[69] 9. Visavantajātakavaṇṇanā

Dhiratthu taṃ visaṃ vantanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto dhammasenāpatiṃ ārabbha kathesi. Therassa kira piṭṭhakhajjakakhādanakāle manussā saṅghassa bahuṃ piṭṭhakhādanīyaṃ gahetvā vihāraṃ agamaṃsu, bhikkhusaṅghassa gahitāvasesaṃ bahu atirittaṃ ahosi. Manussā ‘‘bhante, antogāmagatānampi gaṇhathā’’ti āhaṃsu. Tasmiṃ khaṇe therassa saddhivihāriko daharo antogāme hoti, tassa koṭṭhāsaṃ gahetvā tasmiṃ anāgacchante ‘‘atidivā hotī’’ti therassa adaṃsu. Therena tasmiṃ paribhutte daharo agamāsi. Atha naṃ thero ‘‘mayaṃ, āvuso, tuyhaṃ ṭhapitakhādanīyaṃ paribhuñjimhā’’ti āha. So ‘‘madhuraṃ nāma, bhante, kassa appiya’’nti āha. Mahātherassa saṃvego uppajji. So ito paṭṭhāya ‘‘piṭṭhakhādanīyaṃ na khādissāmī’’ti adhiṭṭhāsi. Tato paṭṭhāya kira sāriputtattherena piṭṭhakhādanīyaṃ nāma na khāditapubbaṃ. Tassa piṭṭhakhādanīyaṃ akhādanabhāvo bhikkhusaṅghe pākaṭo jāto. Bhikkhū taṃ kathaṃ kathentā dhammasabhāyaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Atha satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘bhikkhave, sāriputto ekavāraṃ jahitakaṃ jīvitaṃ pariccajantopi puna na gaṇhātiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.

Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto visavejjakule nibbattitvā vejjakammena jīvikaṃ kappesi. Athekaṃ janapadamanussaṃ sappo ḍaṃsi, tassa ñātakā pamādaṃ akatvā khippaṃ vejjaṃ ānayiṃsu . Vejjo āha ‘‘kiṃ tāva osadhena, paribhāvetvā visaṃ harāmi, daṭṭhasappaṃ āvāhetvā daṭṭhaṭṭhānato teneva visaṃ ākaḍḍhāpemī’’ti. ‘‘Sappaṃ āvāhetvā visaṃ ākaḍḍhāpehī’’ti. So sappaṃ āvāhetvā ‘‘tayā ayaṃ daṭṭho’’ti āha. ‘‘Āma, mayā’’ti . ‘‘Tayā daṭṭhaṭṭhānato tvaññeva mukhena visaṃ ākaḍḍhāhī’’ti. ‘‘Mayā ekavāraṃ jahitakaṃ puna na gahitapubbaṃ, nāhaṃ mayā jahitavisaṃ ākaḍḍhissāmī’’ti. So dārūni āharāpetvā aggiṃ katvā āha ‘‘sace attano visaṃ nākaḍḍhasi, imaṃ aggiṃ pavisā’’ti. Sappo ‘‘api aggiṃ pavisissāmi, nevattanā ekavāraṃ jahitavisaṃ paccāharissāmī’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

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‘‘Dhiratthu taṃ visaṃ vantaṃ, yamahaṃ jīvitakāraṇā;

Vantaṃ paccāharissāmi, mataṃ me jīvitā vara’’nti.

Tattha dhiratthūti garahatthe nipāto. Taṃ visanti yamahaṃ jīvitakāraṇā vantaṃ visaṃ paccāharissāmi, taṃ vantaṃ visaṃ dhiratthu. Mataṃ me jīvitā varanti tassa visassa apaccāharaṇakāraṇā yaṃ aggiṃ pavisitvā maraṇaṃ, taṃ mama jīvitato varanti attho.

Evañca pana vatvā aggiṃ pavisituṃ pāyāsi. Atha naṃ vejjo nivāretvā taṃ purisaṃ osadhehi ca mantehi ca nibbisaṃ arogaṃ katvā sappassa sīlāni datvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya mā kañci viheṭhesī’’ti vatvā vissajjesi.

Satthāpi ‘‘na, bhikkhave, sāriputto ekavāraṃ jahitakaṃ jīvitampi pariccajanto puna gaṇhātī’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi ‘‘tadā sappo sāriputto ahosi, vejjo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.

Visavantajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.