๔. สุคันธเถรคาถา

161. 4. Sugandhattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

anuvassiko pabbajitoti āyasmato sugandhattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

so kira ito dvānavute kappe tissassa nāma sammāsambuddhassa kāle manussayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto migabyadhanena 1- araññe vicarati. 2- Satthā tassa anukampāya padavalañjaṃ dassetvā gato. So satthu padacetiyāni disvā purimabuddhesu katādhikāratāya "sadevake loke aggapuggalassa imāni padānī"ti pītisomanassajāto koraṇḍakapupphāni 3- gahetvā pūjaṃ katvā cittaṃ pasādesi. So tena puññakammena devaloke nibbattitvā tato cuto aparāparaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto kassapassa bhagavato kāle kuṭumbiko hutvā satthu bhikkhusaṃghassa ca mahādānaṃ pavattetvā gandhakuṭiṃ mahagghagositacandanaṃ pisitvā 4- tena paribhaṇḍaṃ katvā patthanaṃ paṭṭhapesi "nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne mayhaṃ sarīraṃ evaṃsugandhaṃ hotū"ti. Evaṃ aññānipi tattha tattha bhave bahūni puññakammāni 5- katvā sugatīsueva parivattamāno imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ vibhavasampannassa brāhmaṇassa gehe nibbatti. Nibbattassa ca tassa mātukucchigatakālato paṭṭhāya mātusarīraṃ sakalampi gehaṃ surabhigandhaṃ vāyati. Jātadivase pana visesato paramasugandhaṃ sāmantagehesupi vāyateva. Tassa mātāpitaro "amhākaṃ putto attanāva attano nāmaṃ gahetvā āgato"ti sugandhotveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So anupubbena vayappatto mahāselattheraṃ disvā tassa santike dhammaṃ sutvā pabbajitvā vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto sattāhabbhantareeva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 6-:-

@Footnote: 1 poṭṭhakesu byasanenāti ayaṃ pāṭho dissati 2 Sī. viharati 3 Sī. kuraṇḍaka...

@4 Sī. piṃsitvā 5 poṭṭhakesu puññānīti ayaṃ pāṭho dissati 6 khu.apa. 33/83/127

@ koraṇḍapupphiyattherāpadāna (syā)

"vanakammiko pure āsiṃ pitumātumatenahaṃ 1-

pasumārena jīvāmi kusalaṃ me na vijjati.

Mama āsayasāmantā tisso lokagganāyako

padāni tīṇi dassesi anukampāya cakkhumā.

Akkante ca pade disvā tissanāmassa satthuno

haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena 2- pade cittaṃ pasādayiṃ.

Koraṇḍaṃ pupphitaṃ disvā pādapaṃ dharaṇīruhaṃ

sakosakaṃ gahetvāna padaseṭṭhaṃ apūjayiṃ.

Tena kammena sukatena cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca

jahitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ tāvatiṃsaṃ agacchahaṃ.

Yaṃ yaṃ yo nupapajjāmi devattaṃ atha mānusaṃ

koraṇḍakachavī homi suppabhāso bhavāmahaṃ.

Dvenavute ito kappe yaṃ kammamakariṃ tadā

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi padapūjāyidaṃ 3- phalaṃ.

Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ .pe. Kataṃ buddhassa sāsanan"ti.

Arahattaṃ pana patvā aññaṃ byākaronto:-

4- "anuvassiko pabbajito passa dhammasudhammataṃ

tisso vijjā anuppattā kataṃ buddhassa sāsanan"ti imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi. 4-

Tattha anuvassikoti anugato upagato vassaṃ anuvasso, anuvassova

@Footnote: 1 Sī. pitumātumaposahaṃ 2 Sī. haṭṭho pahaṭṭhacittohaṃ 3 Sī. pupphapūjāyidaṃ

@4-4 cha.Ma. "anuvassiko pabbajito"ti imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi Anuvassiko. Pabbajitoti pabbajjaṃ upagato, pabbajito hutvā upagatavassamatto 1- ekavassikoti attho. Athavā anugataṃ pacchāgataṃ apagataṃ vassaṃ 2- anuvassaṃ, taṃ assa atthīti anuvassiko. Yassa pabbajitassa vassaṃ aparipuṇṇatāya na gaṇanūpagataṃ, so evaṃ vutto, tasmā avassikoti vuttaṃ hoti. Passa dhammasudhammatanti tava satthu dhammassa sudhammabhāvaṃ svākkhātataṃ ekantaniyyānikataṃ passa, 3- yattha anuvassiko tuvaṃ pabbajito. Pubbenivāsañāṇaṃ dibbacakkhuñāṇaṃ 3- āsavakkhayañāṇanti tisso vijjā tayā anuppattā sacchikatā, tatoeva kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ sammāsambuddhassa sāsanaṃ anusiṭṭhi ovādo anusikkhitoti katakiccataṃ nissāya pītisomanassajāto thero attānaṃ paraṃ viya katvā vadatīti.

Sugandhattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.