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Nīlakasiṇakathā[The Blue Kasiṇa]
Tadanantaraṃ pana nīlakasiṇaṃ uggaṇhanto nīlakasmiṃ nimittaṃ gaṇhātiNext it is said [in the Commentaries]: “One who is learning the blue kasiṇa apprehends the sign in blue,
pupphasmiṃ vā vatthasmiṃ vā vaṇṇadhātuyā vāti vacanatowhether in a flower or in a cloth or in a colour element.”
katādhikārassa puññavato tāvaFirstly, when someone has merit, having had previous practice,
tathārūpaṃ mālāgacchaṃ vā pūjāṭhānesu pupphasantharaṃ vā nīlavatthamaṇīnaṃ vā aññataraṃ disvāva nimittaṃ uppajjati.the sign arises in him when he sees a bush with blue flowers, or such flowers spread out on a place of offering, or any blue cloth or gem.
Itarena nīluppalagirikaṇṇikādīni pupphāni gahetvāBut anyone else should take flowers such as blue lotuses, girikaṇṇikā (morning glory) flowers, etc.,
yathā kesaraṃ vā vaṇṭaṃ vā na paññāyati, evaṃ caṅgoṭakaṃ vā karaṇḍapaṭalaṃ vā pattehiyeva samatittikaṃ pūretvā santharitabbaṃ.and spread them out to fill a tray or a flat basket completely so that no stamen or stalk shows or with only their petals.
Nīlavaṇṇena vā vatthena bhaṇḍikaṃ bandhitvā pūretabbaṃ.Or he can fill it with blue cloth bunched up together;
Mukhavaṭṭiyaṃ vā assa bheritalamiva bandhitabbaṃ.or he can fasten the cloth over the rim of the tray or basket like the covering of a drum.
Kaṃsanīlapalāsanīlaañjananīlānaṃ vā aññatarena dhātunā pathavīkasiṇe vuttanayena saṃhārimaṃ vā bhittiyaṃyeva vā kasiṇamaṇḍalaṃ katvāOr he can make a kasiṇa disk, either portable as described under the earth kasiṇa or on a wall, with one of the colour elements such as bronze-green, leaf-green, añjana-ointment black,
visabhāgavaṇṇena paricchinditabbaṃ.surrounding it with a different colour.
Tato pathavīkasiṇe vuttanayena ‘‘nīlaṃ nīla’’nti manasikāro pavattetabbo.After that, he should bring it to mind as “blue, blue” in the way already described under the earth kasiṇa.
Idhāpi uggahanimitte kasiṇadoso paññāyati,And here too any fault in the kasiṇa is evident in the learning sign;
kesaradaṇḍakapattantarikādīni upaṭṭhahanti.the stamens and stalks and the gaps between the petals, etc., are apparent.
Paṭibhāganimittaṃ kasiṇamaṇḍalato muñcitvā ākāse maṇitālavaṇṭasadisaṃ upaṭṭhāti.The counterpart sign appears like a crystal fan in space, free from the kasiṇa disk.
Sesaṃ vuttanayeneva veditabbanti.The rest should be understood as already described.
Pītakasiṇakathā[The Yellow Kasiṇa]
Pītakasiṇepi eseva nayo.Likewise with the yellow kasiṇa;
Vuttañhetaṃ pītakasiṇaṃ uggaṇhanto pītakasmiṃ nimittaṃ gaṇhātifor this is said: “One who is learning the yellow kasiṇa apprehends the sign in yellow,
pupphasmiṃ vā vatthasmiṃ vā vaṇṇadhātuyā vāti.either in a flower or in a cloth or in a colour element.”
Tasmā idhāpi katādhikārassa puññavatoTherefore here too, when someone has merit, having had previous practice,
tathārūpaṃ mālāgacchaṃ vā pupphasantharaṃ vā pītavatthadhātūnaṃ vā aññataraṃ disvāva nimittaṃ uppajjatithe sign arises in him when he sees a flowering bush or flowers spread out, or yellow cloth or colour element,
cittaguttattherassa viya.as in the case of the Elder Cittagutta.
Tassa kirāyasmato cittalapabbate pattaṅgapupphehi kataṃ āsanapūjaṃ passatoThat venerable one, it seems, saw an offering being made on the flower altar, with pattaṅga flowers at Cittalapabbata,
saha dassaneneva āsanappamāṇaṃ nimittaṃ udapādi.and as soon as he saw it the sign arose in him the size of the flower altar.
Itarena kaṇikārapupphādinā vā pītavatthena vā dhātunā vā nīlakasiṇe vuttanayeneva kasiṇaṃ katvāAnyone else should make a kasiṇa, in the way described for the blue kasiṇa, with kaṇikāra flowers, etc., or with yellow cloth or with a colour element.
‘‘pītakaṃ pītaka’’nti manasikāro pavattetabbo.He should bring it to mind as “yellow, yellow.”
Sesaṃ tādisamevāti.The rest is as before.