7. Ajakalāpakasuttavaṇṇanā

[7] Sattame pāvāyanti evaṃnāmake mallarājūnaṃ nagare. Ajakalāpake cetiyeti ajakalāpakena nāma yakkhena pariggahitattā "ajakalāpakan"ti laddhanāme manussānaṃ cittīkataṭṭhāne. So kira yakkho aje kalāpe katvā bandhanena ajakoṭṭhāsena saddhiṃ baliṃ paṭicchati, na aññathā, tasmā "ajakalāpako"ti paññāyittha. Keci panāhu:- ajake viya satte lāpetīti ajakalāpakoti. Tassa kira sattā baliṃ upanetvā yadā ajasaddaṃ katvā baliṃ upaharanti, tadā so tussati, tasmā "ajakalāpako"ti vuccatīti, so pana yakkho ānubhāvasampanno kakkhaḷo pharuso tattha ca sannihito, tasmā taṃ ṭhānaṃ manussā cittiṃ karonti, kālena kālaṃ baliṃ upaharanti. Tena vuttaṃ "ajakalāpake cetiye"ti. Ajakalāpakassa yakkhassa bhavaneti tassa yakkhassa vimāne.

Tadā kira satthā taṃ yakkhaṃ dametukāmo sāyanhasamaye eko adutiyo pattacīvaramādāya ajakalāpakassa yakkhassa bhavanadvāraṃ gantvā tassa dovārikaṃ bhavanapavisanatthāya yāci. So "kakkhaḷo bhante ajakalāpako yakkho, samaṇoti vā brāhmaṇoti vā gāravaṃ na karoti, tasmā tumhe eva jānātha, mayhaṃ pana tassa anārocanaṃ na yuttan"ti tāvadeva yakkhasamāgamaṃ gatassa ajakalāpakassa santikaṃ vātavegena agamāsi. Satthā antobhavanaṃ pavisitvā ajakalāpakassa nisīdanamaṇḍape paññattāsane nisīdi. Yakkhassa orodhā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Satthā tāsaṃ kālayuttaṃ dhammiṃ kathaṃ kathesi. Tena vuttaṃ "pāvāyaṃ viharati ajakalāpake cetiye ajakalāpakassa yakkhassa bhavane"ti.

Tasmiṃ samaye sātāgirahemavatā ajakalāpakassa bhavanamatthakena yakkhasamāgamaṃ gacchantā attano gamane asampajjamāne "kinnu kho kāraṇan"ti āvajjentā