7. Mahākoṭṭhikattheraapadānavaṇṇanā

Sattamāpadāne padumuttaro nāma jinotiādikaṃ āyasmato mahākoṭṭhikattherassa apadānaṃ. Kā uppatti? Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare mahābhogakule nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto mātāpitūnaṃ accayena kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapetvā gharāvāsaṃ vasanto ekadivasaṃ padumuttarassa bhagavato dhammadesanākāle haṃsavatīnagaravāsino gandhamālādihatthe yena buddho yena dhammo yena saṅgho, tanninne tappoṇe tappabbhāre gacchante disvā tehi saddhiṃ bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā, satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā ‘‘ayaṃ imasmiṃ sāsane paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo, yaṃnūnāhampi ekassa buddhassa sāsane ayaṃ viya paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo bhaveyya’’nti cintetvā satthu desanāpariyosāne vuṭṭhitāya parisāya bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā, ‘‘bhante, sve mayhaṃ gehe bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathā’’ti nimantesi. Satthā adhivāsesi. So bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā sakanivesanaṃ gantvā sabbarattiṃ buddhassa ca bhikkhusaṅghassa ca nisajjaṭṭhānaṃ gandhamālādīhi alaṅkaritvā khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā tassā rattiyā accayena sakanivesane bhikkhusatasahassaparivāraṃ satthāraṃ vividhayāgukhajjakaparivāraṃ sasūpabyañjanaṃ gandhasālibhojanaṃ bhojāpetvā bhattakiccapariyosāne cintesi – ‘‘mahantaṃ kho ahaṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthemi, na pana yuttaṃ mayā ekadivasameva dānaṃ datvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthetuṃ, anupaṭipāṭiyā sattāhaṃ dānaṃ datvā patthessāmī’’ti. So teneva niyāmena sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ datvā bhattakiccapariyosāne dussakoṭṭhāgāraṃ vivarāpetvā uttamaṃ ticīvarappahonakaṃ sukhumavatthaṃ buddhassa pādamūle ṭhapetvā bhikkhusatasahassassa ca ticīvaraṃ datvā tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā, ‘‘bhante, yo so bhikkhu tumhehi ito sattame divasamatthake paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapito, ahampi so bhikkhu viya anāgate uppajjanakassa buddhassa sāsane pabbajitvā paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo bhaveyya’’nti satthu pādamūle nipajjitvā patthanaṃ akāsi. Satthā tassa samijjhanabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘anāgate ito kappasatasahassamatthake gotamo nāma buddho loke uppajjissati, tassa sāsane tava patthanā samijjhissatī’’ti byākāsi. So tattha yāvatāyukaṃ puññāni katvā tato cuto devasampattiṃ anubhavitvā aparāparaṃ devamanussesu paribbhami.

Evaṃ so devamanussesu saṃsaranto tattha tattha bhave puññañāṇasambhāre sambharanto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ brāhmaṇamahāsālakule nibbatti, koṭṭhikotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Kasmā mātuyā vā ayyakapayyakādīnaṃ vā nāmaṃ aggahetvā evaṃ nāmaṃ kariṃsūti ce? Attano paññavantatāya vedaṅgesu satakkaparatakkesu sanighaṇḍukeṭubhesu sākkharappabhedesu sakalabyākaraṇesu ca chekabhāvena ca diṭṭhadiṭṭhe jane mukhasattīhi koṭṭhento pakkoṭṭhento vitudanto vicaratīti anvatthanāmaṃ kariṃsūti veditabbaṃ. So vayappatto tayo vede uggahetvā brāhmaṇasippe nipphattiṃ patto ekadivasaṃ satthu santikaṃ gantvā dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā upasampannakālato paṭṭhāya vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ patvā paṭisambhidāsu ciṇṇavasī hutvā abhīto mahāthere upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ pucchantopi dasabalaṃ upasaṅkamitvā paṭisambhidāsuyeva pañhaṃ pucchi. Evamayaṃ thero tattha katādhikāratāya tattha ciṇṇavasībhāvena ca paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo jāto. Atha naṃ satthā mahāvedallasuttaṃ aṭṭhuppattiṃ katvā paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi, ‘‘etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ yadidaṃ mahākoṭṭhiko’’ti (a. ni. 1.209, 218).

221. So aparena samayena vimuttisukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedento somanassajāto attano pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento padumuttaro nāma jinotiādimāha. Taṃ sabbaṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayattā uttānatthameva.

Itthaṃsudamāyasmā mahākoṭṭhikoti ettha sudanti nidassane nipāto. Āyasmāti gāravādhivacanaṃ, yathā taṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallānoti.

Mahākoṭṭhikattheraapadānavaṇṇanā samattā.