1.36 Upālidārakavatthu

Tena kho pana samayena rājagahe sattarasavaggiyā dārakā sahāyakā honti. Upālidārako tesaṃ pāmokkho hoti. Atha kho upālissa mātāpitūnaṃ etadahosi—

“kena nu kho upāyena upāli amhākaṃ accayena sukhañca jīveyya, na ca kilameyyā”ti? Atha kho upālissa mātāpitūnaṃ etadahosi—

“sace kho upāli lekhaṃ sikkheyya, evaṃ kho upāli amhākaṃ accayena sukhañca jīveyya, na ca kilameyyā”ti. Atha kho upālissa mātāpitūnaṃ etadahosi—

“sace kho upāli lekhaṃ sikkhissati, aṅguliyo dukkhā bhavissanti. Sace kho upāli gaṇanaṃ sikkheyya, evaṃ kho upāli amhākaṃ accayena sukhañca jīveyya, na ca kilameyyā”ti. Atha kho upālissa mātāpitūnaṃ etadahosi—

“sace kho upāli gaṇanaṃ sikkhissati, urassa dukkho bhavissati. Sace kho upāli rūpaṃ sikkheyya, evaṃ kho upāli amhākaṃ accayena sukhañca jīveyya, na ca kilameyyā”ti. Atha kho upālissa mātāpitūnaṃ etadahosi—

“sace kho upāli rūpaṃ sikkhissati, akkhīni dukkhā bhavissanti. Ime kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā sukhasīlā sukhasamācārā, subhojanāni bhuñjitvā nivātesu sayanesu sayanti. Sace kho upāli samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajeyya, evaṃ kho upāli amhākaṃ accayena sukhañca jīveyya, na ca kilameyyā”ti.

Assosi kho upālidārako mātāpitūnaṃ imaṃ kathāsallāpaṃ. Atha kho upālidārako yena te dārakā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā te dārake etadavoca—

“etha mayaṃ, ayyā, samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajissāmā”ti.

“Sace kho tvaṃ, ayya, pabbajissasi, evaṃ mayampi pabbajissāmā”ti. Atha kho te dārakā ekamekassa mātāpitaro upasaṅkamitvā etadavocuṃ—

“anujānātha maṃ agārasmā anāgāriyaṃ pabbajjāyā”ti. Atha kho tesaṃ dārakānaṃ mātāpitaro—

“sabbepime dārakā samānacchandā kalyāṇādhippāyā”ti—  anujāniṃsu. Te bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṃ yāciṃsu. Te bhikkhū pabbājesuṃ upasampādesuṃ. Te rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhāya rodanti—

“yāguṃ detha, bhattaṃ detha, khādanīyaṃ dethā”ti. Bhikkhū evamāhaṃsu—

“āgametha, āvuso, yāva ratti vibhāyati. Sace yāgu bhavissati pivissatha, sace bhattaṃ bhavissati bhuñjissatha, sace khādanīyaṃ bhavissati khādissatha; no ce bhavissati yāgu vā bhattaṃ vā khādanīyaṃ vā, piṇḍāya caritvā bhuñjissathā”ti. Evampi kho te bhikkhū bhikkhūhi vuccamānā rodantiyeva “yāguṃ detha, bhattaṃ detha, khādanīyaṃ dethā”ti; senāsanaṃ uhadantipi ummihantipi.

Assosi kho bhagavā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhāya dārakasaddaṃ. Sutvāna āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi—

“kiṃ nu kho so, ānanda, dārakasaddo”ti? Atha kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesi…pe…  “saccaṃ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhū jānaṃ ūnavīsativassaṃ puggalaṃ upasampādentī”ti?

“Saccaṃ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā…pe…  kathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā jānaṃ ūnavīsativassaṃ puggalaṃ upasampādessanti. Ūnavīsativasso, bhikkhave, puggalo akkhamo hoti sītassa uṇhassa jighacchāya pipāsāya ḍaṃsamakasavātātapasarīsapasamphassānaṃ duruttānaṃ durāgatānaṃ vacanapathānaṃ uppannānaṃ sārīrikānaṃ vedanānaṃ dukkhānaṃ tibbānaṃ kharānaṃ kaṭukānaṃ asātānaṃ amanāpānaṃ pāṇaharānaṃ anadhivāsakajātiko hoti. Vīsativassova kho, bhikkhave, puggalo khamo hoti sītassa uṇhassa jighacchāya pipāsāya ḍaṃsamakasavātātapasarīsapasamphassānaṃ duruttānaṃ durāgatānaṃ vacanapathānaṃ, uppannānaṃ sārīrikānaṃ vedanānaṃ dukkhānaṃ tibbānaṃ kharānaṃ kaṭukānaṃ asātānaṃ amanāpānaṃ pāṇaharānaṃ adhivāsakajātiko hoti. Netaṃ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya, pasannānaṃ vā bhiyyobhāvāya…pe…  vigarahitvā…pe…  dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—

“na, bhikkhave, jānaṃ ūnavīsativasso puggalo upasampādetabbo. Yo upasampādeyya, yathādhammo kāretabbo”ti.