8. Anavasesasikkhāpadapañho

8. ‘‘Bhante nāgasena, ye te ahesuṃ tikicchakānaṃ pubbakā ācariyā seyyathidaṃ, nārado dhammantarī ³ aṅgiraso kapilo kaṇḍaraggi sāmo atulo pubbakaccāyano, sabbepete ācariyā sakiṃ yeva roguppattiñca nidānañca sabhāvañca samuṭṭhānañca tikicchañca kiriyañca siddhāsiddhañca sabbaṃ taṃ ⁴ niravasesaṃ jānitvā ‘imasmiṃ kāye ettakā rogā uppajjissantī’ti ekappahārena kalāpaggāhaṃ karitvā suttaṃ bandhiṃsu, asabbaññuno ete sabbe, kissa pana tathāgato sabbaññū samāno anāgataṃ kiriyaṃ buddhañāṇena jānitvā ‘ettake nāma vatthusmiṃ ettakaṃ nāma sikkhāpadaṃ paññapetabbaṃ bhavissatī’ti paricchinditvā anavasesato sikkhāpadaṃ na paññapesi, uppannuppanne vatthusmiṃ ayase pākaṭe dose vitthārike puthugate ujjhāyantesu manussesu tasmiṃ tasmiṃ kāle sāvakānaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ paññapesī’’ti?

‘‘Ñātametaṃ, mahārāja, tathāgatassa ‘imasmiṃ samaye imesu manussesu sādhikaṃ diyaḍḍhasikkhāpadasataṃ paññapetabbaṃ bhavissatī’ti, api ca tathāgatassa evaṃ ahosi ‘sace kho ahaṃ sādhikaṃ diyaḍḍhasikkhāpadasataṃ ekappahāraṃ paññapessāmi, mahājano santāsamāpajjissati ‘bahukaṃ idha rakkhitabbaṃ, dukkaraṃ vata bho samaṇassa gotamassa sāsane pabbajitu’nti, pabbajitukāmāpi na pabbajissanti, vacanañca me na saddahissanti, asaddahantā te manussā apāyagāmino bhavissanna-ti uppannuppanne vatthusmiṃ dhammadesanāya viññāpetvā pākaṭe dose sikkhāpadaṃ paññapessāmī’’’ti. ‘‘Acchariyaṃ, bhante nāgasena, buddhānaṃ, abbhutaṃ, bhante nāgasena, buddhānaṃ, yāva mahantaṃ tathāgatassa sabbaññutañāṇaṃ, evametaṃ, bhante nāgasena, suniddiṭṭho eso attho tathāgatena, ‘bahukaṃ idha sikkhitabba’nti sutvā sattānaṃ santāso uppajjeyya, ekopi jinasāsane na pabbajeyya, evametaṃ tathā sampaṭicchāmī’’ti.

Anavasesasikkhāpadapañho aṭṭhamo.