๗. มหาโกฏฐิตเถราปทาน
539/127. 7. Mahākoṭṭhikattherāpadānavaṇṇanā
sattamāpadāne padumuttaro nāma jīnotiādikaṃ āyasmato mahākoṭṭhikattherassa apadānaṃ. Kā uppatti? ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare mahābhogakule nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto mātāpitūnaṃ accayena kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapetvā gharāvāsaṃ vasanto ekadivasaṃ padumuttarassa bhagavato dhammadesanākāle haṃsavatīnagaravāsino gandhamālādihatthe yena buddho yena dhammo yena saṃgho, tanninne tappoṇe tappabbhāre gacchante disvā tehi saddhiṃ bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā "ayaṃ imasmiṃ sāsane paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggo, yannūnāhampi ekassa buddhassa sāsane ayaṃ viya paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo bhaveyyan"ti cintetvā satthu desanāpariyosāne vuṭṭhitāya parisāya bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā "bhante sve mayhaṃ gehe bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathā"ti nimantesi. Satthā adhivāsesi. So bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā sakanivesanaṃ gantvā sabbarattiṃ buddhassa ca bhikkhusaṃghassa ca nisajjaṭṭhānaṃ gandhamālādīhi alaṅkaritvā khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā tassā rattiyā accayena sakanivesane bhikkhusatasahassaparivāraṃ satthāraṃ vividhayāgukhajjakaparivāraṃ sasūpabyañjanaṃ gandhasālibhojanaṃ bhojāpetvā bhattakiccapariyosāne cintesi "mahantaṃ kho ahaṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthemi, na pana yuttaṃ mayā ekadivasameva dānaṃ datvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthetuṃ, anupaṭipāṭiyā sattāhaṃ dānaṃ datvā patthessāmī"ti. So teneva niyāmena sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ datvā bhattakiccapariyosāne dussakoṭṭhāgāraṃ vivarāpetvā uttamaṃ ticīvarappahonakaṃ sukhumavatthaṃ buddhassa pādamūle ṭhapetvā bhikkhusatasahassassa ca ticīvaraṃ datvā
Tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā "bhante yo so bhikkhu tumhehi ito sattame divasamatthake paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapito, ahampi so bhikkhu viya anāgate uppajjanakassa buddhassa sāsane pabbajitvā paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo bhaveyyan"ti satthu pādamūle nipajjitvā patthanaṃ akāsi. Satthā tassa samijjhanabhāvaṃ ñatvā "anāgate ito kappasatasahassamatthake gotamo nāma buddho loke uppajjissati, tassa sāsane tava patthanā samijjhissatī"ti byākāsi. So tattha yāvatāyukaṃ puññāni katvā tato cuto devasampattiṃ anubhavitvā aparāparaṃ devamanussesu paribbhami.