10. Maṇḍapeyyakathāvaṇṇanā

[238] Idāni tassa maggassa maṇḍapeyyattaṃ dassentena kathitāya bhagavato vacanekadesapubbaṅgamāya maṇḍapeyyakathāya apubbatthānuvaṇṇanā. Tattha maṇḍapeyyanti yathā sampannaṃ nimmalaṃ vippasannaṃ sappi sappimaṇḍoti vuccati, evaṃ vippasannaṭṭhena maṇḍo, pātabbaṭṭhena peyyaṃ. Yaṃ hi pivitvā antaravīthiyaṃ patitā visaññino attano sāṭakādīnampi assāmikā honti, taṃ pasannampi na pātabbaṃ. Mayhaṃ pana idaṃ sikkhattayasaṅgahitaṃ sāsanabrahmacariyaṃ sampannattā nimmalattā vippasannattā maṇḍañca hitasukhāvahattā peyyañcāti maṇḍapeyyanti dīpeti. Maṇḍo peyyo etthāti maṇḍapeyyaṃ. Kiṃ taṃ? sāsanabrahmacariyaṃ. Kasmā sikkhattayaṃ brahmacariyaṃ nāma? uttamaṭṭhena nibbānaṃ brahmaṃ nāma, sikkhattayaṃ nibbānatthāya pavattanato brahmatthāya cariyāti brahmacariyanti vuccati. Sāsanabrahmacariyanti taṃyeva. Satthā sammukhībhūtoti idamettha kāraṇavacanaṃ. Yasmā pana satthā sammukhībhūto, tasmā vīriyapayogaṃ katvā pivathetaṃ maṇḍaṃ. Bāhirakaṃ hi bhesajjamaṇḍaṃ vejjassa asammukhā pivantānaṃ pamāṇaṃ vā uggamananiggamanaṃ vā na jānāmāti āsaṅkā hoti. Vejjassa sammukhā pana vejjo jānissatīti nirāsaṅkā pivanti. Evamevaṃ amhākañca dhammassāmī satthā sammukhībhūtoti vīriyaṃ katvā pivathāti maṇḍapāne sanniyojeti. Diṭṭhadhammikasamparāyikaparamatthehi yathārahaṃ anusāsatīti satthā. Apica "satthāti bhagavā satthavāho"tiādinā niddesanayenapettha attho veditabbo. Sandissamāno mukho bhūtoti sammukhībhūto.

Maṇḍapeyyaniddese tidhattamaṇḍoti tidhābhāvo tidhattaṃ. Tidhattena maṇḍo tidhattamaṇḍo, tividhena maṇḍoti attho. Satthari sammukhībhūteti idaṃ

Parinibbutepi pana satthari ekadesena maṇḍattayaṃ pavattatiyeva. Teneva cassa niddese "satthari sammukhībhūte"ti avatvā katamo desanāmaṇḍotiādi vuttanti veditabbaṃ.