Kāmañcettha pahānavinayena vinayo na s ambhavati

Dear Friends,

The passage below is from the Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā, VRI ed. I 9, Ee I
10. I quote the full passage for context, but I am puzzled by the
sentences: Kāmañcettha pahānavinayena vinayo na sambhavati. Yehi pana
dhammehi pahānaṃ hoti, tehi vinentopi pariyāyato ‘‘pahānavinayena
vinetī’’ti vuccati.

This seems to contradict what was said just above, that vinaya occurs
for one who has pahāna. If so, why is it said that pahānavinayena vineti
is used only figuratively (pariyāyato)? I looked up pahānavinayo and
pahānavinayoti in CST Search to see if another Aṭṭhakathā or Tīkā offers
an explanation, but it seems none do. Am I missing something that could
clarify the purport here?

Sincerely,
Bhikkhu Bodhi

  From Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā, VRI ed. I 9, Ee I 10:
Sabbampi cetaṃ pahānaṃ yasmā cāgaṭṭhena pahānaṃ, vinayanaṭṭhena vinayo,
tasmā ‘‘pahānavinayo’’ti vuccati, taṃtaṃpahānavato vā tassa tassa
vinayassa sambhavatopetaṃ ‘‘pahānavinayo’’ti vuccati. Evaṃ
pahānavinayopi pañcadhā bhijjatīti veditabbo. Evamekekassa pañcadhā
bhinnattā dasete vinayā honti.

Tesu paṭippassaddhivinayaṃ nissaraṇavinayañca ṭhapetvā avasesena
aṭṭhavidhena vinayenesa tena tena pariyāyena vinetīti pavuccati. Kathaṃ?
Sīlasaṃvarena kāyavacīduccaritāni vinentopi hi taṃsampayuttaṃ kodhaṃ
vineti, satipaññāsaṃvarehi abhijjhādomanassādīni vinentopi
domanassasampayuttaṃ kodhaṃ vineti, khantisaṃvarena sītādīni khamantopi
taṃtaṃāghātavatthusambhavaṃ kodhaṃ vineti, vīriyasaṃvarena
byāpādavitakkaṃ vinentopi taṃsampayuttaṃ kodhaṃ vineti. Yehi dhammehi
tadaṅgavikkhambhanasamucchedappahānāni honti, tesaṃ dhammānaṃ attani
nibbattanena te te dhamme pajahantopi tadaṅgappahātabbaṃ
vikkhambhetabbaṃ samucchinditabbañca kodhaṃ vineti. Kāmañcettha
pahānavinayena vinayo na sambhavati. Yehi pana dhammehi pahānaṃ hoti,
tehi vinentopi pariyāyato ‘‘pahānavinayena vinetī’’ti vuccati.
Paṭippassaddhippahānakāle pana vinetabbābhāvato nissaraṇappahānassa ca
anuppādetabbato na tehi kiñci vinetīti vuccati. Evaṃ tesu
paṭippassaddhivinayaṃ nissaraṇavinayañca ṭhapetvā avasesena aṭṭhavidhena
vinayenesa tena tena pariyāyena vinetīti pavuccatīti.


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