Nigamanakathā

Ettāvatā ca yaṃ vuttaṃ –

‘‘Uttamaṃ vandaneyyānaṃ, vanditvā ratanattayaṃ;

Yo khuddakanikāyamhi, khuddācārappahāyinā.

‘‘Desito lokanāthena, lokanittharaṇesinā;

Tassa suttanipātassa, karissāmatthavaṇṇana’’nti.

Ettha uragavaggādipañcavaggasaṅgahitassa uragasuttādisattatisuttappabhedassa suttanipātassa atthavaṇṇanā katā hoti. Tenetaṃ vuccati –

‘‘Imaṃ suttanipātassa, karontenatthavaṇṇanaṃ;

Saddhammaṭṭhitikāmena, yaṃ pattaṃ kusalaṃ mayā.

‘‘Tassānubhāvato khippaṃ, dhamme ariyappavedite;

Vuḍḍhiṃ virūḷhiṃ vepullaṃ, pāpuṇātu ayaṃ jano’’ti.

(Pariyattippamāṇato catucattālīsamattā bhāṇavārā.)

Paramavisuddhasaddhābuddhivīriyappaṭimaṇḍitena sīlācārajjavamaddavādiguṇasamudayasamuditena sakasamayasamayantaragahanajjhogāhaṇasamatthena paññāveyyattiyasamannāgatena tipiṭakapariyattippabhede sāṭṭhakathe satthusāsane appaṭihatañāṇappabhāvena mahāveyyākaraṇena karaṇasampattijanitasukhaviniggatamadhurodāravacanalāvaṇṇayuttena yuttamuttavādinā vādīvarena mahākavinā chaḷabhiññāpaṭisambhidādippabhedaguṇapaṭimaṇḍite uttarimanussadhamme suppatiṭṭhitabuddhīnaṃ theravaṃsappadīpānaṃ therānaṃ mahāvihāravāsīnaṃ vaṃsālaṅkārabhūtena vipulavisuddhabuddhinā buddhaghosoti garūhi gahitanāmadheyyena therena katā ayaṃ paramatthajotikā nāma suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā –

Tāva tiṭṭhatu lokasmiṃ, lokanittharaṇesinaṃ;

Dassentī kulaputtānaṃ, nayaṃ paññāvisuddhiyā.

Yāva buddhoti nāmampi, suddhacittassa tādino;

Lokamhi lokajeṭṭhassa, pavattati mahesinoti.

Suttanipāta-atthavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.