8. Asātarāgakathāvaṇṇanā

674. Idāni asātarāgakathā nāma hoti. Tattha ‘‘yaṃkiñci vedanaṃ vedeti sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā, so taṃ vedanaṃ abhinandati abhivadatī’’ti (ma. ni. 1.409) sutte diṭṭhābhinandanavasena vuttaṃ. ‘‘Abhinandatī’’tivacanaṃ nissāya ‘‘dukkhavedanāyapi rāgassādavasena abhinandanā hoti. Tasmā atthi asātarāgo’’ti yesaṃ laddhi, seyyathāpi uttarāpathakānaṃ; te sandhāya atthi asātarāgoti pucchā sakavādissa. Tattha asātarāgoti asāte dukkhavedayite ‘‘aho vata me etadeva bhaveyyā’’ti rajjanā. Āmantāti laddhivasena paṭiññā itarassa. Sesamettha uttānatthameva.

675. So taṃ vedanaṃ abhinandatīti sutte pana vinivaṭṭetvā dukkhavedanameva ārabbha rāguppatti nāma natthi, samūhaggahaṇena pana vedayitalakkhaṇaṃ dhammaṃ dukkhavedanameva vā attato samanupassanto diṭṭhimaññanāsaṅkhātāya diṭṭhābhinandanāya vedanaṃ abhinandati, dukkhāya vedanāya vipariṇāmaṃ abhinandati, dukkhāya vedanāya abhibhūto tassā paṭipakkhaṃ kāmasukhaṃ patthayantopi dukkhavedanaṃ abhinandati nāma. Evaṃ dukkhavedanāya abhinandanā hotīti adhippāyo. Tasmā asādhakametaṃ asātarāgassāti.

Asātarāgakathāvaṇṇanā.