Bahussutagāthāvaṇṇanā

[114] Bahussutanti kā uppatti? pubbe kira kassapassa bhagavato sāsane aṭṭha paccekabodhisattā pabbajitvā gatapaccāgatavattaṃ pūretvā devaloke uppannātiādi sabbaṃ anavajjabhojīgāthāya vuttasadisameva. Ayaṃ pana viseso:- paccekabuddhe nisīdāpetvā rājā āha "ke tumhe"ti. Te āhaṃsu "mayaṃ mahārāja bahussutā nāmā"ti. Rājā "ahaṃ sutabrahmadatto nāma, sutena tittiṃ na gacchāmi, handa nesaṃ santike vicitranayadhammadesanaṃ sossāmī"ti attamano dakkhiṇodakaṃ datvā parivisitvā bhattakiccapariyosāne saṃghattherassa santike nisīditvā "dhammakathaṃ bhante kathethā"ti āha. So "sukhito hotu mahārāja, rāgakkhayo hotū"ti vatvā uṭṭhito. Rājā "ayaṃ na bahussuto, dutiyo bahussuto bhavissati, sve tassa vicitradhammadesanaṃ sossāmī"ti svātanāya nimantesi. Evaṃ yāva sabbesaṃ paṭipāṭi gacchati, tāva nimantesi, te sabbepi "dosakkhayo hotu, mohakkhayo, gatikkhayo, bhavakkhayo, vaṭṭakkhayo, upadhikkhayo, taṇhakkhayo hotū"ti evaṃ ekekapadaṃ visesetvā sesaṃ paṭhamasadisameva vatvā uṭṭhahiṃsu.

Tato rājā "ime `bahussutā mayan'ti bhaṇanti, na ca tesaṃ vicitrakathā, kimetehi vuttan"ti tesaṃ vacanatthaṃ upaparikkhitumāraddho. Atha "rāgakkhayo

Hotū"ti upaparikkhanto "rāge khīṇe dosopi mohopi aññataraññatarepi kilesā khīṇā hontī"ti ñatvā attamano ahosi "nippariyāyabahussutā ime samaṇā. Yathāpi hi purisena mahāpaṭhaviṃ vā ākāsaṃ vā aṅguliyā niddisantena na aṅgulimattova padeso niddiṭṭho hoti. Api ca kho pana sakalapaṭhavī ākāsā eva niddiṭṭhā honti. Evaṃ imehi ekekaṃ atthaṃ niddisantehi aparimāṇā atthā niddiṭṭhā hontī"ti. Tato so "kudāssu nāmāhampi evaṃ bahussuto bhavissāmī"ti tathārūpaṃ bahussutabhāvaṃ patthento rajjaṃ pahāya pabbajitvā vipassanto paccekabodhiṃ sacchikatvā imaṃ udānagāthamabhāsi.