[139] 9. Ubhatobhaṭṭhajātakavaṇṇanā

Akkhī bhinnā paṭo naṭṭhoti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā kira dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ ‘‘āvuso, seyyathāpi nāma chavālātaṃ ubhatopadittaṃ majjhe gūthagataṃ nevāraññe kaṭṭhatthaṃ pharati, na gāme kaṭṭhatthaṃ pharati, evameva devadatto evarūpe niyyānikasāsane pabbajitvā ubhato bhaṭṭho ubhato paribāhiro jāto, gihiparibhogā ca parihīno, sāmaññatthañca na paripūretī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva ubhato bhaṭṭho hoti, atītepi ubhato bhaṭṭho ahosiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.

Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto rukkhadevatā hutvā nibbatti. Tadā ekasmiṃ gāmake bāḷisikā vasanti. Atheko bāḷisiko baḷisaṃ ādāya daharena puttena saddhiṃ yasmiṃ sobbhe pakatiyāpi bāḷisikā macche gaṇhanti, tattha gantvā baḷisaṃ khipi. Baḷiso udakapaṭicchanne ekasmiṃ khāṇuke laggi. Bāḷisiko taṃ ākaḍḍhituṃ asakkonto cintesi ‘‘ayaṃ baḷiso mahāmacche laggo bhavissati, puttakaṃ mātu santikaṃ pesetvā paṭivissakehi saddhiṃ kalahaṃ kārāpemi, evaṃ ito na koci koṭṭhāsaṃ paccāsīsissatī’’ti. So puttaṃ āha ‘‘gaccha, tāta, amhehi mahāmacchassa laddhabhāvaṃ mātu ācikkhāhi, ‘paṭivissakehi kira saddhiṃ kalahaṃ karohī’ti vadehī’’ti. So puttaṃ pesetvā baḷisaṃ ākaḍḍhituṃ asakkonto rajjucchedanabhayena uttarisāṭakaṃ thale ṭhapetvā udakaṃ otaritvā macchalobhena macchaṃ upadhārento khāṇukehi paharitvā dvepi akkhīni bhindi. Thale ṭhapitasāṭakaṃpissa coro hari. So vedanāppatto hutvā hatthena akkhīni uppīḷayamāno gahetvā udakā uttaritvā kampamāno sāṭakaṃ pariyesati.

Sāpissa bhariyā ‘‘kalahaṃ katvā kassaci apaccāsīsanabhāvaṃ karissāmī’’ti ekasmiṃyeva kaṇṇe tālapaṇṇaṃ piḷandhitvā ekaṃ akkhiṃ ukkhalimasiyā añjetvā kukkuraṃ aṅkenādāya paṭivissakagharaṃ agamāsi. Atha naṃ ekā sahāyikā evamāha ‘‘ekasmiṃyeva te kaṇṇe tālapaṇṇaṃ piḷandhitaṃ, ekaṃ akkhi añjitaṃ, piyaputtaṃ viya kukkuraṃ aṅkenādāya gharato gharaṃ gacchasi, kiṃ ummattikāsi jātā’’ti. ‘‘Nāhaṃ ummattikā, tvaṃ pana maṃ akāraṇena akkosasi paribhāsasi, idāni taṃ gāmabhojakassa santikaṃ gantvā aṭṭha kahāpaṇe daṇḍāpessāmī’’ti evaṃ kalahaṃ katvā ubhopi gāmabhojakassa santikaṃ agamaṃsu. Kalahe visodhiyamāne tassāyeva matthake daṇḍo pati. Atha naṃ bandhitvā ‘‘daṇḍaṃ dehī’’ti pothetuṃ ārabhiṃsu.

Rukkhadevatā gāme tassā imaṃ pavattiṃ, araññe cassā patino taṃ byasanaṃ disvā khandhantare ṭhitā ‘‘bho purisa, tuyhaṃ udakepi kammanto paduṭṭho thalepi, ubhatobhaṭṭho jāto’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

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‘‘Akkhī bhinnā paṭo naṭṭho, sakhigehe ca bhaṇḍanaṃ;

Ubhato paduṭṭhā kammantā, udakamhi thalamhi cā’’ti.

Tattha sakhigehe ca bhaṇḍananti sakhī nāma sahāyikā, tassā ca gehe tava bhariyāya bhaṇḍanaṃ kataṃ, bhaṇḍanaṃ katvā bandhitvā pothetvā daṇḍaṃ dāpiyati. Ubhato paduṭṭhā kammantāti evaṃ tava dvīsupi ṭhānesu kammantā paduṭṭhāyeva bhinnāyeva. Kataresu dvīsu? Udakamhi thalamhi cāti, akkhibhedena paṭanāsena ca udake kammantā paduṭṭhā, sakhigehe bhaṇḍanena thale kammantā paduṭṭhāti.

Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi ‘‘tadā bāḷisiko devadatto ahosi, rukkhadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.

Ubhatobhaṭṭhajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.