Samyuttanikaya 22.9.8.90

22.9.8.90

Aṭṭhame āyasmā channoti tathāgatena saddhiṃ ekadivase jāto mahābhinikkhamanadivase saddhiṃ nikkhamitvā puna aparabhāge satthu santike pabbajitvā ‘‘amhākaṃ buddho amhākaṃ dhammo’’ti evaṃ makkhī ceva paḷāsī ca hutvā sabrahmacārīnaṃ pharusavācāya saṅghaṭṭanaṃ karonto thero. Avāpuraṇaṃ ādāyāti kuñcikaṃ gahetvā. Vihārena vihāraṃ upasaṅkamitvāti ekaṃ vihāraṃ pavisitvā tato aññaṃ, tato aññanti evaṃ tena tena vihārena taṃ taṃ vihāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā. Etadavoca ovadantu manti kasmā evaṃ mahantena ussāhena tattha tattha gantvā etaṃ avocāti? Uppannasaṃvegatāya. Tassa hi parinibbute satthari dhammasaṅgāhakattherehi pesito āyasmā ānando kosambiṃ gantvā brahmadaṇḍaṃ adāsi. So dinne brahmadaṇḍe sañjātapariḷāho visaññībhūto patitvā puna saññaṃ labhitvā vuṭṭhāya ekassa bhikkhuno santikaṃ gato, so tena saddhiṃ kiñci na kathesi. Aññassa santikaṃ agamāsi, sopi na kathesīti evaṃ sakalavihāraṃ vicaritvā nibbinno pattacīvaraṃ ādāya bārāṇasiṃ gantvā uppannasaṃvego tattha tattha gantvā evaṃ avoca.

In the eighth, "the venerable Channa": the elder who was born on the same day as the Tathāgata, went forth together with him on the day of the Great Renunciation, later went forth in the presence of the Teacher, and became contemptuous and irritable, thinking, "Our Buddha, our Dhamma!", striking his fellow companions in the holy life with harsh speech. "Taking a key" (avāpuraṇaṃ ādāya) means taking a key. "Approaching dwelling by dwelling" (vihārena vihāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā) means entering one dwelling and then another, and then another, thus going to each respective dwelling by way of that dwelling. "Said this: 'Let [the elders] admonish me'" (etadavoca ovadantu maṃ): why did he go here and there with such great effort and say this? Because of a sense of urgency that had arisen. For when the Teacher had attained final Nibbāna, the venerable Ānanda, sent by the elders who compiled the Dhamma, went to Kosambī and imposed the higher penalty. When the higher penalty had been imposed, [Channa], overcome by burning anguish, lost consciousness and fell down; regaining consciousness and getting up, he approached one bhikkhu, but that one did not speak anything with him. He went to another, and he too did not speak. Having wandered through the entire monastery in this way and become disillusioned, he took his bowl and robe, went to Bārāṇasī, and with a sense of urgency arisen, he went here and there and spoke thus.