6. Upālittherāpadānavaṇṇanā

nagare haṃsavatiyātiādikaṃ āyasmato upālittherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tatta tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare vibhavasampanne brāhmaṇakule nibbatto, ekadivasaṃ satthu santike dhammakathaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ vinayadharānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā satthu adhikārakammaṃ katvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthesi.

So yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kappakagehe nibbatto, upālītissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So vayappatto anuruddhādīnaṃ channaṃ khattiyānaṃ piyasahāyo hutvā tathāgate anupiyambavane viharante pabbajjāya nikkhamantehi chahi khattiyehi saddhiṃ nikkhamitvā pabbaji. Tassa pabbajjāvidhānaṃ pāḷiyaṃ āgatameva. So pabbajitvā upasampanno hutvā satthu santike kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā "mayhaṃ bhante araññavāsaṃ anujānāthā"ti āha. Bhikkhu araññe vasantassa ekameva dhuraṃ vaḍḍhissati, mayhaṃ pana santike vasantassa vipassanādhurañca ganthadhurañca paripūressatī"ti. So satthu vacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā

Vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Satthāpi naṃ sayameva sakalaṃ vinayapiṭakaṃ uggaṇhāpesi. So aparabhāge bhārukacchavatthuṃ ajjukavatthuṃ kumārakassapavatthunti imāni tīṇi vatthūni vinicchini. Satthā ekekasmiṃ vinicchaye sādhukāraṃ datvā tayo vinicchaye aṭṭhuppattiṃ katvā theraṃ vinayadharānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi.