๕. สุนาคเถรคาถา

222. 5. Sunāgattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

cittanimittassa kovidoti āyasmato sunāgattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayaṃ kusalaṃ upacinanto ito ekattiṃse kappe sikhissa bhagavato kāle brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū hutvā araññāyatane assame vasanto tīṇi

@Footnote: 1 Sī. abbhasā nāma nāmena Brāhmaṇasahassāni mante vācesi. Athekadivasaṃ tassa satthāraṃ disvā lakkhaṇāni upadhāretvā lakkhaṇamante parivattentassa "īdisehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato anantajino anantañāṇo buddho bhavissatī"ti buddhañāṇaṃ ārabbha uḷāro pasādo uppajji. So tena cittappasādena devaloke nibbatto aparāparaṃ devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde nālakagāme aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa putto hutvā nibbatti, sunāgotissa nāmaṃ ahosi. So dhammasenāpatissa gihisahāyo therassa santikaṃ gantvā dhammaṃ sutvā dassanabhūmiyaṃ patiṭṭhito pabbajitvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 1- :-

"himavantassāvidūre vasabho nāma pabbato

tasmiṃ pabbatapādamhi assamo āsi māpito. 2-

Tīṇi sissasahassāni vācesiṃ brāhmaṇo tadā

saṃharitvāna te sisse ekamantaṃ upāvisiṃ.

Ekamantaṃ nisīditvā brāhmaṇo mantapāragū

buddhavedaṃ gavesanto ñāṇe cittaṃ pasādayiṃ.

Tattha cittaṃ pasādetvā nisīdiṃ paṇṇasanthare

pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvāna tattha kālaṅkato ahaṃ.

Ekatiṃse ito kappe yaṃ saññamalabhiṃ tadā

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi ñāṇasaññāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

Sattavīsati kappamhi rājā siridharo ahu

sattaratanasampanno cakkavattī mahabbalo.

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

Arahattaṃ pana patvā bhikkhūnaṃ dhammadesanāpakāsena 3- aññaṃ byākaronto:-

@Footnote: 1 khu.apa. 32/34/227 rahosaññikattherāpadāna 2 Sī. assamosi sumāpito

@3 cha.Ma. dhammadesanāpadesena

"cittanimittassa kovido pavivekarasaṃ vijāniya

jhāyaṃ nipako patissato adhigaccheyya sukhaṃ nirāmisan"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.

Tattha cittanimittassa kovidoti bhāvanācittassa nimittaggahaṇe kusalo, "imasmiṃ samaye cittaṃ paggahetabbaṃ, imasmiṃ sampahaṃsitabbaṃ, imasmiṃ ajjhupekkhitabban"ti evaṃ paggahaṇādiyogyassa cittanimittassa gahaṇe cheko. Pavivekarasaṃ vijāniyāti kāya- vivekasaṃvaḍḍhitassa 1- cittavivekassa rasaṃ sañjānitvā, vivekasukhaṃ anubhavitvāti attho. "pavivekarasaṃ pitvā"ti 2- hi vuttaṃ. Jhāyanti paṭhamaṃ ārammaṇūpanijjhānena pacchā lakkhaṇūpanijjhānena ca jhāyanto. Nipakoti kammaṭṭhānapariharaṇe kusalo. Patissatoti upaṭṭhitassati. Adhigaccheyya sukhaṃ nirāmisanti evaṃ samathanimittādikosallena labbhe cittavivekasukhe patiṭṭhāya sato sampajāno hutvā vipassanājhāneneva 3- jhāyanto kāmāmisavaṭṭāmisehi asammissatāya nirāmisaṃ nibbānasukhaṃ phalasukhañca adhigaccheyya samupagaccheyyāti attho.

Sunāgattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.