6. Mahāsaccakasuttavaṇṇanā

[364] Evamme sutanti mahāsaccakasuttaṃ. Tattha ekaṃ samayanti ca tena kho pana samayenāti ca pubbaṇhasamayanti ca tīhi padehi ekova samayo vutto. Bhikkhūnaṃ hi attapaṭipattiṃ katvā mukhaṃ dhovitvā pattacīvaramādāya cetiyaṃ vanditvā kataraṃ gāmaṃ pavisissāmāti vitakkamālake ṭhitakālo nāma hoti, bhagavā evarūpe samaye rattaṃ dupaṭaṃ nivāsetvā kāyabandhanaṃ bandhitvā paṃsukūlacīvaraṃ ekaṃsaṃ pārupitvā gandhakuṭito nikkhamma bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto gandhakuṭipamukhe aṭṭhāsi, taṃ sandhāya "ekaṃ samayanti ca tena kho pana samayenāti ca pubbaṇhasamayan"ti ca vuttaṃ. Pavisitukāmoti piṇḍāya pavisissāmīti evaṃ katasanniṭṭhāno. Tenupasaṅkamīti kasmā upasaṅkamīti? vādāropanajjhāsayena. Evaṃ kirassa ahosi "pubbepāhaṃ apaṇḍitatāya sakalaṃ vesāliparisaṃ gahetvā samaṇassa gotamassa santikaṃ gantvā parisamajjhe maṅku jāto, idāni tathā akatvā ekakova gantvā vādaṃ āropessāmi, yadi samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ parājetuṃ sakkhissāmi, attano laddhiṃ dīpetvā jayaṃ karissāmi,

Anukampaṃ upādāyāti saccakassa nigaṇṭhaputtassa anukampaṃ paṭicca. Therassa kira evaṃ ahosi "bhagavati muhuttaṃ nisinne buddhadassanaṃ dhammassavanaṃ ca labhissati, tadassa dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya saṃvattissatī"ti, tasmā bhagavantaṃ yācitvā paṃsukūlacīvaraṃ catugguṇaṃ paññapetvā nisīdatu bhagavāti āha. "kāraṇaṃ ānando vadatī"ti sallakkhetvā nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Bhagavantaṃ etadavocāti yaṃ pana pañhaṃ ovaṭṭikasāraṃ katvā ādāya āgato taṃ ṭhapetvā passena tāva pariharanto etaṃ santi bho gotamātiādivacanaṃ avoca.