161. 4. Sugandhattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

anuvassiko pabbajitoti āyasmato sugandhattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

so kira ito dvānavute kappe tissassa nāma sammāsambuddhassa kāle manussayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto migabyadhanena araññe vicarati. Satthā tassa anukampāya padavalañjaṃ dassetvā gato. So satthu padacetiyāni disvā purimabuddhesu katādhikāratāya "sadevake loke aggapuggalassa imāni padānī"ti pītisomanassajāto koraṇḍakapupphāni gahetvā pūjaṃ katvā cittaṃ pasādesi. So tena puññakammena devaloke nibbattitvā tato cuto aparāparaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto kassapassa bhagavato kāle kuṭumbiko hutvā satthu bhikkhusaṃghassa ca mahādānaṃ pavattetvā gandhakuṭiṃ mahagghagositacandanaṃ pisitvā tena paribhaṇḍaṃ katvā patthanaṃ paṭṭhapesi "nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne mayhaṃ sarīraṃ evaṃsugandhaṃ hotū"ti. Evaṃ aññānipi tattha tattha bhave bahūni puññakammāni katvā sugatīsueva parivattamāno imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ vibhavasampannassa brāhmaṇassa gehe nibbatti. Nibbattassa ca tassa mātukucchigatakālato paṭṭhāya mātusarīraṃ sakalampi gehaṃ surabhigandhaṃ vāyati. Jātadivase pana visesato paramasugandhaṃ sāmantagehesupi vāyateva. Tassa mātāpitaro "amhākaṃ putto attanāva attano nāmaṃ gahetvā āgato"ti sugandhotveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So anupubbena vayappatto mahāselattheraṃ disvā tassa santike dhammaṃ sutvā pabbajitvā vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto sattāhabbhantareeva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 6-:-