๘. วัชชิตเถรคาถา

305. 8. Vajjitattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

saṃsaraṃ dīghamaddhānanti āyasmato vajjitattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave puññāni upacinanto ito pañcasaṭṭhime kappe ekasmiṃ paccantagāme nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto vanacarako hutvā vicaranto ekadivasaṃ upasantaṃ nāma paccekabuddhaṃ pabbataguhāyaṃ viharantaṃ addasa. So tassa upasamaṃ disvā pasannamānaso campakapupphena pūjaṃ akāsi. So tena puññakammena devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kosalaraṭṭhe ibbhakule nibbatto jātadivasato paṭṭhāya mātugāmahatthaṃ gato rodati. Brahmalokato kira cavitvā idhāgato yasmā mātugāmasamphassaṃ na sahati, tasmā mātugāmasamphassavajjanato vajjitotveva nāmaṃ jātaṃ. So vayappatto satthu yamakapāṭihāriyaṃ disvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā tadaheva chaḷabhiñño ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 1- :-

"upasanto ca sambuddho vasatī pabbatantare

ekacampakamādāya upagacchiṃ naruttamaṃ.

Pasannacitto sumano paccekamunimuttamaṃ

ubho hatthehi paggayha pūjayiṃ aparājitaṃ.

Ekatiṃse ito kappe 2- yaṃ pupphamabhipūjayiṃ

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi buddhapūjāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

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

Chaḷabhiñño pana hutvā attano pubbenivāsaṃ anussaritvā dhammasaṃvegena:-

@Footnote: 1 khu.apa. 32/27/400 ekacampakapupphiyattherāpadāna 2 cha.Ma. pañcasaṭṭhimhito kappe

"saṃsaraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ gatīsu parivattisaṃ

apassaṃ ariyasaccāni andhabhūto puthujjano.

Tassa me appamattassa saṃsārā vinaḷīkatā

sabbā gatī samucchinnā natthi dāni punabbhavo"ti dve gāthā abhāsi.

Tattha saṃsaranti saṃsaranto, tasmiṃ tasmiṃ bhave ādānanikkhepavasena aparāparaṃ sandhāvanto. Dīghamaddhānanti cirakālaṃ anādimati saṃsāre aparimāṇakālaṃ. Gatīsūti sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ vasena sugatiduggatīsu. Parivattisanti ghaṭīyantaṃ viya paribbhamanto cavanupapajjanavasena 1- aparāparaṃ parivattiṃ. Tassa pana parivattanassa kāraṇamāha "apassaṃ ariyasaccāni, andhabhūto puthujjano"ti. Dukkhādīni cattāri ariya- saccāni ñāṇacakkhunā apassanto appaṭivijjhanto, tatoeva avijjandhatāya andhabhūto puthūnaṃ jananādīhi kāraṇehi puthujjano puthujjanattā 2- gatīsu parivattisanti yojanā, tenevāha bhagavā:-

"catunnaṃ bhikkhave ariyasaccānaṃ ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṃ

dīghamaddhānaṃ sandhāvitaṃ saṃsaritaṃ mamañceva tumhākañcā"ti. 3-

Tassa mayhaṃ vuttanayena pubbe puthujjanasseva sato 4- idāni satthārā dinnanayena appamattassa appamādapaṭipattiyā samathavipassanābhāvanaṃ matthakaṃ pāpetvā ṭhitassa. Saṃsārā vinaḷīkatāti saṃsaranti sattā etehīti "saṃsārā"ti laddhanāmā kammakilesā aggamaggena samucchinnattā vigatanaḷā 5- nimmūlā katā. Sabbā gatī samucchinnāti evaṃ kammakilesavaṭṭānaṃ vinaḷīkatattā nirayādikā sabbāpi gatiyo sammadeva ucchinnā

@Footnote: 1 Sī., i. cavanuppajjanavasena 2 cha.Ma. puthujjano honto

@3 vinaYu.mahā. 5/287/65 ambapālīvatthu, saṃ.mahā. 19/1091/376 paṭhamakoṭigāmasutta

@4 i. puthujjano puthujjanantogadhattā, Ma. puthujjano hutvā 5 Sī. vihatanaḷā Viddhaṃsitā, tatoeva natthi dāni āyatiṃ punabbhavoti idameva ca therassa aññā- byākaraṇaṃ ahosīti.

Vajjitattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.