Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.6.16 Sīlappabhedakathā

Yā pana ājīvahetupaññattānaṃ channaṃ sikkhāpadānaṃ vītikkamassa,

‘kuhanā lapanā nemittikatā nippesikatā lābhena lābhaṃ nijigīsanatā”ti evamādīnañca pāpadhammānaṃ vasena pavattā micchājīvā virati, idaṃ ājīvapārisuddhisīlaṃ.’ …

… Tattha katamā kuhanā? Lābhasakkārasilokasannissitassa pāpicchassa icchāpakatassa yā paccayapaṭisevanasaṅkhātena vā sāmantajappitena vā iriyāpathassa vā aṭṭhapanā ṭhapanā saṇṭhapanā bhākuṭikā bhākuṭiyaṃ kuhanā kuhāyanā kuhitattaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati kuhanā.” …

… Tattha cīvarādīhi nimantitassa tadatthikasseva sato pāpicchataṃ nissāya paṭikkhipanena, te ca gahapatike attani suppatiṭṭhitasaddhe ñatvā puna tesaṃ ‘‘aho ayyo appiccho na kiñci paṭiggaṇhituṃ icchati, suladdhaṃ vata no assa sace appamattakampi kiñci paṭiggaṇheyyā’’ti nānāvidhehi upāyehi paṇītāni cīvarādīni upanentānaṃ tadanuggahakāmataṃyeva āvikatvā paṭiggahaṇena ca tato pabhuti api sakaṭabhārehi upanāmanahetubhūtaṃ vimhāpanaṃ paccayapaṭisevanasaṅkhātaṃ kuhanavatthūti veditabbaṃ.” …

… Tattha katamā nemittikatā? Lābhasakkārasilokasannissitassa pāpicchassa icchāpakatassa yaṃ paresaṃ nimittaṃ nimittakammaṃ obhāso obhāsakammaṃ sāmantajappā parikathā, ayaṃ vuccati nemittikatā.

… Nemittikatāniddese nimittanti yaṃkiñci paresaṃ paccayadānasaññājanakaṃ kāyavacīkammaṃ. Nimittakammanti khādanīyaṃ gahetvā gacchante disvā “kiṃ khādanīyaṃ labhitthā”ti—ādinā nayena nimittakaraṇaṃ.

Obhāsoti paccayapaṭisaṃyuttakathā. Obhāsakammanti vacchapālake disvā “kiṃ ime vacchā khīragovacchā udāhu takkagovacchā”ti pucchitvā “khīragovacchā, bhante”ti vutte “na khīragovacchā, yadi khīragovacchā siyuṃ, bhikkhūpi khīraṃ labheyyun”ti evamādinā nayena tesaṃ dārakānaṃ mātāpitūnaṃ nivedetvā khīradāpanādikaṃ obhāsakaraṇaṃ. …

Sīlaniddeso, Paṭhamobhāgo, Visuddhimaggo

 

Vocabulary
  1. ādinā nayena - thus and in similar way
  2. ājīvahetupaññattānaṃ - [ājīva + hetu + paññatta (pp.)] livelihood + cause + made known
  3. ājīvapārisuddhisīlaṃ - [ājīva + pārisuddha + i + sīlaṃ] livelihood + purification + virtue
  4. aṭṭhapanā - [a + ṭ + ṭhapanā] position, arrangement
  5. āvikatvā - [āvikaroti (pp.)] make clear, explain
  6. ayyo - [voc.] Sir, master, monk
  7. bhākuṭikā - superciliousness, frowning
  8. bhākuṭiyaṃ - arrogance
  9. evamādīnañca - [eva + m + ādīnaṃ + ca] thus + beginning with + and
  10. icchāpakatassa - [icchāya + apakata (pp.)] desire + put off, done away with
  11. iriyāpathassa - deportment
  12. khīradāpanādikaṃ - [khīr + adāpana + ādikaṃ] milk + causing to give + beginning with
  13. kuhanā - deceitful talk, deceit, fraud,
  14. kuhāyanā - deception, insidiousness
  15. kuhitattaṃ - hypocrisy, scheme, intrigue
  16. lābhasakkārasilokasannissitassa - [lābha + sakkāra + siloka + sannissita] gain + honour + fame + based on
  17. lapanā - prattle, boasting
  18. nemittikatā - [nemittika + katā] giving a sign, insinuation
  19. nijigīsanatā - [nijigīsanatā] covetousness
  20. nimantitassa - [nimanteti (pp.)] invite
  21. nippesikatā - [nippesi + katā] trickery, deception
  22. nivedetvā - having made known, communicated
  23. obhāso - here: showing, indicating
  24. paccayadānasaññājanakaṃ - [paccaya + dāna + saññā + janaka] requisites + giving + sign + producing
  25. paccayapaṭisaṃyuttakathā - [paccaya + paṭisaṃyutta + kathā] requisites + connected with + talk
  26. paccayapaṭisevana - [here: paccaya + paṭisedhana] requisites + refusal
  27. parikathā - lit. round about talk: hint
  28. paṭiggaṇhituṃ - [inf.] receive, accept, take
  29. paṭikkhipanena - [instr.] refusal, rejection
  30. pavatta - related to, resulting in
  31. sakaṭabhārehi - [sakaṭa + bhārehi] cart, wagon + load, weight
  32. sāmantajappā - [sāmanta + jappa/japa] indirect talk, talking near the subject
  33. saṇṭhapanā - [saṃ + ṭhapanā] deportment, composition
  34. suppatiṭṭhitasaddhe - [su + p + patiṭṭhita + saddhe] firmly established + faith, devotion
  35. tadanuggahakāmataṃyeva - [tada + anuggaha + kāmatā + ṃ + yeva] thus + pity + longing + just, only
  36. tadatthikasseva - [tada + atthikassa + eva] thus + in need of, desirous of + just
  37. takkagovacchā - [takka + go + vacchā] buttermilk + cow
  38. tato pabhuti - henceforth, subsequently to
  39. ṭhapanā - placing, deportment
  40. udāhu - [uda + aho (indecl.)] or
  41. upanāmanahetubhūtaṃ - [upanāmana + hetu + bhūtaṃ] offering + reason, motive + become
  42. upanentānaṃ - [upaneti (pl.; dat./gen.)] present, bestow; give
  43. upāyehi - [pl./ instr.] approach,
  44. vasena - [adv./ instr.] on account of, because
  45. vimhāpanaṃ - deceiving, disappointing
  46. virati - abstinence
  47. vītikkamassa - [vītikkama (gen.)] transgression

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