๗. นันทกเถรคาถา

284. 7. Nandakattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

yathāpi bhaddo ājaññoti āyasmato nandakattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave puññāni karonto sikhissa bhagavato kāle paccantadese uppajjitvā viññutaṃ patto vanacāriko hutvā vicaranto ekadivasaṃ satthu caṅkamanaṭṭhānaṃ disvā pasannacitto vālukā okiri. So tena puññakammena devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde campāyaṃ gahapatikule nibbatti, tassa nandakoti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Jeṭṭhakabhātā panassa bhārato 1- nāma. Tassa pubbayogo anantaravatthusmiṃ āvi bhavissati. Te ubhopi viññutaṃ patvā āyasmantaṃ soṇaṃ koḷivisaṃ 2- pabbajitaṃ sutvā "soṇopi nāma tathāsukhumālo pabbaji, kimaṅgaṃ pana mayan"ti pabbajiṃsu. Tesu bhārato na cirasseva vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā chaḷabhiñño ahosi. Nandako pana kilesānaṃ balavabhāvena tāva vipassanaṃ ussukkāpetuṃ nāsakkhi, vipassanāya kammaṃ karotieva. Athassa bhāratatthero āsayaṃ ñatvā avassayo bhavitukāmo taṃ pacchāsamaṇaṃ katvā vihārato nikkhamitvā maggasamīpe nisinno vipassanākathaṃ 3- kathesi.

Tena ca samayena sakaṭasatthe gacchante eko sakaṭe yutto 4- goṇo cikkhallaṭṭhāne 5- sakaṭaṃ uddharituṃ asakkonto paripati. Tato naṃ satthavāho sakaṭā mocetvā tiṇañca pānīyañca datvā parissamaṃ apanetvā puna dhure yojesi. Tato goṇo vūpasantaparissamo laddhabalo taṃ sakaṭaṃ cikkhallaṭṭhānato uddharitvā thale patiṭṭhāpesi. Atha bhāratatthero nandakassa "passasi no tvaṃ āvuso nandaka imassa kamman"ti

@Footnote: 1 cha.Ma. bharato. evamuparipi 2 Sī.,i. kolivīsaṃ 3 Sī. vipassanāya kathaṃ

@4 Sī.,i. niyutto 5 i. cikkhallāvaṭe ṭhāne, Ma. cikkhallakasaṭe ṭhāne Taṃ nidassetvā tena "passāmī"ti vutte "imamatthaṃ suṭṭhu upadhārehī"ti āha. Itaro"yathāyaṃ goṇo vūpasantaparissamo paṅkaṭṭhānato bhāraṃ ubbahati, evaṃ mayāpi saṃsārapaṅkato attā uddharitabbo"ti tamevārammaṇaṃ katvā vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto na cirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 1- :-

"migaluddo pure āsiṃ araññe kānane ahaṃ

vātamigaṃ gavesanto caṅkamaṃ addasaṃ ahaṃ.

Ucchaṅgena puḷinaṃ gayha caṅkame okiriṃ ahaṃ

pasannacitto sumano sugatassa sirīmato.

Ekatiṃse ito kappe puḷinaṃ okiriṃ ahaṃ

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi puḷinassa idaṃ phalaṃ.

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

Arahattaṃ pana patvā attano jeṭṭhabhātikassa bhāratattherassa santike aññaṃ byākaronto:-

"yathāpi bhaddo ājañño khalitvā patitiṭṭhati

bhiyyo laddhāna saṃvegaṃ adīno vahate dhuraṃ.

Evaṃ dassanasampannaṃ sammāsambuddhasāvakaṃ

ājānīyaṃ maṃ dhāretha puttaṃ buddhassa orasan"ti gāthādvayaṃ abhāsi.

Tattha bhiyyo laddhāna saṃvegaṃ, adīno vahate dhuranti "mayhaṃ jātibalaviriyānaṃ ananucchavikametaṃ 2- yadidaṃ āgatassa bhārassa avahanan"ti 3- saṃvegaṃ labhitvā adīno adīnamānaso 4- alīnacitto. "alīno"ti vā pāṭho, soeva attho. Bhiyyo punappunaṃ bhiyyoso

@Footnote: 1 khu.apa. 33/70/98 puḷinacaṅkamiyattherāpadāna (syā) 2 Ma. anucchavikametaṃ

@3 Ma. āvahananti 4 Sī. alīnamānaso Mattāya attano dhuraṃ bhāraṃ vahate ubbahati. Sesaṃ heṭṭhā ramaṇīyavihārittherassa gāthāvaṇṇanāyaṃ vuttanayameva.

Nandakattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.