18. Kumudavagga

173. 1. Kumudamāliyattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

pabbate himavantamhītiādikaṃ āyasmato kumudamāliyattherassa apadānaṃ. Thero ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto atthadassissa bhagavato kāle himavantapabbatasamīpe jātassarassa āsanne rakkhaso hutvā nibbatto atthadassiṃ bhagavantaṃ tattha upagataṃ disvā pasannamānaso kumudapupphāni ocinitvā bhagavantaṃ pūjesi. Bhagavā anumodanaṃ katvā pakkāmi.

[1] So tena puññena tato cavitvā devalokaṃ upapanno cha kāmāvacara- sampattiyo anubhavitvā manussesu ca cakkavattiādisampattiyo anubhavitvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kulagehe nibbatto vuddhippatto ratanattaye pasanno pabbajitvā vāyamanto brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ arahattaṃ patvā attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassajāto pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento pabbate himavantamhītiādimāha. Tattha tatthajo rakkhaso āsinti tasmiṃ jātassarasamīpe jāto nibbatto rakkhaso pararudhiramaṃsakhādako niddayo ghorarūpo bhayānakasabhāvo mahābalo mahāthāmo kakkhaḷo yakkho āsiṃ ahosinti attho.