9. Vanavacchattheraapadānavaṇṇanā

Navamāpadāne imamhi bhaddake kappetiādikaṃ āyasmato vanavacchattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto kassapassa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbatto viññutaṃ patvā satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā saddhājāto pabbajitvā parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ caritvā tato cuto devaloke nibbatto, tato cuto araññāyatane bhikkhūnaṃ samīpe kapotayoniyaṃ nibbatto. Tesu mettacitto dhammaṃ sutvā tato cuto devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kapilavatthusmiṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbatti. Tassa mātukucchigatakāleyeva mātu dohaḷo udapādi vane vasituṃ vane vijāyituṃ . Tato icchānurūpavasena vane vasantiyā gabbhavuṭṭhānaṃ ahosi. Gabbhato nikkhantañca naṃ kāsāvakhaṇḍena paṭiggahesuṃ. Tadā bodhisattassa uppannakālo, rājā taṃ kumāraṃ āharāpetvā saheva posesi. Atha bodhisatto mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamitvā pabbajitvā chabbasāni dukkarakārikaṃ katvā buddhe jāte so mahākassapassa santikaṃ gantvā tassovāde pasanno tassa santikā buddhuppādabhāvaṃ sutvā satthu santikaṃ gantvā dhammaṃ sutvā pabbajitvā nacirasseva chaḷabhiñño arahā ahosi.

251. So arahattaṃ patvā attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassajāto pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento imamhi bhaddake kappetiādimāha. Tattha brahmabandhu mahāyasoti ettha brāhmaṇānaṃ bandhu ñātakoti brāhmaṇabandhūti vattabbe gāthābandhasukhatthaṃ ‘‘brahmabandhū’’ti vuttanti veditabbaṃ. Lokattayabyāpakayasattā mahāyaso. Sesaṃ sabbaṃ suviññeyyamevāti.

Vanavacchattheraapadānavaṇṇanā samattā.