8. Bāhitikasuttavaṇṇanā

[358] Evamme sutanti bāhitikasuttaṃ. Tattha ekapuṇḍarīkaṃ nāganti evaṃnāmakaṃ hatthiṃ. Tassa kira phāsukānaṃ upari tālaphalamattaṃ paṇḍaraṭṭhānaṃ atthi, tenassa ekapuṇḍarīkoti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Sirivaḍḍhaṃ mahāmattanti paccekahatthiṃ abhiruhitvā kathāphāsukatthaṃ saddhiṃ gacchantaṃ evaṃnāmakaṃ mahāmattaṃ. Āyasmā noti ettha noti pucchāya nipāto. Mahāmatto therassa saṅghāṭipattadhāraṇākāraṃ sallakkhetvā "evaṃ mahārājā"ti āha.

[359] Opārambhoti opārambhaṃ dosaṃ āropanāraho. Kiṃ pucchāmīti rājā pucchati. Sundarivatthusmiṃ uppannamidaṃ suttantaṃ pucchāmīti pucchati. Yañhi mayaṃ bhanteti bhante yaṃ mayaṃ viññūhīti idaṃ padaṃ gahetvā pañhena paripūretuṃ nāsakkhimhā. Taṃ kāraṇaṃ āyasmatā evaṃ vadantena paripūrituṃ.

[360] Akusaloti akosallasambhūto. Sāvajjoti sadoso. Sabyāpajjhoti sadukkho. Dukkhavipākoti idha nissandavipāko kathito. Tassāti tassa evaṃ attabyābādhādīnaṃ atthāya pavattakāyasamācārassa.