205. Rājagahaseṭṭhivatthu

332. Tena kho pana samayena rājagahakassa seṭṭhissa sattavassiko sīsābādho hoti. Bahū mahantā mahantā disāpāmokkhā vejjā āgantvā nāsakkhiṃsu arogaṃ kātuṃ. Bahuṃ hiraññaṃ ādāya agamaṃsu. Api ca, vejjehi paccakkhāto hoti. Ekacce vejjā evamāhaṃsu – ‘‘pañcamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatī’’ti. Ekacce vejjā evamāhaṃsu – ‘‘sattamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatī’’ti. Atha kho rājagahakassa negamassa etadahosi – ‘‘ayaṃ kho seṭṭhi gahapati bahūpakāro rañño ceva negamassa ca. Api ca, vejjehi paccakkhāto. Ekacce vejjā evamāhaṃsu – ‘pañcamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatī’ti. Ekacce vejjā evamāhaṃsu – ‘sattamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatī’ti. Ayañca rañño jīvako vejjo taruṇo bhadrako. Yaṃnūna mayaṃ rājānaṃ jīvakaṃ vejjaṃ yāceyyāma seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ tikicchitu’’nti. Atha kho rājagahako negamo yena rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā rājānaṃ māgadhaṃ seniyaṃ bimbisāraṃ etadavoca – ‘‘ayaṃ, deva, seṭṭhi gahapati bahūpakāro devassa ceva negamassa ca; api ca, vejjehi paccakkhāto. Ekacce vejjā evamāhaṃsu – pañcamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatīti. Ekacce vejjā evamāhaṃsu – sattamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatīti. Sādhu devo jīvakaṃ vejjaṃ āṇāpetu seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ tikicchitu’’nti .

Atha kho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ āṇāpesi – ‘‘gaccha, bhaṇe jīvaka, seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ tikicchāhī’’ti. ‘‘Evaṃ, devā’’ti kho jīvako komārabhacco rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa paṭissutvā yena seṭṭhi gahapati tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā seṭṭhissa gahapatissa vikāraṃ sallakkhetvā seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca – ‘‘sace tvaṃ, gahapati, arogo bhaveyyāsi ² kiṃ me assa deyyadhammo’’ti? ‘‘Sabbaṃ sāpateyyañca te, ācariya, hotu, ahañca te dāso’’ti. ‘‘Sakkhissasi pana tvaṃ, gahapati, ekena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti? ‘‘Sakkomahaṃ, ācariya, ekena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Sakkhissasi pana tvaṃ, gahapati, dutiyena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti? ‘‘Sakkomahaṃ, ācariya, dutiyena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti . ‘‘Sakkhissasi pana tvaṃ, gahapati, uttāno sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti? ‘‘Sakkomahaṃ, ācariya, uttāno sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti.

Atha kho jīvako komārabhacco seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ mañcake nipātetvā ⁷ mañcake ⁸ sambandhitvā sīsacchaviṃ uppāṭetvā ⁹ sibbiniṃ vināmetvā dve pāṇake nīharitvā mahājanassa dassesi – ‘‘passathayye ¹⁰, ime dve pāṇake, ekaṃ khuddakaṃ ekaṃ mahallakaṃ. Ye te ācariyā evamāhaṃsu – pañcamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatīti – tehāyaṃ mahallako pāṇako diṭṭho. Pañcamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhissa gahapatissa matthaluṅgaṃ pariyādiyissati. Matthaluṅgassa pariyādānā seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissati. Sudiṭṭho tehi ācariyehi. Ye te ācariyā evamāhaṃsu – sattamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissatīti – tehāyaṃ khuddako pāṇako diṭṭho. Sattamaṃ divasaṃ seṭṭhissa gahapatissa matthaluṅgaṃ pariyādiyissati. Matthaluṅgassa pariyādānā seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṃ karissati. Sudiṭṭho tehi ācariyehī’’ti. Sibbiniṃ sampaṭipāṭetvā sīsacchaviṃ sibbitvā ālepaṃ adāsi. Atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati sattāhassa accayena jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘nāhaṃ, ācariya, sakkomi ekena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Nanu me tvaṃ, gahapati, paṭissuṇi – sakkomahaṃ, ācariya, ekena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti? ‘‘Saccāhaṃ, ācariya, paṭissuṇiṃ, apāhaṃ marissāmi, nāhaṃ sakkomi ekena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Tena hi tvaṃ, gahapati, dutiyena passena sattamāse nipajjāhī’’ti. Atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati sattāhassa accayena jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘nāhaṃ, ācariya, sakkomi dutiyena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Nanu me tvaṃ, gahapati, paṭissuṇi – sakkomahaṃ, ācariya, dutiyena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti? ‘‘Saccāhaṃ, ācariya, paṭissuṇiṃ, apāhaṃ marissāmi, nāhaṃ, ācariya, sakkomi dutiyena passena sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Tena hi tvaṃ, gahapati, uttāno sattamāse nipajjāhī’’ti. Atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati sattāhassa accayena jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘nāhaṃ, ācariya, sakkomi uttāno sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Nanu me tvaṃ, gahapati, paṭissuṇi – sakkomahaṃ, ācariya, uttāno sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti? ‘‘Saccāhaṃ, ācariya, paṭissuṇiṃ, apāhaṃ marissāmi, nāhaṃ sakkomi uttāno sattamāse nipajjitu’’nti. ‘‘Ahaṃ ce taṃ, gahapati, na vadeyyaṃ, ettakampi tvaṃ na nipajjeyyāsi, api ca paṭikacceva mayā ñāto – tīhi sattāhehi seṭṭhi gahapati arogo bhavissatīti. Uṭṭhehi , gahapati, arogosi. Jānāsi kiṃ me deyyadhammo’’ti? ‘‘Sabbaṃ sāpateyyañca te, ācariya, hotu, ahañca te dāso’’ti. ‘‘Alaṃ, gahapati, mā me tvaṃ sabbaṃ sāpateyyaṃ adāsi, mā ca me dāso. Rañño satasahassaṃ dehi, mayhaṃ satasahassa’’nti. Atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati arogo samāno rañño satasahassaṃ adāsi, jīvakassa komārabhaccassa satasahassaṃ.

Rājagahaseṭṭhivatthu niṭṭhitaṃ.