Aṭṭhamahābhūmicālahetuvaṇṇanā

[171] Yaṃ mahāvātāti yena samayena yasmiṃ vā samaye mahāvātā vāyanti. Mahāvātā vāyantāti ukkhepakavātā nāma uṭṭhahanti, te vāyantā saṭṭhisahassādhikanavayojanasatasahassabahalaṃ udakasandhārakavātaṃ upacchindanti, tato ākāse udakaṃ bhassati, tasmiṃ udake bhassante paṭhavī bhassati. Puna vāto attano balena antodhammakarake viya udakaṃ ābandhitvā gaṇhāti, tato udakaṃ uggacchati, tasmiṃ uggacchante paṭhavī uggacchati. Evaṃ udakaṃ kampitaṃ paṭhaviṃ kampeti. Evañaca kampanaṃ yāva ajjakālāpi hotiyeva, balahabhāvena pana oggacchanuggacchanaṃ na paññāyati.

Mahiddhiko mahānubhāvoti ijjhanassa mahantatāya mahiddhiko anubhavitabbassa mahantatāya mahānubhāvo. Parittāti dubbalā. Appamāṇāti balavā. So imaṃ paṭhaviṃ kampetīti so iddhiṃ nibbattetvā saṃvejento vā mahāmoggallāno viya, vīmaṃsanto vā mahānāgattherassa bhāgineyyo saṃgharakkhitasāmaṇero viya paṭhaviṃ kampeti. So kirāyasmā khuraggeyeva arahattaṃ patto cintesi "atthi nukho kenaci bhikkhunā pabbajitadivaseyeva arahattaṃ patvā vejayanto pāsādo kampitapubbo"ti. Tato "natthi kocī"ti ñatvā "ahaṃ kampessāmī"ti abhiññābalena vejayantamatthake ṭhatvā pādena paharitvā kampetuṃ nāsakkhi. Atha naṃ sakkassa nāṭakitthiyo āhaṃsu "putta saṃgharakkhita tvaṃ pūtigandheneva sīsena vejayantaṃ kampetuṃ icchasi, supatiṭṭhitokāso tāta pāsādo, kathaṃ kampetuṃ sakkhissasī"ti.

Sāmaṇero "imā devatā mayā saddhiṃ keḷiṃ karonti, ahaṃ kho pana ācariyaṃ nālatthaṃ, kahaṃ nu kho me ācariyo sāmuddikamahānāgatthero"ti āvajjento mahāsamudde udakaleṇaṃ māpetvā divāvihāraṃ nisinnoti ñatvā tattha gantvā theraṃ vanditvā aṭṭhāsi. Tato naṃ thero "kintāta saṃgharakkhita