8. Nigaṇṭhanāṭaputtasuttavaṇṇanā

350. Aṭṭhame tenupasaṅkamīti sayaṃ āgatāgamo viññātasāsano anāgāmī ariyasāvako samāno kasmā naggabhoggaṃ nissirikaṃ nigaṇṭhaṃ upasaṅkamīti? Upavādamocanatthañceva vādāropanatthañca. Nigaṇṭhā kira ‘‘samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakā thaddhakhadirakhāṇukasadisā, kenaci saddhiṃ paṭisanthārampi na karontī’’ti upavadanti, tassa upavādassa mocanatthañca, ‘‘vādañcassa āropessāmī’’ti upasaṅkami. Na khvāhaṃ ettha bhante bhagavato saddhāya gacchāmīti yassa ñāṇena asacchikataṃ hoti. So ‘‘evaṃ kireta’’nti aññassa saddhāya gaccheyya, mayā pana ñāṇenetaṃ sacchikataṃ, tasmā nāhaṃ ettha bhagavato saddhāya gacchāmīti dīpento evamāha.

Ulloketvāti kāyaṃ unnāmetvā kucchiṃ nīharitvā gīvaṃ paggayha sabbaṃ disaṃ pekkhamāno ulloketvā. Bādhetabbaṃ maññeyyāti yathā vinivijjhitvā na nikkhamati, evaṃ paṭibāhitabbaṃ maññeyya bandhitabbaṃ vā. Sahadhammikāti sakāraṇā. Atha maṃ paṭihareyyāsi saddhiṃ nigaṇṭhaparisāyāti etesaṃ atthe ñāte atha me nigaṇṭhaparisāya saddhiṃ abhigaccheyyāsi, patīhārassa me santikaṃ āgantvā attano āgatabhāvaṃ jānāpeyyāsīti attho. Eko pañhoti eko pañhamaggo, ekaṃ pañhagavesananti attho. Eko uddesoti ekaṃ nāma kinti? Ayaṃ eko uddeso. Ekaṃ veyyākaraṇanti ‘‘sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā’’ti (khu. pā. 4.1; a. ni. 10.27) idaṃ ekaṃ veyyākaraṇaṃ. Evaṃ sabbattha attho veditabbo.