Bổn Sanh Bách Duyên (Avadānaśataka)

Avadānaśatakam* |
|| namaḥ śrīsarvajñāya ||
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tasyoddānam* |
pūrṇabhadro yaśomatī kusīdo vaṇijas tathā |
somo vaḍikaḥ padmāṅkaḥ pañcālo dhūpa eva ca |
rājānaṃ paścimaṃ kṛtvā vargo hy eṣa samudditaḥ || AVŚ_1 ||
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AVŚ_1 pūrṇabhadraḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho rājagṛham upaniśritya viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | tatra bhagavato 'cirābhisaṃbuddhabodher yaśasā ca sarvaloka āpūrṇaḥ ||
atha dakṣiṇāgiriṣu janapade saṃpūrṇo nāma brāhmaṇamahāśālaḥ prativasati āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalas tyāgaruciḥ pradānaruciḥ pradānābhirato mahati tyāgo vartate ||
yāvad asau sarvapāṣaṇḍikaṃ yajñam ārabdho yaṣṭum*, yatrānekāni tīrthikaśatasahasrāṇi bhuñjate sma | yadā bhagavatā rājā bimbisāraḥ saparivāro vinītaḥ, tasya ca vinayād bahūni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi vinayam upagatāni, tadā rājagṛhāt pūrṇasya jñātayo 'bhyāgatya pūrṇasya purastād buddhasya varṇaṃ bhāṣayituṃ pravṛttā dharmasya saṃghasya ca | atha pūrṇo brāhmaṇamahāśālo bhagavato guṇasaṃkīrtanaṃ pratiśrutya mahāntaṃ prasādaṃ pratilabdhavān* | tataḥ śaraṇam abhiruhya rājagṛhābhimukhaḥ sthitvā ubhau jānumaṇḍale pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya puṣpāṇi kṣipan*, dhūpam udakaṃ ca bhagavantam āyācituṃ pravṛttaḥ: āgacchatu bhagavān yajñaṃ me anubhavituṃ yajñavāṭam iti | atha tāni puṣpāṇi buddhānāṃ buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvenopari bhagavataḥ puṣpamaṇḍapaṃ kṣiptvā tasthuḥ dhūpo 'bhrakūṭavad udakaṃ vaiḍūryaśalākavat ||
athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha: kuta idaṃ bhadanta nimantraṇam āyātam iti | bhagavān āha: dakṣiṇāgiriṣv ānanda janapade saṃpūrṇo nāma brāhmaṇamahāśālaḥ prativasati,
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tatrāsmābhir gantavyam, sajjībhavantu bhikṣava iti | bhagavān bhikṣusahasraparivṛtto dakṣiṇāgiriṣu janapade cārikāṃ caritvā pūrṇasya brāhmaṇamahāśālasya yajñavāṭasamīpe sthitvā cintām āpede: yanv ahaṃ pūrṇabrāhmaṇam ṛddhiprātihāryeṇāvarjayeyam iti | atha bhagavāṃs taṃ bhikṣusahasram antardhāpya ekaḥ pātracarakavyagrahastaḥ pūrṇasmīpe sthitaḥ | atha pūrṇo brāhmaṇamahāśālo bhagavantaṃ dadarśa dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyaṃjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punas tvaritatvaritaṃ bhagavataḥ samīpam upasaṃkramya bhagavantam uvāca: svāgataṃ bhagavan, niṣīdatu bhagavān, kriyatāṃ āsanaparigraho mamānugrahārtham iti | bhagavān āha: yadi te parityaktaṃ dīyatām asmin pātra iti | atha pūrṇo brāhmamahāśālaḥ pañcamāṇavakaśataparivṛto bhagavato vividhabhakṣyabhojyakhādyalehyapeyacoṣyādibhir āhārair ārabdhaḥ pātraṃ paripūrayitum* | bhagavān api svakāt pātrād bhikṣupātreṣv āhāraṃ saṃkramayati | yadā bhagavato viditaṃ pūrṇāni bhikṣusahasrasya pātrāṇīti, tadā svapātraṃ pūrṇam ādarśitum* | tato bhikṣusahasraṃ pūrṇapātram ardhacandrākāreṇa darśitavān | devatābhir apy ākāśasthābhiḥ śabdam udīritam: pūrṇāni bhagavato bhikṣusahasrasya ca pātrāṇīti |
tataḥ prātihāryadarśanāt pūrṇaḥ prasādajāto mūlanikṛtta iva drumo hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditaḥ udagraprītisaumanasyajāto bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhiṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayitā, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavān pūrṇasya brāhmaṇamahāśālasya hetuparaṃparāṃ karmaparaṃparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt* | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā adhastād gacchanti tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣu uṣṇībhūtā nipatanti | tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaś cyutāḥ, nāpy anyatropapannāḥ, api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti, yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān, yāmāṃs tuṣitān
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nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ || AVŚ_1.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_1.2 || iti
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastād antardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale 'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyām antardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunor antardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale 'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale 'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyām antardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye 'ntardhīyante | pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūṣṇīṣe 'ntarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_1.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_1.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_1.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
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yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_1.6 || iti
<Speyer 7> bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | eṣa ānanda pūrṇo brāhmaṇamahāśālaḥ | anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya pūrṇabhadro nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti || yadā bhagavatā pūrṇo brāhmaṇamahāśālo 'nuttarāyāṃ smyaksaṃbodhau vyākṛtaḥ, tadā pūrṇena bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghas traimāsyaṃ yajñavāṭe bhojitaḥ | bhūyaś cānena citrāṇi kuśalamūlāni samavaropitāni ||
tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yac chāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ, śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_2 yaśomatī | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
<Speyer 8> buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho vaiśālīm upaniśritya viharati markaṭahradatīre kūṭāgāraśālāyām* | atha pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghpuraskṛto vaiśālīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat | sāvadānīṃ vaiśālīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā yena siṃhasya senāpater niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ ||
atha siṃhasya senāpateḥ snuṣā yasomatī nama abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā | sā bhagavato vicitralakṣaṇojjvalakāyaṃ dṛṣṭvā atyarthaṃ prasādaṃ labdhavatī | sā śvaśuraṃ papraccha: asti kaścid upāyo yenāham apy evaṃguṇayuktā syām iti | atha siṃhasya senāpater etad abhavat: udārādhimuktā bateyaṃ dārikā | yadi punar iyaṃ pratyayam āsādayet, kuryād anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhānam iti viditvoktavān*: dārike yadi hetuṃ samādāya vartiṣyasi, tvam apy evaṃvidhā bhaviṣyasi yādṛśo bhagavān iti ||
<Speyer 9> tataḥ siṃhena senāpatinā yaśomatyāḥ prasādābhivṛddhyarthaṃ prabhūtaṃ hiraṇyasuvarṇaṃ ratnāni ca dattāni | tato yaśomatyā dārikayā bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śvo 'ntargṛhe bhaktenopanimantritaḥ |
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adhivāsitaṃ ca bhagavatā tasyā anugrahārtham* || atha yaśomatī dārikā suvarṇamayāni puṣpāṇi kārayitvā rūpyamayāṇi ratnamayāni prabhūtagandhamālyavilepanasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā śatarasam āhāraṃ sajjīkṛtya bhagavato dūtena kālam ārocayati: samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyata iti | atha bhagavān bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena siṃhasya senāpater niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | atha yaśomatī dārikā sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śatarasenāhāreṇa svahastaṃ saṃtarpya puṣpāṇi bhagavati kṣeptum ārabdhā | atha tāni puṣpāṇi upari bhagavato ratnakūṭāgāro ratnacchatraṃ ratnamaṇḍapa ivāvasthitam*, yan na na śakyaṃ suśikṣitena karmakāreṇa karmāntevāsinā vā kartum*, yathāpi tad buddhānāṃ buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devānubhāvena || atha yaśomatī dārikā tad atyadbhutaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ sarvaśarīreṇa bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartum ārabdhā: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayitā, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavān yaśomatyā dārikāyā hetuparaṃparāṃ karmaparaṃparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā adhastād gacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣu uṣṇībhūtā nipatanti | tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaś cyutāḥ, nāpy anyatropapannāḥ, api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti, yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān, yāmāṃs tuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ || AVŚ_2.1 ||
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yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_2.2 || iti
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastād antardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale 'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyām antardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunor antardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale 'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale 'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyām antardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye 'ntardhīyante | pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūṣṇīṣe 'ntarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha: <Speyer 12>
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_2.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_2.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_2.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_2.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anayā yaśomatyā dārikayā mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣā ānanda yaśomatī dārikā anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ
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ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya ratnamatir nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittasyābhiprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_3 kusīdaḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme ||
śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ śreṣṭhī prativasati, āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena saḍṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayato na putro na duhitā | sa kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ: anekadhanasamuditaṃ me gṛham* | na me putro na duhitā | mamātyayāt sarvasvāpateyam aputrakam iti kṛtvā rājavidheyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti | sa śramaṇabrāhmaṇanaimittikasuhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavair ucyate: devatāyācanaṃ kuruṣveti || asti caiṣa loke pravādo yadāyācanahetoḥ putrā jāyante duhitaraś ceti | tac ca naivam* | yady evam abhaviṣyat, ekaikasya putrasahasram abhaviṣyat tadyathā rājñaś cakravartinaḥ | api tu trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | katameṣāṃ trayāṇām* | mātāpitarāu raktau bhavataḥ saṃnipatitau | mātā kalyā bhavati ṛtumatī | gandharvaś ca pratyupasthito bhavati | eṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | tathā hy asau śramaṇabrāhmaṇanaimittikasuhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavavipralabdho 'putraḥ putrābhinandī śivavaruṇakuberaśakrabrahmādīn anyāṃś ca devatāviśeṣān āyācate sma | tadyathā ārāmadevatā vanadevatāś catvaradevatāḥ śṛṅgāṭakadevatā balipratigrāhikā devatāḥ | sahajāḥ sahadharmikā nityānubandhā api devatā āyācate sma | sa caivam āyācanaparas tiṣṭhati | anyatamaś ca satvo 'nyatamasmāt satvanikāyāc cyutvā tasyāḥ prajāpatyāḥ kukṣim avakrāntaḥ | pañcāveṇikā dharmā ekatye paṇḍitajātīye mātṛgrāme | katame pañca | raktaṃ puruṣaṃ jānāti, viraktaṃ puruṣaṃ jānāti | kālaṃ jānāti ṛtuṃ jānāti | garbham avakrāntaṃ jānāti | yasya sakāśād garbho 'vakrāmati taṃ jānāti | dārakaṃ jānāti | dārikāṃ jānāti | saced dārako bhavati dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati | saced dārikā bhavati vāmaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati | sā āttamanāttamanāḥ svāmina ārocayati: diṣṭyā āryaputra vardhase | āpannasatvāsmi saṃvṛttā | yathā ca me dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati niyataṃ dārako bhaviṣyatīti | so 'py āttamanāttamanāḥ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 8 --------------------
pūrvakāyam atyunnamayya ** dakṣiṇaṃ bāhum abhiprasārya udānam udānayati: apy evāhaṃ cirakālābhilaṣitaṃ putramukhaṃ paśyeyam* | jāto me syān nāvajātaḥ | kṛtyāni me kurvīta | bhṛtaḥ pratibibhṛyāt | dāyād yaṃ pratipadyeta | kulavaṃśo me cirasthitikaḥ syāt* | asmākaṃ cāpy atītakālagatānām alpaṃ vā prabhūtaṃ vā dānāni datvā kṛtyāni kṛtvā asmākaṃ nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādekṣyati: idaṃ tayor yatratatropapannayor gacchator anugacchatv iti | āpannasatvāṃ caināṃ viditvopariprāsādatalagatām ayantritāṃ dhārayati | śīte śītopakaraṇair uṣṇe uṣṇopakaraṇair vaidyaprajñaptair āhārair nātitiktair nātyamlair nātilavaṇair nātimadhurair nātikaṭukair nātikaṣāyais tiktāmlalavaṇamadhurakaṭukakaṣāyavivarjitair āhārair hārārdhahāravibhūṣitagātrīm apsarasam iva nandanavanavicāriṇīṃ mañcān mañcaṃ pīṭhāt pīṭham anavatarantīm adharimāṃ bhūmim* | na cāsyāḥ kiṃcid amanojñaśabdaśravaṇaṃ yāvad eva garbhasya paripākāya | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jātaḥ | abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ | janmani cāsya tat kulaṃ nanditam* | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātayaḥ ūcuḥ: yasmād asya janmani sarvakulaṃ nanditam, tasmād bhavatu dārakasya nanda iti nāmeti | tasya nanda iti nāma vyavasthāpitam* || nando dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* |
yadā mahān saṃvṛttaḥ paṃcavarṣaḥ ṣaḍvarṣo vā, tadā kusīdaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ paramakusīdaḥ | necchati śayanāsanād apy utthātum* | tena tīkṣṇaniśitabuddhitayā antargṛhasthenaiva śāstrāṇy adhītāni || atha śreṣṭhina etad abhavat: so 'pi me kadācit karhicid devatārādhanayā putro jātaḥ, so 'pi kusīdaḥ paramakusīdaḥ | śayanāsanād api nottiṣṭhate | tat kiṃ mamānenedṛgjātīyena putreṇa, yo nāma svasthaśarīro bhūtvā paśur iva saṃtiṣṭhatīti || sa ca śreṣṭhī pūraṇābhiprasannaḥ | tena ṣaṭ tīrthikāḥ śāstāraḥ svagṛham āhūtāḥ: api nāma ayaṃ dārakas teṣāṃ darśanād gauravajātaḥ śayanāsanād api tāvad uttiṣṭhet* | atha kusīdo dārakas tāṃś chāstṝn dṛṣṭvā cakṣuḥsaṃprekṣaṇām api na kṛtavān*, kaḥ punar vāda utthāsyati vā abhivādayiṣyati vā, āsanena vā upanimantrayiṣyati | atha sa gṛhapatis tām evāvasthāṃ dṛṣṭvā suṣṭhutaram utkaṇṭhitaḥ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ |
atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛttakānām ekārakṣāṇāṃ śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhipādacaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ caturṣu saṃgrahavastuṣu dīrgharātrakṛtaparicayānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ saptabodhyaṅgakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ
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navānupūrvavihārasamāpattikuśalānāṃ daśabalabalināṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśaśatavaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya ca buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ kaḥ kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptaḥ ko 'pāyanimnaḥ ko 'pāyapravaṇaḥ ko 'pāyaprāgbhāraḥ kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam* | kasya kāmapaṅkanimagnasya hastoddhāram anupradadyām* | kam āryadhanavirahitam āryadhanaiśvaryādhipatye pratiṣṭhāpayeyam* | kasyājñānatimirapaṭalaparyavanaddhanetrasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā cakṣur viśodhayāmi | kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam* | kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam* | kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:
apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ |
na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet || AVŚ_3.1 ||
paśyati bhagavān: ayaṃ dārakaḥ kusīdo maddarśanād vīryam ārapsyate yāvad anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittaṃ pariṇāmayiṣyatīti | tato bhagavatā tīrthyānāṃ madadarpacchittyarthaṃ dārakasya ca kuśalamūlasaṃjananārthaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhāḥ kanakavarṇamarīcaya utsṛṣṭāḥ, yais tad gṛhaṃ samantād avabhāsitam* | kalpasahasraparibhāvitāś ca maitryaṃśava utsṛṣṭāḥ, yair asya spṛṣṭamātraṃ śarīraṃ prahlāditam* | sa itaś cāmutaś ca prekṣitum ārabdhaḥ: kasya prabhāvān mama śarīraṃ prahlāditam iti | tato bhagavān bhikṣugaṇaparivṛtas tad gṛhaṃ praviveśa | dadarśa kusīdo buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣulakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛta aśītyā cānuvyaṃjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ paraṃ prasādam āpannaḥ | sahasā svayam evotthāya bhagavato 'rthe āsanaṃ prajñapayati | evaṃ cāha: etu bhagavān, svāgataṃ bhagavataḥ, niṣīdatu bhagavān prajñapta evāsana iti | athāsya mātāpitarāv antarjanaś cādṛṣṭapūrvaprabhāvaṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ vismayam āpannāḥ ||
tataḥ kusīdo dārako harṣavikasitābhyāṃ nayanābhyāṃ bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasmai bhagavatā anekaprakāraṃ kausīdyasyāvarṇo bhāṣitaḥ, vīryārambhasya cānuśaṃsaḥ | candanamayīṃ cāsya yaṣṭim anuprayacchati: imāṃ dāraka yaṣṭim ākoṭayeti | sa tām ākoṭayitum ārabdhaḥ | athāsau yaṣṭir ākoṭyamānā manojñaśabdaśravaṇaṃ karoti, vividhāni ca ratnanidhānāni paśyati | tasyaitad abhavat: mahān batāyaṃ vīryārambhe viśeṣo yanv ahaṃ bhūyasyā mātrayā vīryam ārabheyeti | sa śrāvastyāṃ ghaṇṭāv avaghoṣaṇaṃ sārthavāham ātmānam udghoṣya ṣaḍvārān mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ | tataḥ siddhayānapātreṇa mahāratnasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā bhagavān antarniveśane saśrāvakasaṃgho bhojitaḥ | anuttarāyāṃ ca samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam* ||
atha bhagavān kusīdasya dārakasya hetuparaṃparāṃ karmaparaṃparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā
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adhastād gacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣu uṣṇībhūtā nipatanti, tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaś cyutāḥ, nāpy anyatropapannāḥ | api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān yāmāṃs tuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ || AVŚ_3.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_3.2 || iti
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastād antardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale 'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyām antardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunor antardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale 'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale 'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyām antardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye 'ntardhīyante | pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha ca tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūṣṇīṣe 'ntarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha: <Speyer 21>
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_3.3 ||
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gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_3.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_3.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_3.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena kusīdena dārakeṇa mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda kuśido dārako 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭpāramitāḥ paripūrya atibalavīryaparākramo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_4 sārthavāhaḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme ||
śrāvastyām anyatamo mahāsārthavāho mahāsamudrād bhagnayānapātra āgataḥ | sa dvir api trir api svadevatāyācanaṃ kṛtvā mahāsamudram avatīrṇo bhagnayānapātra evāgataḥ | tato 'sya mahān kheda utpannaḥ | sa imāṃ cintām āpede: ko me upāyaḥ svādyena dhanārjanaṃ kuryām iti | tasyaitad abhavat: ayaṃ buddho bhagavān sarvadevaprativiśiṣṭataraḥ ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahādharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ, yanv aham idānīm asya nāmnā punar api mahāsamudram avatareyam* | siddhayānapātras tv āgaccheyaṃ ced upārdhena dhanenāsya pūjāṃ kuryām iti ||
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sa evaṃ kṛtavyavasāyaḥ punar api mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ | buddhānubhāvena ca ratnadvīpaṃ saṃprāpya mahāratnasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā kuśalasvastinā svagṛham anuprāptaḥ | sa mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya bhāṇḍaṃ pratyavekṣitum ārabdhaḥ | tasya nānāvicitrāṇi ratnāni dṛṣṭvā mahāṃllābha utpannaḥ | cintayati ca: mayā īdṛśānāṃ ratnānāṃ śramaṇasya gautamasya upārdhaṃ dātavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | yanv aham etāni svasyāḥ patnyā āyaḥ | tena kārṣāpaṇadvayena vikrīya bhagavato gandhaṃ dadyām iti | sa kārṣāpaṇadvayenāgaruṃ krītvā jetavanaṃ gataḥ | tato 'patrapamāṇarūpo dvārakoṣṭhake sthitvāgaruṃ dhūpitavān* ||
atha bahagavāṃs tad rūpam ṛddhyabhisaṃskāram abhisaṃskṛtavān yena sa dhūpa upari vihāyasam abhyudgamya sarvāṃ ca śrāvastīṃ sphuritvā mahadabhrakūṭavad avasthitaḥ | tasya tad atyadbhutaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahān prasāda utpannaḥ | sa svacittaṃ paribhāṣitavān: naitan mama pratirūpaṃ syād yad ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ ratnair nābhyarcayeyam iti || atha tena sārthavāhena bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho 'ntarniveśane bhaktenopanimantritaḥ | tataḥ praṇītenāhāreṇa saṃtarpya mahāratnair avakīrṇaḥ | tatas tāni ratnāni upari vihāyasam abhyudgamya mūrdhni bhagavato ratnakūṭāgāro ratnacchatraṃ ratnamaṇḍapaś cāvasthitaḥ, yan na śakyaṃ suśikṣitena karmakāreṇa karmāntevāsinā vā kartum*, yathāpi tad buddhasya buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena ||
atha sārthavāho dviguṇajātaprasādas tatpratihāryadarśanān mūlanikṛtta iva drumo bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayita, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavāṃs tasya sārthavāhasya hetuparaṃparāṃ karmaparaṃparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāviṣkārṣīt | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā adhastād gacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣūṣṇībhūtā nipatanti | tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaś cyutā nāpy anyatropapannāḥ | api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti, yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān, yāmāṃs tuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ
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parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ || AVŚ_4.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_4.2 || iti
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastād antardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale 'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyām antardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunor antardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale 'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale 'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyām antardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye 'ntardhīyante | pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūṣṇīṣe 'ntarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_4.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_4.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_4.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
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yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_4.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena sārthavāhena mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda sārthavāho 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya ratnottamo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittasyābhiprasādaḥ ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_6 vaḍikaḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme ||
śrāvastyām anyatamo gṛhapatiḥ śreṣṭhī prativasati āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ gṛhapateḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā navānāṃ māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jāto abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ || tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā vaḍika iti nāmadheyaṃ kṛtavān pitā | vaḍiko dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo dattaḥ aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍena anyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | yadā mahān saṃvṛttaḥ pañcavarṣo ṣaḍvarṣo vā, tadā gurau bhaktiṃ kṛtvā sarvaśāstrāṇi adhītāni | tīkṣṇabuddhitayā śīghraṃ sarvaśāstrasya pāraṃ gataḥ ||
tad anantaraṃ tasya vaḍikasya kiṃcit pūrvajanmakṛtakarmavipākena śarīre kāyikaṃ duḥkhaṃ patitam iti duḥkhī bhūtaś cintāparaḥ sthitaḥ: kiṃ pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā, yad idaṃ kāyikaṃ duḥkhaṃ mama śarīre jātam* | tasya pitāpi putrasyedaṃ kāyikaṃ duḥkhabhāvaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadudvignaḥ putrātyayaśaṅkhayā dīnamānasaḥ śokāśruvyāptavadanas tvaritaṃ vaidyam āhūya tasya putrasya rogaṃ darśayati: ko rogaḥ,
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kena hetunā mama putrasya dehe jāta iti | tataḥ sa vaidyas tasya rogacihnaṃ dṛṣṭvā cikitsāṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ | tathāpi tasya rogaśāntir na bhavati, punar vṛddhir bhavati | pitā putrasya rogaṃ vṛddhaṃ jātaṃ dṛṣṭvā avaśyaṃ putro mariṣyati, yad vaidyenāpi cāsya rogasya cikitsituṃ na śakyate, iti mūrcchayā bhūmau patitaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhūyo 'pi putrasya cintā jātā | bhūyo 'pi cintayā mānasī vyathā jātā | sa dārako rogī bhūto 'śakyo 'pi vadituṃ kathaṃcit pitaraṃ babhāṣe: mā tāta sāhasam* | dhairyam avalambyottiṣṭha | mamātyayāśaṅkayā mā bhūs tvam api mādṛśaḥ | mama nāmnā devānāṃ pūjāṃ kuru, dānaṃ dehi | tato mama svasthā ** bhaviṣyati | sa gṛhapatir iti putrasya vaca ākarṇya sarvadevebhyaḥ pūjāṃ kṛtavān* | sarvabrāhmaṇatīrthikaparivrājakebhyo dānaṃ dattavān* | tathāpi tasya rogaśāntir na bhavati | tadā tasya mahān mānaso duḥkho 'bhūt* | sarvadeveṣu pūjā kṛtā, dāno 'pi dattaḥ pitrā mama, tathāpi svasthā na bhavati | tatas tathāgataguṇān anusmṛtya buddhaṃ namaskāraṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ |
atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛttakānām ekārakṣāṇāṃ śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhipādacaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ caturṣu saṃgrahavastuṣu dīrgharātrakṛtaparicayānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ saptabodhyaṅgakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ navānupūrvavihārasamāpattikuśalānāṃ daśabalabalināṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśaśatavaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya <ca> buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ kaḥ kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptaḥ ko 'pāyanimnaḥ ko 'pāyapravaṇaḥ ko 'pāyaprāgbhāraḥ kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam* | kasya kāmapaṅkanimagnasya hastoddhāram anupradadyām* | kam āryadhanavirahitam āryadhanaiśvaryādhipatye pratiṣṭhāpayeyam* <| kasyājñānatimirapaṭalaparyavanaddhanetrasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā cakṣur viśodhayāmi |> kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam* | kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam* | kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:
apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ |
na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet || AVŚ_6.1 ||
tato bhagavatā vaḍikasya gṛhapateḥ putrasya tām avasthāṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryasahasrātirekaprabhāḥ kanakavarṇā marīcayaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ, yais tad gṛhaṃ samantād avabhāsitam* | kalpasahasraparibhāvitāś ca maitryaṃśava utsṛṣṭāḥ, yair asya spṛṣṭamātraṃ śarīraṃ prahlāditam* | tato bhagavāṃs tasya dvārakoṣṭhakam anuprāptaḥ | dauvārikapuruṣeṇāsya niveditaṃ bhagavān dvāre tiṣṭhatīti | atha vaḍikaḥ śreṣṭhiputro labdhaprasādo 'dhigatasamāśvāsa āha: praviśatu bhagavān, svāgataṃ bhagavate, ākāṅkṣāmi bhagavato darśanam iti | atha bhagavān praviśya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | niṣadya bhagavān vaḍikam uvāca: kiṃ te vaḍika bādhata iti | vaḍika uvāca: kāyikaṃ ca me duḥkhaṃ cetasikaṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 16 --------------------
ceti | tato 'sya bhagavatā sarvasatveṣu maitryupadiṣṭā: ayaṃ te cetasikasya pratipakṣa iti | laukikaṃ ca cittam utpādayāmāsa: aho bata śakro devendro gandhamādanāt parvatāt kṣīrikām oṣadhīm ānayed iti | sahacittotpādād bhagavataḥ śakro devendro gandhamādanāt parvatāt kṣīrikām oṣadhīm ānīya bhagavate dattavān* | bhagavatā ca svapāṇinā gṛhītvā vaḍikāya dattā: iyaṃ te kāyikasya duḥkhasya paridāhaśamanīti ||
sa kāyikaṃ prasrabdhisukhaṃ labdhvā bhagavato 'ntike cittaṃ prasādayāmāsa | prasannacittaś ca rājñaḥ prasenajito nivedya bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ bhojayitvā śatasahasreṇa vastreṇācchadya sarvapuṣpamālyair abhyarcitavān* | tataś cetanāṃ puṣṇāti sma, praṇidhiṃ ca cakāra: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena yathaivāhaṃ bhagavatā anuttareṇa vaidyarājena cikitsitaḥ, evam aham apy anāgate 'dhvani andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayita, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavān vaḍikasya dhātuparaṃparāṃ karmaparaṃparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā adhastād gacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣu uṣṇībhūtā nipatanti, tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaś cyutāḥ, nāpy anyatropapannāḥ | api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān yāmāṃs tuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ || AVŚ_6.2 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_6.3 || iti
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante |
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 17 --------------------
anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastād antardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale 'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyām antardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunor antardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale 'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale 'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyām antardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye 'ntardhīyante | pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha ca tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūṣṇīṣe 'ntarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_6.4 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_6.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya dhīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_6.5 ||
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NOTE on 6.5a: S usually vīrya, but here dhīra.
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nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_6.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy anena vaḍikena gṛhapatiputreṇa mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda vaḍiko gṛhapatiputro 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya śākyamunir nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 18 --------------------
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AVŚ_7 padmaḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme || yadā bhagavāṃl loke notpanna āsīt, tadā rājā prasenajit tīrthikadevatārcanaṃ kṛtavān puṣpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanaiḥ | yadā tu bhagavāṃl loke utpannaḥ, rājā ca prasenajid daharasūtrodāharaṇena vinīto bhagavacchāsane śraddhāṃ pratilabdhavān, tadā prītisaumanasyajātas trir bhagavantam upasaṃkramya dīpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanair abhyarcayati ||
athānyatama ārāmiko navaṃ padmam ādāya rājñaḥ prasenajito 'rthaṃ śrāvastīṃ praviśati | tīrthikopāsakena ca dṛṣṭaḥ pṛṣṭhaś ca: kim idaṃ padmaṃ vikrīṇiṣye? sa kathayati: āmeti | sa kretukāmo yāvad anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatis taṃ pradeśam anuprataḥ || tena tasmād dviguṇena mūlyena vardhitam* | tataḥ parasparaṃ vardhamānau yāvac chatasahasraṃ vardhitavantau | athārāmikasyaitad abhavat*: ayam anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatir acañcalaḥ sthirasatvaḥ | nūnam atra kāraṇena bhavitavyam iti | tena saṃśayajātena sa tīrthikābhiprasannaḥ puruṣaḥ pṛsṭaḥ: kasyārthe bhavān evaṃ vardhata iti | sa āha: ahaṃ bhagavato nārāyaṇasyārthe iti || anāthapiṇḍada āha: ahaṃ bhagavato buddhasyārthe iti | ārāmika āha: ka eṣa buddho nāmeti? tato 'nāthapiṇḍadena vistareṇāsya buddhaguṇā ākhyātāḥ | tata ārāmiko 'nāthapiṇḍadam āha: gṛhapate ahaṃ svayam eva taṃ bhagavantam abhyarcayiṣya iti ||
tato 'nāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatir ārāmikam ādāya yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | dadarśārāmiko buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyaṃjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc ca ārāmikeṇa tat padmaṃ bhagavati kṣiptam* | tataḥ kṣiptamātraṃ śakaṭacakramāṇaṃ bhūtvā upari bhagavataḥ sthitam* ||
atha sa ārāmikas tat pratihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā mūlanikṛtta iva drumo bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya kṛtakarapuṭaś cetanāṃ puṣṇāti, praṇidhiṃ ca kartum ārabdhaḥ: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayita, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavāṃs tasyārāmikasya hetuparaṃparāṃ karmaparaṃparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā adhastād
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 19 --------------------
gacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣūṣṇībhūtā nipatanti | tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutā nāpy anyatropapannāḥ | api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti, yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān, yāmāṃs tuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ || AVŚ_7.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_7.2 || iti
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ