10. Attadatthattheravatthu. (136)

"attadatthaṃ paratthenāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto attadatthattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Satthārā hi parinibbānakāle "bhikkhave ahaṃ cātummāsaccayena parinibbāyissāmīti vutte, uppannasaṃvegā sattasatā puthujjanā bhikkhū satthu santikaṃ avijahitvāva "kinnu kho āvuso karissāmāti mantayamānā vicaranti. Attadatthatthero pana cintesi "satthā kira cātummāsaccayena parinibbāyissati, ahañcamhi Avītarāgo, satthari dharamāneyeva arahattatthāya vāyamissāmīti. So bhikkhūnaṃ santikaṃ na gacchati. Atha naṃ bhikkhū "kasmā āvuso tvaṃ neva amhākaṃ santikaṃ āgacchasi, na kiñci mantesīti vatvā satthu santikaṃ netvā "ayaṃ bhante evannāma karotīti ārocayiṃsu. So satthārāpi "kasmā evaṃ karosīti vutto "tumhe kira bhante cātummāsaccayena parinibbāyissatha, ahaṃ tumhesu dharantesuyeva arahattappattiyā vāyamāmīti. Satthā tassa sādhukāraṃ datvā "bhikkhave yassa mayi sineho atthi, tena attadatthattherena viya bhavituṃ vaṭṭati; na hi gandhādīhi pūjentā maṃ pūjenti, dhammānudhammappaṭipattiyā pana maṃ pūjenti; tasmā aññenapi attadatthasadisena bhavitabbanti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"attadatthaṃ paratthena bahunāpi na hāpaye,