dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā

(dutiyo bhāgo)

26. brāhmaṇavaggo

40. devahitabrāhmaṇavatthu

pubbenivāsanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devahitabrāhmaṇassa pañhaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

ekasmiñhi samaye bhagavā vātarogena ābādhiko hutvā upavāṇattheraṃ uṇhodakatthāya devahitabrāhmaṇassa santikaṃ pahiṇi. so gantvā satthu ābādhikabhāvaṃ ācikkhitvā uṇhodakaṃ yāci, taṃ sutvā brāhmaṇo tuṭṭhamānaso hutvā “lābhā vata me, yaṃ mama santikaṃ sammāsambuddho uṇhodakassatthāya sāvakaṃ pahiṇī”ti uṇhodakassa kājaṃ purisena gāhāpetvā phāṇitassa ca puṭaṃ upavāṇattherassa pādāsi. thero taṃ gāhāpetvā vihāraṃ gantvā satthāraṃ uṇhodakena nhāpetvā uṇhodakena phāṇitaṃ āloḷetvā bhagavato pādāsi, tassa taṅkhaṇeyeva so ābādho paṭipassambhi. brāhmaṇo cintesi — “kassa nu kho deyyadhammo dinno mahapphalo hoti, satthāraṃ pucchissāmī”ti so satthu santikaṃ gantvā tamatthaṃ pucchanto imaṃ gāthamāha —

“kattha dajjā deyyadhammaṃ, kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ.

kathañhi yajamānassa, kathaṃ ijjhati dakkhiṇā”ti. (saṃ. ni. 1.199).

athassa satthā “evarūpassa brāhmaṇassa dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ hotī”ti vatvā brāhmaṇaṃ pakāsento imaṃ gāthamāha —

423.

“pubbenivāsaṃ yo vedi, saggāpāyañca passati.

atho jātikkhayaṃ patto, abhiññāvosito muni. (saṃ. ni. 1.199).

sabbavositavosānaṃ, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇan”ti.

tassattho — yo pubbenivāsaṃ pākaṭaṃ katvā jānāti, chabbīsatidevalokabhedaṃ saggañca catubbidhaṃ apāyañca dibbacakkhunā passati, atho jātikkhayasaṅkhātaṃ arahattaṃ patto, abhiññeyyaṃ dhammaṃ abhijānitvā pariññeyyaṃ parijānitvā pahātabbaṃ pahāya sacchikātabbaṃ sacchikatvā vosiko niṭṭhānaṃ patto, vusitavosānaṃ vā patto, āsavakkhayapaññāya monabhāvaṃ pattattā muni, tamahaṃ sabbesaṃ kilesānaṃ vosānaṃ arahattamaggañāṇaṃ brahmacariyavāsaṃ vutthabhāvena sabbavositavosānaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti.

desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsu. brāhmaṇopi pasannamānaso saraṇesu patiṭṭhāya upāsakattaṃ pavedesīti.

devahitabrāhmaṇavatthu cattālīsaṃ.

brāhmaṇavaggavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

chabbīsatimo vaggo.