2. Selasuttavaṇṇanā

[396] Evamme sutanti selasuttaṃ. Tattha aṅguttarāpesūtiādi potaliyasutte vitthāritameva. Aḍḍhateḷasehīti aḍḍhena teḷasehi, dvādasahi satehi paññāsāya ca bhikkhūhi saddhinti vuttaṃ hoti. Te pana sāvakasannipāte sannipatitā bhikkhūyeva sabbe ehibhikkhupabbajjāya pabbajitā khīṇāsavā. Keṇiyoti tassa nāmaṃ, jaṭiloti tāpaso. So kira brāhmaṇamahāsālo, dhanarakkhaṇatthāya pana tāpasapabbajjaṃ samādāya rañño paṇṇākāraṃ datvā bhūmibhāgaṃ gahetvā tattha assamaṃ kāretvā vasahi pañcahi sakaṭastehi vaṇijjaṃ payojetvā kulasahassassa nissayo hutvā, assamepi cassa eko tālarukkho divase divase ekaṃ suvaṇṇamayaṃ tālaphalaṃ muccatīti vadanti. So divā kāsāyāni dhāreti, jaṭā ca bandhati, rattiṃ kāmasampattiṃ anubhavati. Dhammiyā kathāyāti pānakānisaṃsapaṭisaṃyuttāva dhammiyā kathāya. Ayaṃ hi keṇiyo tucchahattho bhagavato dassanāya gantuṃ lajjāyamāno "vikālabhojanā viratānampi pānakaṃ kappatī"ti cintetvā susaṅkhataṃ badarapānaṃ pañcahi kājasatehi gāhāpetvā agamāsi. Evaṃ gatabhāvo cassa "athakho keṇiyassa jaṭilassa etadahosi kiṃ nu kho ahaṃ samaṇassa gotamassa harāpeyyan"ti bhesajjakkhandhake pāḷiṃ āruḷhoyeva.

Dutiyampi kho bhagavāti kasmā punappunaṃ paṭikkhipi? titthiyānaṃ Paṭikkhepapasannatāya, akāraṇametaṃ, natthi buddhānaṃ paccayahetu evarūpaṃ kohaññaṃ. Ayaṃ pana aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni disvā ettakānaṃyeva bhikkhaṃ paṭiyādessati, sveva selo tīhi purisasatehi saddhiṃ pabbajissati. Ayuttaṃ kho pana navake aññato pesetvā imeheva saddhiṃ gantuṃ, ime vā aññato pesetvā navakehi saddhiṃ gantuṃ. Athāpi sabbe gahetvā gamissāmi, bhikkhāhāro nappahossati. Tato bhikkhūsu piṇḍāya carantesu manussā ujjhāyissanti "carissāmi keṇiyo samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ nimantetvā yāpanamattaṃ dātuṃ nāsakkhī"ti, sayampi vippaṭisārī