546/134. 4. Vaṅgīsattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

catutthāpadāne padumuttaro nāma jinotiādikaṃ āyasmato vaṅgīsattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare mahābhogakule nibbatto vuddhippatto dhammaṃ sotuṃ gacchantehi nagaravāsīhi saddhiṃ vihāraṃ gantvā dhammaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekabhikkhuṃ paṭibhānavantānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā satthu adhikārakammaṃ katvā "ahampi anāgate paṭibhānavantānaṃ aggo bhaveyyan"ti patthanaṃ katvā satthārā byākato yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā devamanussesu ubhayasampattiyo anubhavitvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā mātuparibbājikābhāvena aparabhāge paribbājakoti pākaṭo vaṅgīsoti ca laddhanāmo tayo vede uggaṇhitvā tato ācariyaṃ ārādhetvā chavasīsajānanamantaṃ nāma sikkhitvā chavasīsaṃ nakhena ākoṭetvā "ayaṃ satto asukayoniyaṃ nibbatto"ti jānāti.

Brāhmaṇā "ayaṃ amhākaṃ jīvikāya maggo"ti vaṅgīsaṃ gahetvā gāmanigamarājadhāniyo vicariṃsu. Vaṅgīso tivassamatthake matānampi sīsaṃ āharāpetvā nakhena ākoṭetvā "ayaṃ satto asukayoniyaṃ nibbatto"ti vatvā mahājanassa kaṅkhācchedanatthaṃ te te jane āvāhetvā attano attano gatiṃ kathāpeti. Tena tasmiṃ mahājano abhippasīdati. So taṃ nissāya mahājanassa hatthato satampi sahassampi labhati. Brāhmaṇā vaṅgīsaṃ ādāya yathāruci vicariṃsu. Vaṅgīso satthu guṇe sutvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitukāmo ahosi. Brāhmaṇā "samaṇo gotamo māyāya taṃ āvaṭṭessatī"ti paṭikkhipiṃsu.

Vaṅgīso tesaṃ vacanaṃ anādiyitvā satthu santikaṃ gantvā paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Satthā taṃ pucchi "vaṅgīsa kiñci sippaṃ jānātī"ti "āma bho gotama chavasīsamantaṃ nāmekaṃ jānāmi, tena tivassamatthake matānampi sīsaṃ nakhena ākoṭetvā nibbattaṭṭhānaṃ jānāmī"ti. Atha satthā tassa ekaṃ niraye nibbattassa sīsaṃ, ekaṃ manussesu, ekaṃ devesu, ekaṃ parinibbutassa sīsaṃ āharāpetvā dassesi. So paṭhamasīsaṃ ākoṭetvā "bho gotama ayaṃ satto niraye nibbatto"ti āha. Sādhu vaṅgīsa suṭṭhu tayā diṭṭhaṃ, "ayaṃ satto kuhiṃ nibbatto"ti pucchi. Manussaloketi. Ayaṃ kuhinti. Devaloketi. Tiṇṇannampi nibbattaṭṭhānaṃ kathesi. Parinibbutassa pana sīsaṃ nakhena ākoṭento neva antaṃ na koṭiṃ passi. Atha naṃ satthā "na sakkosi vaṅgīsā"ti pucchi. Passatha bho gotama upaparikkhāmi tāvāti punappunaṃ parivattetvāpi bāhirakamantena khīṇāsavassa sīsaṃ jānituṃ na sakkoti. Athassa matthakato sedo mucci. So lajjitvā tuṇhī ahosi. Atha naṃ satthā "kilamasi vaṅgīsā"ti āha. Āma bho gotama imassa nibbattaṭṭhānaṃ