yo nibbanathoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ekaṃ vibbhantakaṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi.
eko kira mahākassapattherassa saddhivihāriko hutvā cattāri jhānāni uppādetvāpi attano mātulassa suvaṇṇakārassa gehe visabhāgārammaṇaṃ disvā tattha paṭibaddhacitto vibbhami. atha naṃ manussā alasabhāvena kammaṃ kātuṃ anicchantaṃ gehā nīhariṃsu. so pāpamittasaṃsaggena corakammena jīvikaṃ kappento vicari. atha naṃ ekadivasaṃ gahetvā pacchābāhaṃ gāḷhabandhanaṃ bandhitvā catukke catukke kasāhi tāḷentā āghātanaṃ nayiṃsu. thero piṇḍāya carituṃ pavisanto taṃ dakkhiṇena dvārena nīhariyamānaṃ disvā bandhanaṃ sithilaṃ kāretvā “pubbe tayā paricitakammaṭṭhānaṃ puna āvajjehī”ti āha. so tena ovādena satuppādaṃ labhitvā puna catutthajjhānaṃ nibbattesi. atha naṃ “āghātanaṃ netvā ghātessāmā”ti sūle uttāsesuṃ. so na bhāyati na santasati. athassa tasmiṃ tasmiṃ disābhāge ṭhitā manussā asisattitomarādīni āvudhāni ukkhipitvāpi taṃ asantasantameva disvā “passatha, bho, imaṃ purisaṃ, anekasatānañhi āvudhahatthānaṃ purisānaṃ majjhe neva chambhati na vedhati, aho acchariyan”ti acchariyabbhutajātā mahānādaṃ naditvā rañño taṃ pavattiṃ ārocesuṃ. rājā taṃ kāraṇaṃ sutvā “vissajjetha nan”ti āha. satthu santikampi gantvā tamatthaṃ ārocayiṃsu. satthā obhāsaṃ pharitvā tassa dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha —
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“yo nibbanatho vanādhimutto,
vanamutto vanameva dhāvati.
taṃ puggalametha passatha,
mutto bandhanameva dhāvatī”ti.
tassattho — yo puggalo gihibhāve ālayasaṅkhātaṃ vanathaṃ chaḍḍetvā pabbajitatāya nibbanatho dibbavihārasaṅkhāte tapovane adhimutto gharāvāsabandhanasaṅkhātā taṇhāvanā mutto hutvā puna gharāvāsabandhanasaṅkhātaṃ taṇhāvanameva dhāvati, etha taṃ puggalaṃ passatha, eso gharāvāsabandhanato mutto gharāvāsabandhanameva dhāvatīti.
imaṃ pana desanaṃ sutvā so rājapurisānaṃ antare sūlagge nisinnova udayabbayaṃ paṭṭhapetvā tilakkhaṇaṃ āropetvā saṅkhāre sammasanto sotāpattiphalaṃ patvā samāpattisukhaṃ anubhavanto vehāsaṃ uppatitvā ākāseneva satthu santikaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā sarājikāya parisāya majjheyeva arahattaṃ pāpuṇīti.
vibbhantabhikkhuvatthu tatiyaṃ.