6. Senakattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

Svāgataṃ vatātiādikā āyasmato senakattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti? Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave puññāni upacinanto sikhissa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto ekadivasaṃ satthāraṃ disvā pasannamānaso morahatthena bhagavantaṃ pūjesi. So tena puññakammena devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā uruvelakassapattherassa bhaginiyā kucchimhi nibbatti, senakotissa nāmaṃ ahosi. So vayappatto brāhmaṇānaṃ vijjāsippesu nipphattiṃ gato gharāvāsaṃ vasati. Tena ca samayena mahājano saṃvacchare saṃvacchare phaggunamāse uttaraphaggunanakkhatte ussavaṃ anubhavanto gayāyaṃ titthābhisekaṃ karoti. Tena taṃ ussavaṃ ‘‘gayāphaggū’’ti vadanti. Atha bhagavā tādise ussavadivase veneyyānukampāya gayātitthasamīpe viharati, mahājanopi titthābhisekādhippāyena tato tato taṃ ṭhānaṃ upagacchati. Tasmiṃ khaṇe senakopi titthābhisekatthaṃ taṃ ṭhānaṃ upagato satthāraṃ dhammaṃ desentaṃ disvā upasaṅkamitvā dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne (apa. thera 2.46.9-16) –

‘‘Morahatthaṃ gahetvāna, upesiṃ lokanāyakaṃ;

Pasannacitto sumano, morahatthamadāsahaṃ.

‘‘Iminā morahatthena, cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca;

Nibbāyiṃsu tayo aggī, labhāmi vipulaṃ sukhaṃ.

‘‘Aho buddho aho dhammo, aho no satthusampadā;

Datvānahaṃ morahatthaṃ, labhāmi vipulaṃ sukhaṃ.

‘‘Tiyaggī nibbutā mayhaṃ, bhavā sabbe samūhatā;

Sabbāsavā parikkhīṇā, natthi dāni punabbhavo.

‘‘Ekatiṃse ito kappe, yaṃ dānamadadiṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, morahatthassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsana’’nti.

Arahattaṃ pana patvā attano paṭipattiṃ paccavekkhitvā sañjātasomanasso udānavasena –

287.

‘‘Svāgataṃ vata me āsi, gayāyaṃ gayaphagguyā;

Yaṃ addasāsiṃ sambuddhaṃ, desentaṃ dhammamuttamaṃ.

288.

‘‘Mahappabhaṃ gaṇācariyaṃ, aggapattaṃ vināyakaṃ;

Sadevakassa lokassa, jinaṃ atuladassanaṃ.

289.

‘‘Mahānāgaṃ mahāvīraṃ, mahājutimanāsavaṃ;

Sabbāsavaparikkhīṇaṃ, satthāramakutobhayaṃ.

290.

‘‘Cirasaṅkiliṭṭhaṃ vata maṃ, diṭṭhisandānabandhitaṃ;

Vimocayi so bhagavā, sabbaganthehi senaka’’nti. –

Catasso gāthā abhāsi.

Tattha svāgataṃ vata me āsīti mayā suṭṭhu āgataṃ vata āsi. Mama vā sundaraṃ vata āgamanaṃ āsi. Gayāyanti gayātitthasamīpe. Gayaphagguyāti ‘‘gayāphaggū’’ti laddhavohāre phaggunamāsassa uttaraphaggunīnakkhatte. ‘‘Ya’’ntiādi svāgatabhāvassa kāraṇadassanaṃ. Tattha yanti yasmā. Addasāsinti addakkhiṃ. Sambuddhanti sammā sāmaṃ sabbadhammānaṃ buddhattā sambuddhaṃ. Desentaṃ dhammamuttamanti uttamaṃ aggaṃ sabbaseṭṭhaṃ ekantaniyyānikaṃ dhammaṃ veneyyajjhāsayānurūpaṃ bhāsantaṃ.

Mahappabhanti mahatiyā sarīrappabhāya ñāṇappabhāya ca samannāgataṃ. Gaṇācariyanti bhikkhuparisādīnaṃ gaṇānaṃ uttamena damathena ācārasikkhāpanena gaṇācariyaṃ. Aggabhūtānaṃ sīlādīnaṃ guṇānaṃ adhigamena aggappattaṃ. Devamanussādīnaṃ paramena vinayena vinayanato, sayaṃ nāyakarahitattā ca vināyakaṃ. Kenaci anabhibhūto hutvā sakalaṃ lokaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhitattā, pañcannampi mārānaṃ jitattā ca sadevakassa lokassa jinaṃ sadevake loke aggajinaṃ, bāttiṃsavaramahāpurisalakkhaṇaasītianubyañjanādipaṭimaṇḍitarūpakāyatāya dasabalacatuvesārajjādiguṇapaṭimaṇḍitadhammakāyatāya ca sadevakena lokena aparimeyyadassanatāya asadisadassanatāya ca atuladassanaṃ.

Gatibalaparakkamādisampattiyā mahānāgasadisattā, nāgesupi khīṇāsavesu mahānubhāvatāya ca mahānāgaṃ. Mārasenāvimathanato mahāvikkantatāya ca mahāvīraṃ. Mahājutinti mahāpatāpaṃ mahātejanti attho. Natthi etassa cattāropi āsavāti anāsavaṃ. Sabbe āsavā savāsanā parikkhīṇā etassāti sabbāsavaparikkhīṇaṃ. Kāmaṃ sāvakabuddhā paccekabuddhā ca khīṇāsavāva, sabbaññubuddhā eva pana savāsane āsave khepentīti dassanatthaṃ ‘‘anāsava’’nti vatvā puna ‘‘sabbāsavaparikkhīṇa’’nti vuttaṃ. Tena vuttaṃ – ‘‘sabbe āsavā savāsanā parikkhīṇā etassāti sabbāsavaparikkhīṇa’’nti. Diṭṭhadhammikasamparāyikaparamatthehi yathārahaṃ veneyyānaṃ anusāsanato satthāraṃ, catuvesārajjavisāradatāya kutocipi bhayābhāvato akutobhayaṃ, evarūpaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ yaṃ yasmā addasāsiṃ, tasmā svāgataṃ vata me āsīti yojanā.

Idāni satthu dassanena attanā laddhaguṇaṃ dassento catutthaṃ gāthamāha. Tassattho – kañjiyapuṇṇalābu viya takkabharitacāṭi viya vasāpītapilotikā viya ca saṃkilesavatthūhi anamatagge saṃsāre cirakālaṃ saṃkiliṭṭhaṃ. Gaddulabandhitaṃ viya thambhe sārameyaṃ sakkāyathambhe diṭṭhisandānena, diṭṭhibandhanena bandhitaṃ baddhaṃ, tato vimocento ca abhijjhādīhi sabbaganthe hi maṃ senakaṃ ariyamaggahatthena, vimocayi vata so bhagavā mayhaṃ satthāti bhagavati abhippasādaṃ pavedeti.

Senakattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.