4. Paṭhamadārukkhandhopamasuttavaṇṇanā

[241] Catutthe addasāti gaṅgātīre paññattavarabuddhāsane nisinno addasa. Vuyhamānanti caturassaṃ tacchetvā pabbatantare ṭhapitaṃ vātātapena suparisukkhaṃ pāvussake meghe vassante udakena uplavitvā anupubbena gaṅgāya nadiyā sote patitaṃ tena sotena vuyhamānaṃ. Bhikkhū āmantesīti "iminā dārukkhandhena sadisaṃ katvā mama sāsane saddhāpabbajitaṃ kulaputtaṃ dassissāmī"ti dhammaṃ desetukāmatāya āmantesi. Amuṃ mahantaṃ dārukkhandhaṃ gaṅgāya nadiyā

Tatrassa evaṃ aṭṭhadosavimuttatā veditabbā:- eko hi gaṅgāya nadiyā avidūre pabbatatale jāto nānāvallīhi pariveṭhito paṇḍupalāsataṃ āpajjitvā upacikādīhi khajjamāno tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne apaṇṇattikabhāvaṃ gacchati, ayaṃ dārukkhandho gaṅgaṃ otaritvā vaṅkaṭṭhānesu vilāsamāno sāgaraṃ patvā maṇivaṇṇe ūmipiṭṭhe sobhituṃ na labhati. (1)