8. Ariyavaṃsasuttavaṇṇanā

[28] Aṭṭhamassa attajjhāsayiko nikkhePo. Imaṃ kira mahāariyavaṃsasuttantaṃ bhagavā jetavanamahāvihāre dhammasabhāyaṃ paññattapavarabuddhāsane nisinno attanopi parapuggalānampi ajjhāsayavasena parivāretvā nisinnāpi cattāḷīsabhikkhusahassāni "bhikkhave"ti āmantetvā cattārome bhikkhave ariyavaṃsāti ārabhi. Tattha ariyavaṃsāti ariyānaṃ vaṃsā. Yathā hi khattiyavaṃso brāhmaṇavaṃso vessavaṃso suddavaṃso samaṇavaṃso kulavaṃso rājavaṃso, evaṃ ayampi aṭṭhamo ariyavaṃso ariyatanti ariyappaveṇi nāma hoti. So kho panāyaṃ vaṃso imesaṃ vaṃsānaṃ mūlagandhādīnaṃ kāḷānusārigandhādayo viya aggamakkhāyati.

Ke pana te ariyā, yesaṃ ete vaṃsāti? ariyā vuccanti buddhā ca Paccekabuddhā ca tathāgatasāvakā ca, etesaṃ ariyānaṃ vaṃsāti ariyavaṃsā. Ito pubbe hi satasahassakappādhikānaṃ catunnaṃ asaṅkheyyānaṃ matthake taṇhaṅkaro medhaṅkaro saraṇaṅkaro dīpaṅkaroti cattāro buddhā uppannā, te ariyā, tesaṃ ariyānaṃ vaṃsāti ariyavaṃsā. Tesaṃ buddhānaṃ parinibbānato aparabhāge asaṅkheyyaṃ atikkamitvā koṇḍañño nāma buddho uppanno .pe. Imasmiṃ kappe kakusandho konāgamano kassapo amhākaṃ bhagavā gotamoti cattāro buddhā uppannā, tesaṃ ariyānaṃ vaṃsāti ariyavaṃsā. Apica atītānāgatapaccuppannānaṃ sabbabuddhapaccekabuddha- buddhasāvakānaṃ ariyānaṃ vaṃsāti ariyavaṃsā.