[157] Athakho rājāti rājā kira tesaṃ vacanaṃ sutvā cintesi "ahaṃ yassa yassa vacanaṃ na sotukāmo, so so evaṃ kathesi. Yassa panamhi vacanaṃ sotukāmo, esa nāgavasaṃ pivitvā ṭhito supaṇṇo viya tuṇhībhūto, anattho vata me"ti. Athassetadahosi "jīvako upasantassa buddhassa bhagavato upaṭṭhāko, sayaṃpi upasanto, tasmā vattasampanno bhikkhu viya tuṇhībhūto nisinno, na esa mayi akathente kathessati, hatthimhi kho pana maddante hatthisseva pādo gahetabbo"ti tena saddhiṃ sayaṃ mantetumāraddho. Tena vuttaṃ "athakho rājā"ti. Tattha kiṃ tuṇhīti kena kāraṇena tuṇhī. Imesaṃ amaccānaṃ attano kulupakasamaṇassa vaṇṇaṃ kathentānaṃ mukhaṃ nappahoti. Kiṃ yathā etesaṃ, evaṃ tava kulupakasamaṇo natthi, kiṃ tvaṃ daliddo, na te mama pitarā issariyaṃ dinnaṃ, udāhu assaddhoti pucchati.

Tato jīvakassa etadahosi "ayaṃ rājā maṃ kulupakasamaṇassa guṇaṃ kathāpeti, nadāni me tuṇhībhāvassa kālo, yathā kho panime rājānaṃ vanditvā nisināva attano kulupakasamaṇānaṃ guṇe kathayiṃsu, na mayhaṃ evaṃ satthu guṇe kathetuṃ yuttan"ti uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavato vihārābhimukho pañcapatiṭṭhitena vanditvā dasanakha- samodhānasamujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggahetvā "mahārāja mā maṃ evaṃ cintayittha `ayaṃ

@4 cha.Ma. eva 5 ka. so esa Yaṃ vā taṃ vā samaṇaṃ upasaṅkamatī'ti mama satthuno hi mātukucchiokkamane mātukucchito nikkhamane mahābhinikkhamane sambodhiyaṃ dhammacakkappavattane ca dasasahassī- lokadhātu kampittha, evaṃ yamakapāṭihāriyaṃ akāsi, evaṃ devorohaṇaṃ, ahaṃ mayhaṃ satthuno guṇe kathayissāmi, ekaggacitto suṇa mahārājā"ti vatvā "ayaṃ deva bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho"ti ādimāha.