3. Mahākassapattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

padumuttarassa bhagavatotyādikaṃ āyasmato mahākassapattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññasambhārāni upacinanto padumuttarabhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare vedeho nāma asītikoṭivibhavo kuṭumbiko ahosi. So buddhamāmako dhammamāmako saṃghamāmako upāsako hutvā viharanto ekasmiṃ uposathadivase pātova subhojanaṃ bhuñjitvā uposathaṅgāni adhiṭṭhāya gandhapupphādīni gahetvā vihāraṃ gantvā satthāraṃ pūjetvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

Tasmiṃ ca khaṇe satthā mahānisabhattheraṃ nāma tatiyasāvakaṃ "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhutavādānaṃ yadidaṃ nisabho"ti etadagge ṭhapesi. Upāsako taṃ sutvā pasanno dhammakathāvasāne mahājane uṭṭhāya gate satthāraṃ vanditvā "sve bhante mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ adhivāsethā"ti nimantesi. Mahā kho upāsaka bhikkhusaṃghoti. Kittako bhanteti. Aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassanti. Bhante ekaṃ sāmaṇerampi vihāre asesetvā mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathāti. Satthā adhivāsesi. Upāsako satthu adhivāsanaṃ ñatvā gehaṃ gantvā mahādānaṃ sajjetvā punadivase satthu kālaṃ ārocāpesi. Satthā pattacīvaramādāya bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto upāsakassa gharaṃ gantvā paññattāsane nisinno dakkhiṇodakāvasāne yāguādīni sampaṭicchanto bhattavissaggaṃ akāsi. Upāsakopi satthu santike nisīdi.

Tasmiṃ antare mahānisabhatthero piṇḍāya caranto tameva vīthiṃ paṭipajji. Upāsako disvā uṭṭhāya gantvā theraṃ vanditvā "pattaṃ bhante Dethā"ti āha. Thero pattaṃ adāsi. Bhante idheva pavisatha, satthāpi gehe nisinnoti. Na vaṭṭissati upāsakāti. So therassa pattaṃ gahetvā piṇḍapātassa pūretvā adāsi. Tato theraṃ anugantvā nivatto satthu santike nisīditvā evamāha "mahānisabhatthero bhante `satthāpi gehe nisinno'ti vuttepi pavisituṃ na icchi, atthi nu kho etassa tumhākaṃ guṇehi atirekaguṇo"ti. Buddhānañca vaṇṇamaccheraṃ nāma natthi, tasmā satthā evamāha "upāsaka mayaṃ bhikkhaṃ āgamayamānā gehe nisīdāma, so bhikkhu na evaṃ nisīditvā bhikkhaṃ udikkhati. Mayaṃ gāmantasenāsane vasāma, so araññeyeva vasati. Mayaṃ channe vasāma, so abbhokāseyeva vasatī"ti bhagavā "ayañca ayañcetassa guṇo"ti mahāsamuddaṃ pūrayamāno viya tassa guṇaṃ kathesi.