๑๖. วิมลเถรคาถา

322. 16. Vimalattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

pāpamitteti āyasmato vimalattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayaṃ puññaṃ upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto satthari parinibbute sādhukīḷanadivasesu vītivattesu satthu sarīraṃ gahetvā upāsakesu jhāpanaṭṭhānaṃ gacchantesu satthu guṇe āvajjitvā pasannamānaso sumanapupphehi pūjamakāsi. So tena puññakammena devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde bārāṇasiyaṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vimaloti laddhanāmo vayappatto somamittattheraṃ nissāya sāsane pabbajitvā teneva ussāhito vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā na cirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 1-:-

"nīharante sarīramhi vijjamānāsu 2- bherisu

pasannacitto sumano 4- sattipupphaṃ apūjayiṃ. 3-

@Footnote: 1 khu.apa. 33/49/74 sattipaṇṇiyattherāpadān(syā) 2 cha.Ma. vajjamānāsu

@3 ka. sumanapupphehi pūjayiṃ, cha.Ma. paṭṭipupphamapūjayiṃ

Satasahasse ito 1- kappe yaṃ pupphamabhipūjayiṃ

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi dehapūjāyidaṃ 2- phalaṃ.

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

Arahattaṃ pana patvā attano sahāyassa bhikkhussa ovādaṃ dento:-

"pāpamitte vivajjetvā bhajeyyuttamapuggalaṃ 3-

ovāde cassa tiṭṭheyya patthento acalaṃ sukhaṃ.

Parittaṃ dārumāruyha yathā sīde mahaṇṇave

evaṃ kusītamāgamma sādhujīvīpi sīdati

tasmā taṃ parivajjeyya kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ.

Pavivittehi ariyehi pahitattehi jhāyihi 4-

niccaṃ āraddhavīriyehi paṇḍitehi sahāvase"ti tisso gāthā abhāsi.

Tattha pāpamitteti akalyāṇamitte asappurise hīnaviriye. Vivajjetvāti taṃ abhajanavasena dūrato vajjetvā. Bhajeyyuttamapuggalanti sappurisaṃ paṇḍitaṃ kalyāṇamittaṃ ovādānusāsanīgahaṇavasena seveyya. Ovāde cassa tiṭṭheyyāti assa kalyāṇa- mittassa ovāde anusiṭṭhiyaṃ yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipajjanavasena tiṭṭheyya. Patthentoti ākaṅkhanto. Acalaṃ sukhanti nibbānasukhaṃ phalasukhañca. Tampi hi akuppabhāvato "acalan"ti vuccati. Sesaṃ vuttatthameva.

Vimalattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

Tikanipātavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

Paṭhamo bhāgo niṭṭhito.