7. Dvidhāpathasuttavaṇṇanā

[77] Sattame addhānamaggapaṭipannoti addhānasaṅkhātaṃ dīghamaggaṃ paṭipanno gacchanto hoti. Nāgasamālenāti evaṃnāmakena therena. Pacchāsamaṇenāti ayaṃ tadā bhagavato upaṭṭhāko ahosi. Tena naṃ pacchāsamaṇaṃ katvā maggaṃ paṭipajji. Bhagavato hi paṭhamabodhiyaṃ vīsativassāni anibaddhā upaṭṭhākā ahesuṃ, tato paraṃ yāva parinibbānā pañcavīsativassāni āyasmā ānando chāyāva upaṭṭhāsi. Ayaṃ pana anibaddhupaṭṭhākakālo. Tena vuttaṃ "āyasmatā nāgasamālena pacchāsamaṇenā"ti. Dvidhāpathanti dvidhābhūtaṃ maggaṃ. "dvedhāpathan"tipi paṭhanti. Āyasmā nāgasamālo attanā pubbe tattha kataparicayattā ujubhāvañcassa sandhāya vadati "ayaṃ bhante bhagavā pantho"ti. Āha

bhagavā pana tadā tassa saparissayabhāvaṃ ñatvā tato aññaṃ maggaṃ gantukāmo "ayaṃ nāgasamāla pantho"ti āha. "saparissayo"ti ca vutte asaddahitvā "bhagavā na tattha parissayo"ti vadeyya, tadassa dīgharattaṃ ahitāya

Tikkhattuṃ "ayaṃ pantho, iminā gacchāmā"ti vatvā catutthavāre "na bhagavā iminā maggena gantuṃ icchati, ayameva ca ujumaggo, handāhaṃ bhagavato pattacīvaraṃ datvā iminā maggena gamissāmī"ti cintetvā satthu hatthe pattacīvaraṃ dātuṃ asakkonto bhūmiyaṃ ṭhapetvā paccupaṭṭhitena dukkhasaṃvattanikena kammunā codiyamāno bhagavato vacanaṃ anādiyitvāva pakkāmi. Tena vuttaṃ "atha kho āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavato pattacīvaraṃ tattheva chamāyaṃ nikkhipitvā pakkāmī"ti. Tattha bhagavato pattacīvaranti attano hatthagataṃ bhagavato pattacīvaraṃ. Tatthevāti tasmiṃyeva magge chamāyaṃ paṭhaviyaṃ nikkhipitvā pakkāmi. Idaṃ vo bhagavā pattacīvaraṃ, sace icchatha. Gaṇhatha, yadi attanā icchitamaggaṃyeva gantukāmatthāti adhippāyo. Bhagavāpi attano pattacīvaraṃ sayameva gahetvā yathādhippetaṃ maggaṃ paṭipajji.