๕. วัฏฏกชาดก

5 Vaṭṭakajātakaṃ

santi pakkhāti idaṃ satthā magadhesu cārikañcaramāno dāvagginibbāpanaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekasmiñhi samaye satthā magadhesu cārikaṃ caramāno aññatarasmiṃ magadhagāmake piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto bhikkhugaṇaparivuto maggaṃ paṭipajji. Tasmiṃ samaye mahādāvo uṭṭhahi. Purato ca pacchato ca bahū bhikkhū dissanti. Sopi kho aggi Ekadhūmo ekajālo hutvā avattharamāno āgacchateva. Tattheke puthujjanabhikkhū maraṇabhayabhītā paṭaggiṃ dassāma tena daḍḍhaṭṭhānaṃ itaro aggi na ottharissatīti araṇisahitaṃ nīharitvā aggiṃ karonti. Apare āhaṃsu āvuso tumhe kinnāma karotha gaganamajjhe ṭhitaṃ candamaṇḍalaṃ pācīnalokadhātuto uggacchantaṃ sahassaraṃsīpaṭimaṇḍitaṃ suriyamaṇḍalaṃ velātīre ṭhitā samuddaṃ sineruṃ nissāya ṭhitā sineruṃ apassantā viya sadevake loke aggapuggalaṃ attanā saddhiṃ gacchantameva sammāsambuddhaṃ anoloketvā paṭaggiṃ demāti vadetha buddhabalaṃ nāma na jānātha etha satthu santikaṃ gamissāmāti. Te purato ca pacchato ca gacchantā sabbepi ekato hutvā dasabalassa santikaṃ agamaṃsu. Satthā mahābhikkhusaṅghaparivāro aññatarasmiṃ padese aṭṭhāsi. Dāvaggi abhibhavanto viya viravanto āgacchati āgantvā tathāgatassa ṭhitaṭṭhānaṃ patvā tassa padesassa samantā soḷasakarīsamattaṃ ṭhānaṃ patto udake opilāpitatiṇukkā viya nibbāyati vinibbedhato dvattiṃsakarīsamattaṭṭhānaṃ avattharituṃ nāsakkhi. Bhikkhū satthu guṇakathaṃ āhaṃsu aho buddhānaṃ guṇā nāma ayañhi nāma acetano aggi buddhānaṃ ṭhitaṭṭhānaṃ avattharituṃ na sakkoti udakena tiṇukkā viya nibbāyati aho buddhānaṃ ānubhāvo nāmāti. Satthā tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā na bhikkhave idaṃ etarahi mayhaṃ balaṃ yaṃ imaṃ bhūmippadesaṃ patvā esa aggi nibbāyati idampana mayhaṃ porāṇakasaccabalaṃ imasmiṃ hi padese sakalampi imaṃ kappaṃ Aggi na jalissati kappaṭṭhitipāṭihāriyaṃ nāmetanti āha. Athāyasmā ānando satthu nisīdanatthāya catugguṇaṃ saṅghāṭiṃ paññapesi. Nisīdi satthā pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā. Bhikkhusaṅghopi tathāgataṃ vanditvā parivāretvā nisīdi. Atha satthā idaṃ tāva bhante amhākaṃ pākaṭaṃ atītaṃ paṭicchannaṃ taṃ no pākaṭaṃ karothāti bhikkhūhi yācito atītaṃ āhari.

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