Mahāmoggallānassasīhanādakathā

17.Atha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallānotiādīsu āyasmāti piyavacanametaṃ, garugāravasappatissādhivacanametaṃ. Mahāmoggallānoti mahā ca so guṇamahantatāya moggallāno ca gottenāti mahāmoggallāno. Etadavocāti etaṃ avoca. Idāni vattabbaṃ ‘‘etarahi bhante’’tiādivacanaṃ dasseti. Kasmā avoca? Thero kira pabbajitvā sattame divase sāvakapāramiñāṇassa matthakaṃ patto, satthārāpi mahiddhikatāya etadagge ṭhapito. So taṃ attano mahiddhikataṃ nissāya cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ verañjā dubbhikkhā, bhikkhū ca kilamanti, yaṃnūnāhaṃ pathaviṃ parivattetvā bhikkhū pappaṭakojaṃ bhojeyya’’nti. Athassa etadahosi – ‘‘sace panāhaṃ bhagavato santike viharanto bhagavantaṃ ayācitvā evaṃ kareyyaṃ, na metaṃ assa patirūpaṃ; yugaggāho viya bhagavatā saddhiṃ kato bhaveyyā’’ti. Tasmā yācitukāmo āgantvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca.

Heṭṭhimatalaṃ sampannanti pathaviyā kira heṭṭhimatale pathavimaṇḍo pathavojo pathavi-pappaṭako atthi, taṃ sandhāya vadati. Tattha sampannanti madhuraṃ, sādurasanti attho. Yatheva hi ‘‘tatrassa rukkho sampannaphalo ca upapannaphalo cā’’ti (ma. ni. 2.48) ettha madhuraphaloti attho; evamidhāpi sampannanti madhuraṃ sādurasanti veditabbaṃ. Seyyathāpi khuddamadhuṃ anīḷakanti idaṃ panassa madhuratāya opammanidassanatthaṃ vuttaṃ. Khuddamadhunti khuddakamakkhikāhi katamadhu. Anīḷakanti nimmakkhikaṃ nimmakkhikaṇḍakaṃ parisuddhaṃ. Etaṃ kira madhu sabbamadhūhi aggañca seṭṭhañca surasañca ojavantañca. Tenāha – ‘‘seyyathāpi khuddamadhuṃ anīḷakaṃ evamassāda’’nti.

Sādhāhaṃ, bhanteti sādhu ahaṃ, bhante. Ettha sādhūti āyācanavacanametaṃ. Pathaviparivattanaṃ āyācanto hi thero bhagavantaṃ evamāha. Parivatteyyanti ukkujjeyyaṃ, heṭṭhimatalaṃ uparimaṃ kareyyaṃ. Kasmā? Evañhi kate sukhena bhikkhū pappaṭakojaṃ pathavimaṇḍaṃ paribhuñjissantīti. Atha bhagavā ananuññātukāmopi theraṃ sīhanādaṃ nadāpetuṃ pucchi – ‘‘ye pana te, moggallāna, pathavinissitā pāṇā te kathaṃ karissasī’’ti. Ye pathavinissitā gāmanigamādīsu pāṇā, te pathaviyā parivattiyamānāya ākāse saṇṭhātuṃ asakkonte kathaṃ karissasi, kattha ṭhapessasīti? Atha thero bhagavatā etadagge ṭhapitabhāvānurūpaṃ attano iddhānubhāvaṃ pakāsento ‘‘ekāhaṃ, bhante’’tiādimāha. Tassattho – ekaṃ ahaṃ bhante hatthaṃ yathā ayaṃ mahāpathavī evaṃ abhinimminissāmi, pathavisadisaṃ karissāmi. Evaṃ katvā ye pathavinissitā pāṇā te ekasmiṃ hatthatale ṭhite pāṇe tato dutiyahatthatale saṅkāmento viya tattha saṅkāmessāmīti.

Athassa bhagavā āyācanaṃ paṭikkhipanto ‘‘alaṃ moggallānā’’tiādimāha. Tattha alanti paṭikkhepavacanaṃ. Vipallāsampi sattā paṭilabheyyunti viparītaggāhampi sattā sampāpuṇeyyuṃ. Kathaṃ? Ayaṃ nu kho pathavī , udāhu na ayanti. Atha vā amhākaṃ nu kho ayaṃ gāmo, udāhu aññesa’’nti. Evaṃ nigamajanapadakhettārāmādīsu. Na vā esa vipallāso, acinteyyo hi iddhimato iddhivisayo. Evaṃ pana vipallāsaṃ paṭilabheyyuṃ – idaṃ dubbhikkhaṃ nāma na idāniyeva hoti, anāgatepi bhavissati. Tadā bhikkhū tādisaṃ iddhimantaṃ sabrahmacāriṃ kuto labhissanti? Te sotāpanna-sakadāgāmi-anāgāmi-sukkhavipassaka-jhānalābhi-paṭisambhidāppattakhīṇāsavāpi samānā iddhibalābhāvā parakulāni piṇḍāya upasaṅkamissanti. Tatra manussānaṃ evaṃ bhavissati – ‘‘buddhakāle bhikkhū sikkhāsu paripūrakārino ahesuṃ. Te guṇe nibbattetvā dubbhikkhakāle pathaviṃ parivattetvā pappaṭakojaṃ paribhuñjiṃsu. Idāni pana sikkhāya paripūrakārino natthi. Yadi siyuṃ, tatheva kareyyuṃ. Na amhākaṃ yaṃ kiñci pakkaṃ vā āmaṃ vā khādituṃ dadeyyu’’nti. Evaṃ tesuyeva ariyapuggalesu ‘‘natthi ariyapuggalā’’ti imaṃ vipallāsaṃ paṭilabheyyuṃ. Vipallāsavasena ca ariye garahantā upavadantā apāyupagā bhaveyyuṃ. Tasmā mā te rucci pathaviṃ parivattetunti.

Atha thero imaṃ yācanaṃ alabhamāno aññaṃ yācanto ‘‘sādhu, bhante’’tiādimāha. Tampissa bhagavā paṭikkhipanto ‘‘alaṃmoggallānā’’tiādimāha. Tattha kiñcāpi na vuttaṃ ‘‘vipallāsampi sattā paṭilabheyyu’’nti, atha kho pubbe vuttanayeneva gahetabbaṃ; atthopi cassa vuttasadisameva veditabbo. Yadi pana bhagavā anujāneyya, thero kiṃ kareyyāti? Mahāsamuddaṃ ekena padavītihārena atikkamitabbaṃ mātikāmattaṃ adhiṭṭhahitvā naḷerupucimandato uttarakuruabhimukhaṃ maggaṃ nīharitvā uttarakuruṃ gamanāgamanasampanne ṭhāne katvā dasseyya, yathā bhikkhū gocaragāmaṃ viya yathāsukhaṃ piṇḍāya pavisitvā nikkhameyyunti.

Niṭṭhitā mahāmoggallānassa sīhanādakathā.