Ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuvatthu.

4. Bhāgineyyasaṅgharakkhitattheravatthu. (27)

"dūraṅgamaṃ ekacaranti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto saṅgharakkhitaṃ nāma bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Sāvatthiyaṃ kireko kulaputto satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā nikkhamitvā pabbajito laddhūpasampado saṅgharakkhitatthero nāma hutvā katipāheneva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tassa kaniṭṭho puttaṃ labhitvā therassa nāmaṃ akāsi. So bhāgineyyasaṅgharakkhito nāma hutvā vayappatto therassa santike pabbajitvā laddhūpasampado aññatarasmiṃ gāmakārāme vassaṃ upagantvā "ekaṃ sattahatthaṃ ekaṃ aṭṭhahatthanti dve vassāvāsikasāṭake labhitvā "aṭṭhahatthaṃ upajjhāyassa me bhavissatīti sallakkhetvā "sattahatthaṃ mayhaṃ bhavissatīti cintetvā vutthavasso "upajjhāyaṃ passissāmīti āgacchanto antarāmagge piṇḍāya caranto āgantvā, there vihāraṃ anāgateyeva, vihāraṃ pavisitvā therassa divāṭṭhānaṃ sammajjitvā pādodakaṃ upaṭṭhāpetvā āsanaṃ paññāpetvā āgamanamaggaṃ olokento nisīdi. Athassa āgamanabhāvaṃ ñatvā paccuggamanaṃ katvā pattacīvaraṃ paṭiggahetvā "nisīdatha bhanteti theraṃ nisīdāpetvā tālavaṇṭaṃ ādāya vījitvā pānīyaṃ datvā pāde dhovitvā taṃ sāṭakaṃ ānetvā pādamūle ṭhapetvā "bhante imaṃ paribhuñjathāti vatvā vījayamāno aṭṭhāsi. Atha naṃ thero āha "saṅgharakkhita mayhaṃ cīvaraṃ paripuṇṇaṃ, tvameva paribhuñjāti. "bhante mayā laddhakālato paṭṭhāya ayaṃ tumhākameva sallakkhito, paribhogaṃ karothāti. "hotu saṅgharakkhita, paripuṇṇaṃ me cīvaraṃ, tvameva paribhuñjāti. "bhante mā evaṃ karotha, tumhehi paribhutte, mayhaṃ mahapphalaṃ bhavissatīti. Atha naṃ, tassa punappunaṃ kathentassāpi, thero na icchi. Evaṃ so vījayamāno ṭhitova cintesi "ahaṃ therassa gihikāle bhāgineyyo pabbajitakāle saddhivihāriko, evaṃpi mayā saddhiṃ upajjhāyo paribhogaṃ na kātukāmo, imasmiṃ mayā saddhiṃ paribhogaṃ akaronte, kiṃ me samaṇabhāvena, gihī bhavissāmīti. Athassa etadahosi "dussaṇṭhāpiyo gharāvāso, kinnu kho katvā gihibhūto jīvissāmīti; tato cintesi "aṭṭhahatthasāṭakaṃ vikkīṇitvā ekaṃ