70. Mahākappinavatthu
137. Tena
V0.133 kho pana samayena āyasmā mahākappino rājagahe viharati maddakucchimhi migadāye .Atha kho āyasmato mahākappinassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi –
‘‘ gaccheyyaṃ vāhaṃ uposathaṃ na vā gaccheyyaṃ , gaccheyyaṃ vāhaṃ saṅghakammaṃ na vā gaccheyyaṃ , atha khvāhaṃ visuddho paramāya visuddhiyā ’’ ti ?
Atha kho bhagavā āyasmato mahākappinassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya – seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya , pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya , evameva – gijjhakūṭe pabbate antarahito maddakucchimhi migadāye āyasmato mahākappinassa sammukhe pāturahosi .
Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane .
Āyasmāpi kho mahākappino bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi .
Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ mahākappinaṃ bhagavā etadavoca –
‘‘ nanu te , kappina , rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi – gaccheyyaṃ vāhaṃ uposathaṃ na vā gaccheyyaṃ , gaccheyyaṃ vāhaṃ saṅghakammaṃ na vā gaccheyyaṃ , atha khvāhaṃ visuddho paramāya visuddhiyā ’’ ti ?
‘‘ Evaṃ , bhante ’’.
‘‘ Tumhe ce brāhmaṇā uposathaṃ na sakkarissatha na
T1.209 garukarissatha [ na garuṃ karissatha ( ka .)] na mānessatha na pūjessatha , atha ko carahi uposathaṃ sakkarissati garukarissati mānessati pūjessati ?Gaccha tvaṃ , brāhmaṇa , uposathaṃ , mā no agamāsi .
Gaccha tvaṃ saṅghakammaṃ , mā no agamāsī ’’ ti .
‘‘ Evaṃ , bhante ’’ ti kho āyasmā mahākappino
M0.144 bhagavato paccassosi .Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ mahākappinaṃ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā – seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya , pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya , evameva – maddakucchimhi migadāye āyasmato mahākappinassa sammukhe antarahito gijjhakūṭe pabbate pāturahosi .