7. Iddhibalakathāvaṇṇanā

621-624. Idāni iddhibalakathā nāma hoti. Tattha iddhipādabhāvanānisaṃsassa atthaṃ ayoniso gahetvā ‘‘iddhibalena samannāgato kappaṃ tiṭṭheyyā’’ti yesaṃ laddhi, seyyathāpi mahāsaṃghikānaṃ; te sandhāya iddhibalena samannāgato kappaṃ tiṭṭheyyāti pucchā sakavādissa. Tattha kappo nāma mahākappo, kappekadeso, āyukappoti tividho. ‘‘Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, kappassa asaṅkhyeyyānī’’ti (a. ni. 4.156) ettha hi mahākappova kappoti vutto. ‘‘Brahmakāyikānaṃ devānaṃ kappo āyuppamāṇa’’nti (a. ni. 4.123) ettha kappekadesā. ‘‘Kappaṃ nirayamhi paccati, kappaṃ saggamhi modatī’’ti (cūḷava. 354) ettha āyukappo. Āyukappanaṃ āyuvidhānaṃ kammassa vipākavasena vā vassagaṇanāya vā āyuparicchedoti attho. Tesu mahākappaṃ sandhāya pucchati, itaro paṭijānāti.

Atha naṃ sakavādī ‘‘sace te iddhibalena samannāgato, ‘yo ciraṃ jīvati, so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyo’ti (saṃ. ni. 2.143) evaṃ paricchinnā āyukappā uddhaṃ mahākappaṃ vā mahākappekadesaṃ vā jīveyya iddhimayikenassa āyunā bhavitabba’’nti codetuṃ iddhimayiko so āyūtiādimāha. Itaro ‘‘jīvitindriyaṃ nāma iddhimayikaṃ natthi, kammasamuṭṭhānamevā’’ti vuttattā paṭikkhipati. Ko panettha iddhimato viseso, nanu aniddhimāpi āyukappaṃ tiṭṭheyyāti? Ayaṃ viseso – iddhimā hi yāvatāyukaṃ jīvitappavattiyā antarāyakare dhamme iddhibalena paṭibāhitvā antarā akālamaraṇaṃ nivāretuṃ sakkoti, aniddhimato etaṃ balaṃ natthi. Ayametesaṃ viseso.

Atītaṃ anāgatanti idaṃ avisesena kappaṃ tiṭṭheyyāti paṭiññātattā codeti. Dve kappetiādi ‘‘yadi iddhimā jīvitaparicchedaṃ atikkamituṃ sakkoti, na kevalaṃ ekaṃ anekepi kappe tiṭṭheyyā’’ti codanatthaṃ vuttaṃ. Uppanno phassotiādi na sabbaṃ iddhiyā labbhati, iddhiyā avisayopi atthīti dassetuṃ vuttaṃ. Sesamettha uttānatthamevāti.

Iddhibalakathāvaṇṇanā.