Verses on Dhamma 6.11: 11. Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu

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Kaṇhaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāyāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto pañcasate āgantuke bhikkhū ārabbha kathesi.

_Abandoning the dark state._ This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Jetavana with reference to fifty visiting monks.

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Kosalaraṭṭhe kira pañcasatā bhikkhū vassaṃ vasitvā vuṭṭhavassā ‘‘satthāraṃ passissāmā’’ti jetavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Satthā tesaṃ cariyapaṭipakkhaṃ nisāmetvā dhammaṃ desento imā gāthā abhāsi –

Fifty monks who had passed the rainy season in the kingdom of Kosala came to Jetavana at the close of the rainy season for the purpose of seeing the Teacher; and having paid obeisance to the Teacher, sat down respectfully on one side. The Teacher, after listening to the story of their experiences, instructed them in the Law by pronouncing the following Stanzas,

6.11.87

‘‘Kaṇhaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāya, sukkaṃ bhāvetha paṇḍito;
Okā anokamāgamma, viveke yattha dūramaṃ.

87. Abandoning the dark state, the wise man should adopt the bright state.
Leaving home, he should go forth to the homeless life. In solitude, where enjoy-
ment is hard to find,

6.11.88

‘‘Tatrābhiratimiccheyya, hitvā kāme akiñcano;
Pariyodapeyya attānaṃ, cittaklesehi paṇḍito.

88. There he should seek enjoyment, by forsaking the lusts of the flesh, with nothing
he may call his own;
The wise man should rid himself of the impurities of the heart.

6.11.89

‘‘Yesaṃ sambodhiyaṅgesu, sammā cittaṃ subhāvitaṃ;
Ādānapaṭinissagge, anupādāya ye ratā;
Khīṇāsavā jutimanto, te loke parinibbutā’’ti.

89. Those whose minds have been well trained in the Seven Elements of Knowledge,
Those who have freed themselves from Attachment, and rejoice in that freedom,
Those who have rid themselves of the Contaminations, and are full of light, they
have passed into Nibbāna, even in this world.

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Tattha kaṇhaṃ dhammanti kāyaducaritādibhedaṃ akusalaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāya jahitvā. Sukkaṃ bhāvethāti paṇḍito bhikkhu abhinikkhamanato paṭṭhāya yāva arahattamaggā kāyasucaritādibhedaṃ sukkaṃ dhammaṃ bhāveyya. Kathaṃ? Okā anokamāgammāti okaṃ vuccati ālayo, anokaṃ vuccati anālayo, ālayato nikkhamitvā anālayasaṅkhātaṃ nibbānaṃ paṭicca ārabbha taṃ patthayamāno bhāveyyāti attho. Tatrābhiratimiccheyyāti yasmiṃ anālayasaṅkhāte viveke nibbāne imehi sattehi durabhiramaṃ, tatra abhiratiṃ iccheyya. Hitvā kāmeti vatthukāmakilesakāme hitvā akiñcano hutvā viveke abhiratiṃ iccheyyāti attho. Cittaklesehīti pañcahi nīvaraṇehi, attānaṃ pariyodapeyya vodāpeyya, parisodheyyāti attho. Sambodhiyaṅgesūti sambojjhaṅgesu. Sammā cittaṃ subhāvitanti hetunā nayena cittaṃ suṭṭhu bhāvitaṃ vaḍḍhitaṃ. Ādānapaṭinissaggeti ādānaṃ vuccati gahaṇaṃ, tassa paṭinissaggasaṅkhāte aggahaṇe catūhi upādānehi kiñci anupādiyitvā ye ratāti attho. Jutimantoti ānubhāvavanto, arahattamaggañāṇajutiyā khandhādibhede dhamme jotetvā ṭhitāti attho. Te loketi imasmiṃ khandhādiloke parinibbutā nāma arahattapattito paṭṭhāya kilesavaṭṭassa khepitattā saupādisesena, carimacittanirodhena khandhavaṭṭassa khepitattā anupādisesena cāti dvīhi parinibbānehi parinibbutā, anupādāno viya padīpo apaṇṇattikabhāvaṃ gatāti attho.

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Desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti.

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Pañcasataāgantukabhikkhuvatthu ekādasamaṃ.

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Paṇḍitavaggavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

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Chaṭṭho vaggo.