4. Dabbamallaputtattheraapadānavaṇṇanā

Catutthāpadāne padumuttaro nāma jinotiādikaṃ āyasmato dabbamallaputtattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare seṭṭhiputto hutvā jāto vibhavasampanno ahosi, satthari pasanno satthu dhammadesanaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ senāsanapaññāpakānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā pasannamānaso buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ datvā sattāhaccayena bhagavato pādamūle nipatitvā taṃ ṭhānaṃ patthesi. Bhagavāpissa samijjhanabhāvaṃ ñatvā byākāsi. So yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā tato cuto tusitādīsu devesu dibbasampattiṃ anubhavitvā tato cuto vipassissa bhagavato kāle ekasmiṃ kule nibbatto asappurisasaṃsaggena tassa sāvakaṃ bhikkhuṃ arahāti jānantopi abbhūtena abbhācikkhi. Tasseva sāvakānaṃ khīrasalākabhattaṃ adāsi. So yāvatāyukaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto ubhayasampattiyo anubhavitvā kassapadasabalassa kāle kulagehe nibbatto osānakāle sāsane pabbajito parinibbute bhagavati sakalaloke kolāhale jāte satta bhikkhavo pabbajito paccantajanapade vanamajjhe ekaṃ pabbataṃ abhiruhitvā ‘‘jīvitāsā orohantu nirālayā nisīdantū’’ti nisseṇiṃ pātesuṃ. Tesaṃ ovādadāyako jeṭṭhakatthero satthāhabbhantare arahā ahosi. Tadanantaratthero anāgāmī, itare pañca parisuddhasīlā tato cutā devaloke nibbattā. Tattha ekaṃ buddhantaraṃ dibbasukhaṃ anubhavitvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde pukkusāti (ma. ni. 3.342), sabhiyo (su. ni. sabhiyasutta), bāhiyo (udā. 10), kumārakassapoti (ma. ni. 1.249) ime cattāro tattha tattha nibbattiṃsu. Ayaṃ pana mallaraṭṭhe anupiyanagare nibbatti. Tasmiṃ mātukucchito anikkhanteyeva mātā kālamakāsi, atheko tassā sarīraṃ jhāpanatthāya citakasmiṃ āropetvā kumāraṃ dabbantare patitaṃ gahetvā jaggāpesi. Dabbe patitattā dabbo mallaputtoti pākaṭo ahosi. Aparabhāge pubbasambhāravasena pabbaji, so kammaṭṭhānamanuyutto nacirasseva saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.

Atha naṃ satthā majjhattabhāvena ānubhāvasampannabhāvena ca bhikkhūnaṃ senāsanaṃ paññāpane bhattuddesane ca niyojesi. Sabbo ca bhikkhusaṅgho taṃ samannesi. Taṃ vinayakhandhake (cūḷava. 189-190) āgatameva. Aparabhāge thero ekassa varasalākadāyakassa salākabhattaṃ mettiyabhūmajakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ uddisi. Te haṭṭhatuṭṭhā ‘‘sve mayhaṃ muggaghatamadhumissakabhattaṃ bhuñjissāmā’’ti ussāhajātā ahesuṃ. So pana upāsako tesaṃ vārappattabhāvaṃ sutvā dāsiṃ āṇāpesi – ‘‘ye, je, bhikkhū sve idha āgamissanti, te kaṇājakena bilaṅgadutiyena parivisāhī’’ti. Sāpi tatheva te bhikkhū āgate koṭṭhakapamukhe nisīdāpetvā bhojesi. Te bhikkhū anattamanā kopena taṭataṭāyantā there āghātaṃ bandhitvā ‘‘madhurabhattadāyakaṃ amhākaṃ amadhurabhattaṃ dāpetuṃ esova niyojesī’’ti dukkhī dummanā nisīdiṃsu. Atha te mettiyā nāma bhikkhunī ‘‘kiṃ, bhante, dummanā’’ti pucchi. Te, ‘‘bhagini, kiṃ amhe dabbena mallaputtena viheṭhiyamāne ajjhupekkhasī’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Kiṃ, bhante, mayā sakkā kātu’’nti? ‘‘Tassa dosaṃ āropehī’’ti. Sā tattha tattha therassa abhūtāropanaṃ akāsi. Taṃ sutvā bhikkhū bhagavato ārocesuṃ. Atha bhagavā dabbaṃ mallaputtaṃ pakkosāpetvā – ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, dabba, mettiyāya bhikkhuniyā vippakāramakāsī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Yathā maṃ, bhante, bhagavā jānātī’’ti. ‘‘Na kho, dabba , dabbā evaṃ nibbeṭhenti, kārakabhāvaṃ vā akārakabhāvaṃ vā vadehī’’ti. ‘‘Akārako ahaṃ, bhante’’ti. Bhagavā – ‘‘mettiyaṃ bhikkhuniṃ nāsetvā te bhikkhū anuyuñjathā’’ti āha. Upālittherappamukhā bhikkhū taṃ bhikkhuniṃ uppabbājetvā mettiyabhūmajake bhikkhū anuyuñjitvā tehi ‘‘amhehi niyojitā sā bhikkhunī’’ti vutte bhagavato ekamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Bhagavā mettiyabhūmajakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ amūlakasaṅghādisesaṃ paññapesi.

Tena ca samayena dabbatthero bhikkhūnaṃ senāsanaṃ paññāpento veḷuvanavihārassa sāmantā aṭṭhārasamahāvihāre sabhāge bhikkhū pesento rattibhāge andhakāre aṅguliyā padīpaṃ jāletvā tenevālokena aniddhimante bhikkhū pesesi. Evaṃ therassa senāsanapaññāpanabhattuddesanakicce pākaṭe jāte satthā ariyagaṇamajjhe dabbattheraṃ ṭhānantare ṭhapento ‘‘etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ senāsanapaññāpakānaṃ yadidaṃ dabbo mallaputto’’ti (a. ni. 1.209, 214) etadagge ṭhapesi.

108. Thero attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassajāto pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento padumuttaro nāma jinotiādimāha. Taṃ sabbaṃ heṭṭhā vuttatthameva. Ito ekanavute kappe vipassī nāma nāyako loke uppajjīti sambandho.

125.Duṭṭhacittoti dūsitacitto asādhusaṅgamena apasannacittoti attho. Upavadiṃ sāvakaṃ tassāti tassa bhagavato khīṇāsavaṃ sāvakaṃ upavadiṃ, upari abhūtaṃ vacanaṃ āropesiṃ, abbhakkhānaṃ akāsinti attho.

132.Dundubhiyoti dunduṃ iti saddāyanato dundubhisaṅkhātā bheriyo. Nādayiṃsūti saddaṃ kariṃsu. Samantato asaniyoti sabbadisābhāgato asane vināsane niyuttoti asaniyo, devadaṇḍā bhayāvahā phaliṃsūti sambandho.

133.Ukkā patiṃsu nabhasāti ākāsato aggikkhandhā ca patiṃsūti attho. Dhūmaketu ca dissatīti dhūmarājisahito aggikkhandho ca dissati paññāyatīti attho. Sesaṃ suviññeyyamevāti.

Dabbamallaputtattheraapadānavaṇṇanā samattā.