Viyahapannatti 14.8.627

14.8.627

bahujane ṇaṃ bhaṃte! annamannassa evamāikkhai evaṃ bhāsai evaṃ pannavei evaṃ parūvei–evaṃ khalu ammaḍe parivvāyae kaṃpillapure nagare gharasae āhāramāharei, gharasae vasahiṃ uvei| se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte?
evaṃ khalu goyamā! jaṃ ṇaṃ se bahujaṇe annamannassa evamāikkhai evaṃ bhāsai evaṃ pannavei evaṃ parūvei– evaṃ khalu ammaḍe parivvāyae kaṃpillapure nagare gharasae āhāramāharei, gharasae vasahiṃ uvei, sacce ṇaṃ esamaṭṭhe ahaṃpi ṇaṃ goyamā! evamāikkhāmi evaṃ bhāsāmi evaṃ pannavemi evaṃ parūvemi–evaṃ khalu ammaḍe parivvāyae kaṃpillapure nagare gharasae āhāramāharei, gharasae vasahiṃ uvei|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–ammaḍe parivvāyae kaṃpillapure nagare gharasae āhāramāharei, gharasae vasahiṃ uvei?
goyamā! ammaḍassa ṇaṃ parivvāyagassa pagaibhaddayāe pagaiuvasaṃtayāe pagaipataṇukohamāna-māyālohayāe miumaddavasaṃpaṇṇayāe allīṇayāe vinīyayāe chaṭṭhaṃchaṭṭheṇaṃ anikkhitteṇaṃ tavokammeṇaṃ uḍḍhaṃ bāhāo pagijjhiya-pagijjhiya sūrābhimuhassa āyāvaṇabhūmīe āyāvemāṇassa subheṇaṃ pariṇāmeṇaṃ pasatthehiṃ ajjhavasāṇehiṃ lesāhiṃ visujjhamāṇīhiṃ annayā kayāi tadāvaraṇijjāṇaṃ kammāṇaṃ khaovasameṇaṃ īhapūha-maggaṇa-gavesaṇaṃ karemāṇassa vīriyaladdhīe veuvviyaladdhīe ohināṇaladdhī samuppaṇṇā|
tae ṇaṃ se ammaḍe parivvāyae tīe vīriyaladdhīe veuvviyaladdhīe ohināṇaladdhīe samuppaṇṇāe jaṇavimhāvaṇaheuṃ kaṃpillapure nagare gharasae āhāramāharei, gharasae vasahiṃ uvei| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–ammaḍe parivvāyae kaṃpillapure nagare gharasae āhāramāharei, gharasae vasahiṃ uvei|
pahū ṇaṃ bhaṃte! ammaḍe parivvāyae devānuppiyāṇaṃ aṃtiyaṃ muṃḍe bhavittā agārāo anagāriyaṃ pavvaittae?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe| goyamā! ammaḍe ṇaṃ parivvāyae samaṇovāsae abhigayajīvājīve uvaladdhapuṇṇapāve āsava-saṃvara-nijjara-kiriyāhigaraṇa-baṃdha-mokkhakusale asahejja devāsuranāga-suvaṇṇa-jakkha-rakkhasa-kinnara-kiṃpurisa-garula-gaṃdhavva-mahoragāiehiṃ niggaṃthāo pāvayaṇāo aṇa-ikkamaṇijje, iṇamo niggaṃthe pāvayaṇe nissaṃkie nikkaṃkhie nivvitigicche laddhaṭṭhe gahiyaṭṭhe pucchiyaṭṭhe abhigayaṭṭhe viṇicchiyaṭṭhe aṭṭhimiṃjapemāṇurāgaratte, ...
...ayamāuso! niggaṃthe pāvayaṇe aṭṭhe, ayaṃ paramaṭṭhe, sese aṇaṭṭhe, cauddasaaṭṭhamuddiṭṭhapuṇṇa- māsiṇīsu paḍipuṇṇaṃ posahaṃ aṇupālemāṇe, samaṇe niggaṃthe phāsuesaṇijjeṇaṃ asana-pāna-khāima-sāimeṇaṃ vattha-paḍiggaha-kaṃbala-pāya-pucchaṇeṇaṃ osahabhesajjeṇaṃ pāḍihārieṇaṃ pīḍhaphalaga-sejjā-saṃthāraeṇaṃ paḍilābhemāṇe sīlavvaya-guṇa-veramaṇa-paccakkhāṇa-posahovavā-sehiṃ ahāpariggahiehiṃ tavokammehiṃ appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe viharai jāva daḍhappaiṇṇo aṃtaṃ kāhiti|

"Venerable Sir! Many people say this, speak this, declare this, and explain this to one another: 'Indeed, Ambaḍa the parivrājaka takes food in a hundred houses, and stays in a hundred houses in the city of Kāmpilyapura.' How is this so, Venerable Sir?"
"Indeed, Gautama, that which those many people say, speak, declare, and explain to one another: 'Indeed, Ambaḍa the parivrājaka takes food in a hundred houses, and stays in a hundred houses in the city of Kāmpilyapura,' this matter is true. I too, Gautama, say this, speak this, declare this, and explain this: 'Indeed, Ambaḍa the parivrājaka takes food in a hundred houses, and stays in a hundred houses in the city of Kāmpilyapura.'"
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'Ambaḍa the parivrājaka takes food in a hundred houses, and stays in a hundred houses in the city of Kāmpilyapura'?"
"Gautama! Because of Ambaḍa the parivrājaka's innate goodness, innate tranquility, innate attenuation of anger, pride, deceit, and greed, possession of gentleness and humility, devotion, and tractability, through continuous austerities of fasting for two days at a time, repeatedly raising his arms upwards towards the sun while exposing himself to heat on the sun-facing ground, through auspicious transformation, through praiseworthy intentions, and through purifications of his leśyā, on a certain occasion, with the subsidence-and-destruction of the obscuring karmas, as he carried out investigation, deliberation, search, and inquiry, the power of energy, the power of transformation, and the power of clairvoyance arose in him.
Then, when that power of energy, power of transformation, and power of clairvoyance had arisen in Ambaḍa the parivrājaka, in order to astonish the people, he took food in a hundred houses and stayed in a hundred houses in the city of Kāmpilyapura. For that reason, Gautama, it is said: 'Ambaḍa the parivrājaka takes food in a hundred houses, and stays in a hundred houses in the city of Kāmpilyapura.'"
"Venerable Sir, is Ambaḍa the parivrājaka capable of shaving his head and renouncing the household life for homelessness before the Beloved of the Gods?"
"This matter is not so. Gautama! Ambaḍa the parivrājaka is a śramaṇopāsaka who comprehends jīva and ajīva, understands merit and demerit, is skilled in āsrava, saṃvara, nirjarā, action, foundation, bondage, and liberation; he cannot be led away from the Nirgrantha doctrine even by gods, asuras, nāgas, suvarṇas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, kinnaras, kiṃpuruṣas, garuḍas, gandharvas, mahoragas, and the like; in this Nirgrantha doctrine he is free from doubt, free from longing, free from uncertainty, has attained the goal, grasped the goal, inquired about the goal, comprehended the goal, decided the goal, and is dyed with affection and love to his very marrow: ...
...'O long-lived ones, this Nirgrantha doctrine is the truth, this is the supreme truth, the rest is untruth'; observing the complete poṣadha on the fourteenth, eighth, new-moon, and full-moon days; serving the Nirgrantha śramaṇas with pure and acceptable food, drink, delicacies, and savories, with robes, bowls, blankets, and broom-dusters, with medicine and treatment, with loan of stools, wooden planks, bedding, and grass-mats; cultivating his soul through morality, vows, virtues, abstinences, renunciations, poṣadha fastings, and austerities appropriate to his capacity, he lives [as such] and, firm in his vow, will make an end [of all suffering]."