12. Āḷavakasuttavaṇṇanā

[246] Dvādasame āḷaviyanti āḷavīti taṃ raṭṭhaṃpi nagaraṃpi vuccati. Tañca bhavanaṃ nagarassa avidūre gāvutamatte ṭhitaṃ, bhagavā tattha viharanto taṃ nagaraṃ upanissāya āḷaviraṭṭhe viharatīti vutto. Āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavaneti ettha pana ayaṃ anupubbīkathā:- āḷavako kira rājā vividhanāṭakupabhoge chaḍḍetvā corapaṭibāhanatthaṃ paṭirājanisedhanatthaṃ byāyāmakaraṇatthañca sattame divase migavaṃ gacchanto ekadivasaṃ balakāyena saddhiṃ katikaṃ akāsi "yassa passena migo palāyati, tasseva so bhāro"ti. Atha tasseva passena migo palāyi, javasampanno rājā dhanuṃ gahetvā pattikova tiyojanaṃ taṃ migaṃ anubandhi. Eṇimigā ca tiyojanavegāeva honti. Atha parikkhīṇajavaṃ taṃ migaṃ udakaṭṭhānaṃ pavisitvā ṭhitaṃ vadhitvā dvidhā chetvā anatthikopi maṃsena "nāsakkhi migaṃ gahetun"ti apavādamocanatthaṃ kājenādāya āgacchanto nagarassāvidūre bahalapattapalāsaṃ mahānigrodhaṃ disvā parissamavinodanatthaṃ tassa mūlamupagato. Tasmiṃ ca nigrodhe āḷavako yakkho mahārājasantikā bhavanaṃ labhitvā majjhantikasamaye tassa rukkhassa chāyāya phuṭṭhokāsaṃ paviṭṭhe pāṇino khādanto paṭivasati. So taṃ disvā khādituṃ upagato. Rājā tena saddhiṃ katikaṃ akāsi "muñca maṃ, ahaṃ te divase divase manussañceva thālipākañca pesessāmī"ti. Yakkho "tvaṃ rājūpabhogena pamatto na sarissasi, ahaṃ

@4 cha.Ma., i. ayaṃpāṭho na dissati 5 cha.Ma. āḷaviyaṃ, i. āḷaviyaṃ viharantoti