6. Arahantavedanāvediyanapañho

6. ‘‘Bhante nāgasena, tumhe bhaṇatha ‘arahā ekaṃ vedanaṃ vedayati kāyikaṃ, na cetasika’nti. Kiṃ nu kho, bhante nāgasena, arahato cittaṃ yaṃ kāyaṃ nissāya pavattati, tattha arahā anissaro assāmī avasavattī’’ti ? ‘‘Āma, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Na kho, bhante nāgasena, yuttametaṃ, yaṃ so sakacittassa pavattamāne kāye anissaro hoti assāmī avasavattī; sakuṇopi tāva, bhante, yasmiṃ kulāvake paṭivasati, tattha so issaro hoti sāmī vasavattī’’ti.

‘‘Dasayime, mahārāja, kāyānugatā dhammā bhave bhave kāyaṃ anudhāvanti anuparivattanti. Katame dasa? Sītaṃ uṇhaṃ jighacchā pipāsā uccāro passāvo middhaṃ jarā byādhi maraṇaṃ. Ime kho, mahārāja, dasa kāyānugatā dhammā bhave bhave kāyaṃ anudhāvanti anuparivattanti, tattha arahā anissaro assāmī avasavattī’’ti.

‘‘Bhante nāgasena, kena kāraṇena arahato kāye āṇā nappavattati issariyaṃ vā, tattha me kāraṇaṃ brūhī’’ti? ‘‘Yathā, mahārāja, ye keci pathavinissitā sattā, sabbe te pathaviṃ nissāya caranti viharanti vuttiṃ kappenti, api nu kho, mahārāja, tesaṃ pathaviyā āṇā pavattati issariyaṃ vā’’ti? ‘‘Na hi, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Evameva kho, mahārāja, arahato cittaṃ kāyaṃ nissāya pavattati, na ca arahato kāye āṇā pavattati issariyaṃ vā’’ti.

‘‘Bhante nāgasena, kena kāraṇena puthujjano kāyikampi cetasikampi vedanaṃ vedayatī’’ti? ‘‘Abhāvitattā, mahārāja, cittassa puthujjano kāyikampi cetasikampi vedanaṃ vedayati. Yathā, mahārāja, goṇo chāto paritasito abaladubbalaparittakatiṇesu vā latāya vā upanibaddho assa, yadā so goṇo parikupito hoti, tadā saha upanibandhanena pakkamati. Evameva kho, mahārāja, abhāvitacittassa vedanā uppajjitvā cittaṃ parikopeti, cittaṃ parikupitaṃ kāyaṃ ābhujati nibbhujati samparivattakaṃ karoti. Atha kho so abhāvitacitto tasati ravati bheravarāvamabhiravati, idamettha, mahārāja, kāraṇaṃ, yena kāraṇena puthujjano kāyikampi cetasikampi vedanaṃ vedayatī’’ti.

‘‘Kiṃ pana taṃ kāraṇaṃ, yena kāraṇena arahā ekaṃ vedanaṃ vedayati kāyikaṃ, na cetasika’’nti? ‘‘Arahato, mahārāja, cittaṃ bhāvitaṃ hoti subhāvitaṃ dantaṃ sudantaṃ assavaṃ vacanakaraṃ, so dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno ‘anicca’nti daḷhaṃ gaṇhāti, samādhithambhe cittaṃ upanibandhati, tassa taṃ cittaṃ samādhithambhe upanibandhanaṃ na vedhati na calati, ṭhitaṃ hoti avikkhittaṃ, tassa vedanāvikāravipphārena kāyo ābhujati nibbhujati samparivattati, idamettha, mahārāja, kāraṇaṃ, yena kāraṇena arahā ekaṃ vedanaṃ vedayati kāyikaṃ, na cetasika’’nti.

‘‘Bhante nāgasena, taṃ nāma loke acchariyaṃ yaṃ kāye calamāne cittaṃ na calati, tattha me kāraṇaṃ brūhī’’ti. ‘‘Yathā, mahārāja, mahatimahārukkhe khandhasākhāpalāsasampanne anilabalasamāhate sākhā calati, api nu tassa khandhopi calatī’’ti? ‘‘Na hi, bhante’’ti . ‘‘Evameva kho, mahārāja, arahā dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno ‘anicca’nti daḷhaṃ gaṇhāti, samādhithambhe cittaṃ upanibandhati, tassa taṃ cittaṃ samādhithambhe upanibandhanaṃ na vedhati na calati, ṭhitaṃ hoti avikkhittaṃ, tassa vedanāvikāravipphārena kāyo ābhujati nibbhujati samparivattati, cittaṃ pana tassa na vedhati na calati khandho viya mahārukkhassā’’ti. ‘‘Acchariyaṃ, bhante nāgasena, abbhutaṃ, bhante nāgasena, na me evarūpo sabbakāliko dhammapadīpo diṭṭhapubbo’’ti.

Arahantavedanāvediyanapañho chaṭṭho.