368. 3. Mahāpanthakattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

yadā paṭhamamaddakkhintiādikā āyasmato mahāpanthakattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

ayaṃ kira padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare vibhavasampanno kuṭumbiko hutvā ekadivasaṃ satthu santake dhammaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ saññāvivaṭṭa- kusalānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā sayampi taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthento buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ pavattetvā "bhante yaṃ bhikkhuṃ tumhe ito satta- divasamatthake `saññāvivaṭṭakusalānaṃ ayaṃ mama sāsane aggo"ti etadagge ṭhapayittha, ahampi imassa adhikārakammassa balena so bhikkhu viya anāgate ekassa buddhassa sāsane aggo bhaveyyan"ti patthanaṃ akāsi. Kaniṭṭhabhātā panassa tatheva bhagavati adhikārakammaṃ katvā manomayassa kāyassābhinimmānaṃ cetovivaṭṭakosallanti dvinnaṃ aṅgānaṃ vasena vuttanayeneva paṇidhānaṃ akāsi. Bhagavā dvinnampi patthanaṃ anantarāyena samijjhanabhāvaṃ disvā "anāgate kappasatasahassamatthake gotamassa nāma sammā- sambuddhassa sāsane tumhākaṃ patthanā samijjhissatī"ti byākāsi.

Te ubhopi janā tattha yāvajīvaṃ puññāni katvā tato cuto devaloke nibbattiṃsu. Tattha mahāpanthakassa antarākataṃ kalyāṇadhammaṃ na kathiyati. Cūḷapanthako pana kassapassa bhagavato sāsane pabbajitvā vīsati vassasahassāni odātakasiṇakammaṃ Katvā devapure nibbatti. Apadāne pana "cūḷapanthako padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle tāpaso hutvā himavante vasanto tattha bhagavantaṃ disvā pupphacchattena pūjaṃ akāsī"ti āgataṃ. Tesaṃ devamanussesu saṃsarantānaṃyeva kappasatasahassaṃ atikkantaṃ. Atha amhākaṃ satthā abhisambodhiṃ patvā pavattitavaradhammacakko rājagahaṃ upanissāya veḷuvane mahāvihāre viharati.