๔. เมตตชิเถรคาถา

231. 4. Mettajittheragāthāvaṇṇanā

namo hi tassa bhagavatoti āyasmato mettajittherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

so kira anomadassissa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto sāsane abhippasanno hutvā bodhirukkhassa iṭṭhakāhi veditaṃ cinitvā sudhāparikammaṃ kāresi. Satthā tassa anumodanaṃ akāsi. So tena puññakammena devaloke nibbattitvā aparāparaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde magadharaṭṭhe aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa putto hutvā nibbatti, mettajītissa nāmaṃ ahosi. So vayappatto kāmesu ādīnavaṃ disvā tāpasapabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā araññe viharanto buddhuppādaṃ sutvā pubbahetunā codiyamāno satthu santikaṃ gantvā pavattinivattiyo 1- ārabbha pañhaṃ pucchitvā satthārā pañhe vissajjite paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 2- :-

"anomadassīmunino bodhivedimakāsahaṃ

sudhāya piṇḍaṃ datvāna pāṇikammaṃ akāsahaṃ.

Disvā taṃ sukataṃ kammaṃ anomadassī naruttamo

bhikkhusaṃghe ṭhito satthā imā gāthā 3- abhāsatha.

Iminā sudhakammena cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca

sampattiṃ anubhotvāna dukkhassantaṃ karissati.

Pasannamukhavaṇṇomhi ekaggo susamāhito

dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ sammāsambuddhasāsane.

Ito kappasate āsiṃ paripuṇṇe anūnake 4-

@Footnote: 1 Sī. pavattiyo 2 khu.apa. 32/26/236 anulomadāyakattherāpadāna

@3 pāli. imaṃ gāthaṃ 4 pāli. paripuṇṇo anūnako

Rājā sabbaghano nāmaṃ cakkavattī mahabbalo.

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

Arahattaṃ pana patvā satthāraṃ thomento:-

"namo hi tassa bhagavato sakyaputtassa sirīmato

tenāyaṃ aggappattena aggadhammo 1- sudesito"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.

Tattha namoti namakāro. Hīti nipātamattaṃ. Tassāti yo so bhagavā samatiṃsapāramiyo pūretvā sabbakilese bhañjitvā anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambuddho, sakyarājassa puttoti sakyaputto. Anaññasādhāraṇāya puññasampattiyā ca sambhāvito uttamāya rūpakāyasiriyā dhammakāyasiriyā ca samannāgatattā sirīmā, tassa bhagavato sakyaputtassa sirīmato namo atthu, taṃ namāmīti attho. Tenāti tena bhagavatā. Ayanti tassa dhammassa attano paccakkhatāya vadati. Aggappattenāti aggaṃ sabbaññutaṃ, sabbehi vā guṇehi aggabhāvaṃ seṭṭhabhāvaṃ pattena. Aggadhammoti aggo uttamo navavidhalokuttaro dhammo suṭṭhu aviparītaṃ desito paveditoti.

Mettajittheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.