17. 5. Pilindavacchattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

nibbute lokanāthamhītiādikaṃ āyasmato pilindavacchattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare mahābhogakule nibbatto heṭṭhā vuttanayena satthu santike dhammaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ devatānaṃ Piyamanāpabhāvena aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthetvā yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā tato cuto devamanussesu saṃsaranto sumedhassa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbatto. Parinibbute bhagavati tassa thūpaṃ pūjetvā saṃghassa mahādānaṃ pavattetvā tato cavitvā devamanussesu ubhayasampattiyo anubhavitvā anuppanne buddhe cakkavattī rājā hutvā mahājanaṃ pañcasīlesu patiṭṭhāpetvā saggaparāyanaṃ akāsi. So anuppanneyeva amhākaṃ bhagavati sāvatthiyaṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbatti, pilindotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Vacchoti gottaṃ. So aparabhāge pilindavacchoti paññāyittha. Saṃsāre pana saṃvegabahulatāya paribbājakapabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā cūḷagandhāraṃ nāma vijjaṃ sādhetvā tāya vijjāya ākāsacārī paracittavidū ca hutvā rājagahe lābhaggayasaggapatto paṭivasati.

Atha amhākaṃ bhagavā abhisambuddho hutvā anukkamena rājagahaṃ upagato. Tato paṭṭhāya buddhānubhāvena tassa sā vijjā na sampajjati, attano kiccaṃ na sādheti. So cintesi "sutaṃ kho panetaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ `yattha mahāgandhāravijjā dharati, tattha cūḷagandhāravijjā na sampajjatī'ti samaṇassa pana gotamassa āgatakālato paṭṭhāya nāyaṃ mama vijjā sampajjati, nissaṃsayaṃ samaṇo gotamo mahāgandhāravijjaṃ jānāti, yannūnāhaṃ taṃ payirupāsitvā tassa santike taṃ vijjaṃ pariyāpuṇeyyan"ti so bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca "ahaṃ mahāsamaṇa tava santike ekaṃ vijjaṃ pariyāpuṇitukāmo, okāsaṃ me karohī"ti. "tena hi mama santike pabbajāhī"ti āha. So "vijjāya parikammaṃ pabbajjā"ti maññamāno pabbaji. Tassa bhagavā dhammaṃ kathetvā caritānukūlaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ adāsi. So upanissayasampannatāya nacirasseva vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.