Mahāsudassanasuttadesanāvaṇṇanā

210. Khuddakanagaraketi nagarapatirūpake sambādhe khuddakanagarake. Ujjaṅgalanagaraketi visamanagarake. Sākhānagaraketi yathā rukkhānaṃ sākhā nāma khuddakā honti, evameva aññesaṃ mahānagarānaṃ sākhāsadise khuddakanagarake. Khattiyamahāsālāti khattiyamahāsārappattā mahākhattiyā. Esa nayo sabbattha.

Tesu khattiyamahāsālā nāma yesaṃ koṭisatampi koṭisahassampi dhanaṃ nikhaṇitvā ṭhapitaṃ, divasaparibbayo ekaṃ kahāpaṇasakaṭaṃ nigacchati, sāyaṃ dve pavisanti. Brāhmaṇamahāsālā nāma yesaṃ asītikoṭidhanaṃ nihitaṃ hoti, divasaparibbayo eko kahāpaṇakumbho nigacchati, sāyaṃ ekasakaṭaṃ pavisati. Gahapatimahāsālā nāma yesaṃ cattālīsakoṭidhanaṃ nihitaṃ hoti, divasaparibbayo pañca kahāpaṇambaṇāni nigacchanti, sāyaṃ kumbho pavisati.

Mā hevaṃ, ānanda, avacāti ānanda, mā evaṃ avaca, na imaṃ ‘‘khuddakanagara’’nti vattabbaṃ. Ahañhi imasseva nagarassa sampattiṃ kathetuṃ – ‘‘anekavāraṃ tiṭṭhaṃ nisīdaṃ mahantena ussāhena, mahantena parakkamena idhāgato’’ti vatvā bhūtapubbantiādimāha. Subhikkhāti khajjabhojjasampannā. Hatthisaddenāti ekasmiṃ hatthimhi saddaṃ karonte caturāsītihatthisahassāni saddaṃ karonti, iti hatthisaddena avivittā, hoti, tathā assasaddena. Puññavanto panettha sattā catusindhavayuttehi rathehi aññamaññaṃ anubandhamānā antaravīthīsu vicaranti, iti rathasaddena avivittā hoti. Niccaṃ payojitāneva panettha bheriādīni tūriyāni, iti bherisaddādīhipi avivittā hoti. Tattha sammasaddoti kaṃsatāḷasaddo. Pāṇitāḷasaddoti pāṇinā caturassaambaṇatāḷasaddo. Kuṭabherisaddotipi vadanti.

Asnātha pivatha khādathāti asnātha pivatha khādatha. Ayaṃ panettha saṅkhepo, bhuñjatha bhoti iminā dasamena saddena avivittā hoti anupacchinnasaddā. Yathā pana aññesu nagaresu ‘‘kacavaraṃ chaḍḍetha, kudālaṃ gaṇhatha, pacchiṃ gaṇhatha, pavāsaṃ gamissāma, taṇḍulapuṭaṃ gaṇhatha, bhattapuṭaṃ gaṇhatha, phalakāvudhādīni sajjāni karothā’’ti evarūpā saddā honti, na yidha evaṃ ahosīti dasseti.

‘‘Dasamena saddenā’’ti ca vatvā ‘‘kusāvatī, ānanda, rājadhānī sattahi pākārehi parikkhittā ahosī’’ti sabbaṃ mahāsudassanasuttaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā gaccha tvaṃ ānandātiādimāha. Tattha abhikkamathāti abhimukhā kamatha, āgacchathāti attho. Kiṃ pana te bhagavato āgatabhāvaṃ na jānantīti? Jānanti. Buddhānaṃ gatagataṭṭhānaṃ nāma mahantaṃ kolāhalaṃ hoti, kenacideva karaṇīyena nisinnattā na āgatā. ‘‘Te āgantvā bhikkhusaṅghassa ṭhānanisajjokāsaṃ saṃvidahitvā dassantī’’ti tesaṃ santike avelāyampi bhagavā pesesi.