3. Dhajaggasuttavaṇṇanā

249. Tatiye samupabyūḷhoti sampiṇḍito rāsibhūto. Dhajaggaṃullokeyyathāti sakkassa kira diyaḍḍhayojanasatāyāmo ratho . Tassa hi pacchimanto paṇṇāsayojano, majjhe rathapañjaro paṇṇāsayojano, rathasandhito yāva rathasīsā paṇṇāsayojanāni. Tadeva pamāṇaṃ diguṇaṃ katvā tiyojanasatāyāmotipi vadantiyeva. Tasmiṃ yojanikapallaṅko atthato, tiyojanikaṃ setacchattaṃ matthake ṭhapitaṃ, ekasmiṃyeva yuge sahassaājaññā yuttā, sesālaṅkārassa pamāṇaṃ natthi. Dhajo panassa aḍḍhatiyāni yojanasatāni uggato, yassa vātāhatassa pañcaṅgikatūriyasseva saddo niccharati, taṃ ullokeyyāthāti vadati. Kasmā? Taṃ passantānañhi rājā no āgantvā parisapariyante nikhātathambho viya ṭhito, kassa mayaṃ bhāyāmāti bhayaṃ na hoti. Pajāpatissāti so kira sakkena samānavaṇṇo samānāyuko dutiyaṃ āsanaṃ labhati. Tathā varuṇo īsāno ca. Varuṇo pana tatiyaṃ āsanaṃ labhati, īsāno catutthaṃ. Palāyīti asurehi parājito tasmiṃ rathe ṭhito appamattakampi rajadhajaṃ disvā palāyanadhammo.

Itipi so bhagavātiādīni visuddhimagge vitthāritāneva. Idamavocāti idaṃ dhajaggaparittaṃ nāma bhagavā avoca, yassa āṇākhette koṭisatasahassacakkavāḷe ānubhāvo vattati. Idaṃ āvajjetvā hi yakkhabhayacorabhayādīhi dukkhehi muttānaṃ anto natthi. Tiṭṭhatu aññadukkhavūpasamo, idaṃ āvajjamāno hi pasannacitto ākāsepi patiṭṭhaṃ labhati.

Tatridaṃ vatthu – dīghavāpicetiyamhi kira sudhākamme kayiramāne eko daharo muddhavedikāpādato patitvā cetiyakucchiyā bhassati. Heṭṭhā ṭhito bhikkhusaṅgho ‘‘dhajaggaparittaṃ, āvuso, āvajjāhī’’ti āha. So maraṇabhayena tajjito ‘‘dhajaggaparittaṃ maṃ rakkhatū’’ti āha. Tāvadevassa cetiyakucchito dve iṭṭhakā nikkhamitvā sopānaṃ hutvā aṭṭhaṃsu, upariṭṭhito vallinisseṇiṃ otāresuṃ. Tasmiṃ nisseṇiyaṃ ṭhite iṭṭhakā yathāṭṭhāneyeva aṭṭhaṃsu. Tatiyaṃ.