Pāpasahāyagāthāvaṇṇanā samattā.

[58] Bahussutanti kā uppatti? pubbe kira kassapassa bhagavato Sāsane aṭṭha paccekabodhisattā pabbajitvā gatapaccāgatavattaṃ pūretvā devaloke uppannāti sabbaṃ anavajjabhojīgāthāya vuttasadisameva. Ayaṃ pana viseso:- paccekabuddhe nisīdāpetvā rājā āha "ke tumhe"ti. Te āhaṃsu "mayaṃ mahārāja bahussutā nāmā"ti. Rājā "ahaṃ sutabrahmadatto nāma, sutena tittiṃ na gacchāmi, handa nesaṃ santike vicitranayaṃ saddhammadesanaṃ sossāmī"ti attamano dakkhiṇodakaṃ datvā parivisitvā bhattakiccapariyosāne saṃghattherassa pattaṃ gahetvā vanditvā purato nisīdi "dhammakathaṃ bhante karothā"ti. So "sukhito hotu mahārāja, rāgakkhayo hotū"ti vatvā uṭṭhito. Rājā "ayaṃ na bahussuto,

Evaṃ yāva sabbesaṃ paṭipāṭi gacchati, tāva nimantesi. Te sabbepi "dosakkhayo hotu, mohakkhayo, gatikkhayo, vaṭṭakkhayo, upadhikkhayo, taṇhakkhayo hotū"ti evaṃ ekekaṃ padaṃ visesetvā sesaṃ paṭhamasadisameva vatvā uṭṭhahiṃsu.

Tato rājā "ime `bahussutā mayan'ti bhaṇanti, na ca tesaṃ vicitrakathā, kimetehi vuttan"ti tesaṃ vacanatthaṃ upaparikkhitumāraddho. Atha "rāgakkhayo hotū"ti upaparikkhanto "rāge khīṇe dosopi mohopi aññataraññatarepi kilesā khīṇā hontī"ti ñatvā attamano ahosi "nippariyāyabahussutā ime samaṇā. Yathā hi purisena mahāpaṭhaviṃ vā ākāsaṃ vā aṅguliyā niddisantena na aṅgulimattova padeso niddiṭṭho hoti, apica kho pana paṭhavīākāsā eva niddiṭṭhā honti, evaṃ imehi ekamekaṃ atthaṃ niddisantehi aparimāṇā atthā niddiṭṭhā hontī"ti. Tato so "kudāssu nāmāhampi evaṃ bahussuto bhavissāmī"ti tathārūpaṃ bahussutabhāvaṃ patthento rajjaṃ pahāya pabbajitvā vipassanto paccekabodhiṃ sacchikatvā imaṃ udānagāthaṃ abhāsi:-