[218] Ekatiṃse ito kappeyaṃ saññamalabhiṃ tadā

tassā saññāya vāhasā patto me āsavakkhayo"ti dve gāthā abhāsi.

Tattha assattheti assatthaṭṭhānīye, yesvāyaṃ etarahi amhākaṃ bhagavato bodhirukkho assattho, etassa ṭhāne tadā sikhissa bhagavato bodhirukkho puṇḍarīko ṭhitoti so assatthaṭṭhānīyatāya "assattho"ti vuttaṃ. Assatthoti sattānaṃ assāsajananato vā. Apare pana "assattharukkhamūle nisīditvā tadā buddhānussatiyā bhāvitattā thero `assatthe'ti avocā"ti vadanti. Haritobhāseti haritehi phalikamaṇivaṇṇehi obhāsamāne. Saṃvirūḷhamhīti suṭṭhu virūḷhe suppatiṭṭhite, sughananicita- pattapalāsapallavehi virūḷhasañchanneti ca vadanti. Pādapeti rukkhe. Ekaṃ buddhagataṃ saññaṃ, alabhitthaṃ patissatoti buddhārammaṇaṃ ārammaṇassa ekajāti- yattā ekaṃ "itipi so bhagavā"tiādinayappavattaṃ buddhānussatisahagataṃ saññaṃ buddhaguṇānaṃ patipatisaraṇato patissato hutvā alabhiṃ.

Kadā pana sā saññā laddhā, kīvatāya sidadhāti āha "ekatiṃse ito kappe"tiādi. Ito bhaddakappato uddhaṃ ārohanavasena ekatiṃse kappe. Yaṃ saññanti yaṃ buddhānussatisahagataṃ saññaṃ, yaṃ vā buddhānaṃ aniccataṃ disvā tadanusārena sabbasaṅkhāresu tadā aniccasaññaṃ alabhiṃ. Tassā saññāya vāhasāti tassā yathāvuttāya