Bhaddiyattheravatthu

193. Chaṭṭhe uccākulikānanti ucce kule jātānaṃ. Bhaddiyoti anuruddhattherena saddhiṃ nikkhamanto sakyarājā. Kāḷigodhāya puttoti kāḷavaṇṇā sā devī, godhāti panassā nāmaṃ. Tasmā kāḷigodhāti vuccati, tassā puttoti attho. Kasmā panāyaṃ uccākulikānaṃ aggoti vutto, kiṃ tato uccākulikatarā natthīti? Āma natthi. Tassa hi mātā sākiyānīnaṃ antare vayena sabbajeṭṭhikā, soyeva ca sākiyakule sampattaṃ rajjaṃ pahāya pabbajito. Tasmā uccākulikānaṃ aggoti vutto. Apica pubbapatthanānubhāvena cesa anupaṭipāṭiyā pañca jātisatāni rājakule nibbattitvā rajjaṃ kāresiyeva. Imināpi kāraṇena uccākulikānaṃ aggoti vutto.

Pañhakamme panassa ayamanupubbikathā – ayampi hi atīte padumuttarabuddhakāle mahābhogakule nibbatto vuttanayeneva dhammassavanatthāya gato. Taṃdivasaṃ satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ uccākulikānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā ‘‘mayāpi anāgate ekassa buddhassa sāsane uccākulikānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggena bhavituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti tathāgataṃ nimantetvā satta divasāni buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa mahādānaṃ datvā, ‘‘bhante, ahaṃ imassa dānassa phalena nāññaṃ sampattiṃ ākaṅkhāmi, anāgate pana ekassa buddhassa sāsane uccākulikānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggo bhaveyya’’nti patthayitvā pādamūle nipajji.

Satthā anāgataṃ olokento samijjhanabhāvaṃ disvā ‘‘samijjhissati te idaṃ kammaṃ, ito kappasatasahassāvasāne gotamo nāma buddho uppajjissati, tvaṃ tassa sāsane uccākulikānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ aggo bhavissasī’’ti byākaritvā bhattānumodanaṃ katvā vihāraṃ agamāsi. Sopi taṃ byākaraṇaṃ labhitvā uccākulikasaṃvattanikakammaṃ pucchitvā dhammāsanāni kāretvā tesu paccattharaṇāni santharāpetvā dhammabījaniyo dhammakathikavaṭṭaṃ uposathāgāre padīpateladānanti evaṃ yāvajīvaṃ bahuvidhaṃ kalyāṇakammaṃ katvā tattha kālakato devesu ca manussesu ca saṃsaranto kassapadasabalassa ca amhākañca bhagavato antare bārāṇasiyaṃ kuṭumbiyaghare nibbatto.

Tena ca samayena sambahulā paccekabuddhā gandhamādanapabbatā āgamma bārāṇasiyaṃ gaṅgāya tīre phāsukaṭṭhāne nisīditvā piṇḍapātaṃ paribhuñjanti. So kuṭumbiyo tesaṃ nibaddhameva tasmiṃ ṭhāne bhattavissaggakaraṇaṃ ñatvā aṭṭha pāsāṇaphalakāni attharitvā yāvajīvaṃ paccekabuddhe upaṭṭhahi. Athekaṃ buddhantaraṃ devamanussesu saṃsaritvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kapilavatthunagare khattiyakule nibbatti. Nāmaggahaṇadivase cassa bhaddiyakumāroti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So vayaṃ āgamma heṭṭhā anuruddhasutte vuttanayeneva channaṃ khattiyānaṃ abbhantaro hutvā satthari anupiyaambavane viharante satthu santike pabbajitvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Atha satthā aparabhāge jetavanamahāvihāre viharanto ‘‘mama sāsane uccākulikānaṃ kāḷigodhāya putto bhaddiyatthero aggo’’ti aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi.