Apadāna-aṭṭhakathā

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samm āsambuddhassa
Khuddakanikāye
Apadāna-aṭṭhakathā
(Paṭhamo bhāgo)
Ganthārambhakathā
Vanditvā sirasā seṭṭhaṃ, buddhamappaṭipuggalaṃ;
Ñeyyasāgaramuttiṇṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ saṃsārasāgaraṃ.
Tatheva paramaṃ santaṃ, gambhīraṃ duddasaṃ aṇuṃ;
Bhavābhavakaraṃ suddhaṃ, dhammaṃ sambuddhapūjitaṃ.
Tatheva anaghaṃ saṅghaṃ, asaṅgaṃ saṅghamuttamaṃ;
Uttamaṃ dakkhiṇeyyānaṃ, santindriyamanāsavaṃ.
Katena tassa etassa, paṇāmena visesato;
Ratanattaye visesena, visesassādarena me.
Therehi dhīradhīrehi, āgamaññūhi viññubhi;
‘‘Apadānaṭṭhakathā bhante, kātabbā’’ti visesato.
Punappunādareneva, yācitohaṃ yasassibhi;
Tasmāhaṃ sāpadānassa, apadānassasesato.
Visesanayadīpassa, dīpissaṃ piṭakattaye;
Yathā pāḷinayeneva, atthasaṃvaṇṇanaṃ subhaṃ.
Kena kattha kadā cetaṃ, bhāsitaṃ dhammamuttamaṃ;
Kimatthaṃ bhāsitañcetaṃ, etaṃ vatvā vidhiṃ tato.
Nidānesu kosallatthaṃ, sukhuggahaṇadhāraṇaṃ;
Tasmā taṃ taṃ vidhiṃ vatvā, pubbāparavisesitaṃ.
Purā sīhaḷabhāsāya, porāṇaṭṭhakathāya ca;
Ṭhapitaṃ taṃ na sādheti, sādhūnaṃ icchiticchitaṃ.
Tasmā tamupanissāya, porāṇaṭṭhakathānayaṃ;
Vivajjetvā viruddhatthaṃ, visesatthaṃ pakāsayaṃ;
Visesavaṇṇanaṃ seṭṭhaṃ, karissāmatthavaṇṇananti.
Nidānakathā
‘‘Kenakattha kadā cetaṃ, bhāsitaṃ dhammamuttama’’ nti ca, ‘‘karissāmatthavaṇṇana’’ nti ca
pa ṭiññātattā sā panāyaṃ apadānassatthavaṇṇanā dūrenidānaṃ, avidūrenidānaṃ, santikenidānanti imāni tīṇi
nidānāni dassetvā vaṇṇiyamānā ye naṃ suṇanti, tehi samudāgamato paṭṭhāya viññātattā yasmā suṭṭhu
viññ ātā nāma hoti, tasm ā na ṃ tāni nid ānāni dassetv āva va ṇṇ ayiss āma.

Tattha ādito tāva tesa ṃ nid ānāna ṃ paricchedo veditabbo. D īpa ṅkarap ādam ūlasmiñhi katābhin īhārassa
mahāsattassa yāva vessantarattabhāvā cavitvā tusitapure nibbatti, tāva pavatto kathāmaggo dūrenidānaṃ
nāma. Tusitabhavanato pana cavitvā yāva bodhimaṇḍe sabbaññutappatti, tāva pavatto kathāmaggo
avidūrenidānaṃnāma. Santikenidānaṃpana tesu tesu ṭhānesu viharato tasmiṃ tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne
labbhatīti.
1. Dūrenidānakathā
Tatridaṃ dūrenidānaṃnāma –ito kira kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ catunnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ
matthake amaravatīnāma nagaraṃ ahosi. Tattha sumedho nāma brāhmaṇo paṭivasati, ubhato sujāto
mātito ca pitito ca, saṃsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā kulaparivaṭṭā, akkhitto anupakuṭṭho jātivādena,
abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato. So aññaṃ kammaṃ akatvā
brāhmaṇasippameva uggaṇhi. Tassa daharakāleyeva mātāpitaro kālamakaṃsu. Athassa rāsivaḍḍhako
amacco āyapotthakaṃ āharitvā suvaṇṇarajatamaṇimuttādibharite gabbhe vivaritvā ‘‘ettakaṃ te, kumāra,
mātu santakaṃ, ettakaṃ pitu santakaṃ, ettakaṃ ayyakapayyakāna’’nti yāva sattamā kulaparivaṭṭā dhanaṃ
ācikkhitvā ‘‘etaṃ paṭipajjāhī’’ti āha. Sumedhapaṇḍito cintesi – ‘‘imaṃ dhanaṃ saṃharitvā mayhaṃ
pitupitāmahādayo paralokaṃ gacchantā ekakahāpaṇampi gahetvā na gatā, mayā pana gahetvā
gamanakāraṇaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti, so rañño ārocetvā nagare bheriṃ carāpetvā mahājanassa dānaṃ datvā
tāpasapabbajjaṃ pabbaji. Imassa panatthassa āvibhāvatthaṃ imasmiṃ ṭhāne sumedhakathā kathetabbā. Sā
panes ā kiñcāpi buddhavaṃse nirantaraṃ āgatāyeva, gāthābandhena pana āgatattā na suṭṭhu pākaṭā, tasmā
taṃ antarantarā gāthāsambandhadīpakehi vacanehi saddhiṃ kathessāma.
Sumedhakathā
Kappasatasahassādhikānañhi catunnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ matthake dasahi saddehi avivittaṃ
‘‘amaravatī’’ti ca ‘‘amara’’nti ca laddhanāmaṃ nagaraṃ ahosi, yaṃ sandhāya buddhavaṃse vuttaṃ –
‘‘Kappe ca satasahasse, caturo ca asaṅkhiye;
Amaraṃ nāma nagaraṃ, dassaneyyaṃ manoramaṃ;
Dasahi saddehi avivittaṃ, annapānasamāyuta’’nti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.1-2);
Tattha dasahi saddehi avivitta nti hatthisaddena assasaddena rathasaddena bherisaddena
mudiṅgasaddena vīṇāsaddena gītasaddena saṅkhasaddena sammasaddena tāḷasaddena ‘‘asnātha pivatha
khādathā’’ti dasamena saddenāti imehi dasahi saddehi avivittaṃ ahosi. Tesaṃ pana saddānaṃ ekadesameva
gahetvā –
‘‘Hatthisaddaṃ assasaddaṃ, bherisaṅkharathāni ca;
Khādatha pivatha ceva, annapānena ghosita’’nti. –
Buddhavaṃse (bu. vaṃ. 2.3-5) imaṃ gāthaṃ vatvā –
‘‘Nagaraṃ sabbaṅgasampannaṃ, sabbakammamupāgataṃ;
Sattaratanasampannaṃ, nānājanasamākulaṃ;
Samiddhaṃ devanagaraṃva, āvāsaṃ puññakamminaṃ.
‘‘Nagare amaravatiyā, sumedho nāma brāhmaṇo;
Anekakoṭisannicayo, pahūtadhanadhaññavā.
‘‘Ajjhāyako mantadharo, tiṇṇaṃ vedāna pāragū;
Lakkhaṇe itihāse ca, sadhamme pāramiṃ gato’’ti. –vuttaṃ;
Athekadivasaṃ so sumedhapaṇḍito uparipāsādavaratale rahogato hutvā pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā nisinno

eva ṃ cintesi – ‘‘ punabbhave, pa ṇḍ ita, pa ṭisandhiggaha ṇaṃ nāma dukkha ṃ, tath ā
nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne sarīrassa bhedanaṃ, ahañca jātidhammo, jarādhammo, byādhidhammo,
maraṇadhammo, evaṃbhūtena mayā ajātiṃ ajaraṃ abyādhiṃ amaraṇaṃ adukkhaṃ sukhaṃ sītalaṃ
amatamahānibbānaṃ pariyesituṃ vaṭṭati. Avassaṃ bhavato muccitvā nibbānagāminā ekena maggena
bhavitabba’’nti. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Rahogato nisīditvā, evaṃ cintesahaṃ tadā;
Dukkho punabbhavo nāma, sarīrassa ca bhedanaṃ.
‘‘Jātidhammo jarādhammo, byādhidhammo sahaṃ tadā;
Ajaraṃ amaraṃ khemaṃ, pariyesissāmi nibbutiṃ.
‘‘Yaṃnūnimaṃ pūtikāyaṃ, nānākuṇapapūritaṃ;
Chaḍḍayitvāna gaccheyyaṃ, anapekkho anatthiko.
‘‘Atthi hehiti so maggo, na so sakkā na hetuye;
Pariyesissāmi taṃ maggaṃ, bhavato parimuttiyā’’ti.
Tato uttaripi evaṃ cintesi – ‘‘yathā hi loke dukkhassa paṭipakkhabhūtaṃ sukhaṃ nāma atthi, evaṃ
bhave sati tappaṭipakkhena vibhavenāpi bhavitabbaṃ. Yathā ca uṇhe sati tassa vūpasamabhūtaṃ sītalampi
atthi, evaṃ rāgaggiādīnaṃ vūpasamena nibbānenāpi bhavitabbaṃ. Yathā nāma pāpassa lāmakassa
dhammassa paṭipakkhabhūto kalyāṇo anavajjabhūto dhammopi atthiyeva, evameva pāpikāya jātiyā sati
sabbajātikhepanato ajātisaṅkhātena nibbānenāpi bhavitabbamevā’’ti. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Yathāpi dukkhe vijjante, sukhaṃ nāmapi vijjati;
Evaṃ bhave vijjamāne, vibhavopicchitabbako.
‘‘Yathāpi uṇhe vijjante, aparaṃ vijjati sītalaṃ;
Evaṃ tividhaggi vijjante, nibbānampicchitabbakaṃ.
‘‘Yathāpi pāpe vijjante, kalyāṇamapi vijjati;
Evameva jāti vijjante, ajātipicchitabbaka’’nti.
Aparampi cintesi – ‘‘yathā nāma gūtharāsimhi nimuggena purisena dūratova
pañcava ṇṇapadumasañchannaṃ mahātaḷākaṃ disvā ‘katarena nu kho maggena ettha gantabba’nti taṃ
taḷākaṃ gavesituṃ yuttaṃ. Yaṃ tassa agavesanaṃ, na so taḷākassa doso, purisasseva doso. Evaṃ
kilesamaladhovane amatamahānibbānataḷāke vijjante yaṃ tassa agavesanaṃ, na so
amatamahānibbānataḷākassa doso, purisasseva doso. Yathā ca corehi samparivārito puriso palāyanamagge
vijjamānepi sace na palāyati, na so maggassa doso, purisasseva doso. Evameva kilesehi parivāretvā
gahitassa purisassa vijjamāneyeva nibbānagāmimhi sive magge maggassa agavesanaṃ nāma na maggassa
doso, purisasseva doso. Yathā ca byādhipīḷito puriso vijjamāne byādhitikicchake vejje sace taṃ vejjaṃ
gavesitvā byādhiṃ na tikicchāpeti, na so vejjassa doso, purisasseva doso. Evameva yo kilesabyādhipīḷito
kilesavūpasamamaggakovidaṃ vijjamānameva ācariyaṃ na gavesati, tasseva doso, na kilesavināsakassa
ācariyassa doso’’ti. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Yathā gūthagato puriso, taḷākaṃ disvāna pūritaṃ;
Na gavesati taṃ taḷākaṃ, na doso taḷākassa so.
‘‘Evaṃ kilesamaladhove, vijjante amatantaḷe;
Na gavesati taṃ taḷākaṃ, na doso amatantaḷe.
‘‘Yathā arīhi pariruddho, vijjante gamanampathe;

Na palāyati so puriso, na doso añjasassa so.
‘‘Evaṃ kilesapariruddho, vijjamāne sive pathe;
Na gavesati taṃ maggaṃ, na doso sivamañjase.
‘‘Yathāpi byādhito puriso, vijjamāne tikicchake;
Na tikicchāpeti taṃ byādhiṃ, na doso so tikicchake.
‘‘Evaṃ kilesabyādhīhi, dukkhito paripīḷito;
Na gavesati taṃ ācariyaṃ, na doso so vināyake’’ti.
Aparampi cintesi – ‘‘yathā maṇḍanakajātiko puriso kaṇṭhe āsattaṃ kuṇapaṃ chaḍḍetvā sukhaṃ
gaccheyya, evaṃ mayāpi imaṃ pūtikāyaṃ chaḍḍetvā anapekkhena nibbānanagaraṃ pavisitabbaṃ. Yathā
ca naranāriyo ukkārabhūmiyaṃ uccārapassāvaṃ katvā na taṃ ucchaṅgena vā ādāya, dussantena vā veṭhetvā
gacchanti, jigucchamānā pana anapekkhāva, chaḍḍetvā gacchanti, evaṃ mayāpi imaṃ pūtikāyaṃ
anapekkhena chaḍḍetvā amatanibbānanagaraṃ pavisituṃ vaṭṭati. Yathā ca nāvikā nāma jajjaraṃ nāvaṃ
anapekkhāva chaḍḍetvā gacchanti, evaṃ ahampi imaṃ navahi vaṇamukhehi paggharantaṃ kāyaṃ
chaḍḍetvā anapekkho nibbānapuraṃ pavisissāmi. Yathā ca puriso nānāratanāni ādāya corehi saddhiṃ
maggaṃ gacchanto attano ratananāsabhayena te chaḍḍetvā khemaṃ maggaṃ gaṇhāti, evaṃ ayampi
karajakāyo ratanavilopakacorasadiso. Sacāhaṃ ettha taṇhaṃ karissāmi, ariyamaggakusaladhammaratanaṃ
me nassissati, tasmā mayā imaṃ corasadisaṃ kāyaṃ chaḍḍetvā amatamahānibbānanagaraṃ pavisituṃ
vaṭṭatī’’ti. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Yathāpi kuṇapaṃ puriso, kaṇṭhe baddhaṃ jigucchiya;
Mocayitvāna gaccheyya, sukhī serī sayaṃvasī.
‘‘Tathevimaṃ pūtikāyaṃ, nānākuṇapasañcayaṃ;
Chaḍḍayitvāna gaccheyyaṃ, anapekkho anatthiko.
‘‘Yathā uccāraṭṭhānamhi, karīsaṃ naranāriyo;
Chaḍḍayitvāna gacchanti, anapekkhā anatthikā.
‘‘Evamevāhaṃ imaṃ kāyaṃ, nānākuṇapapūritaṃ;
Chaḍḍayitvāna gacchissaṃ, vaccaṃ katvā yathā kuṭiṃ.
‘‘Yathāpi jajjaraṃ nāvaṃ, paluggaṃ udagāhiniṃ;
Sāmī chaḍḍetvā gacchanti, anapekkhā anatthikā.
‘‘Evamevāhaṃ imaṃ kāyaṃ, navacchiddaṃ dhuvassavaṃ;
Chaḍḍayitvāna gacchissaṃ, jiṇṇanāvaṃva sāmikā.
‘‘Yathāpi puriso corehi, gacchanto bhaṇḍamādiya;
Bhaṇḍacchedabhayaṃ disvā, chaḍḍayitvāna gacchati.
‘‘Evameva ayaṃ kāyo, mahācorasamo viya;
Pahāyimaṃ gamissāmi, kusalacchedanā bhayā’’ti.
Evaṃ sumedhapaṇḍito nānāvidhāhi upamāhi imaṃ nekkhammūpasaṃhitaṃ atthaṃ cintetvā
sakanivesane aparimitabhogakkhandhaṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayena kapaṇaddhikādīnaṃ vissajjetvā mahādānaṃ
datvā vatthukāme ca kilesakāme ca pahāya amaranagarato nikkhamitvā ekakova himavante dhammikaṃ
nāma pabbataṃ nissāya assamaṃ katvā tattha paṇṇasālañca caṅkamañca māpetvā pañcahi nīvaraṇadosehi
vajjita ṃ ‘‘ eva ṃ sam āhite citte ’’ tiādin ā nayena vuttehi a ṭṭhahi k āra ṇagu ṇehi samupeta ṃ abhiññ āsa ṅkh āta ṃ

bala ṃ ā haritu ṃ tasmiṃ assamapade navadosasamann āgata ṃ sāṭaka ṃ pajahitv ā,
dvādasaguṇasamannāgataṃ vākacīraṃ nivāsetvā, isipabbajjaṃ pabbaji. Evaṃ pabbajito
aṭṭhadosasamākiṇṇaṃ taṃ paṇṇasālaṃ pahāya dasaguṇasamannāgataṃ rukkhamūlaṃ upagantvā sabbaṃ
dhaññavikatiṃ pahāya pavattaphalabhojano hutvā nisajjaṭṭhānacaṅkamanavaseneva padhānaṃ padahanto
sattāhabbhantareyeva aṭṭhannaṃ samāpattīnaṃ pañcannañca abhiññānaṃ lābhī ahosi. Evaṃ taṃ
yathāpatthitaṃ abhiññābalaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Evāhaṃ cintayitvāna, nekakoṭisataṃ dhanaṃ;
Nāthānāthānaṃ datvāna, himavantamupāgamiṃ.
‘‘Himavantassāvidūre, dhammiko nāma pabbato;
Assamo sukato mayhaṃ, paṇṇasālā sumāpitā.
‘‘Caṅkamaṃ tattha māpesiṃ, pañcadosavivajjitaṃ;
Aṭṭhaguṇasamupetaṃ, abhiññābalamāhariṃ.
‘‘Sāṭakaṃ pajahiṃ tattha, navadosamupāgataṃ;
Vākacīraṃ nivāsesiṃ, dvādasaguṇamupāgataṃ.
‘‘Aṭṭhadosasamākiṇṇaṃ, pajahiṃ paṇṇasālakaṃ;
Upāgamiṃ rukkhamūlaṃ, guṇe dasahupāgataṃ.
‘‘Vāpitaṃ ropitaṃ dhaññaṃ, pajahiṃ niravasesato;
Anekaguṇasampannaṃ, pavattaphalamādiyiṃ.
‘‘Tatthappadhānaṃ padahiṃ, nisajjaṭṭhānacaṅkame;
Abbhantaramhi sattāhe, abhiññābala pāpuṇi’’nti.
Tattha ‘‘assamo sukato mayhaṃ, paṇṇasālā sumāpitā’’ ti imāya pana pāḷiyā sumedhapaṇḍitena
assamapaṇṇasālacaṅkamā sahatthā māpitā viya vuttā. Ayaṃ panettha attho –mahāsattañhi ‘‘himavantaṃ
ajjhogāhetvā ajja dhammikapabbataṃ pavisissatī’’ti disvā sakko vissakammadevaputtaṃ āmantesi – ‘‘tāta,
ayaṃ sumedhapaṇḍito ‘pabbajissāmī’ti nikkhanto, etassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ māpehī’’ti. So tassa vacanaṃ
sampaṭicchitvā ramaṇīyaṃ assamaṃ, suguttaṃ paṇṇasālaṃ, manoramaṃ caṅkamañca māpesi. Bhagavā
pana tad ā attano puññānubhāvena nipphannaṃ taṃ assamapadaṃ sandhāya ‘‘sāriputta, tasmiṃ
dhammikapabbate –
‘‘Assamo sukato mayhaṃ, paṇṇasālā sumāpitā;
Caṅkamaṃ tattha māpesiṃ, pañcadosavivajjita’’’nti. –
Āha. Tattha sukato mayha nti suṭṭhu kato mayā. Paṇṇasālā sumāpitāti paṇṇacchadanasālāpi me sumāpitā
ahosi.
Pañcadosavivajjita nti pañcime caṅkamadosā nāma thaddhavisamatā, antorukkhatā, gahanacchannatā,
atisambādhatā, ativisālatāti. Thaddhavisamabhūmibhāgasmiñhi caṅkame caṅkamantassa pādā rujjanti,
pho ṭā uṭṭhahanti, cittaṃ ekaggataṃ na labhati, kammaṭṭhānaṃ vipajjati. Mudusamatale pana phāsuvihāraṃ
āgamma kammaṭṭhānaṃ sampajjati. Tasmā thaddhavisamabhūmibhāgatā eko dosoti veditabbo.
Caṅkamassa anto vā majjhe vā koṭiyaṃ vā rukkhe sati pamādamāgamma caṅkamantassa nalāṭaṃ vā sīsaṃ
vā paṭihaññatīti antorukkhatā dutiyo doso. Tiṇalatādigahanacchanne caṅkame caṅkamanto
andhakāravelāyaṃ uragādike pāṇe akkamitvā vā māreti, tehi vā daṭṭho dukkhaṃ āpajjatīti gahanacchannatā
tatiyo doso. Atisambādhe caṅkame vitthārato ratanike vā aḍḍharatanike vā caṅkamantassa paricchede
pakkhalitv ā nakhāpi aṅguliyopi bhijjantīti atisambādhatā catuttho doso. Ativisāle caṅkame caṅkamantassa
cittaṃ vidhāvati, ekaggataṃ na labhatīti ativisālatā pañcamo doso. Puthulato pana diyaḍḍharatanaṃ dvīsu

passesu ratanamatta ṃ anuca ṅkama ṃ dīghato sa ṭṭ hihattha ṃ mudutala ṃ samavippaki ṇṇ av āluka ṃ
caṅkamaṃ vaṭṭati cetiyagirimhi dīpappasādakamahāmahinda ttherassa caṅkamaṃ viya, tādisaṃ taṃ ahosi.
Tenāha – ‘‘caṅkamaṃ tattha māpesiṃ, pañcadosavivajjita’’nti.
Aṭṭhaguṇasamupeta nti aṭṭhahi samaṇasukhehi upetaṃ. Aṭṭhimāni samaṇasukhāni nāma
dhanadhaññapariggahābhāvo, anavajjapiṇḍapātapariyesanabhāvo, nibbutapiṇḍapātabhuñjanabhāvo, raṭṭhaṃ
pīḷetvā dhanasāraṃ vā sīsakahāpaṇādīni vā gaṇhantesu rājakulesu raṭṭhapīḷanakilesābhāvo, upakaraṇesu
nicchandarāgabhāvo, coravilope nibbhayabhāvo, rājarājamahāmattehi asaṃsaṭṭhabhāvo, catūsu disāsu
appaṭihatabhāvoti. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – ‘‘yathā tasmiṃ assame vasantena sakkā honti imāni aṭṭha sukhāni
vindituṃ, evaṃ aṭṭhaguṇasamupetaṃ taṃ assamaṃ māpesi’’nti.
Abhiññābalamāharinti pacchā tasmiṃ assame vasanto kasiṇaparikammaṃ katvā abhiññānañca
samāpattīnañca uppādanatthāya aniccato ca dukkhato ca vipassanaṃ ārabhitvā thāmappattaṃ
vipassanābalaṃ āhariṃ. Yathā tasmiṃ vasanto taṃ balaṃ āharituṃ sakkomi, evaṃ taṃ assamaṃ
abhiññatthāya vipassanābalassa anucchavikaṃ katvā māpesinti attho.
Sāṭakaṃ pajahiṃ tattha, navadosamupāgata nti etthāyaṃ anupubbikathā. Tadā kira
kuṭileṇacaṅkamādipaṭimaṇḍitaṃ pupphūpagaphalūpagarukkhasañchannaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ madhurasalilāsayaṃ
apagatavāḷamigabhiṃsanakasakuṇaṃ pavivekakkhamaṃ assamaṃ māpetvā alaṅkatacaṅkamassa ubhosu
antesu ālambanaphalakaṃ saṃvidhāya nisīdanatthāya caṅkamavemajjhe samatalaṃ muggavaṇṇasilaṃ
māpetvā anto paṇṇasālāya jaṭāmaṇḍalavākacīratidaṇḍakuṇḍikādike tāpasaparikkhāre maṇḍape
pānīyaghaṭapānīyasaṅkhapānīyasarāvāni, aggisālāyaṃ aṅgārakapalladāruādīnīti evaṃ yaṃ yaṃ
pabbajit ānaṃ upakārāya saṃvattati, taṃ sabbaṃ māpetvā paṇṇasālāya bhittiyaṃ – ‘‘ye keci pabbajitukāmā
ime parikkhāre gahetvā pabbajantū’’ti akkharāni chinditvā devalokameva gate vissakammadevaputte
sumedhapaṇḍito himavantapāde girikandarānusārena attano nivāsānurūpaṃ phāsukaṭṭhānaṃ olokento
nadīnivattane vissakammanimmitaṃ sakkadattiyaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ assamaṃ disvā caṅkamanakoṭiṃ gantvā
padava ḷañjaṃ apassanto ‘‘dhuvaṃ pabbajitā dhuragāme bhikkhaṃ pariyesitvā kilantarūpā āgantvā
pa ṇṇasālaṃ pavisitvā nisinnā bhavissantī’’ti cintetvā thokaṃ āgametvā ‘‘ativiya cirāyanti, jānissāmī’’ti
pa ṇṇasāladvāraṃ vivaritvā anto pavisitvā ito cito ca olokento mahābhittiyaṃ akkharāni vācetvā ‘‘mayhaṃ
kappiyaparikkhārā ete, ime gahetvā pabbajissāmī’’ti attanā nivatthapārutaṃ sāṭakayugaṃ pajahi. Tenāha
‘‘sāṭakaṃ pajahiṃ tatthā’’ti. Evaṃ paviṭṭho ahaṃ, sāriputta, tassaṃ paṇṇasālāyaṃ sāṭakaṃ pajahiṃ.
Navadosamupāgata nti sāṭakaṃ pajahanto nava dose disvā pajahinti dīpeti. Tāpasapabbajjaṃ
pabbajit ānañhi sāṭakasmiṃ nava dosā upaṭṭhahanti. Mahagghabhāvo eko doso, parapaṭibaddhatāya
uppajjanabhāvo eko, paribhogena lahuṃ kilissanabhāvo eko, kiliṭṭho hi dhovitabbo ca rajitabbo ca hoti,
paribhogena j īraṇabhāvo eko, jiṇṇassa hi tunnaṃ vā aggaḷadānaṃ vā kātabbaṃ hoti, puna pariyesanāya
durabhisambhavabhāvo eko, tāpasapabbajjāya asāruppabhāvo eko, paccatthikānaṃ sādhāraṇabhāvo eko,
yathā hi naṃ paccatthikā na gaṇhanti, evaṃ gopetabbo hoti, paribhuñjantassa vibhūsanaṭṭhānabhāvo eko,
gahetvā vicarantassa khandhabhāramahicchabhāvo ekoti.
Vākacīraṃ nivāsesinti tadāhaṃ, sāriputta, ime nava dose disvā sāṭakaṃ pahāya vākacīraṃ nivāsesiṃ,
muñjatiṇaṃ hīraṃ hīraṃ katvā ganthetvā kataṃ vākacīraṃ nivāsanapārupanatthāya ādiyinti attho.
Dvādasa guṇamupāgata nti dvādasahi ānisaṃsehi samannāgataṃ. Vākacīrasmiñhi dvādasa ānisaṃsā
–appagghaṃ sundaraṃ kappiyanti ayaṃ tāva eko ānisaṃso, sahatthā kātuṃ sakkāti ayaṃ dutiyo,
paribhogena sa ṇikaṃ kilissati, dhoviyamānepi papañco natthīti ayaṃ tatiyo, paribhogena jiṇṇepi
sibbitabbābhāvo catuttho, puna pariyesantassa sukhena karaṇabhāvo pañcamo, tāpasapabbajjāya
sāruppabhāvo chaṭṭho, paccatthikānaṃ nirupabhogabhāvo sattamo, paribhuñjantassa vibhūsanaṭṭhānābhāvo
aṭṭhamo, dhāraṇe sallahukabhāvo navamo, cīvarapaccaye appicchabhāvo dasamo, vākuppattiyā
dhammikaanavajjabhāvo ekādasamo, vākacīre naṭṭhepi anapekkhabhāvo dvādasamoti.
Aṭṭhadosasamākiṇṇaṃ, pajahiṃ paṇṇasālaka nti kathaṃ pajahiṃ? So kira varasāṭakayugaṃ
omuñcanto c īvarava ṃse laggita ṃ anojapupphad āmasadisa ṃ ratta ṃ vākac īra ṃ gahetv ā niv āsetv ā tass ūpari

apara ṃ suva ṇṇ ava ṇṇ aṃ vākac īra ṃ paridahitv ā punn āgapupphasantharasadisa ṃ sakhura ṃ
ajinacammaṃ ekaṃsaṃ katvā jaṭāmaṇḍalaṃ paṭimuñcitvā cūḷāya saddhiṃ niccalabhāvakaraṇatthaṃ
sārasūciṃ pavesetvā muttājālasadisāya sikkāya pavāḷavaṇṇaṃ kuṇḍikaṃ odahitvā tīsu ṭhānesu vaṅkaṃ
kājaṃ ādāya ekissā kājakoṭiyā kuṇḍikaṃ, ekissā aṅkusapacchitidaṇḍakādīni olaggetvā khārikājaṃ aṃse
katvā dakkhiṇena hatthena kattaradaṇḍaṃ gahetvā paṇṇasālato nikkhamitvā saṭṭhihatthe mahācaṅkame
aparāparaṃ caṅkamanto attano vesaṃ oloketvā – ‘‘mayhaṃ manoratho matthakaṃ patto, sobhati vata me
pabbajj ā, buddhapaccekabuddhādīhi sabbehi dhīrapurisehi vaṇṇitā thomitā ayaṃ pabbajjā nāma, pahīnaṃ
me gihibandhanaṃ, nikkhantosmi nekkhammaṃ, laddhā me uttamapabbajjā, karissāmi samaṇadhammaṃ,
labhissāmi maggaphalasukha’’nti ussāhajāto khārikājaṃ otāretvā caṅkamavemajjhe muggavaṇṇasilāpaṭṭe
suvaṇṇapaṭimā viya nisinno divasabhāgaṃ vītināmetvā sāyanhasamayaṃ paṇṇasālaṃ pavisitvā
bidalamañcakapasse kaṭṭhattharikāya nipanno sarīraṃ utuṃ gāhāpetvā balavapaccūse pabujjhitvā attano
āgamanaṃ āvajjesi – ‘‘ahaṃ gharāvāse ādīnavaṃ disvā amitabhogaṃ anantayasaṃ pahāya araññaṃ
pavisitv ā nekkhammagavesako hutvā pabbajito. Ito dāni paṭṭhāya pamādacāraṃ carituṃ na vaṭṭati,
pavivekañhi pah āya vicarantaṃ micchāvitakkamakkhikā khādanti, idāni mayā vivekamanubrūhetuṃ vaṭṭati,
ahañhi gharāvāsaṃ palibodhato disvā nikkhanto, ayañca manāpā paṇṇasālā, beluvapakkavaṇṇā
paribha ṇḍakatā bhūmi, rajatavaṇṇā setabhittiyo, kapotapādavaṇṇaṃ paṇṇacchadanaṃ, vicittattharaṇavaṇṇo
bidalamañcako, nivāsaphāsukaṃ vasanaṭṭhānaṃ, na etto atirekatarā viya me gehasampadā paññāyatī’’ti
pa ṇṇasālāya dose vicinanto aṭṭha dose passi.
Paṇṇasālaparibhogasmiñhi aṭṭha ādīnavā – mahāsamārambhena dabbasambhāre samodhānetvā
karaṇapariyesanabhāvo eko ādīnavo, tiṇapaṇṇamattikāsu patitāsu tāsaṃ punappunaṃ ṭhapetabbatāya
nibaddhajagganabhāvo dutiyo, senāsanaṃ nāma mahallakassa pāpuṇāti, avelāya vuṭṭhāpiyamānassa
cittekaggatā na hotīti uṭṭhāpanīyabhāvo tatiyo, sītuṇhādipaṭighātena kāyassa sukhumālakaraṇabhāvo
catuttho, gehaṃ paviṭṭhena yaṃkiñci pāpaṃ sakkā kātunti garahāpaṭicchādanabhāvo pañcamo, ‘‘mayha’’nti
pariggahakara ṇabhāvo chaṭṭho, gehassa atthibhāvo nāmesa sadutiyakavāso viyāti sattamo,
ūkāmaṅgulagharagoḷikādīnaṃ sādhāraṇatāya bahusādhāraṇabhāvo aṭṭhamo. Iti ime aṭṭha ādīnave disvā
mahāsatto paṇṇasālaṃ pajahi. Tenāha – ‘‘aṭṭhadosasamākiṇṇaṃ, pajahiṃ paṇṇasālaka’’nti.
Upāgamiṃ rukkhamūlaṃ, guṇe dasahupāgata nti channaṃ paṭikkhipitvā dasahi guṇehi upetaṃ
rukkhamūlaṃ upagatosmīti vadati. Tatrime dasa guṇā –appasamārambhatā eko guṇo,
upagamanamattakameva hi tattha hotīti. Appaṭijagganatā dutiyo, tañhi sammaṭṭhampi asammaṭṭhampi
paribhogaph āsukaṃ hotiyeva. Anuṭṭhāpanīyabhāvo tatiyo. Garahaṃ nappaṭicchādeti, tattha hi pāpaṃ
karonto lajjatīti garahāya appaṭicchannabhāvo catuttho. Abbhokāsavāso viya kāyaṃ na santhambhetīti
kāyassa asanthambhanabhāvo pañcamo, pariggahakaraṇābhāvo chaṭṭho, gehālayapaṭikkhepo sattamo.
Bahusādhāraṇe gehe viya ‘‘paṭijaggissāmi naṃ, nikkhamathā’’ti nīharaṇakābhāvo aṭṭhamo, vasantassa
sappītikabhāvo navamo, rukkhamūlasenāsanassa gatagataṭṭhāne sulabhatāya anapekkhabhāvo dasamoti ime
dasaguṇe disvā rukkhamūlaṃ upagatosmīti vadati.
Imāni hi ettakāni kāraṇāni sallakkhetvā mahāsatto punadivase bhikkhāya gāmaṃ pāvisi. Athassa
sampattagāme manussā mahantena ussāhena bhikkhaṃ adaṃsu. So bhattakiccaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā assamaṃ
āgamma nisīditvā cintesi – ‘‘nāhaṃ ‘āhāraṃ labhāmī’ti pabbajito, siniddhāhāro nāmesa
mānamadapurisamade vaḍḍheti, āhāramūlakassa ca dukkhassa anto natthi, yaṃnūnāhaṃ
vāpitaropitadhaññanibbattakaṃ āhāraṃ pajahitvā pavattaphalabhojano bhaveyya’’nti. So tato paṭṭhāya tathā
katvā ghaṭento vāyamanto sattāhabbhantareyeva aṭṭha samāpattiyo pañca ca abhiññāyo nibbattesi. Tena
vuttaṃ –
‘‘Vāpitaṃ ropitaṃ dhaññaṃ, pajahiṃ niravasesato;
Anekaguṇasampannaṃ, pavattaphalamādiyiṃ.
‘‘Tatthappadhānaṃ padahiṃ, nisajjaṭṭhānacaṅkame;
Abbhantaramhi sattāhe, abhiññābala pāpuṇi’’nti.
Dīpaṅkaro buddho

Evaṃ abhiññābalaṃ patvā sumedhatāpase samāpattisukhena vītināmente dīpa ṅkaro nāma satthā loke
udapādi. Tassa paṭisandhijātibodhi dhammacakkappavattanesu sakalāpi dasasahassilokadhātu saṅkampi
sampakampi sampavedhi, mahāviravaṃ ravi, dvattiṃsa pubbanimittāni pāturahesuṃ. Sumedhatāpaso
samāpattisukhena vītināmento neva taṃ saddamassosi, na ca tāni nimittāni addasa. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Evaṃ me siddhippattassa, vasībhūtassa sāsane;
Dīpaṅkaro nāma jino, uppajji lokanāyako.
‘‘Uppajjante ca jāyante, bujjhante dhammadesane;
Caturo nimitte nāddasaṃ, jhānaratisamappito’’ti.
Tasmiṃ kāle dīpaṅkara dasabalo catūhi khīṇāsavasatasahassehi parivuto anupubbena cārikaṃ
caramāno rammaṃnāma nagaraṃ patvā sudassana mahāvihāre paṭivasati. Rammanagaravāsino
‘‘dīpaṅkaro kira samaṇissaro paramābhisambodhiṃ patvā pavattavaradhammacakko anupubbena cārikaṃ
caramāno amhākaṃ rammanagaraṃ patvā sudassanamahāvihāre paṭivasatī’’ti sutvā sappinavanītādīni ceva
bhesajjāni vatthacchādanāni ca gāhāpetvā gandhamālādihatthā yena buddho, yena dhammo, yena saṅgho,
tanninnā tappoṇā tappabbhārā hutvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā gandhamālādīhi pūjetvā ekamantaṃ
nisinnā dhammadesanaṃ sutvā svātanāya nimantetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃsu.
Te punadivase mahādānaṃ sajjetvā nagaraṃ alaṅkaritvā dasabalassa āgamanamaggaṃ alaṅkarontā
udakabhinnaṭṭhānesu paṃsuṃ pakkhipitvā samaṃ bhūmitalaṃ katvā rajatapaṭṭavaṇṇaṃ vālukaṃ ākiranti,
lāje ceva pupphāni ca vikiranti, nānāvirāgehi vatthehi dhajapaṭāke ussāpenti, kadaliyo ceva
pu ṇṇaghaṭapantiyo ca patiṭṭhāpenti. Tasmiṃ kāle sumedhatāpaso attano assamapadā ākāsaṃ uggantvā,
tesaṃ manussānaṃ uparibhāgena ākāsena gacchanto te haṭṭhatuṭṭhe manusse disvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho kāraṇa’’nti
ākāsato oruyha ekamantaṃ ṭhito manusse pucchi – ‘‘ambho, kassa tumhe idha visamaṃ maggaṃ
alaṅkarothā’’ti? Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Paccantadesavisaye, nimantetvā tathāgataṃ;
Tassa āgamanaṃ maggaṃ, sodhenti tuṭṭhamānasā.
‘‘Ahaṃ tena samayena, nikkhamitvā sakassamā;
Dhunanto vākacīrāni, gacchāmi ambare tadā.
‘‘Vedajātaṃ janaṃ disvā, tuṭṭhahaṭṭhaṃ pamoditaṃ;
Orohitvāna gaganā, manusse pucchi tāvade.
‘‘‘Tuṭṭhahaṭṭho pamudito, vedajāto mahājano;
Kassa sodhīyati maggo, añjasaṃ vaṭumāyana’’’nti.
Manussā āhaṃsu – ‘‘bhante sumedha, na tvaṃ jānāsi, dīpaṅkaro dasabalo sammāsambuddho
sambodhiṃ patvā pavattavaradhammacakko cārikaṃ caramāno amhākaṃ nagaraṃ patvā
sudassanamahāvihāre paṭivasati. Mayaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ nimantayimha, tassetaṃ buddhassa bhagavato
āgamanamaggaṃ alaṅkaromā’’ti. Atha sumedhatāpaso cintesi – ‘‘buddhoti kho ghosamattakampi loke
dullabhaṃ, pageva buddhuppādo, mayāpi imehi manussehi saddhiṃ dasabalassa maggaṃ alaṅkarituṃ
vaṭṭatī’’ti. So te manusse āha – ‘‘sace, bho, tumhe etaṃ maggaṃ buddhassa alaṅkarotha, mayhampi ekaṃ
okāsaṃ detha, ahampi tumhehi saddhiṃ maggaṃ alaṅkarissāmī’’ti. Te ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā
‘‘sumedhatāpaso iddhimā’’ti jānantā udakabhinnokāsaṃ sallakkhetvā – ‘‘tvaṃ imaṃ ṭhānaṃ alaṅkarohī’’ti
adaṃsu. Sumedho buddhārammaṇaṃ pītiṃ gahetvā cintesi – ‘‘ahaṃ imaṃ okāsaṃ iddhiyā alaṅkarituṃ
pahomi, eva ṃ alaṅkato na maṃ paritosessati, ajja mayā kāyaveyyāvaccaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti paṃsuṃ
āharitvā tasmiṃ padese pakkhipi.
Tassa tasmi ṃ padese ani ṭṭ hiteyeva d īpa ṅkaradasabalo mah ānubh āvāna ṃ cha ḷabhiññ āna ṃ

kh īṇā sav āna ṃ cat ūhi satasahassehi parivuto devat āsu dibbagandham ālādīhi p ūjayant āsu dibbaturiyehi
vajjantāsu dibbasaṅgītesu pavattentesu manussesu mānusakehi gandhamālādīhi ceva turiyehi ca
pūjayantesu anopamāya buddhalīlāya manosilātale vijambhamāno sīho viya taṃ alaṅkatapaṭiyattaṃ
maggaṃ paṭipajji. Sumedhatāpaso akkhīni ummīletvā alaṅkatamaggena āgacchantassa dasabalassa
dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ asītiyā anubyañjanehi anurañjitaṃ byāmappabhāya
samparivāritaṃ maṇivaṇṇagaganatale nānappakārā vijjulatā viya āveḷāveḷabhūtā ceva yugaḷayugaḷabhūtā ca
chabbaṇṇaghanabuddharasmiyo vissajjentaṃ rūpasobhaggappattaṃ attabhāvaṃ oloketvā – ‘‘ajja mayā
dasabalassa jīvitapariccāgaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, mā bhagavā kalalaṃ akkami, maṇiphalakasetuṃ pana
akkamanto viya saddhiṃ catūhi khīṇāsavasatasahassehi mama piṭṭhiṃ maddamāno gacchatu, taṃ me
bhavissati dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyā’’ti kese mocetvā ajinacammajaṭāmaṇḍalavākacīrāni kāḷavaṇṇe kalale
pattharitv ā maṇiphalakasetu viya kalalapiṭṭhe nipajji. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Te me puṭṭhā viyākaṃsu, ‘buddho loke anuttaro;
Dīpaṅkaro nāma jino, uppajji lokanāyako;
Tassa sodhīyati maggo, añjasaṃ vaṭumāyanaṃ’.
‘‘Buddhotivacanaṃ sutvāna, pīti uppajji tāvade;
Buddho buddhoti kathayanto, somanassaṃ pavedayiṃ.
‘‘Tattha ṭhatvā vicintesiṃ, tuṭṭho saṃviggamānaso;
‘Idha bījāni ropissaṃ, khaṇo ve mā upaccagā’.
‘‘Yadi buddhassa sodhetha, ekokāsaṃ dadātha me;
Ahampi sodhayissāmi, añjasaṃ vaṭumāyanaṃ.
‘‘Adaṃsu te mamokāsaṃ, sodhetuṃ añjasaṃ tadā;
Buddho buddhoti cintento, maggaṃ sodhemahaṃ tadā.
‘‘Aniṭṭhite mamokāse, dīpaṅkaro mahāmuni;
Catūhi satasahassehi, chaḷabhiññehi tādihi;
Khīṇāsavehi vimalehi, paṭipajji añjasaṃ jino.
‘‘Paccuggamanā vattanti, vajjanti bheriyo bahū;
Āmoditā naramarū, sādhukāraṃ pavattayuṃ.
‘‘Devā manusse passanti, manussāpi ca devatā;
Ubhopi te pañjalikā, anuyanti tathāgataṃ.
‘‘Devā dibbehi turiyehi, manussā mānusehi ca;
Ubhopi te vajjayantā, anuyanti tathāgataṃ.
‘‘Dibbaṃ mandāravaṃ pupphaṃ, padumaṃ pārichattakaṃ;
Disodisaṃ okiranti, ākāsanabhagatā marū.
‘‘Dibbaṃ candanacuṇṇañca, varagandhañca kevalaṃ;
Disodisaṃ okiranti, ākāsanabhagatā marū.
‘‘Campakaṃ salalaṃ nīpaṃ, nāgapunnāgaketakaṃ;
Disodisaṃ ukkhipanti, bhūmitalagatā narā.
‘‘Kese muñcitvāhaṃ tattha, vākacīrañca cammakaṃ;
Kalale pattharitvāna, avakujjo nipajjahaṃ.

‘‘ Akkamitv āna ma ṃ buddho, saha sissehi gacchatu;
Mā naṃ kalale akkamittha, hitāya me bhavissatī’’ti.
So pana kalalapiṭṭhe nipannakova puna akkhīni ummīletvā dīpaṅkaradasabalassa buddhasiriṃ
sampassamāno evaṃ cintesi – ‘‘sace ahaṃ iccheyyaṃ, sabbakilese jhāpetvā saṅghanavako hutvā
rammanagaraṃ paviseyyaṃ, aññātakavesena pana me kilese jhāpetvā nibbānappattiyā kiccaṃ natthi,
yaṃnūnāhaṃ dīpaṅkaradasabalo viya paramābhisambodhiṃ patvā dhammanāvaṃ āropetvā mahājanaṃ
saṃsārasāgarā uttāretvā pacchā parinibbāyeyyaṃ, idaṃ mayhaṃ patirūpa’’nti. Tato aṭṭha dhamme
samodhānetvā buddhabhāvāya abhinīhāraṃ katvā nipajji. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Pathaviyaṃ nipannassa, evaṃ me āsi cetaso;
‘Icchamāno ahaṃ ajja, kilese jhāpaye mama.
‘‘‘Kiṃ me aññātavesena, dhammaṃ sacchikatenidha;
Sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā, buddho hessaṃ sadevake.
‘‘‘Kiṃ me ekena tiṇṇena, purisena thāmadassinā;
Sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā, santāressaṃ sadevakaṃ.
‘‘‘Iminā me adhikārena, katena purisuttame;
Sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā, tāremi janataṃ bahuṃ.
‘‘‘Saṃsārasotaṃ chinditvā, viddhaṃsetvā tayo bhave;
Dhammanāvaṃ samāruyha, santāressaṃ sadevaka’’’nti.
Yasmā pana buddhattaṃ patthentassa –
‘‘Manussattaṃ liṅgasampatti, hetu satthāradassanaṃ;
Pabbajjā guṇasampatti, adhikāro ca chandatā;
Aṭṭhadhammasamodhānā, abhinīhāro samijjhatī’’ti.
Manussattabhāvasmiṃyeva hi ṭhatvā buddhattaṃ patthentassa patthanā samijjhati, nāgassa vā
supaṇṇassa vā devatāya vā sakkassa vā patthanā no samijjhati. Manussattabhāvepi purisaliṅge ṭhitasseva
patthan ā samijjhati, itthiyā vā paṇḍakanapuṃsakaubhatobyañjanakānaṃ vā no samijjhati. Purisassapi
tasmiṃ attabhāve arahattappattiyā hetusampannasseva patthanā samijjhati, no itarassa. Hetusampannassāpi
jīvamānabuddhasseva santike patthentasseva patthanā samijjhati, parinibbute buddhe cetiyasantike vā
bodhimūle vā patthentassa na samijjhati. Buddhānaṃ santike patthentassapi pabbajjāliṅge ṭhitasseva
samijjhati, no gihiliṅge ṭhitassa. Pabbajitassapi pañcābhiññāaṭṭhasamāpattilābhinoyeva samijjhati, na imāya
guṇasampattiyā virahitassa. Guṇasampannenapi yena attano jīvitaṃ buddhānaṃ pariccattaṃ hoti, tasseva
iminā adhikārena adhikārasampannassa samijjhati, na itarassa. Adhikārasampannassāpi yassa
buddhakārakadhammānaṃ atthāya mahanto chando ca ussāho ca vāyāmo ca pariyeṭṭhi ca, tasseva
samijjhati, na itarassa.
Tatridaṃ chandamahantatāya opammaṃ –sace hi evamassa yo sakalacakkavāḷagabbhaṃ
ekodakībhūtaṃ attano bāhubalena uttaritvā pāraṃ gantuṃ samattho, so buddhattaṃ pāpuṇāti. Yo vā pana
sakalacakkavāḷagabbhaṃ veḷugumbasañchannaṃ viyūhitvā madditvā padasā gacchanto pāraṃ gantuṃ
samattho, so buddhattaṃ pāpuṇāti. Yo vā pana sakalacakkavāḷagabbhaṃ sattiyo ākoṭetvā nirantaraṃ
sattiphalasamākiṇṇaṃ padasā akkamamāno pāraṃ gantuṃ samattho, so buddhattaṃ pāpuṇāti. Yo vā pana
sakalacakkavāḷagabbhaṃ vītaccitaṅgārabharitaṃ pādehi maddamāno pāraṃ gantuṃ samattho, so
buddhattaṃ pāpuṇātīti. Yo etesu ekampi attano dukkaraṃ na maññati, ‘‘ahaṃ etampi taritvā vā gantvā vā
pāraṃ gamissāmī’’ti evaṃ mahantena chandena ca ussāhena ca vāyāmena ca pariyeṭṭhiyā ca samannāgato
hoti, etasseva patthanā samijjhati, na itarassa. Tasmā sumedhatāpaso ime aṭṭha dhamme samodhānetvāva

buddhabh āvāya abhin īhāra ṃ katv ā nipajji.
Dīpaṅkaropi bhagavā āgantvā sumedhatāpasassa sīsabhāge ṭhatvā maṇisīhapañjaraṃ ugghāṭento viya
pañcava ṇṇapasādasampannāni akkhīni ummīletvā kalalapiṭṭhe nipannaṃ sumedhatāpasaṃ disvā ‘‘ayaṃ
tāpaso buddhattāya abhinīhāraṃ katvā nipanno, samijjhissati nu kho etassa patthanā, udāhu no’’ti
anāgataṃsañāṇaṃ pesetvā upadhārento – ‘‘ito kappasatasahassādhikāni cattāri asaṅkhyeyyāni atikkamitvā
ayaṃ gotamo nāma buddho bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā ṭhitakova parisamajjhe byākāsi – ‘‘passatha no tumhe imaṃ
uggatapaṃ tāpasaṃ kalalapiṭṭhe nipanna’’nti? ‘‘Evaṃ, bhante’’ti. Ayaṃ buddhattāya abhinīhāraṃ katvā
nipanno, samijjhissati imassa patthanā. Ayañhi ito kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ catunnaṃ asaṅkhayeyyānaṃ
matthake gotamo nāma buddho bhavissati. Tasmiṃ panassa attabhāve kapilavatthu nāma nagaraṃ nivāso
bhavissati, māyā nāma devī mātā, suddhodano nāma rājā pitā, aggasāvako upatisso nāma thero,
dutiyasāvako kolito nāma, buddhupaṭṭhāko ānando nāma, aggasāvikā khemā nāma therī, dutiyasāvikā
uppalavaṇṇā nāma therī bhavissati. Ayaṃ paripakkañāṇo mahābhinikkhamanaṃ katvā mahāpadhānaṃ
padahitv ā nigrodharukkhamūle pāyāsaṃ paṭiggahetvā nerañjarāya tīre paribhuñjitvā bodhimaṇḍaṃ āruyha
assattharukkhamūle abhisambujjhissatīti. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Dīpaṅkaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho;
Ussīsake maṃ ṭhatvāna, idaṃ vacanamabravi.
‘‘‘Passatha imaṃ tāpasaṃ, jaṭilaṃ uggatāpanaṃ;
Aparimeyye ito kappe, buddho loke bhavissati.
‘‘‘Ahu kapilavhayā rammā, nikkhamitvā tathāgato;
Padhānaṃ padahitvāna, katvā dukkarakārikaṃ.
‘‘‘Ajapālarukkhamūle, nisīditvā tathāgato;
Tattha pāyāsaṃ paggayha, nerañjaramupehiti.
‘‘‘Nerañjarāya tīramhi, pāyāsaṃ ada so jino;
Paṭiyattavaramaggena, bodhimūlamupehiti.
‘‘‘Tato padakkhiṇaṃ katvā, bodhimaṇḍaṃ anuttaro;
Assattharukkhamūlamhi, bujjhissati mahāyaso.
‘‘‘Imassa janikā mātā, māyā nāma bhavissati;
Pitā suddhodano nāma, ayaṃ hessati gotamo.
‘‘‘Anāsavā vītarāgā, santacittā samāhitā;
Kolito upatisso ca, aggā hessanti sāvakā;
Ānando nāmupaṭṭhāko, upaṭṭhissati taṃ jinaṃ.
‘‘‘Khemā uppalavaṇṇā ca, aggā hessanti sāvikā;
Anāsavā vītarāgā, santacittā samāhitā;
Bodhi tassa bhagavato, assatthoti pavuccatī’’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.60-68);
Taṃ sutvā sumedhatāpaso – ‘‘mayhaṃ kira patthanā samijjhissatī’’ti somanassappatto ahosi.
Mahājano dīpaṅkaradasabalassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘sumedhatāpaso kira buddhabījaṃ buddhaṅkuro’’ti
haṭṭhatuṭṭho ahosi. Evañcassa ahosi – ‘‘yathā nāma manussā nadiṃ tarantā ujukena titthena uttarituṃ
asakkontā heṭṭhātitthena uttaranti, evameva mayampi dīpaṅkaradasabalassa sāsane maggaphalaṃ
alabhamānā anāgate yadā tvaṃ buddho bhavissasi, tadā tava sammukhā maggaphalaṃ sacchikātuṃ
samatthā bhaveyyāmā’’ti patthanaṃ ṭhapayiṃsu. Dīpaṅkaradasabalopi bodhisattaṃ pasaṃsitvā
aṭṭ hapupphamu ṭṭ hīhi p ūjetv ā padakkhi ṇaṃ katv ā pakk āmi. Tepi catusatasahassasa ṅkh ā kh īṇā sav ā

bodhisatta ṃ gandhehi ca m ālāhi ca p ūjetv ā padakkhi ṇaṃ katv ā pakkami ṃsu. Devamanuss ā pana
tatheva pūjetvā vanditvā pakkantā.
Bodhisatto sabbesaṃ paṭikkantakāle sayanā vuṭṭhāya ‘‘pāramiyo vicinissāmī’’ti puppharāsimatthake
palla ṅkaṃ ābhujitvā nisīdi. Evaṃ nisinne bodhisatte sakaladasasahassacakkavāḷe devatā sādhukāraṃ datvā
‘‘ayya sumedhatāpasa, porāṇakabodhisattānaṃ pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ‘pāramiyo vicinissāmā’ti nisinnakāle
yāni pubbanimittāni nāma paññāyanti, tāni sabbānipi ajja pātubhūtāni, nissaṃsayena tvaṃ buddho
bhavissasi. Mayametaṃ jānāma ‘yassetāni nimittāni paññāyanti, ekantena so buddho hoti’, tvaṃ attano
vīriyaṃ daḷhaṃ katvā paggaṇhā’’ti bodhisattaṃ nānappakārāhi thutīhi abhitthaviṃsu. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Idaṃ sutvāna vacanaṃ, asamassa mahesino;
Āmoditā naramarū, buddhabījaṃ kira ayaṃ.
‘‘Ukkuṭṭhisaddā vattanti, apphoṭenti hasanti ca;
Katañjalī namassanti, dasasahassī sadevakā.
‘‘Yadimassa lokanāthassa, virajjhissāma sāsanaṃ;
Anāgatamhi addhāne, hessāma sammukhā imaṃ.
‘‘Yathā manussā nadiṃ tarantā, paṭititthaṃ virajjhiya;
Heṭṭhā titthe gahetvāna, uttaranti mahānadiṃ.
‘‘Evameva mayaṃ sabbe, yadi muñcāmimaṃ jinaṃ;
Anāgatamhi addhāne, hessāma sammukhā imaṃ.
‘‘Dīpaṅkaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho;
Mama kammaṃ pakittetvā, dakkhiṇaṃ pādamuddhari.
‘‘Ye tatthāsuṃ jinaputtā, sabbe padakkhiṇamakaṃsu maṃ;
Narā nāgā ca gandhabbā, abhivādetvāna pakkamuṃ.
‘‘Dassanaṃ me atikkante, sasaṅghe lokanāyake;
Haṭṭhatuṭṭhena cittena, āsanā vuṭṭhahiṃ tadā.
‘‘Sukhena sukhito homi, pāmojjena pamodito;
Pītiyā ca abhissanno, pallaṅkaṃ ābhujiṃ tadā.
‘‘Pallaṅkena nisīditvā, evaṃ cintesahaṃ tadā;
‘Vasībhūto ahaṃ jhāne, abhiññāpāramiṃ gato.
‘‘‘Dasasahassilokamhi, isayo natthi me samā;
Asamo iddhidhammesu, alabhiṃ īdisaṃ sukhaṃ’.
‘‘Pallaṅkābhujane mayhaṃ, dasasahassādhivāsino;
Mahānādaṃ pavattesuṃ, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Yā pubbe bodhisattānaṃ, pallaṅkavaramābhuje;
Nimittāni padissanti, tāni ajja padissare.
‘‘Sītaṃ byāpagataṃ hoti, uṇhañca upasammati;
Tāni ajja padissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.

‘‘ Dasasahass ī lokadh ātū, nissadd ā honti nir ākul ā;
Tāni ajja padissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Mahāvātā na vāyanti, na sandanti savantiyo;
Tāni ajja padissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Thalajā dakajā pupphā, sabbe pupphanti tāvade;
Tepajja pupphitā sabbe, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Latā vā yadi vā rukkhā, phalabhārā honti tāvade;
Tepajja phalitā sabbe, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Ākāsaṭṭhā ca bhūmaṭṭhā, ratanā jotanti tāvade;
Tepajja ratanā jotanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Mānusakā ca dibbā ca, turiyā vajjanti tāvade;
Tepajjubho abhiravanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Vicittapupphā gaganā, abhivassanti tāvade;
Tepi ajja pavassanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Mahāsamuddo ābhujati, dasasahassī pakampati;
Tepajjubho abhiravanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Nirayepi dasasahasse, aggī nibbanti tāvade;
Tepajja nibbutā aggī, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Vimalo hoti sūriyo, sabbā dissanti tārakā;
Tepi ajja padissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Anovaṭṭhena udakaṃ, mahiyā ubbhijji tāvade;
Tampajjubbhijjate mahiyā, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Tārāgaṇā virocanti, nakkhattā gaganamaṇḍale;
Visākhā candimāyuttā, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Bilāsayā darīsayā, nikkhamanti sakāsayā;
Tepajja āsayā chuddhā, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Na hoti arati sattānaṃ, santuṭṭhā honti tāvade;
Tepajja sabbe santuṭṭhā, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Rogā tadupasammanti, jighacchā ca vinassati;
Tānipajja padissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Rāgo tadā tanu hoti, doso moho vinassati;
Tepajja vigatā sabbe, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Bhayaṃ tadā na bhavati, ajjapetaṃ padissati;
Tena liṅgena jānāma, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘ Rajo nuddha ṃsati uddha ṃ, ajjapeta ṃ padissati;

Tena li ṅgena j ānāma, dhuva ṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Aniṭṭhagandho pakkamati, dibbagandho pavāyati;
Sopajja vāyati gandho, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Sabbe devā padissanti, ṭhapayitvā arūpino;
Tepajja sabbe dissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Yāvatā nirayā nāma, sabbe dissanti tāvade;
Tepajja sabbe dissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Kuṭṭā kavāṭā selā ca, na hontāvaraṇā tadā;
Ākāsabhūtā tepajja, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Cutī ca upapatti ca, khaṇe tasmiṃ na vijjati;
Tānipajja padissanti, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasi.
‘‘Daḷhaṃ paggaṇha vīriyaṃ, mā nivatta abhikkama;
Mayampetaṃ vijānāma, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.70-107);
Bodhisatto dīpaṅkaradasabalassa ca dasasahassacakkavāḷadevatānañca vacanaṃ sutvā
bhiyyosomattāya sañjātussāho hutvā cintesi – ‘‘buddhā nāma amoghavacanā, natthi buddhānaṃ kathāya
aññathattaṃ. Yathā hi ākāse khittaleḍḍussa patanaṃ dhuvaṃ, jātassa maraṇaṃ, rattikkhaye
sūriyuggamanaṃ, āsayā nikkhantasīhassa sīhanādanadanaṃ, garugabbhāya itthiyā bhāramoropanaṃ
dhuvaṃ avassambhāvī, evameva buddhānaṃ vacanaṃ nāma dhuvaṃ amoghaṃ, addhā ahaṃ buddho
bhavissāmī’’ti. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Buddhassa vacanaṃ sutvā, dasasahassīna cūbhayaṃ;
Tuṭṭhahaṭṭho pamodito, evaṃ cintesahaṃ tadā.
‘‘Advejjhavacanā buddhā, amoghavacanā jinā;
Vitathaṃ natthi buddhānaṃ, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavāmahaṃ.
‘‘Yathā khittaṃ nabhe leḍḍu, dhuvaṃ patati bhūmiyaṃ;
Tatheva buddhaseṭṭhānaṃ, vacanaṃ dhuvasassataṃ;
Vitathaṃ natthi buddhānaṃ, dhuvaṃ buddho bhavāmahaṃ.
‘‘Yathāpi sabbasattānaṃ, maraṇaṃ dhuvasassataṃ;
Tatheva buddhaseṭṭhānaṃ, vacanaṃ dhuvasassataṃ.
‘‘Yathā rattikkhaye patte, sūriyuggamanaṃ dhuvaṃ;
Tatheva buddhaseṭṭhānaṃ, vacanaṃ dhuvasassataṃ.
‘‘Yathā nikkhantasayanassa, sīhassa nadanaṃ dhuvaṃ;
Tatheva buddhaseṭṭhānaṃ, vacanaṃ dhuvasassataṃ.
‘‘Yathā āpannasattānaṃ, bhāramoropanaṃ dhuvaṃ;
Tatheva buddhaseṭṭhānaṃ, vacanaṃ dhuvasassata’’nti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.108-114);
So ‘‘dhuvāhaṃ buddho bhavissāmī’’ti evaṃ katasanniṭṭhāno buddhakārake dhamme upadhāretuṃ –
‘‘kahaṃ nu kho buddhakārakā dhammā, kiṃ uddhaṃ, udāhu adho, disāvidisāsū’’ti anukkamena sakalaṃ
dhammadhātuṃ vicinanto porāṇakabodhisattehi āsevitanisevitaṃ paṭhamaṃ dānapāramiṃ disvā evaṃ

att āna ṃ ovadi – ‘‘ sumedhapa ṇḍ ita, tva ṃ ito pa ṭṭ hāya pa ṭhama ṃ dānap ārami ṃ pūreyy āsi. Yath ā hi
nikkujjito udakakumbho nissesaṃ katvā udakaṃ vamatiyeva, na paccāharati, evameva dhanaṃ vā yasaṃ vā
puttad āraṃ vā aṅgapaccaṅgaṃ vā anoloketvā sampattayācakānaṃ sabbaṃ icchiticchitaṃ nissesaṃ katvā
dadamāno bodhimūle nisīditvā buddho bhavissasī’’ti paṭhamaṃ dānapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi.
Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Handa buddhakare dhamme, vicināmi ito cito;
Uddhaṃ adho dasa disā, yāvatā dhammadhātuyā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, paṭhamaṃ dānapāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, anuciṇṇaṃ mahāpathaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ paṭhamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Dānapāramitaṃ gaccha, yadi bodhiṃ pattumicchasi.
‘‘Yathāpi kumbho sampuṇṇo, yassa kassaci adhokato;
Vamatevudakaṃ nissesaṃ, na tattha parirakkhati.
‘‘Tatheva yācake disvā, hīnamukkaṭṭhamajjhime;
Dadāhi dānaṃ nissesaṃ, kumbho viya adhokato’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.115-119);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato dutiyaṃ
sīlapāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya sīlapāramimpi pūreyyāsi. Yathā hi
camarī migo nāma jīvitaṃ anoloketvā attano vālameva rakkhati, evaṃ tvampi ito paṭṭhāya jīvitampi
anoloketvā sīlameva rakkhamāno buddho bhavissasī’’ti dutiyaṃ sīlapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena
vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, dutiyaṃ sīlapāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ dutiyaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Sīlapāramitaṃ gaccha, yadi bodhiṃ pattumicchasi.
‘‘Yathāpi camarī vālaṃ, kismiñci paṭilaggitaṃ;
Upeti maraṇaṃ tattha, na vikopeti vāladhiṃ.
‘‘Tatheva catūsu bhūmīsu, sīlāni paripūraya;
Parirakkha sadā sīlaṃ, camarī viya vāladhi’’nti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.120-124);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato tatiyaṃ
nekkhammapāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya nekkhammapāramimpi
pūreyyāsi. Yathā hi ciraṃ bandhanāgāre vasamāno puriso na tattha sinehaṃ karoti, atha kho
ukkaṇṭhatiyeva, avasitukāmo hoti, evameva tvampi sabbabhave bandhanāgārasadise katvā sabbabhavehi
ukkaṇṭhito muccitukāmo hutvā nekkhammābhimukhova hohi. Evaṃ buddho bhavissasī’’ti tatiyaṃ
nekkhammapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.

‘‘ Vicinanto tad ā dakkhi ṃ, tatiya ṃ nekkhammap ārami ṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ tatiyaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Nekkhammapāramitaṃ gaccha, yadi bodhiṃ pattumicchasi.
‘‘Yathā andughare puriso, ciravuttho dukhaṭṭito;
Na tattha rāgaṃ janeti, muttimeva gavesati.
‘‘Tatheva tvaṃ sabbabhave, passa andugharaṃ viya;
Nekkhammābhimukho hohi, bhavato parimuttiyā’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.125-129);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato catutthaṃ
paññ āpāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya paññāpāramimpi pūreyyāsi.
Hīnamajjhimukkaṭṭhesu kañci avajjetvā sabbepi paṇḍite upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ puccheyyāsi. Yathā hi
pi ṇḍapātiko bhikkhu hīnādibhedesu kulesu kiñci avajjetvā paṭipāṭiyā piṇḍāya caranto khippaṃ yāpanaṃ
labhati, evaṃ tvampi sabbapaṇḍite upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ pucchanto buddho bhavissasī’’ti catutthaṃ
paññ āpāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, catutthaṃ paññāpāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ catutthaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Paññāpāramitaṃ gaccha, yadi bodhiṃ pattumicchasi.
‘‘Yathāpi bhikkhu bhikkhanto, hīnamukkaṭṭhamajjhime;
Kulāni na vivajjento, evaṃ labhati yāpanaṃ.
‘‘Tatheva tvaṃ sabbakālaṃ, paripucchaṃ budhaṃ janaṃ;
Paññāpāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.130-134);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato pañcamaṃ
vīriyapāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya vīriyapāramimpi pūreyyāsi, yathā hi
sīho migarājā sabbiriyāpathesu daḷhavīriyo hoti, evaṃ tvampi sabbabhavesu sabbiriyāpathesu daḷhavīriyo
anolīnavīriyo samāno buddho bhavissasī’’ti pañcamaṃ vīriyapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena
vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, pañcamaṃ vīriyapāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ pañcamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Vīriyapāramitaṃ gaccha, yadi bodhiṃ pattumicchasi.
‘‘Yathāpi sīho migarājā, nisajjaṭṭhānacaṅkame;
Al īnav īriyo hoti, paggahitamano sad ā.

‘‘ Tatheva tva ṃ sabbabhave, pagga ṇha v īriya ṃ da ḷha ṃ;
Vīriyapāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.135-139);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato chaṭṭhaṃ
khantipāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya khantipāramimpi pūreyyāsi,
sammānanepi avamānanepi khamova bhaveyyāsi. Yathā hi pathaviyaṃ nāma sucimpi nikkhipanti asucimpi,
na tena pathavī sinehaṃ paṭighaṃ karoti, khamati sahati adhivāsetiyeva, evameva tvampi sammānanepi
avamānanepi khamova samāno buddho bhavissasī’’ti chaṭṭhaṃ khantipāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi.
Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, chaṭṭhamaṃ khantipāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ chaṭṭhamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Tattha advejjhamānaso, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasi.
‘‘Yathāpi pathavī nāma, sucimpi asucimpi ca;
Sabbaṃ sahati nikkhepaṃ, na karoti paṭighaṃ tayā.
‘‘Tatheva tvampi sabbesaṃ, sammānāvamānakkhamo;
Khantipāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.140-144);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato sattamaṃ
saccapāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya saccapāramimpi pūreyyāsi, asaniyā
matthake patamānāyapi dhanādīnaṃ atthāya chandādīnaṃ vasena sampajānamusāvādaṃ nāma mā bhāsi.
Yathā hi osadhī tārakā nāma sabbautūsu attano gamanavīthiṃ jahitvā aññāya vīthiyā na gacchati,
sakavīthiyāva gacchati, evameva tvampi saccaṃ pahāya musāvādaṃ nāma avadantoyeva buddho
bhavissasī’’ti sattamaṃ saccapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, sattamaṃ saccapāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ sattamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Tattha advejjhavacano, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasi.
‘‘Yathāpi osadhī nāma, tulābhūtā sadevake;
Samaye utuvasse vā, na vokkamati vīthito.
‘‘Tatheva tvampi saccesu, mā vokkamasi vīthito;
Saccapāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.145-149);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato aṭṭhamaṃ
adhiṭṭhānapāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya adhiṭṭhānapāramimpi pūreyyāsi,
yaṃ adhiṭṭhāsi, tasmiṃ adhiṭṭhāne niccalova bhaveyyāsi. Yathā hi pabbato nāma sabbāsu disāsu vātehi
paha ṭo na kampati na calati, attano ṭhāneyeva tiṭṭhati, evameva tvampi attano adhiṭṭhāne niccalo hontova
buddho bhavissasī’’ti aṭṭhamaṃ adhiṭṭhānapāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –

‘‘ Na hete ettak āyeva, buddhadhamm ā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, aṭṭhamaṃ adhiṭṭhānapāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Tattha tvaṃ acalo hutvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasi.
‘‘Yathāpi pabbato selo, acalo suppatiṭṭhito;
Na kampati bhusavātehi, sakaṭṭhāneva tiṭṭhati.
‘‘Tatheva tvampi adhiṭṭhāne, sabbadā acalo bhava;
Adhiṭṭhānapāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.150-154);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato navamaṃ
mettāpāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya mettāpāramimpi pūreyyāsi, hitesupi
ahitesupi ekacitto bhaveyyāsi. Yathā hi udakaṃ nāma pāpajanassapi kalyāṇajanassapi sītabhāvaṃ
ekasadisaṃ katvā pharati, evameva tvampi sabbesu sattesu mettacittena ekacittova honto buddho
bhavissasī’’ti navamaṃ mettāpāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, navamaṃ mettāpāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ navamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Mettāya asamo hohi, yadi bodhiṃ pattumicchasi.
‘‘Yathāpi udakaṃ nāma, kalyāṇe pāpake jane;
Samaṃ pharati sītena, pavāheti rajomalaṃ.
‘‘Tatheva tvampi hitāhite, samaṃ mettāya bhāvaya;
Mettāpāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.155-159);
Athassa ‘‘na ettakeheva buddhakārakadhammehi bhavitabba’’nti uttarimpi upadhārayato dasamaṃ
upekkhāpāramiṃ disvā etadahosi – ‘‘sumedhapaṇḍita, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya upekkhāpāramimpi pūreyyāsi,
sukhepi dukkhepi majjhattova bhaveyyāsi. Yathā hi pathavī nāma sucimpi asucimpi pakkhipamāne
majjhattāva hoti, evameva tvampi sukhadukkhesu majjhattova honto buddho bhavissasī’’ti dasamaṃ
upekkhāpāramiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Na hete ettakāyeva, buddhadhammā bhavissare;
Aññepi vicinissāmi, ye dhammā bodhipācanā.
‘‘Vicinanto tadā dakkhiṃ, dasamaṃ upekkhāpāramiṃ;
Pubbakehi mahesīhi, āsevitanisevitaṃ.
‘‘Imaṃ tvaṃ dasamaṃ tāva, daḷhaṃ katvā samādiya;
Tulābhūto daḷho hutvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasi.
‘‘Yathāpi pathavī nāma, nikkhittaṃ asuciṃ suciṃ;

Upekkhati ubhopete, kop ānunayavajjit ā.
‘‘Tatheva tvampi sukhadukkhe, tulābhūto sadā bhava;
Upekkhāpāramitaṃ gantvā, sambodhiṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.160-164);
Tato cintesi – ‘‘imasmiṃ loke bodhisattehi pūretabbā bodhiparipācanā buddhakārakadhammā
ettakāyeva, dasa pāramiyo ṭhapetvā aññe natthi. Imāpi dasa pāramiyo uddhaṃ ākāsepi natthi, heṭṭhā
pathaviyampi, puratthim ādīsu disāsupi natthi, mayhaṃyeva pana hadayabbhantare patiṭṭhitā’’ti. Evaṃ
tāsaṃ hadaye patiṭṭhitabhāvaṃ disvā sabbāpi tā daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāya punappunaṃ sammasanto
anulomapaṭilomaṃ sammasati, pariyante gahetvā ādiṃ pāpeti, ādimhi gahetvā pariyantaṃ pāpeti, majjhe
gahetvā ubhato koṭiṃ pāpetvā osāpeti, ubhato koṭīsu gahetvā majjhaṃ pāpetvā osāpeti.
Bāhirakabhaṇḍapariccāgo dānapāramī nāma, aṅgapariccāgo dānaupapāramī nāma, jīvitapariccāgo
dānaparamatthapāramīnāmāti dasa pāramiyo dasa upapāramiyo dasa paramatthapāramiyoti samattiṃsa
pāramiyo telayantaṃ vinivaṭṭento viya mahāmeruṃ matthaṃ katvā cakkavāḷamahāsamuddaṃ āluḷento viya
ca sammasati. Tassevaṃ dasa pāramiyo sammasantassa dhammatejena
catunahutādhikadviyojanasatasahassabahalā ayaṃ mahāpathavī hatthinā akkantanaḷakalāpo viya,
pīḷiyamānaṃ ucchuyantaṃ viya ca mahāviravaṃ viravamānā saṅkampi sampakampi sampavedhi.
Kulālacakkaṃ viya telayantacakkaṃ viya ca paribbhami. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Ettakāyeva te loke, ye dhammā bodhipācanā;
Taduddhaṃ natthi aññatra, daḷhaṃ tattha patiṭṭhaha.
‘‘Ime dhamme sammasato, sabhāvarasalakkhaṇe;
Dhammatejena vasudhā, dasasahassī pakampatha.
‘‘Calati ravati pathavī, ucchuyantaṃva pīḷitaṃ;
Telayante yathā cakkaṃ, evaṃ kampati medanī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.165-167);
Mahāpathaviyā kampamānāya rammanagaravāsino saṇṭhātuṃ asakkontā yugantavātabbhāhatā
mahāsālā viya mucchitā papatiṃsu. Ghaṭādīni kulālabhājanāni pavaṭṭantāni aññamaññaṃ paharantāni
cuṇṇavicuṇṇāni ahesuṃ. Mahājano bhītatasito satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho bhagavā nāgāvaṭṭo
ayaṃ, bhūtayakkhadevatāsu aññatarāvaṭṭo vāti na hi mayaṃ etaṃ jānāma, apica kho sabbopi ayaṃ
mahājano upadduto, kiṃ nu kho imassa lokassa pāpakaṃ bhavissati, udāhu kalyāṇaṃ, kathetha no etaṃ
kāraṇa’’nti āha. Atha satthā tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā ‘‘tumhe mā bhāyatha, mā cintayittha, natthi vo itonidānaṃ
bhayaṃ. Yo so mayā ajja ‘sumedhapaṇḍito anāgate gotamo nāma buddho bhavissatī’ti byākato, so idāni
dasa pāramiyo sammasati, tassa sammasantassa viloḷentassa dhammatejena sakaladasasahassī lokadhātu
ekappahārena kampati ceva ravati cā’’ti āha. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Yāvatā parisā āsi, buddhassa parivesane;
Pavedhamānā sā tattha, mucchitā sesi bhūmiyā.
‘‘Ghaṭānekasahassāni, kumbhīnañca satā bahū;
Sañcuṇṇamathitā tattha, aññamaññaṃ paghaṭṭitā.
‘‘Ubbiggā tasitā bhītā, bhantā byathitamānasā;
Mahājanā samāgamma, dīpaṅkaramupāgamuṃ.
‘‘Kiṃ bhavissati lokassa, kalyāṇamatha pāpakaṃ;
Sabbo upadduto loko, taṃ vinodehi cakkhuma.
‘‘Tesaṃ tadā saññāpesi, dīpaṅkaro mahāmuni;
Vissatthā hotha mā bhātha, imasmiṃ pathavikampane.

‘‘ Yamaha ṃ ajja by ākāsi ṃ, ‘buddho loke bhavissati ’;
Eso sammasati dhammaṃ, pubbakaṃ jinasevitaṃ.
‘‘Tassa sammasato dhammaṃ, buddhabhūmiṃ asesato;
Tenāyaṃ kampitā pathavī, dasasahassī sadevake’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.168-174);
Mahājano tathāgatassa vacanaṃ sutvā haṭṭhatuṭṭho mālāgandhavilepanaṃ ādāya rammanagarā
nikkhamitvā bodhisattaṃ upasaṅkamitvā mālāgandhādīhi pūjetvā vanditvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā
rammanagarameva pāvisi. Bodhisattopi dasa pāramiyo sammasitvā vīriyaṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāya
nisinnāsanā vuṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Buddhassa vacanaṃ sutvā, mano nibbāyi tāvade;
Sabbe maṃ upasaṅkamma, punāpi abhivandisuṃ.
‘‘Samādiyitvā buddhaguṇaṃ, daḷhaṃ katvāna mānasaṃ;
Dīpaṅkaraṃ namassitvā, āsanā vuṭṭhahiṃ tadā’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.175-176);
Atha bodhisattaṃ āsanā vuṭṭhahantaṃ sakaladasasahassacakkavāḷadevatā sannipatitvā dibbehi
mālāgandhehi pūjetvā vanditvā ‘‘ayya sumedhatāpasa, tayā ajja dīpaṅkaradasabalassa pādamūle mahatī
patthan ā patthitā, sā te anantarāyena samijjhatu, mā te bhayaṃ vā chambhitattaṃ vā ahosi, sarīre
appamattakopi rogo mā uppajjatu, khippaṃ pāramiyo pūretvā sammāsambodhiṃ paṭivijjha. Yathā
pupph ūpagaphalūpagarukkhā samaye pupphanti ceva phalanti ca, tatheva tvampi taṃ samayaṃ
anatikkamitvā khippaṃ sambodhimuttamaṃ phusassū’’tiādīni thutimaṅgalāni payirudāhaṃsu. Evañca
payirud āhitvā attano attano devaṭṭhānameva agamaṃsu. Bodhisattopi devatāhi abhitthavito – ‘‘ahaṃ dasa
pāramiyo pūretvā kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ catunnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ matthake buddho bhavissāmī’’ti
vīriyaṃ daḷhaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāya nabhaṃ abbhuggantvā himavantameva agamāsi. Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘Dibbaṃ mānusakaṃ pupphaṃ, devā mānusakā ubho;
Samokiranti pupphehi, vuṭṭhahantassa āsanā.
‘‘Vedayanti ca te sotthiṃ, devā mānusakā ubho;
Mahantaṃ patthitaṃ tuyhaṃ, taṃ labhassu yathicchitaṃ.
‘‘Sabbītiyo vivajjantu, soko rogo vinassatu;
Mā te bhavantvantarāyā, phusa khippaṃ bodhimuttamaṃ.
‘‘Yathāpi samaye patte, pupphanti pupphino dumā;
Tatheva tvaṃ mahāvīra, buddhañāṇena pupphasu.
‘‘Yathā ye keci sambuddhā, pūrayuṃ dasa pāramī;
Tatheva tvaṃ mahāvīra, pūraya dasa pāramī.
‘‘Yathā ye keci sambuddhā, bodhimaṇḍamhi bujjhare;
Tatheva tvaṃ mahāvīra, bujjhassu jinabodhiyaṃ.
‘‘Yathā ye keci sambuddhā, dhammacakkaṃ pavattayuṃ;
Tatheva tvaṃ mahāvīra, dhammacakkaṃ pavattaya.
‘‘Puṇṇamāye yathā cando, parisuddho virocati;
Tatheva tvaṃ puṇṇamano, viroca dasasahassiyaṃ.
‘‘ Rāhumutto yath ā sūriyo, t āpena atirocati;

Tatheva lok ā muccitv ā, viroca siriy ā tuva ṃ.
‘‘Yathā yā kāci nadiyo, osaranti mahodadhiṃ;
Evaṃ sadevakā lokā, osarantu tavantike.
‘‘Tehi thutappasattho so, dasa dhamme samādiya;
Te dhamme paripūrento, pavanaṃ pāvisī tadā’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.177-187);
Sumedhakathā niṭṭhitā.
Rammanagaravāsinopi kho nagaraṃ pavisitvā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa mahādānaṃ
adaṃsu. Satthā tesaṃ dhammaṃ desetvā mahājanaṃ saraṇādīsu patiṭṭhapetvā rammanagarā nikkhami. Tato
uddhampi yāvatāyukaṃ tiṭṭhanto sabbaṃ buddhakiccaṃ katvā anukkamena anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā
parinibb āyi. Tattha yaṃ vattabbaṃ, taṃ sabbaṃ buddhavaṃse vuttanayeneva vitthāretabbaṃ. Vuttañhi
tattha –
‘‘Tadā te bhojayitvāna, sasaṅghaṃ lokanāyakaṃ;
Upagacchuṃ saraṇaṃ tassa, dīpaṅkarassa satthuno.
‘‘Saraṇagamane kañci, nivesesi tathāgato;
Kañci pañcasu sīlesu, sīle dasavidhe paraṃ.
‘‘Kassaci deti sāmaññaṃ, caturo phalamuttame;
Kassaci asame dhamme, deti so paṭisambhidā.
‘‘Kassaci varasamāpattiyo, aṭṭha deti narāsabho;
Tisso kassaci vijjāyo, chaḷabhiññā pavecchati.
‘‘Tena yogena janakāyaṃ, ovadati mahāmuni;
Tena vitthārikaṃ āsi, lokanāthassa sāsanaṃ.
‘‘Mahāhanūsabhakkhandho, dīpaṅkarasanāmako;
Bahū jane tārayati, parimoceti duggatiṃ.
‘‘Bodhaneyyaṃ janaṃ disvā, satasahassepi yojane;
Khaṇena upagantvāna, bodheti taṃ mahāmuni.
‘‘Paṭhamābhisamaye buddho, koṭisatamabodhayi;
Dutiyābhisamaye nātho, navutikoṭimabodhayi.
‘‘Yadā ca devabhavanamhi, buddho dhammamadesayi;
Navutikoṭisahassānaṃ, tatiyābhisamayo ahu.
‘‘Sannipātā tayo āsuṃ, dīpaṅkarassa satthuno;
Koṭisatasahassānaṃ, paṭhamo āsi samāgamo.
‘‘Puna nāradakūṭamhi, pavivekagate jine;
Khīṇāsavā vītamalā, samiṃsu satakoṭiyo.
‘‘Yamhi kāle mahāvīro, sudassanasiluccaye;
Navutiko ṭisahassehi, pav āresi mah āmuni.

‘‘ Aha ṃ tena samayena, ja ṭilo uggat āpano;
Antalikkhamhi caraṇo, pañcābhiññāsu pāragū.
‘‘Dasavīsasahassānaṃ, dhammābhisamayo ahu;
Ekadvinnaṃ abhisamayā, gaṇanato asaṅkhiyā.
‘‘Vitthārikaṃ bāhujaññaṃ, iddhaṃ phītaṃ ahū tadā;
Dīpaṅkarassa bhagavato, sāsaraṃ suvisodhitaṃ.
‘‘Cattāri satasahassāni, chaḷabhiññā mahiddhikā;
Dīpaṅkaraṃ lokaviduṃ parivārenti sabbadā.
‘‘Ye keci tena samayena, jahanti mānusaṃ bhavaṃ;
Appattamānasā sekhā, garahitā bhavanti te.
‘‘Supupphitaṃ pāvacanaṃ, arahantehi tādibhi;
Khīṇāsavehi vimalehi, upasobhati sabbadā.
‘‘Nagaraṃ rammavatī nāma, sudevo nāma khattiyo;
Sumedhā nāma janikā, dīpaṅkarassa satthuno.
‘‘Dasavassasahassāni, agāraṃ ajjha so vasi;
Haṃsā koñcā mayūrā ca, tayo pāsādamuttamā.
‘‘Tīṇi satasahassāni, nāriyo samalaṅkatā;
Padumā nāma sā nārī, usabhakkhandho atrajo.
‘‘Nimitte caturo disvā, hatthiyānena nikkhami;
Anūnadasamāsāni, padhāne padahī jino.
‘‘Padhānacāraṃ caritvāna, abujjhi mānasaṃ muni;
Brahmunā yācito santo, dīpaṅkaro mahāmuni.
‘‘Vatti cakkaṃ mahāvīro, nandārāme sirīghare;
Nisinno sirīsamūlamhi, akāsi titthiyamaddanaṃ.
‘‘Sumaṅgalo ca tisso ca, ahesuṃ aggasāvakā;
Sāgato nāmupaṭṭhāko, dīpaṅkarassa satthuno.
Sunandā ca‘‘nandā ceva sunandā ca, ahesuṃ aggasāvikā;
Bodhi tassa bhagavato, pipphalīti pavuccati.
‘‘Tapussabhallikā nāma, ahesuṃ aggupaṭṭhakā;
Sirimā koṇā upaṭṭhikā, dīpaṅkarassa satthuno.
‘‘Asītihatthamubbedho, dīpaṅkaro mahāmuni;
Sobhati dīparukkhova, sālarājāva phullito.
‘‘Pabhā vidhāvati tassa, samantā dvādasa yojane;
Satasahassavassāni, āyu tassa mahesino;
Tāvat ā ti ṭṭ ham āno so, t āresi janata ṃ bahu ṃ.

‘‘ Jotayitv āna saddhamma ṃ, sant āretv ā mah ājana ṃ;
Jalitvā aggikhandhova, nibbuto so sasāvako.
‘‘Sā ca iddhi so ca yaso, tāni ca pādesu cakkaratanāni;
Sabbaṃ tamantarahitaṃ, nanu rittā sabbasaṅkhārāti.
‘‘Dīpaṅkaro jino satthā, nandārāmamhi nibbuto;
Tatthetassa jinathūpo, chattiṃsubbedhayojano’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 3.1-31);
Koṇḍañño buddho
Dīpaṅkarassa pana bhagavato aparabhāge ekaṃ asaṅkhyeyyaṃ atikkamitvā koṇḍañño nāma satthā
udapādi. Tassāpi tayo sāvakasannipātā ahesuṃ. Paṭhamasannipāte koṭisatasahassaṃ, dutiye koṭisahassaṃ,
tatiye navutikoṭiyo. Tadā bodhisatto vijitāvī nāma cakkavattī hutvā koṭisatasahassassa buddhappamukhassa
bhikkhusaṅghassa mahādānaṃ adāsi. Satthā bodhisattaṃ ‘‘buddho bhavissatī’’ti byākaritvā dhammaṃ
desesi. So satthu dhammakathaṃ sutvā rajjaṃ niyyātetvā pabbaji. So tīṇi piṭakāni uggahetvā aṭṭha
samāpattiyo ca pañca abhiññāyo ca uppādetvā aparihīnajjhāno brahmaloke nibbatti. Koṇḍaññabuddhassa
pana rammavat ī nāma nagaraṃ, sunando nāma khattiyo pitā, sujātā nāma devī mātā, bhaddo ca subhaddo ca
dve aggasāvakā, anuruddho nāmupaṭṭhāko, tissā ca upatissā ca dve aggasāvikā, sālakalyāṇirukkho bodhi,
aṭṭhāsītihatthubbedhaṃ sarīraṃ, vassasatasahassaṃ āyuppamāṇaṃ ahosi.
‘‘Dīpaṅkarassa aparena, koṇḍañño nāma nāyako;
Anantatejo amitayaso, appameyyo durāsado’’.
Tassa aparabhāge ekaṃ asaṅkhyeyyaṃ atikkamitvā ekasmiṃ kappeyeva cattāro buddhā nibbattiṃsu –
maṅgalo, sumano, revato, sobhito ti. Maṅgalassa bhagavato tīsu sāvakasannipātesu paṭhamasannipāte
koṭisatasahassaṃ bhikkhū ahesuṃ, dutiye koṭisatasahassaṃ, tatiye navuṭikoṭiyo. Vemātikabhātā kirassa
ānandakumāro nāma navutikoṭisaṅkhāya parisāya saddhiṃ dhammassavanatthāya satthu santikaṃ agamāsi.
Satthā tassa anupubbikathaṃ kathesi. So saddhiṃ parisāya saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Satthā
tesaṃ kulaputtānaṃ pubbacaritaṃ olokento iddhimayapattacīvarassa upanissayaṃ disvā dakkhiṇahatthaṃ
pas āretvā ‘‘etha bhikkhavo’’ti āha. Sabbe taṅkhaṇaññeva iddhimayapattacīvaradharā saṭṭhivassikatherā viya
ākappasampannā hutvā satthāraṃ vanditvā parivārayiṃsu. Ayamassa tatiyo sāvakasannipāto ahosi.
Yathā pana aññesaṃ buddhānaṃ samantā asītihatthappamāṇāyeva sarīrappabhā ahosi, na evaṃ tassa.
Tassa pana bhagavato sarīrappabhā niccakālaṃ dasasahassilokadhātuṃ pharitvā aṭṭhāsi.
Rukkhapathavīpabbatasamuddādayo antamaso ukkhaliyādīni upādāya suvaṇṇapaṭṭapariyonaddhā viya
ahesuṃ. Āyuppamāṇaṃ panassa navutivassasahassāni ahosi. Ettakaṃ kālaṃ candimasūriyādayo attano
pabh āya virocituṃ nāsakkhiṃsu, rattindivaparicchedo na paññāyittha. Divā sūriyālokena viya sattā niccaṃ
buddhālokeneva vicariṃsu. Sāyaṃ pupphitakusumānaṃ pāto ca ravanakasakuṇādīnañca vasena loko
rattindivaparicchedaṃ sallakkhesi.
Kiṃ pana aññesaṃ buddhānaṃ ayamānubhāvo natthīti? No natthi. Tepi hi ākaṅkhamānā
dasasahassilokadhātuṃ vā tato vā bhiyyo ābhāya phareyyuṃ. Maṅgalassa pana bhagavato
pubbapatthan āvasena aññesaṃ byāmappabhā viya sarīrappabhā niccameva dasasahassilokadhātuṃ pharitvā
aṭṭhāsi. So kira bodhisattacariyacaraṇakāle vessantarasadise attabhāveṭhito saputtadāro vaṅkapabbatasadise
pabbate vasi. Atheko kharad āṭhiko nāma yakkho mahāpurisassa dānajjhāsayataṃ sutvā brāhmaṇavaṇṇena
upasaṅkamitvā mahāsattaṃ dve dārake yāci. Mahāsatto ‘‘dadāmi, brāhmaṇa, puttake’’ti vatvā
haṭṭhapahaṭṭho udakapariyantaṃ mahāpathaviṃ kampento dvepi dārake adāsi. Yakkho caṅkamanakoṭiyaṃ
ālambanaphalakaṃ nissāya ṭhatvā passantasseva mahāsattassa mulālakalāpaṃ viya dārake khādi.
Mahāpurisassa yakkhaṃ oloketvā mukhe vivaṭamatte aggijālaṃ viya lohitadhāraṃ uggiramānaṃ tassa
mukhaṃ disvāpi kesaggamattampi domanassaṃ na uppajji. ‘‘Sudinnaṃ vata me dāna’’nti cintayato panassa
sarīre mahantaṃ pītisomanassaṃ udapādi. So ‘‘imassa me dānassa nissandena anāgate imināva nīhārena
sarīrato rasmiyo nikkhamantū’’ti patthanaṃ akāsi. Tassa taṃ patthanaṃ nissāya buddhabhūtassa sarīrato

rasmiyo nikkhamitv ā ettaka ṃ ṭ hāna ṃ phari ṃsu.
Aparampissa pubbacariyaṃ atthi. So kira bodhisattakāle ekassa buddhassa cetiyaṃ disvā ‘‘imassa
buddhassa mayā jīvitaṃ pariccajituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti daṇḍakadīpikāveṭhananiyāmena sakalasarīraṃ veṭhāpetvā
ratanamattamakuḷaṃ satasahassagghanikaṃ suvaṇṇapātiṃ sappissa pūrāpetvā tattha sahassavaṭṭiyo jāletvā
taṃ sīsenādāya sakalasarīraṃ jālāpetvā cetiyaṃ padakkhiṇaṃ karonto sakalarattiṃ vītināmeti. Evaṃ yāva
aruṇuggamanā vāyamantassāpissa lomakūpamattampi usumaṃ na gaṇhi. Padumagabbhaṃ paviṭṭhakālo
viya ahosi. Dhammo hi nāmesa attānaṃ rakkhantaṃ rakkhati. Tenāha bhagavā –
‘‘Dhammo have rakkhati dhammacāriṃ, dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti;
Esānisaṃso dhamme suciṇṇe, na duggatiṃ gacchati dhammacārī’’ti. (theragā. 303; jā. 1.10.102) –
Imassapi kammassa nissandena tassa bhagavato sarīrobhāso dasasahassilokadhātuṃ pharitvā aṭṭhāsi.
Tadā amhākaṃ bodhisatto suruci nāma brāhmaṇo hutvā ‘‘satthāraṃ nimantessāmī’’ti upasaṅkamitvā
madhuradhammakathaṃ sutvā ‘‘sve mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhatha, bhante’’ti āha. ‘‘Brāhmaṇa, kittakehi te
bhikkhūhi attho’’ti? ‘‘Kittakā pana vo, bhante, parivārabhikkhū’’ti āha. Tadā satthu paṭhamasannipātoyeva
hoti, tasmā ‘‘koṭisatasahassa’’nti āha. ‘‘Bhante, sabbehipi saddhiṃ mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathā’’ti. Satthā
adhivāsesi. Brāhmaṇo svātanāya nimantetvā gehaṃ gacchanto cintesi – ‘‘ahaṃ ettakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ
yāgubhattavatthādīni dātuṃ sakkomi, nisīdanaṭṭhānaṃ pana kathaṃ bhavissatī’’ti?
Tassa sā cintā caturāsītiyojanasahassamatthake ṭhitassa devarañño paṇḍukambalasilāsanassa
uṇhabhāvaṃ janesi. Sakko ‘‘ko nu kho maṃ imamhā ṭhānā cāvetukāmo’’ti dibbacakkhunā olokento
mahāpurisaṃ disvā ‘‘suruci nāma brāhmaṇo buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ nimantetvā
nisīdanaṭṭhānatthāya cintesi, mayāpi tattha gantvā puññakoṭṭhāsaṃ gahetuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti vaḍḍhakivaṇṇaṃ
nimminitvā vāsipharasuhattho mahāpurisassa purato pāturahosi. ‘‘Atthi nu kho kassaci bhatiyā
kattabbakicca’’nti āha. Mahāpuriso taṃ disvā ‘‘kiṃ kammaṃ karissasī’’ti āha. ‘‘Mama ajānanasippaṃ
nāma natthi, gehaṃ vā maṇḍapaṃ vā yo yaṃ kāreti, tassa taṃ kātuṃ jānāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi mayhaṃ
kammaṃ atthī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ, ayyā’’ti? ‘‘Svātanāya me koṭisatasahassabhikkhū nimantitā. Tesaṃ
nisīdanamaṇḍapaṃ karissasī’’ti? ‘‘Ahaṃ nāma kareyyaṃ sace me bhatiṃ dātuṃ sakkhissathā’’ti.
‘‘Sakkhissāmi, tātā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu karissāmī’’ti gantvā ekaṃ padesaṃ olokesi. Dvādasaterasayojanappamāṇo
padeso kasiṇamaṇḍalaṃ viya samatalo ahosi. So ‘‘ettake ṭhāne sattaratanamayo maṇḍapo uṭṭhahatū’’ti
cintetvā olokesi. Tāvadeva pathaviṃ bhinditvā maṇḍapo uṭṭhahi. Tassa sovaṇṇamayesu thambhesu
rajatamayā ghaṭakā ahesuṃ, rajatamayesu sovaṇṇamayā, maṇimayesu thambhesu pavāḷamayā,
pav āḷamayesu maṇimayā, sattaratanamayesu thambhesu sattaratanamayā ghaṭakā ahesuṃ. Tato
‘‘maṇḍapassa antarantare kiṅkaṇikajālaṃ olambatū’’ti olokesi. Saha olokaneneva jālaṃ olambi. Yassa
mandavāteritassa pañcaṅgikasseva tūriyassa madhurasaddo niccharati. Dibbasaṅgītivattanakālo viya ahosi.
‘‘Antarantarā gandhadāmamālādāmāni olambantū’’ti cintentassa mālādāmāni olambiṃsu.
‘‘Koṭisatasahassasaṅkhānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ āsanāni ca ādhārakāni ca pathaviṃ bhinditvā uṭṭhahantū’’ti
cintesi, tāvadeva uṭṭhahiṃsu. ‘‘Koṇe koṇe ekekā udakacāṭiyo uṭṭhahantū’’ti cintesi, udakacāṭiyo
uṭṭhahiṃsu.
So ettakaṃ māpetvā brāhmaṇassa santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘ehi, ayya, tava maṇḍapaṃ oloketvā mayhaṃ
bhatiṃ dehī’’ti āha. Mahāpuriso gantvā maṇḍapaṃ olokesi. Olokentasseva ca sakalasarīraṃ pañcavaṇṇāya
pītiyā nirantaraṃ phuṭaṃ ahosi. Athassa maṇḍapaṃ oloketvā etadahosi – ‘‘nāyaṃ maṇḍapo
manussabhūtena kato, mayhaṃ pana ajjhāsayaṃ mayhaṃ guṇaṃ āgamma addhā sakkabhavanaṃ uṇhaṃ
bhavissati. Tato sakkena devaraññā ayaṃ maṇḍapo kārito bhavissatī’’ti. ‘‘Na kho pana me yuttaṃ evarūpe
maṇḍape ekadivasaṃyeva dānaṃ dātuṃ, sattāhaṃ dassāmī’’ti cintesi. Bāhirakadānañhi tattakampi
samānaṃ bodhisattānaṃ tuṭṭhiṃ kātuṃ na sakkoti, alaṅkatasīsaṃ pana chinditvā añjitaakkhīni uppāṭetvā
hadayamaṃsaṃ vā ubbaṭṭetvā dinnakāle bodhisattānaṃ cāgaṃ nissāya tuṭṭhi nāma hoti. Amhākampi hi
bodhisattassa sivirājajātake devasikaṃ pañcakahāpaṇasatasahassāni vissajjetvā catūsu dvāresu
nagaramajjhe ca dānaṃ dentassa taṃ dānaṃ cāgatuṭṭhiṃ uppādetuṃ nāsakkhi. Yadā panassa
br āhma ṇava ṇṇ ena āgantv ā sakko devar ājā akkh īni y āci, tad ā tāni upp āṭ etv ā dadam ānasseva h āso uppajji,

kesaggamattampi citta ṃ aññathatta ṃ nāhosi. Eva ṃ dinnad āna ṃ niss āya bodhisatt āna ṃ titti n āma
natthi. Tasmā sopi mahāpuriso ‘‘sattāhaṃ mayā koṭisatasahassasaṅkhānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dānaṃ dātuṃ
vaṭṭatī’’ti cintetvā tasmiṃ maṇḍape nisīdāpetvā sattāhaṃ gavapānaṃ nāma adāsi. Gavapāna nti mahante
mahante kolambe khīrassa pūretvā uddhanesu āropetvā ghanapākapakke khīre thoke taṇḍule pakkhipitvā
pakkamadhusakkaracu ṇṇasappīhi abhisaṅkhatabhojanaṃ vuccati. Manussāyeva pana parivisituṃ
nāsakkhiṃsu. Devāpi ekantarikā hutvā parivisiṃsu. Dvādasaterasayojanappamāṇaṃ ṭhānampi bhikkhū
gaṇhituṃ nappahosiyeva, te pana bhikkhū attano ānubhāvena nisīdiṃsu. Pariyosānadivase pana
sabbabhikkhūnaṃ pattāni dhovāpetvā bhesajjatthāya sappinavanītatelamadhuphāṇitānaṃ pūretvā ticīvarehi
saddhiṃ adāsi, saṅghanavakabhikkhunā laddhacīvarasāṭakā satasahassagghanikā ahesuṃ.
Satthā anumodanaṃ karonto – ‘‘ayaṃ puriso evarūpaṃ mahādānaṃ adāsi, ko nu kho bhavissatī’’ti
upadhārento – ‘‘anāgate kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ dvinnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ matthake gotamo nāma
buddho bhavissatī’’ti disvā mahāpurisaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘tvaṃ ettakaṃ nāma kālaṃ atikkamitvā gotamo nāma
buddho bhavissasī’’ti byākāsi. Mahāpuriso byākaraṇaṃ sutvā ‘‘ahaṃ kira buddho bhavissāmi, ko me
gharāvāsena attho, pabbajissāmī’’ti cintetvā tathārūpaṃ sampattiṃ kheḷapiṇḍaṃ viya pahāya satthu santike
pabbajitv ā buddhavacanaṃ uggaṇhitvā abhiññāyo ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā āyupariyosāne brahmaloke
nibbatti.
Maṅgalo buddho
Maṅgalassa pana bhagavato nagaraṃ uttaraṃ nāma ahosi, pitāpi uttaro nāma khattiyo, mātāpi uttarā
nāma devī, sudevo ca dhammaseno ca dve aggasāvakā, pālito nāmupaṭṭhāko, sīvalī ca asokā ca dve
aggasāvikā, nāgarukkho bodhi, aṭṭhāsītihatthubbedhaṃ sarīraṃ ahosi. Navuti vassasahassāni ṭhatvā
parinibbute pana tasmi ṃ ekappahāreneva dasa cakkavāḷasahassāni ekandhakārāni ahesuṃ.
Sabbacakkavāḷesu manussānaṃ mahantaṃ ārodanaparidevanaṃ ahosi.
‘‘Koṇḍaññassa aparena, maṅgalo nāma nāyako;
Tamaṃ loke nihantvāna, dhammokkamabhidhārayī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 5.1);
Sumano buddho
Evaṃ dasasahassilokadhātuṃ andhakāraṃ katvā parinibbutassa tassa bhagavato aparabhāge sumano
nāma satthā loke udapādi. Tassāpi tayo sāvakasannipātā. Paṭhamasannipāte koṭisatasahassabhikkhū
ahesuṃ. Dutiye kañcanapabbatamhi navutikoṭisahassāni, tatiye asītikoṭisahassāni. Tadā mahāsatto atulo
nāma nāgarājā ahosi mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo. So ‘‘buddho uppanno’’ti sutvā ñātisaṅghaparivuto
nāgabhavanā nikkhamitvā koṭisatasahassabhikkhuparivārassa tassa bhagavato dibbatūriyehi upahāraṃ
kāretvā mahādānaṃ pavattetvā paccekaṃ dussayugāni datvā saraṇesu patiṭṭhāsi. Sopi naṃ satthā ‘‘anāgate
buddho bhavissatī’’ti byākāsi. Tassa bhagavato nagaraṃ mekhalaṃ nāma ahosi, sudatto nāma rājā pitā,
sirimā nāma mātā devī, saraṇo ca bhāvitatto ca dve aggasāvakā, udeno nāmupaṭṭhāko, soṇā ca upasoṇā ca
dve aggasāvikā, nāgarukkho bodhi, navutihatthubbedhaṃ sarīraṃ ahosi, navutiyeva vassasahassāni
āyuppamāṇaṃ ahosi.
‘‘Maṅgalassa aparena, sumano nāma nāyako;
Sabbadhammehi asamo, sabbasattānamuttamo’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 6.1);
Revato buddho
Tassa aparabhāge revato nāma satthā udapādi. Tassāpi tayo sāvakasannipātā. Paṭhamasannipāte
gaṇanā natthi, dutiye koṭisatasahassabhikkhū ahesuṃ, tathā tatiye. Tadā bodhisatto atidevo nāma brāhmaṇo
hutvā satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā saraṇesu patiṭṭhāya sirasi añjaliṃ ṭhapetvā tassa satthuno kilesappahāne
vaṇṇaṃ sutvā uttarāsaṅgena pūjaṃ akāsi. Sopi naṃ ‘‘buddho bhavissatī’’ti byākāsi. Tassa pana bhagavato
nagaraṃ sudhaññavatī nāma ahosi, pitā vipulo nāma khattiyo, mātā vipulā nāma, varuṇo ca brahmadevo ca