๘. เมณฑสิรเถรคาถา

215. 8. Meṇḍasirattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

anekajātisaṃsāranti āyasmato meṇḍasirattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

sopi kira purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni karonto ito ekanavute kappe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto kāme 1- pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā mahatā isigaṇena saddhiṃ himavante vasanto satthāraṃ disvā pasannamānaso isigaṇena padumāni āharāpetvā satthu pupphapūjaṃ 2- katvā sāvake appamādapaṭipattiyaṃ ovaditvā kālaṃ katvā devaloke nibbatto aparāparaṃ saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sākete gahapatikule nibbatti, tassa meṇḍasarikkhasīsatāya meṇḍasirotveva samaññā ahosi. So bhagavati sākete añjanavane viharante satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā samathavipassanāsu kammaṃ karonto chaḷabhiñño ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 3- :-

"himavantassāvidūre gotamo nāma pabbato

nānārukkhehi sañchanno mahābhūtagaṇālayo.

Vemajjhamhi ca tassāsi assamo abhinimmito

purakkhato sasissehi vasāmi assame ahaṃ.

Āyantu me sissagaṇā padumaṃ āharantu me

buddhapūjaṃ karissāmi dipadindassa tādino.

Evanti te paṭissutvā padumaṃ āhariṃsu me

tathā nimittaṃ katvāhaṃ buddhassa abhiropayiṃ.

Sisse tadā samānetvā sādhukaṃ anusāsahaṃ

evaṃ kho tumhe pamajjittha appamādo sukhāvaho.

@Footnote: 1 Sī. gharāvāsaṃ 2 Ma. buddhapūjaṃ 3 kha.apa. 32/97/222 padumapūjakattherāpadāna

Evaṃ samanusāsitvā te sisse vacanakkhame

appamādaguṇe yutto tadā kālaṅkato ahaṃ.

Ekanavutito kappe yaṃ pupphamabhiropayiṃ

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi buddhapūjāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

Ekapaññāsakappamhi rājā āsiṃ jaluttamo

sattaratanasampanno cakkavattī mahabbalo.

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

So attano pubbenivāsaṃ anussaranto:-

"anekajātisaṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ anibbisaṃ

tassa me dukkhajātassa dukkhakkhandho aparaddho"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.

Tattha anekajātisaṃsāranti anekajātisatasahassasaṅkhyaṃ idaṃ saṃsāravaṭṭaṃ, addhuno adhippetattā accantasaṃyogekavacanaṃ. Sandhāvissanti saṃsariṃ, aparāparaṃ cavanuppajjana- vasena paribbhamiṃ. Anibbisanti tassa nivattakañāṇaṃ avindanto alabhanto. Tassa meti evaṃ saṃsarantassa me. Dukkhajātassāti jātiādivasena uppannadukkhassa, tissannaṃ vā dukkhatānaṃ 1- vasena dukkhasabhāvassa. Dukkhakkhandhoti kammakilesavipākavaṭṭappakāro 2- dukkharāsi. Aparaddhoti arahattamaggappattito paṭṭhāya paribbhaṭṭho cuto na abhinibbattissati. 3- "aparaṭṭho"ti vā pāṭho, apagatasamiddhito 4- samucchinnakāraṇattā apagatoti attho. Idameva ca therassa aññābyākaraṇaṃ ahosi.

Meṇḍasirattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

@Footnote: 1 Sī. dukkhajātīnaṃ 2 Sī. kammakilesavipākavasena vuttappakāro

@3 Sī. na dāni pavattissati 4 Sī. apavattisaṃsiddhito