4. Mahāmoggallānasuttavaṇṇanā

34. Catutthe tisso nāma bhikkhūti therasseva saddhivihāriko. Mahiddhiko mahānubhāvoti ijjhanaṭṭhena mahatī iddhi assāti mahiddhiko. Anupharaṇaṭṭhena mahā ānubhāvo assāti mahānubhāvo. Cirassaṃ kho, mārisa moggallāna, imaṃ pariyāyamakāsīti evarūpaṃ loke pakatiyā piyasamudāhāravacanaṃ hoti. Lokiyā hi cirassaṃ āgatampi anāgatapubbampi manāpajātiyaṃ āgataṃ disvā ‘‘kuto bhavaṃ āgato, cirassaṃ bhavaṃ āgato, kathaṃ te idhāgamanamaggo ñāto, kiṃ maggamūḷhosī’’tiādīni vadanti. Ayaṃ pana āgatapubbattāyeva evamāha. Thero hi kālena kālaṃ brahmalokaṃ gacchatiyeva. Tattha pariyāyamakāsīti vāraṃ akāsi. Yadidaṃ idhāgamanāyāti yo ayaṃ idhāgamanāya vāro, taṃ cirassaṃ akāsīti vuttaṃ hoti. Idamāsanaṃ paññattanti mahārahaṃ brahmapallaṅkaṃ paññāpetvā evamāha. Aveccappasādenāti adhigatena acalena maggappasādena. Imasmiṃ sutte sotāpattimaggañāṇaṃ kathitaṃ.