṅkatapaṭiyattena maggena vihāraṃ pāvisi .

Atha tathāgate gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭhe bhikkhū vassaggena pattasenāsanāni pavisiṃsu .

Devatā ‘‘ akālo āhārassā ’’ ti aṭṭhavidhaṃ pānakaṃ āhariṃsu .

Satthā saṅghena saddhiṃ pānakaṃ pivi .

Imināva niyāmena tathāgatassa sakkārasammānaṃ anubhavantasseva addhamāso atikkanto .

Athekacce ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhū ekasmiṃ ṭhāne nisīditvā kathaṃ uppādayiṃsu ‘‘ satthā dasabalo ‘ mayhaṃ aggasāvakassa kaniṭṭhabhātā ’ ti vatvā evarūpaṃ navakammikabhikkhuṃ passituṃ āgato , imassa vihārassa santike jetavanamahāvihāro vā veḷuvanavihārādayo vā kiṃ karissanti .

Ayampi bhikkhu evarūpassa navakammassa kārako , kiṃ nāma samaṇadhammaṃ karissatī ’’ ti ?

Atha satthā cintesi –

‘‘ mayi ciraṃ vasante idaṃ ṭhānaṃ ākiṇṇaṃ bhavissati , āraññakā bhikkhū nāma pavivekatthikā honti , revatassa aphāsuvihāro bhavissatī ’’ ti tato revatassa divāṭṭhānaṃ gato .

Thero ekakova caṅkamanakoṭiyaṃ ālambanaphalakaṃ nissāya pāsāṇaphalake nisinno satthāraṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvā paccuggantvā vandi .

Atha naṃ satthā pucchi –

‘‘ revata , imaṃ vāḷamigaṭṭhānaṃP1.229 , caṇḍānaṃ hatthiassādīnaṃ saddaṃ sutvā kinti karosī ’’ ti ?

Tesaṃ me , bhante , saddaṃ suṇato araññarati nāma uppajjatīti .

SatthāV1.178 tasmiṃ ṭhāne revatattherassa pañcahi gāthāsatehi araññe nivāsānisaṃsaṃ nāma kathetvā punadivase avidūre ṭhāne piṇḍāya caritvā revatattheraṃ nivattetvā yehi bhikkhūhi therassa avaṇṇo kathito , tesaṃ kattarayaṭṭhiupāhanātelanāḷichattānaṃ pamussanabhāvaṃ akāsi .

Te attano parikkhāratthāya nivattā āgatamaggeneva gacchantāpi taṃ ṭhānaṃ sallakkhetuṃ na sakkonti .

Paṭhamaṃ hi te alaṅkatapaṭiyattena maggena gantvā taṃdivasaṃ pana visamamaggena gacchantā tasmiṃ tasmiṃ ṭhāne ukkuṭikaṃ nisīdanti , jāṇukena gacchanti .

Te gumbe ca gacche ca kaṇṭake ca maddantā attano vasitasabhāgaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā tasmiṃ tasmiṃ khadirakhāṇuke attano chattaṃ sañjānanti , upāhanaṃ kattarayaṭṭhiṃ telanāḷiṃ sañjānanti .

Te tasmiṃ samaye ‘‘ iddhimāM1.180 ayaṃ bhikkhū ’’ ti ñatvā attano parikkhāre ādāya ‘‘ dasabalassa paṭiyattasakkāro nāma evarūpo hotī ’’ ti vadantā āgamaṃsu .

Purato gatabhikkhū , visākhā upāsikā , attano gehe nisinnakāle pucchati –

‘‘ manāpaṃ nu kho , bhante , revatattherassa vasanaṭṭhānan ’’ ti ?

Manāpaṃ upāsike nandanavanacittalatādipaṭibhāgaṃ taṃ senāsananti .

Atha nesaṃ sabbapacchato āgatabhikkhū pucchi –

‘‘ manāpaṃ , ayyā , revatattherassa vasanaṭṭhānan ’’ ti .

Mā puccha upāsike , kathetuṃ ayuttaṭṭhānametaṃ , ujjaṅgalaṃ sakkharapāsāṇavisamaṃ khadiravanaṃ etaṃ , tattha so bhikkhu viharatīti .

Visākhā , purimānañca pacchimānañca bhikkhūnaṃ kathaṃP1.230 sutvā ‘‘ kesaṃ nu kho kathā saccā ’’ ti pacchābhatte gandhamālaṃ ādāya dasabalassa upaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā , vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisinnā satthāraṃ pucchi –

‘‘ bhante , revatattherassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ ekacce , ayyā , vaṇṇenti , ekacce nindanti , kiṃ nāmetaṃ , bhante ’’ ti ?

Visākhe ramaṇīyaṃ vā hotu mā vā , yasmiṃ ṭhāne ariyānaṃ cittaṃ ramati , tadeva ṭhānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ nāmāti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

‘‘ Gāme vā yadi vāraññe , ninne vā yadi vā thale ;

Yattha arahanto viharanti , taṃ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakan ’’ ti .( dha . pa .98; saṃ . ni .1.261);

Atha satthā aparabhāge jetavanamahāvihāre ariyagaṇamajjhe nisinno theraṃ āraññakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesīti .

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