Bổn Sanh Bách Duyên (Avadānaśataka)

ti āyuṣmān ānando bhagavataś citāṃ pradakṣiṇīkurvan* gāthāṃ bhāṣate:
yena kāyaratanena nāyako   brahmalokam agaman maharddhikaḥ |
dahyate sma tanujena tejasā   pañcabhir yugaśataiḥ sa veṣṭitaḥ (Speyer: veṣṭhitaḥ) || AVŚ_100.7 ||
sahasramātreṇa hi cīvarāṇāṃ   buddhasya kāyaḥ pariveṣṭito 'bhūt* | (Speyer: pariveṣṭhito)
dve cīvare tatra tu naiva dagdhe   abhyantaraṃ bāhyam atha dvitīyam* || AVŚ_100.8 ||
varṣaśataparinirvṛte buddhe bhagavati pāṭaliputre nagare rājā aśoko rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | dhārmiko dharmarājo dharmeṇa rājyaṃ pālayati | yāvad apareṇa samayena devyā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ kālāntareṇa devī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jāto abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ kuṇālasadṛśābhyāṃ netrābhyām* | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya jātamātrasya kuṇālasadṛśe netre, tasmād bhavatu dārakasya kuṇāla iti nāmeti | kuṇālo 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* | tatas taṃ sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitaṃ rājā utsaṅgena kṛtvā punaḥ punaḥ prekṣya rūpasaṃpadā praharṣita uvāca: asadṛśo me putro loke rūpeṇeti ||
tatra ca samaye gāndhāre puṣpabherotso nāma grāmaḥ | tatrānyatamasya gṛhapateḥ putro jāto 'tikrānto mānuṣaṃ varṇam asaṃprāptaś ca divyaṃ varṇam* | janmani cāsya divyagandhodakaparipūrṇā
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 262 --------------------
ratnamayī puṣkariṇī prādurbhūtā, puṣpasaṃpannaṃ ca mahad udyānaṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca | yatra yatra kumāro gacchati tatra tatra ca puṣkariṇī udyānaṃ ca prādurbhavati | tasya sundara iti nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam* ||
yāvat krameṇa kumāro mahān saṃvṛttam* | tato 'pareṇa samayena puṣpabherotsād vaṇijaḥ kenacid eva karaṇīyena pāṭaliputraṃ gatāḥ | te prābhṛtam ādāya rājñaḥ sakāśam upagatāḥ | tataḥ pādayor nipatya prābhṛtaṃ rājñe upanamayya purastād vyavasthitāḥ | tato rājā aśokas teṣāṃ kuṇālaṃ darśayati: haṃ bho vaṇijaḥ, kadācit kutracid bhavadbhiḥ paryaṭadbhir evaṃvidhaṃ rūpaviśeṣayuktaṃ dṛṣṭapūrvam iti ? tatas te vaṇijaḥ kṛtakarapuṭāḥ pādayor nipatya abhayaṃ mārgayitvā rājānam ūcuḥ: asti deva asmadīye viṣaye sundaro nāma kumāro 'tikrānto mānuṣaṃ varṇam asaṃprāptaś ca divyaṃ varṇam* | janmani cāsya divyagandhodakaparipūrṇā ratnamayī puṣkariṇī prādurbhūtā, puṣpaphalasamṛddhaṃ ca mahad udyānaṃ jaṅgamam* | yatra yatra ca kumāro gacchati tatra tatra puṣkariṇī udyānaṃ ca prādurbhavati | śrutvā rājā aśokaḥ paraṃ vismayam āpannaḥ | kutūhalajātaś ca dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtavān: eṣa rājā aśoka āgantum icchati sundarasya kumārasya darśanahetoḥ | yad vaḥ kṛtyaṃ vā karaṇīyaṃ vā tat kurudhvam iti | tato mahājanakāyo bhītāḥ: yadi rājā mahāsādhanena ihāgamiṣyati, mā haiva kaṃcid anartham utpādayiṣyatīti | tataḥ sa kumāro bhadrayānaṃ yojayitvā śatasahasraṃ ca muktāhāraṃ prābhṛtasyārthe datvā aśokasya sakāśaṃ preṣitaḥ | so 'nupūrveṇa cañcūryamāṇaḥ pāṭaliputraṃ nagaraṃ prāptaḥ | śatasahasraṃ ca muktāhāraṃ gṛhītvā rājño 'śokasya sakāśam anuprāptaḥ | rājā aśokaś ca sahadarśanāt sundarasya kumārasya rūpaṃ śobhāṃ varṇapuṣkalatāṃ ca divyāṃ puṣkariṇīm udyānaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam upagataḥ ||
tato rājā aśokaḥ sthaviropaguptasya vismayajananārthaṃ sundaraṃ ca kumāram ādāya kukkuṭāgāraṃ gataḥ | tatropaguptapramukhāṇy aṣṭādaśārhatsahasrāṇi nivasanti, taddviguṇāḥ śaikṣāḥ pṛthagjanakalyāṇakāḥ | tataḥ sa sthavirasya pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | sthaviropaguptenāsya dharmo deśitaḥ | tataḥ kumāraḥ paripakvasaṃtatir dharmaṃ śrutvā pravrajyābhilāṣī saṃvṛttaḥ | sa rājānam aśokam anujñāpya sthaviropaguptasya sakāśe pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||
tato rājā aśokaḥ saṃdigdhaḥ sthaviraṃ pṛcchati: kāni bhadanta sundareṇa karmāṇi kṛtāni, yenāsyaivaṃvidhaṃ rūpam*, kāni punaḥ karmāṇi yena divyagandhodakaparipūrṇā ratnamayī puṣkariṇī prādurbhūtā, puṣpaphalasamṛddhaṃ ca mahad udyānaṃ jaṅgamam*? sthaviropagupta āha: sundareṇaiva
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 263 --------------------
mahārāja pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | sundareṇaiva karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:
na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api |
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || AVŚ_100.1 ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ mahārāja yadā bhagavān parinirvṛtaḥ, tadā āyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ pañcaśataparivāro magadheṣu janapadacārikāṃ caran dharmasaṃgītiṃ kartukāmaḥ | yāvad anyatamena daridrakarṣakeṇa mahān bhikṣusaṃgho dṛṣṭaḥ, śāstṛviyogāc chokārto 'dhvapariśrānto rajasāvacūrṇitagātraḥ | tato 'sya kāruṇyam utpannam* | tatas tena kāśyapapramukhāṇi pañca bhikṣuśatāni jentākasnātreṇopanimantritāni | tatas tena nānāgandhaparibhāvitam uṣṇodakaṃ kṛtvā te bhikṣavaḥ snāpitāḥ, cīvarakāṇi śobhitāni | praṇītena cāhāreṇa saṃtarpya śaraṇagamanaśikṣāpadāni datvā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: asminn eva śākyamuneḥ pravacane pravrajya cārhatvaṃ prāpnuyām iti ||
kiṃ manyase mahārāja yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena daridrakarṣakaḥ, ayaṃ sa sundaro bhikṣuḥ | yat tena bhikṣavo jentākasnātreṇa snāpitāḥ, tenāsyaivaṃvidho rūpaviśeṣaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ, divyacandanodakaparipūrṇā ramaṇīyā puṣkariṇī puṣpaphalasamṛddhaṃ ca mahad udyānaṃ jaṅgamaṃ prāptam* | yat tena śaraṇagamanaśikṣāpadāni upalabdhāni, teneha janmany arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi mahārāja ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi mahārāja ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
atha rāhā aśoka āyuṣmataḥ sthaviropaguptasya bhāṣitam abhinandyānumodya utthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ ||