107. 10. Uttaramātupetivatthuvaṇṇanā

divāvihāragataṃ bhikkhunti idaṃ uttaramātupetivatthu.

Tatrāyaṃ atthavibhāvanā:- satthari parinibbute paṭhamamahāsaṅgītiyā pavattitāya āyasmā mahākaccāyano dvādasahi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ kosambiyā avidūre aññatarasmiṃ araññāyatane vihāsi. Tena ca samayena rañño udenassa aññataro amacco kālaṃ akāsi, tena ca pubbe nagare kammantā adhiṭṭhitā ahesuṃ. Atha rājā tassa puttaṃ uttaraṃ nāma māṇavaṃ pakkosāpetvā "tvaṃ ca pitarā adhiṭṭhite kammante samanusāsā"ti tena ṭhitaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi.

So ca sādhūti sampaṭicchitvā ekadivasaṃ nagarapaṭisaṅkharaṇiyānaṃ dārūnaṃ atthāya vaḍḍhakiyo gahetvā araññaṃ gato tattha āyasmato mahākaccāyanattherassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ upagantvā theraṃ tattha paṃsukūlacīvaradharaṃ vivittaṃ nisinnaṃ disvā iriyāpatheyeva pasīditvā katapaṭisanthāro vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi, thero tassa dhammaṃ kathesi, so dhammaṃ sutvā ratanattaye sañjātappasādo saraṇesu patiṭṭhāya theraṃ nimantesi "adhivāsetha me bhante svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhūhi anukampaṃ upādāyā"ti. Adhivāsesi thero tuṇhībhāvena, so tato nikkhamitvā nagaraṃ gantvā aññesaṃ upāsakānaṃ ācikkhi "thero mayā svātanāya nimantito, tumhehipi mama dānaggaṃ āgantabban"ti.