Nigamanakathā

Ettāvatā hi –

‘‘Bahukārassa yatīnaṃ vipassanācāranipuṇabuddhīnaṃ,

Saṃyuttavaranikāyassa atthasaṃvaṇṇanaṃ kātuṃ.

‘‘Saddhammassa ciraṭṭhitimāsisamānena yā mayā;

Nipuṇā aṭṭhakathā āraddhā sāratthapakāsinī nāma.

‘‘Sā hi mahāaṭṭhakathāya sāramādāya niṭṭhitā esā;

Aṭṭhasattatimattāya pāḷiyā bhāṇavārehi.

‘‘Ekūnasaṭṭhimatto visuddhimaggopi bhāṇavārehi;

Atthappakāsanatthāya āgamānaṃ kato yasmā.

‘‘Tasmā tena sahāyaṃ aṭṭhakathā bhāṇavāragaṇanāya;

Thokena aparipūraṃ sattatiṃsasataṃ hoti.

‘‘Sattatiṃsādhikasata-parimāṇaṃ bhāṇavārato evaṃ;

Samayaṃ pakāsayantiṃ mahāvihārādhivāsīnaṃ.

‘‘Mūlaṭṭhakathāya sāramādāya mayā imaṃ karontena;

Yaṃ puññamupacitaṃ tena hotu sabbo sukhī loko.

‘‘Etissā karaṇatthaṃ therena bhadantajotipālena;

Sucisīlena subhāsitassa pakāsayantañāṇena.

‘‘Sāsanavibhūtikāmena yācamānena maṃ subhaguṇena;

Yaṃ samadhigataṃ puññaṃ tenāpi jano sukhī bhavatū’’ti.

Paramavisuddhasaddhābuddhivīriyappaṭimaṇḍitena sīlācārajjavamaddavādiguṇasamudayasamuditena sakasamayasamayantaragahanajjhogāhaṇasamatthena paññāveyyattiyasamannāgatena tipiṭakapariyattippabhede sāṭṭhakathe satthusāsane appaṭihatañāṇappabhāvena mahāveyyākaraṇena karaṇasampattijanitasukhaviniggatamadhurodāravacanalāvaṇṇayuttena yuttamuttavādinā vādīvarena mahākavinā pabhinnapaṭisambhidāparivāre chaḷabhiññādippabhedaguṇappaṭimaṇḍite uttarimanussadhamme suppatiṭṭhitabuddhīnaṃ theravaṃsappadīpānaṃ therānaṃ mahāvihāravāsīnaṃ vaṃsālaṅkārabhūtena vipulavisuddhabuddhinā buddhaghosoti garūhi gahitanāmadheyyena therena katā ayaṃ sāratthappakāsinī nāma saṃyuttanikāyaṭṭhakathā.

‘‘Tāva tiṭṭhatu lokasmiṃ, lokanittharaṇesinaṃ;

Dassentī kulaputtānaṃ, nayaṃ sīlavisuddhiyā.

‘‘Yāva buddhoti nāmampi, suddhacittassa tādino;

Lokamhi lokajeṭṭhassa, pavattati mahesino’’ti.

Sāratthappakāsinī nāma

Saṃyuttanikāya-aṭṭhakathā sabbākārena niṭṭhitā.