Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

Khuddakanikāye

Apadāna-aṭṭhakathā

(Paṭhamo bhāgo)

Ganthārambhakathā

Vanditvā sirasā seṭṭhaṃ, buddhamappaṭipuggalaṃ;

Ñeyyasāgaramuttiṇṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ saṃsārasāgaraṃ.

Tatheva paramaṃ santaṃ, gambhīraṃ duddasaṃ aṇuṃ;

Bhavābhavakaraṃ suddhaṃ, dhammaṃ sambuddhapūjitaṃ.

Tatheva anaghaṃ saṅghaṃ, asaṅgaṃ saṅghamuttamaṃ;

Uttamaṃ dakkhiṇeyyānaṃ, santindriyamanāsavaṃ.

Katena tassa etassa, paṇāmena visesato;

Ratanattaye visesena, visesassādarena me.

Therehi dhīradhīrehi, āgamaññūhi viññubhi;

‘‘Apadānaṭṭhakathā bhante, kātabbā’’ti visesato.

Punappunādareneva, yācitohaṃ yasassibhi;

Tasmāhaṃ sāpadānassa, apadānassasesato.

Visesanayadīpassa, dīpissaṃ piṭakattaye;

Yathā pāḷinayeneva, atthasaṃvaṇṇanaṃ subhaṃ.

Kena kattha kadā cetaṃ, bhāsitaṃ dhammamuttamaṃ;

Kimatthaṃ bhāsitañcetaṃ, etaṃ vatvā vidhiṃ tato.

Nidānesu kosallatthaṃ, sukhuggahaṇadhāraṇaṃ;

Tasmā taṃ taṃ vidhiṃ vatvā, pubbāparavisesitaṃ.

Purā sīhaḷabhāsāya, porāṇaṭṭhakathāya ca;

Ṭhapitaṃ taṃ na sādheti, sādhūnaṃ icchiticchitaṃ.

Tasmā tamupanissāya, porāṇaṭṭhakathānayaṃ;

Vivajjetvā viruddhatthaṃ, visesatthaṃ pakāsayaṃ;

Visesavaṇṇanaṃ seṭṭhaṃ, karissāmatthavaṇṇananti.

Nidānakathā

‘‘Kenakattha kadā cetaṃ, bhāsitaṃ dhammamuttama’’nti ca, ‘‘karissāmatthavaṇṇana’’nti ca paṭiññātattā sā panāyaṃ apadānassatthavaṇṇanā dūrenidānaṃ, avidūrenidānaṃ, santikenidānanti imāni tīṇi nidānāni dassetvā vaṇṇiyamānā ye naṃ suṇanti, tehi samudāgamato paṭṭhāya viññātattā yasmā suṭṭhu viññātā nāma hoti, tasmā naṃ tāni nidānāni dassetvāva vaṇṇayissāma.

Tattha ādito tāva tesaṃ nidānānaṃ paricchedo veditabbo. Dīpaṅkarapādamūlasmiñhi katābhinīhārassa mahāsattassa yāva vessantarattabhāvā cavitvā tusitapure nibbatti, tāva pavatto kathāmaggo dūrenidānaṃ nāma. Tusitabhavanato pana cavitvā yāva bodhimaṇḍe sabbaññutappatti, tāva pavatto kathāmaggo avidūrenidānaṃ nāma. Santikenidānaṃ pana tesu tesu ṭhānesu viharato tasmiṃ tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne labbhatīti.

1. Dūrenidānakathā

Tatridaṃ dūrenidānaṃ nāma – ito kira kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ catunnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ matthake amaravatī nāma nagaraṃ ahosi. Tattha sumedho nāma brāhmaṇo paṭivasati, ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca, saṃsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā kulaparivaṭṭā, akkhitto anupakuṭṭho jātivādena, abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato. So aññaṃ kammaṃ akatvā brāhmaṇasippameva uggaṇhi. Tassa daharakāleyeva mātāpitaro kālamakaṃsu. Athassa rāsivaḍḍhako amacco āyapotthakaṃ āharitvā suvaṇṇarajatamaṇimuttādibharite gabbhe vivaritvā ‘‘ettakaṃ te, kumāra, mātu santakaṃ, ettakaṃ pitu santakaṃ, ettakaṃ ayyakapayyakāna’’nti yāva sattamā kulaparivaṭṭā dhanaṃ ācikkhitvā ‘‘etaṃ paṭipajjāhī’’ti āha. Sumedhapaṇḍito cintesi – ‘‘imaṃ dhanaṃ saṃharitvā mayhaṃ pitupitāmahādayo paralokaṃ gacchantā ekakahāpaṇampi gahetvā na gatā, mayā pana gahetvā gamanakāraṇaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti, so rañño ārocetvā nagare bheriṃ carāpetvā mahājanassa dānaṃ datvā tāpasapabbajjaṃ pabbaji. Imassa panatthassa āvibhāvatthaṃ imasmiṃ ṭhāne sumedhakathā kathetabbā . Sā panesā kiñcāpi buddhavaṃse nirantaraṃ āgatāyeva, gāthābandhena pana āgatattā na suṭṭhu pākaṭā, tasmā taṃ antarantarā gāthāsambandhadīpakehi vacanehi saddhiṃ kathessāma.