3. Vammikasuttavaṇṇanā

[249] Evamame sutanti vammikasuttaṃ. Tattha āyasmāti piyavacanametaṃ. Kumārakassapoti tassa nāmaṃ. Kumārakāle pabbajitattā pana bhagavatā "kassapaṃ pakkosatha, idaṃ phalaṃ vā khādanīyaṃ vā kassapassa dethā"ti vutte katarakassapassāti kumārakassapassāti evaṃ gahitanāmattā tato paṭṭhāya vuḍḍhakālepi "kumārakassapo"ti vuccati. Apica raññā posāvanikaputtattāpi taṃ "kumārakassapo"ti sañjāniṃsu. Ayaṃ panassa pubbayogato paṭṭhāya āvibhāvakathā:-

thero kira padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle seṭṭhiputto ahosi. Athekadivasaṃ bhagavantaṃ citrakathiṃ ekaṃ attano sāvakaṃ ṭhānantare ṭhapentaṃ disvā bhagavato sattāhaṃ dānaṃ datvā "ahaṃpi bhagavā anāgate ekassa buddhassa ayaṃ thero viya citrakathī sāvako bhaveyyan"ti patthanaṃ katvā puññāni karonto kassapassa bhagavato sāsane pabbajitvā visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ nāsakkhi.