491/79. 9. Dhammaruciyattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

[171] Navamāpadāne tadāhaṃ māṇavo āsinti yadā sumedhapaṇḍito dīpaṅkarabhagavato santikā byākaraṇaṃ labhi. Tadā ahaṃ megho nāma brāhmaṇamāṇavo hutvā sumedhatāpasena saha isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā sikkhāpadesu sikkhito

Kenaci pāpasahāyena saṃsaṭṭho saṃsaggadosena pāpavitakkādivasaṃ gato mātughāta- kammavasena narake aggijālādidukkhamanubhavitvā tato cuto samudde timiṅgalamahāmaccho hutvā nibbatto, samuddamajjhe gacchantaṃ mahānāvaṃ gilitukāmo gato. Disvā maṃ vāṇijā bhītā "aho gotamo bhagavā"ti saddamakaṃsu. Atha mahāmaccho pubba- vāsanāvasena buddhagāravaṃ uppādetvā tato cuto sāvatthiyaṃ vibhavasampanne brāhmaṇakule nibbatto saddho pasanno satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā pabbajitvā saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇitvā divasassa tikkhattuṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā saramāno vandati. Tadā bhagavā "caraṃ dhammarucī"ti maṃ āha.

[184] Atha so thero "suciraṃ satapuññalakkhaṇan"tiādīhi gāthāhi thomesi. Bhante satapuññalakkhaṇadhara gotama. Patipubbena visuddhapaccayanti pubbe dīpaṅkarapādamūle paripuṇṇapāramīpaccayasambhāro suṭṭhu ciraṃ kālaṃ mayā na diṭṭho asīti attho. Ahamajjasupekkhananti ajja imasmiṃ divase ahaṃ supekkhanaṃ sundaradassanaṃ, sundaradiṭṭhaṃ vā nirupamaṃ viggahaṃ upamārahitasarīraṃ gotamaṃ vata ekantena passāmi dakkhāmīti attho.