9. Ekantasukhanibbānapañho

9. ‘‘Bhante nāgasena, kiṃ ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, udāhu dukkhena missa’’nti? ‘‘Ekantasukhaṃ, mahārāja, nibbānaṃ, dukkhena amissa’’nti.

‘‘Na mayaṃ taṃ, bhante nāgasena, vacanaṃ saddahāma ‘ekantasukhaṃ nibbāna’nti, evamettha mayaṃ, bhante nāgasena, paccema ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhena missa’nti, kāraṇañcettha upalabhāma ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhena missa’nti. Katamaṃ ettha kāraṇaṃ ? Ye te, bhante nāgasena, nibbānaṃ pariyesanti, tesaṃ dissati kāyassa ca cittassa ca ātāpo paritāpo ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhārapariggaho middhassa ca uparodho āyatanānañca paṭipīḷanaṃ dhanadhaññapiyañātimittappajahanaṃ. Ye keci loke sukhitā sukhasamappitā, te sabbepi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi āyatane ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikabahuvidhasubhanimittena rūpena cakkhuṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikagītavāditabahuvidhasubhanimittena saddena sotaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikapupphaphalapattatacamūlasārabahuvidhasubhanimittena gandhena ghānaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikakhajjabhojjaleyyapeyyasāyanīyabahuvidhasubhanimittena rasena jivhaṃ ramenti bruhenti, manāpikamanāpikasaṇhasukhumamudumaddavabahuvidhasubhanimittena phassena kāyaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikakalyāṇapāpakasubhāsubhabahuvidhavitakkamanasikārena manaṃ ramenti brūhenti. Tumhe taṃ cakkhusotaghānajivhākāyamanobrūhanaṃ hanatha upahanatha, chindatha upacchindatha, rundhatha uparundhatha. Tena kāyopi paritapati, cittampi paritapati, kāye paritatte kāyikadukkhavedanaṃ vediyati, citte paritatte cetasikadukkhavedanaṃ vedayati. Nanu māgaṇḍiyopi ³ paribbājako bhagavantaṃ garahamāno evamāha ‘bhūnahu ⁴ samaṇo gotamo’ti. Idamettha kāraṇaṃ, yenāhaṃ kāraṇena brūmi ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhena missa’’’nti.

‘‘Na hi, mahārāja, nibbānaṃ dukkhena missaṃ, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ. Yaṃ pana tvaṃ, mahārāja , brūsi ‘nibbānaṃ dukkha’nti, netaṃ dukkhaṃ nibbānaṃ nāma, nibbānassa pana sacchikiriyāya pubbabhāgo eso, nibbānapariyesanaṃ etaṃ, ekantasukhaṃ yeva, mahārāja, nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ. Ettha kāraṇaṃ vadāmi. Atthi, mahārāja, rājūnaṃ rajjasukhaṃ nāmā’’ti? ‘‘Āma, bhante, atthi rājūnaṃ rajjasukha’’nti. ‘‘Api nu kho taṃ, mahārāja, rajjasukhaṃ dukkhena missa’’nti? ‘‘Na hi, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Kissa pana te, mahārāja, rājāno paccante kupite tesaṃ paccantanissitānaṃ paṭisedhāya amaccehi pariṇāyakehi bhaṭehi balatthehi parivutā pavāsaṃ gantvā ḍaṃsamakasavātātapapaṭipīḷitā samavisame paridhāvanti, mahāyuddhañca karonti, jīvitasaṃsayañca pāpuṇantī’’ti? ‘‘Netaṃ, bhante nāgasena, rajjasukhaṃ nāma, rajjasukhassa pariyesanāya pubbabhāgo eso, dukkhena, bhante nāgasena, rājāno rajjaṃ pariyesitvā rajjasukhaṃ anubhavanti, evaṃ, bhante nāgasena, rajjasukhaṃ dukkhena amissaṃ, aññaṃ taṃ rajjasukhaṃ, aññaṃ dukkha’’nti. ‘‘Evameva kho, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ. Ye pana taṃ nibbānaṃ pariyesanti, te kāyañca cittañca ātāpetvā ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhāraṃ pariggahetvā middhaṃ uparundhitvā āyatanāni paṭipīḷetvā kāyañca jīvitañca pariccajitvā dukkhena nibbānaṃ pariyesitvā ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ anubhavanti, nihatapaccāmittā viya rājāno rajjasukhaṃ. Evaṃ, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ, aññaṃ nibbānaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhanti.

‘‘Aparampi , mahārāja, uttariṃ kāraṇaṃ suṇohi ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhaṃ, aññaṃ nibbānanti. Atthi, mahārāja, ācariyānaṃ sippavantānaṃ sippasukhaṃ nāmā’’ti? ‘‘Āma, bhante, atthi ācariyānaṃ sippavantānaṃ sippasukha’’nti. ‘‘Api nu kho taṃ, mahārāja, sippasukhaṃ dukkhena missa’’nti? ‘‘Na hi, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Kissa pana te, mahārāja, ācariyā ⁶ ācariyānaṃ abhivādanapaccuṭṭhānena udakāharaṇagharasammajjanadantakaṭṭhamukhodakānuppadānena ucchiṭṭhapaṭiggahaṇaucchādananahāpanapādaparikammena sakacittaṃ nikkhipitvā paracittānuvattanena dukkhaseyyāya visamabhojanena kāyaṃ ātāpentī’’ti? ‘‘Netaṃ, bhante nāgasena, sippasukhaṃ nāma, sippapariyesanāya pubbabhāgo eso, dukkhena, bhante nāgasena, ācariyā sippaṃ pariyesitvā sippasukhaṃ anubhavanti, evaṃ, bhante nāgasena, sippasukhaṃ dukkhena amissaṃ, aññaṃ taṃ sippasukhaṃ, aññaṃ dukkha’’nti. ‘‘Evameva kho, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ. Ye pana taṃ nibbānaṃ pariyesanti, te kāyañca cittañca ātāpetvā ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhāraṃ pariggahetvā middhaṃ uparundhitvā āyatanāni paṭipīḷetvā kāyañca jīvitañca pariccajitvā dukkhena nibbānaṃ pariyesitvā ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ anubhavanti, ācariyā viya sippasukhaṃ. Evaṃ, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhaṃ, aññaṃ nibbāna’’nti. ‘‘Sādhu, bhante nāgasena, evametaṃ tathā sampaṭicchāmī’’ti.

Ekantasukhanibbānapañho navamo.