4. Aṭṭhakavagga

1. Kāmasuttavaṇṇanā

[773] Kāmaṃ kāmayamānassāti kāmasuttaṃ. Kā uppatti? bhagavati kira sāvatthiyaṃ viharante aññataro brāhmaṇo sāvatthiyā jetavanassa ca antare aciravatīnadītīre "yavaṃ vapissāmī"ti khettaṃ kasati. Bhagavā bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto piṇḍāya pavisanto taṃ disvā āvajjento addasa "tassa brāhmaṇassa yavā vinassissantī"ti, puna upanissayasampattiṃ āvajjento cassa sotāpattiphalassa upanissayaṃ addasa. "kadā pāpuṇeyyā"ti āvajjento ca "sasse vinaṭṭhe sokābhibhūto dhammadesanaṃ sutvā"ti addasa. Tato cintesi "sacāhaṃ tadā eva brāhmaṇaṃ upasaṅkamissāmi, na me ovādaṃ sotabbaṃ maññissati. Nānārucikā hi brāhmaṇā, handa naṃ ito pabhutiyeva saṅgaṇhāmi, evaṃ mayi muducitto hutvā tadā ovādaṃ sossatī"ti brāhmaṇaṃ upasaṅkamitvā āha "kiṃ brāhmaṇa karosī"ti. Brāhmaṇo "evaṃ uccākulīno samaṇo gotamo mayā saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ karotī"ti tāvatakeneva bhagavati pasannacitto hutvā "khettaṃ bho gotama kasāmi yavaṃ vapissāmī"ti āha. Atha sāriputtatthero cintesi "bhagavā brāhmaṇena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ akāsi, na ca ahetu appaccayā tathāgatā evaṃ karonti, handāhampi tena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ karomī"ti brāhmaṇaṃ upasaṅkamitvā tatheva paṭisanthāramakāsi. Evaṃ mahāmoggallānatthero sesā ca asīti mahāsāvakā. Brāhmaṇo atīva attamano ahosi.

Atha bhagavā sampajjamānepi sasse ekadivasaṃ katabhattakicco sāvatthito jetavanaṃ gacchanto maggā okkamma brāhmaṇassa santikaṃ gantvā āha