12. Sumanasāmaṇeravatthu. (263)
"yo haveti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā pubbārāme viharanto sumanasāmaṇeraṃ ārabbha kathesi.
Tatrāyaṃ anupubbīkathā: "padumuttarakālasmiṃ hi eko kulaputto satthāraṃ catuparisamajjhe ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ dibbacakkhukānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā taṃ sampattiṃ patthayamāno satthāraṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dānaṃ datvā "bhante ahaṃpi anāgate ekassa buddhassa sāsane dibbacakkhukānaṃ aggo bhaveyyanti patthanaṃ ṭhapesi. Satthā kappasatasahassaṃ olokento tassa patthanāya samijjhanabhāvaṃ viditvā "ito kappasatasahassamatthake gotamabuddhassa sāsane dibbacakkhukānaṃ aggo anuruddhatthero nāma bhavissasīti byākāsi. So taṃ byākaraṇaṃ sutvā sve pattabbaṃ viya taṃ sampattiṃ maññamāno, parinibbute satthari, bhikkhū dibbacakkhuparikammaṃ pucchitvā sattayojanikaṃ kāñcanathūpaṃ parikkhipitvā anekāni dīparukkhasahassāni kāretvā dīpapūjaṃ kāretvā tato cuto devaloke nibbattitvā devamanussesu satasahassakappāni saṃsaritvā imasmiṃ kappe bārāṇasiyaṃ daliddakule nibbatto sumanaseṭṭhiṃ nissāya tassa tiṇahārako hutvā jīvitaṃ kappesi. "annabhārotissa nāmaṃ ahosi. Sumanaseṭṭhīpi tasmiṃ nagare niccakālaṃ mahādānaṃ deti. Athekadivasaṃ upariṭṭho nāma paccekabuddho gandhamādane nirodhasamāpattito vuṭṭhāya "kassa nu kho ajja anuggahaṃ Karissāmīti cintetvā "ajja mayā annabhārassa anuggahaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, idāni ca so aṭavito tiṇaṃ ādāya gehaṃ āgamissatīti ñatvā pattacīvaramādāya iddhiyā gantvā annabhārassa sammukhe paccuṭṭhāsi. Annabhāro taṃ tucchapattahatthaṃ disvā "api bhante bhikkhaṃ labhitthāti pucchitvā, "labhissāmi mahāpuññāti vutte, "tenahi bhante thokaṃ āgamethāti tiṇakājaṃ chaḍḍetvā vegena gehaṃ gantvā "bhadde mayhaṃ ṭhapitabhāgabhattaṃ atthi natthīti bhariyaṃ pucchitvā, "atthi sāmīti vutte, vegena paccāgantvā paccekabuddhassa pattaṃ ādāya "mayhaṃ dātukāmatāya sati, deyyadhammo na hoti, deyyadhamme sati, paṭiggāhakaṃ na labhāmi, ajja pana me paṭiggāhako ca diṭṭho deyyadhammo ca atthi, lābhā vata meti gehaṃ gantvā patte bhattaṃ ākirāpetvā paccāharitvā paccekabuddhassa hatthe patiṭṭhāpetvā