115. 5. Kumārapetavatthuvaṇṇanā

accherarūpaṃ sugatassa ñāṇanti idaṃ kumārapetavatthu. Tassa kā uppatti?

sāvatthiyaṃ kira bahū upāsakā dhammagaṇā hutvā nagare mahantaṃ maṇḍapaṃ kāretvā taṃ nānāvaṇṇehi vatthehi alaṅkaritvā kālasseva satthāraṃ bhikkhusaṃghañca nimantetvā mahārahavarapaccattharaṇatthatesu āsanesu buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṃghaṃ nisīdāpetvā gandhapupphādīhi pūjetvā mahādānaṃ pavattenti. Taṃ disvā aññataro maccheramalapariyuṭṭhitacitto puriso taṃ sakkāraṃ asahamāno evamāha "varametaṃ sabbaṃ saṅkārakūṭe chaḍḍitaṃ, na tveva imesaṃ muṇḍakānaṃ dinnan"ti. Taṃ sutvā upāsakā saṃviggamānasā "bhāriyaṃ vata iminā purisena pāpaṃ pasutaṃ, yena evaṃ buddhappamukhe bhikkhusaṃghe aparaddhan"ti tamatthaṃ tassa mātuyā ārocetvā "gaccha tvaṃ sasāvakasaṃghaṃ bhagavantaṃ khamāpehī"ti āhaṃsu. Sā "sādhū"ti paṭissuṇitvā puttaṃ santajjentī saññāpetvā bhagavantaṃ bhikkhusaṃghañca upasaṅkamitvā puttena kataaccayaṃ dassentī khamāpetvā bhagavato bhikkhusaṃghassa ca sattāhaṃ yāgudānena pūjaṃ akāsi. Tassā putto nacirasseva kālaṃ katvā kiliṭṭhakammūpajīviniyā gaṇikāya kucchiyaṃ nibbatti, sā ca naṃ jātamattaṃyeva "dārako"ti ñatvā susāne chaḍḍāpesi. So tattha attano puññabaleneva gahitārakkho kenaci anupadduto mātu aṅke viya sukhaṃ supi. Devatā tassa ārakkhaṃ gaṇhiṃsūti ca vadanti.

Atha bhagavā paccūsasamaye mahākaruṇāsamāpattito vuṭṭhāya buddhacakkhunā lokaṃ volokento taṃ dārakaṃ sivathikāya chaḍḍitaṃ disvā sūriyuggamanavelāya sivathikaṃ agamāsi. "satthā idhāgato, kāraṇenettha bhavitabban"ti mahājano sannipati. Bhagavā sannipatita- parisāya "nāyaṃ dārako oññātabbo, yadipi idāni susāne chaḍḍito anātho ṭhito, āyatiṃ pana diṭṭheva dhamme abhisamparāyañca uḷārasampattiṃ paṭilabhissatī"ti