6. Ovādasuttavaṇṇanā

149. Chaṭṭhe ahaṃ vāti kasmā āha? Theraṃ attano ṭhāne ṭhapanatthaṃ. Kiṃ sāriputtamoggallānā natthīti? Atthi. Evaṃ panassa ahosi ‘‘ime na ciraṃ ṭhassanti, kassapo pana vīsavassasatāyuko, so mayi parinibbute sattapaṇṇiguhāyaṃ nisīditvā dhammavinayasaṅgahaṃ katvā mama sāsanaṃ pañcavassasahassaparimāṇakālapavattanakaṃ karissati, attano taṃ ṭhāne ṭhapemi, evaṃ bhikkhū kassapassa sussūsitabbaṃ maññissantī’’ti. Tasmā evamāha. Dubbacāti dukkhena vattabbā. Dovacassakaraṇehīti dubbacabhāvakaraṇehi. Appadakkhiṇaggāhinoti anusāsaniṃ sutvā padakkhiṇaṃ na gaṇhanti yathānusiṭṭhaṃ na paṭipajjanti, appaṭipajjantā vāmagāhino nāma jātāti dasseti. Accāvadanteti atikkamma vadante, sutapariyattiṃ nissāya ativiya vādaṃ karonteti attho. Ko bahutaraṃ bhāsissatīti dhammaṃ kathento ko bahuṃ bhāsissati, kiṃ tvaṃ, udāhu ahanti? Ko sundarataranti, eko bahuṃ bhāsanto asahitaṃ amadhuraṃ bhāsati, eko sahitaṃ madhuraṃ, taṃ sandhāyāha ‘‘ko sundaratara’’nti? Eko pana bahuñca sundarañca kathento ciraṃ na bhāsati, lahuññeva uṭṭhāti, eko addhānaṃ pāpeti, taṃ sandhāyāha ‘‘ko ciratara’’nti? Chaṭṭhaṃ.