11. Soṇakuṭikaṇṇattheragāthāvaṇṇanā

Upasampadāca me laddhātiādikā āyasmato soṇassa kuṭikaṇṇassa gāthā. Kā uppatti? Ayaṃ kira padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare vibhavasampanno seṭṭhi hutvā uḷārāya issariyasampattiyā ṭhito ekadivasaṃ satthāraṃ satasahassakhīṇāsavaparivutaṃ mahatiyā buddhalīḷāya mahantena buddhānubhāvena nagaraṃ pavisantaṃ disvā pasannamānaso vanditvā añjaliṃ katvā aṭṭhāsi. So pacchābhattaṃ upāsakehi saddhiṃ vihāraṃ gantvā bhagavato santike dhammaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ kalyāṇavākkaraṇānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā sayampi taṃ ṭhānaṃ patthetvā mahādānaṃ datvā paṇidhānaṃ akāsi. Satthā tassa anantarāyataṃ disvā ‘‘anāgate gotamassa nāma sammāsambuddhassa sāsane kalyāṇavākkaraṇānaṃ aggo bhavissatī’’ti byākāsi.

So tattha yāvajīvaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto vipassissa bhagavato kāle sāsane pabbajitvā vattapaṭivattāni pūrento ekassa bhikkhuno cīvaraṃ sibbitvā adāsi. Puna buddhasuññe loke bārāṇasiyaṃ tunnavāyo hutvā ekassa paccekabuddhassa cīvarakoṭiṃ chinnaṃ ghaṭetvā adāsi. Evaṃ tattha tattha puññāni katvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde avantiraṭṭhe kuraraghare mahāvibhavassa seṭṭhino putto hutvā nibbatti. Soṇotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Koṭiagghanakassa kaṇṇapiḷandhanassa dhāraṇena ‘‘koṭikaṇṇo’’ti vattabbe kuṭikaṇṇoti paññāyittha.

So anukkamena vaḍḍhitvā kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapento āyasmante mahākaccāne kulagharaṃ nissāya pavattapabbate viharante tassa santike dhammaṃ sutvā saraṇesu ca sīlesu ca patiṭṭhāya taṃ catūhi paccayehi upaṭṭhahi. So aparabhāge saṃsāre sañjātasaṃvego therassa santike pabbajitvā kicchena kasirena dasavaggaṃ saṅghaṃ sannipātetvā upasampajjitvā katipayakālaṃ therassa santike vasitvā, theraṃ āpucchitvā satthāraṃ vandituṃ sāvatthiṃ upagato, satthārā ekagandhakuṭiyaṃ vāsaṃ labhitvā paccūsasamaye ajjhiṭṭho soḷasaaṭṭhakavaggiyānaṃ ussāraṇena sādhukāraṃ datvā bhāsitāya ‘‘disvā ādīnavaṃ loke’’ti (udā. 46; mahāva. 258) udānagāthāya pariyosāne vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne (apa. thera 2.44.26-34) –

‘‘Padumuttaro nāma jino, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho;

Vasīsatasahassehi, nagaraṃ pāvisī tadā.

‘‘Nagaraṃ pavisantassa, upasantassa tādino;

Ratanāni pajjotiṃsu, nigghoso āsi tāvade.

‘‘Buddhassa ānubhāvena, bherī vajjumaghaṭṭitā;

Sayaṃ vīṇā pavajjanti, buddhassa pavisato puraṃ.

‘‘Buddhaseṭṭhaṃ namassāmi, padumuttaramahāmuniṃ;

Pāṭihīrañca passitvā, tattha cittaṃ pasādayiṃ.

‘‘Aho buddho aho dhammo, aho no satthu sampadā;

Acetanāpi tūriyā, sayameva pavajjare.

‘‘Satasahassito kappe, yaṃ saññamalabhiṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, buddhasaññāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

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

Arahatte pana patiṭṭhito attano upajjhāyena ācikkhitaniyāmena paccantimesu janapadesu vinayadharapañcamena gaṇena upasampadā, dhuvanhānaṃ, cammattharaṇaṃ, guṇaṅguṇūpāhanaṃ, cīvaravippavāsoti pañca vare yācitvā te satthu santikā labhitvā punadeva attano vasitaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā upajjhāyassa tamatthaṃ ārocesi. Ayamettha saṅkhepo. Vitthāro pana udānaṭṭhakathāyaṃ āgatanayena veditabbo. Aṅguttaraṭṭhakathāyaṃ (a. ni. aṭṭha. 1.1.206) pana ‘‘upasampanno hutvā attano upajjhāyassa santike kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇī’’ti vuttaṃ.

So aparabhāge vimuttisukhena viharanto attano paṭipattiṃ paccavekkhitvā somanassajāto udānavasena –

365.

‘‘Upasampadā ca me laddhā, vimutto camhi anāsavo;

So ca me bhagavā diṭṭho, vihāre ca sahāvasiṃ.

366.

‘‘Bahudeva rattiṃ bhagavā, abbhokāsetināmayi;

Vihārakusalo satthā, vihāraṃ pāvisī tadā.

367.

‘‘Santharitvāna saṅghāṭiṃ, seyyaṃ kappesi gotamo;

Sīho selaguhāyaṃva, pahīnabhayabheravo.

368.

‘‘Tato kalyāṇavākkaraṇo, sammāsambuddhasāvako;

Soṇo abhāsi saddhammaṃ, buddhaseṭṭhassa sammukhā.

369.

‘‘Pañcakkhandhe pariññāya, bhāvayitvāna añjasaṃ;

Pappuyya paramaṃ santiṃ, parinibbissatyanāsavo’’ti. –

Imā pañca gāthā abhāsi.

Tattha upasampadā ca me laddhāti yā sā kicchena dasavaggaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ sannipātetvā attanā laddhā upasampadā. Yā ca pana varadānavasena sabbapaccantimesu janapadesu vinayadharapañcamena gaṇena satthārā anuññātā upasampadā, tadubhayaṃ sandhāyāha. Ca-saddo samuccayattho, tena itarepi satthu santikā laddhavare saṅgaṇhāti. Vimutto camhi anāsavoti aggamaggena sakalakilesavatthuvimuttiyā vimutto ca amhi. Tato eva kāmāsavādīhi anāsavo amhīti yojanā. So ca me bhagavā diṭṭhoti yadatthaṃ ahaṃ avantiraṭṭhato sāvatthiṃ gato, so ca bhagavā mayā adiṭṭhapubbo diṭṭho. Vihāre ca sahāvasinti na kevalaṃ tassa bhagavato dassanameva mayā laddhaṃ, atha kho vihāre satthu gandhakuṭiyaṃ satthārā kāraṇaṃ sallakkhetvā vāsentena saha avasiṃ. ‘‘Vihāreti vihārasamīpe’’ti keci.

Bahudeva rattinti paṭhamaṃ yāmaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhammadesanāvasena kammaṭṭhānasodhanavasena ca, majjhimaṃ yāmaṃ devānaṃ brahmūnañca kaṅkhacchedanavasena bhagavā bahudeva rattiṃ abbhokāse atināmayi vītināmesi. Vihārakusaloti dibbabrahmaāneñjaariyavihāresu kusalo. Vihāraṃ pāvisīti ativelaṃ nisajjacaṅkamehi uppannaparissamavinodanatthaṃ gandhakuṭiṃ pāvisi.

Santharitvāna saṅghāṭiṃ, seyyaṃ kappesīti catugguṇaṃ saṅghāṭiṃ paññāpetvā sīhaseyyaṃ kappesi. Tenāha ‘‘gotamo sīho selaguhāyaṃva pahīnabhayabheravo’’ti. Tattha gotamoti bhagavantaṃ gottena kitteti. Sīho selaguhāyaṃvāti selassa pabbatassa guhāyaṃ. Yathā sīho migarājā tejussadatāya pahīnabhayabheravo dakkhiṇena passena pāde pādaṃ accādhāya seyyaṃ kappesi, evaṃ cittutrāsalomahaṃsanachambhitattahetūnaṃ kilesānaṃ samucchinnattā pahīnabhayabheravo gotamo bhagavā seyyaṃ kappesīti attho.

Tatoti pacchā, sīhaseyyaṃ kappetvā tato vuṭṭhahitvā ‘‘paṭibhātu taṃ bhikkhu dhammo bhāsitu’’nti (udā. 46) satthārā ajjhesitoti attho. Kalyāṇavākkaraṇoti sundaravacīkaraṇo, lakkhaṇasampannavacanakkamoti attho. Soṇo abhāsi saddhammanti soḷasa aṭṭhakavaggiyasuttāni soṇo kuṭikaṇṇo, buddhaseṭṭhassa sammāsambuddhassa sammukhā, paccakkhato abhāsīti thero attānameva paraṃ viya avoca.

Pañcakkhandhe pariññāyāti pañcupādānakkhandhe tīhipi pariññāhi parijānitvā te parijānantoyeva, añjasaṃ ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvayitvā, paramaṃ santiṃ nibbānaṃ pappuyya pāpuṇitvā ṭhito anāsavo. Tato eva idāni parinibbissati anupādisesanibbānavasena nibbāyissatīti.

Soṇakuṭikaṇṇattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.