3. Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasuttavaṇṇanā

[95] Tatiye gaṅgāya nadiyā tīreti ayujjhapuravāsino aparimāṇabhikkhuparivāraṃ cārikaṃ caramānaṃ tathāgataṃ attano nagaraṃ sampattaṃ disvā ekasmiṃ gaṅgāya nivattanaṭṭhāne mahāvanasaṇḍamaṇḍitappadese satthu vihāraṃ katvā adaṃsu. Bhagavā tattha viharati. Taṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ "gaṅgāya nadiyā tīre"ti. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesīti tasmiṃ vihāre vasanto bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṃ gandhakuṭito nikkhamitvā gaṅgātīre paññattavarabuddhāsane nisinno gaṅgāya nadiyā āgacchantaṃ mahantaṃ pheṇapiṇḍaṃ disvā "mama sāsane pañcakkhandhanissitaṃ ekaṃ dhammaṃ kathessāmī"ti cintetvā parivāretvā nisinne bhikkhū āmantesi.

Mahantaṃ pheṇapiṇḍanti uṭṭhānuṭṭhāne badarapakkappamāṇato paṭṭhāya anusotāgamanena anupubbena pavaḍḍhitvā pabbatakūṭamattaṃ jātaṃ, yattha udakasappādayo anekapāṇā nivasanti, evarūpaṃ mahantaṃ pheṇapiṇḍaṃ. Āvaheyyāti āhareyya. So panāyaṃ pheṇapiṇḍo uṭṭhitaṭṭhānepi bhijjati, thokaṃ gantvāpi, ekadviyojanādivasena gantvāpi antarā pana abhijjantopi mahāsamuddaṃ patvā avassameva bhijjati. Nijjhāyeyyāti olokeyya. Yoniso upaparikkheyyāti