7.2.2 Ajātasattukumāravatthu

Atha kho devadatto yena ajātasattu kumāro tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā ajātasattuṃ kumāraṃ etadavoca—

“pubbe kho, kumāra, manussā dīghāyukā, etarahi appāyukā. Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ vijjati yaṃ tvaṃ kumārova samāno kālaṃ kareyyāsi. Tena hi tvaṃ, kumāra, pitaraṃ hantvā rājā hohi. Ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ hantvā buddho bhavissāmī”ti.

Atha kho ajātasattu kumāro—

“ayyo kho devadatto mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo, jāneyyāsi ayyo devadatto”ti—  ūruyā potthanikaṃ bandhitvā divā divassa bhīto ubbiggo ussaṅkī utrasto sahasā antepuraṃ pāvisi. Addasāsuṃ kho antepure upacārakā mahāmattā ajātasattuṃ kumāraṃ divā divassa bhītaṃ ubbiggaṃ ussaṅkiṃ utrastaṃ sahasā antepuraṃ pavisantaṃ; disvāna aggahesuṃ. Te vicinantā ūruyā potthanikaṃ baddhaṃ disvāna ajātasattuṃ kumāraṃ etadavocuṃ—

“kiṃ tvaṃ, kumāra, kattukāmosī”ti?

“Pitaramhi hantukāmo”ti.

“Kenāsi ussāhito”ti?

“Ayyena devadattenā”ti. Ekacce mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—

“kumāro ca hantabbo, devadatto ca, sabbe ca bhikkhū hantabbā”ti. Ekacce mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—

“na bhikkhū hantabbā. Na bhikkhū kiñci aparajjhanti. Kumāro ca hantabbo, devadatto cā”ti. Ekacce mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—

“na kumāro ca hantabbo, na devadatto. Na bhikkhū hantabbā. Rañño ārocetabbaṃ. Yathā rājā vakkhati tathā karissāmā”ti.

Atha kho te mahāmattā ajātasattuṃ kumāraṃ ādāya yena rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro tenupasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. “Kathaṃ, bhaṇe, mahāmattehi mati katā”ti?

“Ekacce, deva, mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—  ‘kumāro ca hantabbo, devadatto ca, sabbe ca bhikkhū hantabbā’ti. Ekacce mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—  ‘na bhikkhū hantabbā. Na bhikkhū kiñci aparajjhanti. Kumāro ca hantabbo, devadatto cā’ti. Ekacce mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—  ‘na kumāro ca hantabbo, na devadatto. Na bhikkhū hantabbā. Rañño ārocetabbaṃ. Yathā rājā vakkhati tathā karissāmā’”ti.

“Kiṃ, bhaṇe, karissati buddho vā dhammo vā saṃgho vā? Nanu bhagavatā paṭikacceva devadatto rājagahe pakāsāpito—  ‘pubbe devadattassa aññā pakati ahosi, idāni aññā pakati. Yaṃ devadatto kareyya kāyena vācāya, na tena buddho vā dhammo vā saṃgho vā daṭṭhabbo, devadattova tena daṭṭhabbo’”ti? Tattha ye te mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—

“kumāro ca hantabbo devadatto ca; sabbe ca bhikkhū hantabbā”ti; te aṭṭhāne akāsi. Ye te mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—

“na bhikkhū hantabbā; na bhikkhū kiñci aparajjhanti; kumāro ca hantabbo devadatto cā”ti; te nīce ṭhāne ṭhapesi. Ye te mahāmattā evaṃ matiṃ akaṃsu—

“na kumāro ca hantabbo, na devadatto; na bhikkhū hantabbā; rañño ārocetabbaṃ; yathā rājā vakkhati tathā karissāmā”ti; te ucce ṭhāne ṭhapesi. Atha kho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro ajātasattuṃ kumāraṃ etadavoca—

“kissa maṃ tvaṃ, kumāra, hantukāmosī”ti?

“Rajjenāmhi, deva, atthiko”ti.

“Sace kho tvaṃ, kumāra, rajjena atthiko, etaṃ te rajjan”ti ajātasattussa kumārassa rajjaṃ niyyādesi.