7. Iddhibalakathāvaṇṇanā

[621-624] Idāni iddhibalakathā nāma hoti. Tattha iddhipāda- bhāvanānisaṃsassa atthaṃ ayoniso gahetvā "iddhibalena samannāgato kappaṃ tiṭṭheyyā"ti yesaṃ laddhi seyyathāpi mahāsaṃghikānaṃ, te sandhāya iddhibalena samannāgato kappaṃ tiṭṭheyyāti pucchā sakavādissa. Tattha kappo nāma mahākappo, kappekadeso, āyukappoti tividho. "cattārimāni bhikkhave kappassa asaṅkheyyānī"ti ettha hi mahākappova kappoti vutto. "brahmakāyikānaṃ devānaṃ kappo āyuppamāṇan"ti ettha kappekadeso. "kappaṃ nirayamhi paccati, kappaṃ saggamhi modatī"ti ettha āyukappo, āyukappanaṃ āyuvidhānaṃ kammassa vipākavasena vā vassagaṇanāya vā āyuparicchedoti attho. Tesu mahākappaṃ sandhāya pucchati, itaro paṭijānāti.

Atha naṃ sakavādī "sace te iddhibalena samannāgato `yo ciraṃ jīvati, so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyo'ti evaṃ paricchinnā āyukappā uddhaṃ mahākappaṃ vā mahākappekadesaṃ vā jīveyya, iddhimayikenassa āyunā bhavitabban"ti codetuṃ iddhimayiko so āyūtiādimāha. Itaro "jīvitindriyaṃ nāma iddhimayikaṃ natthi, kammasamuṭṭhānamevā"ti vuttattā paṭikkhipati. Ko panettha iddhimato viseso, nanu aniddhimāpi āyukappaṃ tiṭṭheyyāti? ayaṃ viseso:- iddhimā hi yāvatāyukaṃ jīvitassa pavattiyā antarāyakare dhamme iddhibalena paṭibāhitvā antarā akālamaraṇaṃ nivāretuṃ sakkoti, aniddhimato etaṃ balaṃ natthīti. Ayametesaṃ viseso.

Atītaṃ anāgatanti idaṃ avisesena kappaṃ tiṭṭheyyāti paṭiññātattā codeti. Dve kappetiādi "yadi iddhimā jīvitaparicchedaṃ atikkamituṃ sakkoti, na