assaddhoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sāriputtattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.
ekasmiñhi samaye tiṃsamattā āraññakā bhikkhū satthu santikaṃ āgantvā vanditvā nisīdiṃsu. satthā tesaṃ saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattassūpanissayaṃ disvā sāriputtattheraṃ āmantetvā “saddahasi tvaṃ, sāriputta, saddhindriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ bahulīkataṃ amatogadhaṃ hoti amatapariyosānan”ti (saṃ. ni. 5.514) evaṃ pañcindriyāni ārabbha pañhaṃ pucchi. thero “na khvāhaṃ, bhante, ettha bhagavato saddhāya gacchāmi, saddhindriyaṃ ... pe ... amatapariyosānaṃ. yesañhetaṃ, bhante, aññātaṃ assa adiṭṭhaṃ aviditaṃ asacchikataṃ aphassitaṃ paññāya, te tattha paresaṃ saddhāya gaccheyyuṃ. saddhindriyaṃ ... pe ... amatapariyosānan”ti (saṃ. ni. 5.514) evaṃ taṃ pañhaṃ byākāsi. taṃ sutvā bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ “sāriputtatthero micchāgahaṇaṃ neva vissajjesi, ajjāpi sammāsambuddhassa na saddahatiyevā”ti. taṃ sutvā satthā “kiṃ nāmetaṃ, bhikkhave, vadetha. ahañhi ‘pañcindriyāni abhāvetvā samathavipassanaṃ avaḍḍhetvā maggaphalāni sacchikātuṃ samattho nāma atthīti saddahasi tvaṃ sāriputto’ti pucchiṃ. so ‘evaṃ sacchikaronto atthi nāmāti na saddahāmi, bhante’ti kathesi. na dinnassa vā katassa vā phalaṃ vipākaṃ na saddahati, nāpi buddhādīnaṃ guṇaṃ na saddahati. eso pana attanā paṭividdhesu jhānavipassanāmaggaphaladhammesu paresaṃ saddhāya na gacchati. tasmā anupavajjo”ti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha —
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“assaddho akataññū ca, sandhicchedo ca yo naro,
hatāvakāso vantāso, sa ve uttamaporiso”ti.
tassatho — attano paṭividdhaguṇaṃ paresaṃ kathāya na saddahatīti assaddho. akataṃ nibbānaṃ jānātīti akataññū, sacchikatanibbānoti attho. vaṭṭasandhiṃ, saṃsārasandhiṃ chinditvā ṭhitoti sandhicchedo. kusalākusalakammabījassa khīṇattā nibbattanāvakāso hato assāti hatāvakāso. catūhi maggehi kattabbakiccassa katattā,sabbā āsā iminā vantāti vantāso. so evarūpo naro. paṭividdhalokuttaradhammatāya purisesu uttamabhāvaṃ pattoti purisuttamoti.
gāthāvasāne te āraññakā tiṃsamattā bhikkhū saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu. sesajanassāpi satthikā dhammadesanā ahosīti.
sāriputtattheravatthu aṭṭhamaṃ.