83. 9. Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvimānavaṇṇanā

alaṅkato maṭṭhakuṇḍalīti maṭṭhakuṇḍalīvimānaṃ. Tassa kā uppatti? bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane. Tena samayena sāvatthivāsī eko brāhmaṇo addho mahaddhano mahābhogo assaddho appasanno micchādiṭṭhiko kassaci kiñci na deti, adānato eva "adinnapubbako"ti paññāyittha. So micchādiṭṭhibhāvena ca luddha- bhāvena tathāgataṃ vā tathāgatasāvakaṃ vā daṭṭhumpi na icchati. Maṭṭhakuṇḍaliṃ nāma attano puttañca sikkhāpesi "tāta tayā samaṇo gotamo tassa sāvakā ca na upasaṅkamitabbā na daṭṭhabbā"ti. Sopi tathā akāsi. Athassa putto gilāno ahosi, brāhmaṇo dhanakkhayabhayena bhesajjaṃ na kāresi, roge pana vaḍḍhiteva vejje pakkositvā dassesi. Vejjā tassa sarīraṃ oloketvā "atekiccho"ti taṃ ñatvā

Brāhmaṇo "putte abbhantare mate nīharaṇaṃ dukkhan"ti puttaṃ gahetvā bahidvārakoṭṭhake nipajjāpesi.

Bhagavā rattiyā paccūsasamaye mahākaruṇāsamāpattito vuṭṭhāya lokaṃ olokento addasa maṭṭhakuṇḍalīmāṇavaṃ khīṇāyukaṃ tadaheva cavanadhammaṃ, nirayasaṃvattanikañcassa kammaṃ katokāsaṃ. "sace panāhaṃ tattha gamissāmi, so mayi cittaṃ pasādetvā devaloke nibbattitvā pitaraṃ āḷāhane rodamānaṃ upagantvā saṃvejessati, evaṃ so ca tassa pitā ca mama santikaṃ āgamissati, mahājanakāyo sannipatissati tattha mayā dhamme desite mahādhammābhisamayo bhavissatī"ti evaṃ pana ñatvā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya paviṭṭho maṭṭhakuṇḍalīmāṇavassa pitu gehasamīpe ṭhatvā chabbaṇṇabuddharaṃsiyo vissajjesi. Tā disvā māṇavo "kimetan"ti ito cito ca vilokento addasa bhagavantaṃ dantaṃ guttaṃ santindriyaṃ dvattiṃsāya mahāpurisalakkhaṇehi asītiyā anubyañjanehi byāmappabhāya ketumālāya ca vijjotamānaṃ anupamāya buddhasiriyā acinteyyena buddhānubhāvena virocamānaṃ. Disvā tassa etadahosi "buddho nu kho bhagavā idhānuppatto, yassāyaṃ rūpasampadā attano tejasā sūriyampi abhibhavati kantabhāvena candimaṃ upasantabhāvena sabbepi samaṇabrāhmaṇe, upasamena nāma ettheva bhavitabbaṃ, ayameva ca maññe imasmiṃ loke aggapuggalo, mameva ca anukampāya idhānuppatto"ti buddhārammaṇāya pītiyā nirantaraṃ phuṭasarīro anappakaṃ pītisomanassaṃ paṭisaṃvedento pasannacitto añjaliṃ paggayha nipajji. Taṃ disvā bhagavā "alaṃ imassa ettakena saggūpapattiyā"ti pakkāmi.