146. 9. Pilindavacchattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

svāgatanti āyasmato pilindavacchattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?

ayaṃ kira padumuttarabuddhakāle haṃsavatīnagare mahābhogakule nibbatto heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva satthu santike dhammaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ devatānaṃ piyamanāpabhāvena aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā aggaṭṭhānantaraṃ patthetvā yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā tato cuto devamanussesu saṃranto sumedhassa bhagavato kāle manussaloke nibbattitvā bhagavati parinibbute satthu thūpassa pūjaṃ katvā saṃghe ca mahādānaṃ pavattetvā tato cuto devamanussesueva saṃsaranto anuppanne buddhe cakkavattī rājā hutvā mahājanaṃ pañcasu sīlesu patiṭṭhāpetvā saggaparāyanaṃ akāsi. So anuppanneyeva amhākaṃ bhagavati sāvatthiyaṃ brāhmaṇagehe nibbatti. "pilindo"tissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Vacchoti pana gottaṃ. Tena so aparabhāge "pilindavaccho"ti paññāyittha. Saṃsāre pana saṃvegabahulatāya paribbājakapabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā cūḷagandhāraṃ nāma vijjaṃ sādhetvā tāya vijjāya ākāsacārī paracittavidū ca hutvā rājagahe lābhaggayasaggappatto paṭivasati.

Atha yadā amhākaṃ bhagavā abhisambuddho hutvā anukkamena rājagahaṃ upagato, tato paṭṭhāya buddhānubhāvena tassa sā vijjā na sampajjati, attano kiccaṃ na sādheti. So cintesi "sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ `yattha mahāgandhāravijjā dharati, tattha cūḷagandhāravijjā na sampajjatī'ti, samaṇassa pana gotamassa āgatakālato paṭṭhāya nāyaṃ mama vijjā sampajjati, nissaṃsayaṃ samaṇo gotamo mahāgandhāravijjaṃ jānāti, yannūnāhaṃ taṃ payirupāsitvā tassa santike taṃ vijjaṃ pariyāpuṇeyyan"ti. So bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca "ahaṃ mahāsamaṇa