7.1.1 Gadrabhaṅgapañha

“Bhante nāgasena, ‘gadrabhassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabban’ti yaṃ vadesi, katamaṃ taṃ ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabban”ti?

“Yathā, mahārāja, gadrabho nāma saṅkārakūṭepi catukkepi siṅghāṭakepi gāmadvārepi thusarāsimhipi yattha katthaci sayati, na sayanabahulo hoti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena tiṇasanthārepi paṇṇasanthārepi kaṭṭhamañcakepi chamāyapi yattha katthaci cammakhaṇḍaṃ pattharitvā yattha katthaci sayitabbaṃ, na sayanabahulena bhavitabbaṃ. Idaṃ, mahārāja, gadrabhassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabbaṃ. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena ‘kaliṅgarūpadhānā, bhikkhave, etarahi mama sāvakā viharanti appamattā ātāpino padhānasmin’ti. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhammasenāpatināpi—

‘Pallaṅkena nisinnassa,
jaṇṇuke nābhivassati;
Alaṃ phāsuvihārāya,
pahitattassa bhikkhuno’”ti.

Gadrabhaṅgapañho paṭhamo.