Bổn Sanh Bách Duyên (Avadānaśataka)

 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_7.3 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 20 --------------------
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_7.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_7.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_7.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anenārāmikeṇa prasādajātena mamaivaṃvidhāṃ pūjām kṛtām* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ārāmiko 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya padmottamo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_8 pañcālaḥ | (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 || tena khalu samayenottarapañcālarājo dakṣiṇapañcālarājena saha prativiruddho babhuva | # # # [gap in all MSS]
atha rājā prasenajit kauśalyo yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekānte niṣaṇṇo rājā prasenajit kauśalyo bhagavantam idam avocat* : bhagavān nāma bhadanta anuttaro dharmarājo vyasanagatānāṃ satvānāṃ paritrātā, anyonyavairiṇāṃ vairapraśamayitā | ayaṃ cottarapañcālo rājā dakṣiṇapañcālarājena saha prativiruddhaḥ | tau parasparam eva mahājanavipraghātaṃ kurutaḥ | tayor bhagavān dīrgharātrānugatasya vairasyopaśamaṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 21 --------------------
kuryād anukampām upādāyeti | adhivāsayati bhagavān rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalyasya tūṣṇībhāvena | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalyo bhagavatas tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvotthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ ||
atha bhagavāṃs tasyā eva rātrer atyayāt pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya yena vārāṇasī kāśīnāṃ nagaraṃ tena cārikāṃ prakrāntaḥ | anupūrveṇa cārikāṃ caran vārāṇasīm anuprāpto vārāṇasyāṃ viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvat tayor viditaṃ bhagavān asmadvijitam anuprāpta iti | yāvad bhagavatā ṛddhibalena caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ nirmāyottarapañcālarājas trāsitaḥ | sa bhīta ekaratham abhiruhya bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ | tasya bhagavatā vairapraśamāya dharmo deśitaḥ | sa taṃ dharmaṃ śrutvā bhagavatsakāśe pravrajite | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* ||
dakṣiṇapañcālarājenāpi bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghas traimāsyaṃ śatarasenāhāreṇopanimantritaḥ, śatasahasreṇa ca vastreṇācchāditaḥ | praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayita, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavāṃs dakṣiṇapañcālarājasya 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 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 dṛṣṭvā ca evaṃ 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_8.1 ||
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yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_8.2 || 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 kara '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_8.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_8.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_8.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_8.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda dakṣiṇapañcālarājena mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda pañcālarājo 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 23 --------------------
ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya vijayo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_9 dhūpaḥ | (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 || tena khalu samayena śrāvastyāṃ dvau śreṣṭhinau | tāv anyonyaṃ prativiruddhau babhūvatuḥ | tābhyām ekaḥ pūraṇo 'bhiprasannaḥ, dvitīyo buddhe bhagavati | tatas tayoḥ parasparaṃ kathāsāṃkathyaviniścaye vartamāne pūraṇopāsaka āha: buddhāt pūraṇo viśiṣṭatara iti | buddhopāsaka āha: bhagavān samyaksaṃbuddho viśiṣṭatara iti | tatas tābhyāṃ sarvasvāpaharaṇe bandhanikṣepaḥ kṛtaḥ ||
yāvad rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ śrutam* | tenāmātyānām ājñā dattā: tayor mīmāṃsā kartavyeti | tatas tair amātyaiḥ sarvavijite ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kāritam*: saptame divase buddhatīrthikopāsakayor mīmāṃsā bhaviṣyati, ye cādbhutāni draṣṭukāmās te āgacchantv iti | tataḥ saptame divase vistīrṇāvakāśe pṛthivīpradeśe 'nekeṣu prāṇiśatasahasreṣu saṃnipatiteṣu gaganatale cānekeṣu devatāsahasreṣu saṃnipatiteṣu gomayamaṇḍalake kḷpte sarvagandhamālyeṣūpahṛteṣu pūrvataraṃ tīrthikopāsakena satyopayācanaṃ kṛtam*: yena satyena pūraṇaprabhṛtayaḥ ṣaṭ śāstāro loke śreṣṭhāḥ, anena satyenemāni puṣpāṇi ayaṃ ca dhūpaḥ idaṃ ca pānīyaṃ tān upagacchantv iti || evaṃ pravyāhatamātre (Speyer: pravyāhṛtamātre) tāni puṣpāṇi bhūmau patitāni, agnir nirvṛtaḥ, pānīyaṃ pṛthivyām astaṃ parikṣayaṃ paryādānaṃ gatam* | tato mahājanakāyena kilakilāprakṣveḍoccair nādo muktaḥ, yam abhivīkṣya tīrthyopāsakas tūṣṇībhūto maṅkubhūtaḥ (Speyer: madgubhūtaḥ), srastaskandho 'dhomukho niṣpratibhānaḥ, pradhyānaparamaḥ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ ||
tato bhagavacchrāvakeṇa harṣotkaṇṭhajātena prasādavikasitābhyāṃ nayanābhyām ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇajānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya satyopayācanaṃ kṛtam*: yena satyena bhagavān sarvasatvānām agryaḥ, anena satyenemāni puṣpāṇi dhūpa udakaṃ bhagavantam upagacchantv iti | evaṃ pravyāhṛtamātro tāni puṣpāṇi haṃsapaṃktir ivākāśe jetavanābhimukhaṃ saṃprasthitāni, dhupo 'bhrakūṭavat*, udakaṃ vaiḍūryaśalākavat* | atha sa mahājanakāyas tat prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā kilakilāpravekṣveḍoccaiḥśabdhaṃ kurvaṃs teṣāṃ saṃprasthitānāṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhaḥ ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 24 --------------------
tatas tāni puṣpāṇi bhagavata upari sthitāni, dhūpa udakaṃ cāgrataḥ | tataḥ sa mahājanakāyo labdhaprasādo bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśrāvaṇāya | teṣāṃ bhagavān idaṃ sūtraṃ bhāṣate sma:
tisra imā brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo 'graprajñaptayaḥ | katamās tisraḥ? buddhe agraprajñaptiḥ, dharme, saṃghe agraprajñaptiḥ | buddhe agraprajñaptiḥ katamā? ye kecid brāhmaṇagṛhapatayaḥ satvā apadā vā dvipadā vā bahupadā vā, rūpiṇo vā arūpiṇo vā, saṃjñino vā asaṃjñino vā, naivasaṃjñino nāsaṃjñinaḥ, tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhas teṣām agra ākhyātaḥ | ye kecid buddhe 'bhiprasannāḥ, agre te 'bhiprasannāḥ | teṣām agre 'bhiprasannānām agra eva vipākaḥ pratikāṃkṣitavyo deveṣu vā devabhūtānāṃ manuṣyeṣu vā manuṣyabhūtānām* | iyam ucyate brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo buddhe agraprajñaptiḥ | dharme agraprajñaptiḥ katamā? ye kecid dharmāḥ saṃskṛtā vā asaṃskṛtā vā, virāgo dharmas teṣām agra ākhyātaḥ | ye kecid dharme 'bhiprasannā, agre te 'bhiprasannāḥ | teṣām agre 'bhiprasannānām agra eva vipākaḥ pratikāṃkṣitavyo deveṣu vā devabhūtānāṃ manuṣyeṣu vā manuṣyabhūtānām* | iyam ucyate brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo dharme agraprajñaptiḥ | saṃgheṣu agraprajñaptiḥ katamā? ye kecit saṃghā vā gaṇā vā pūgā vā pariṣado vā, tathāgataśrāvakasaṃghas teṣām agra ākhyātaḥ | ye kecit saṃghe 'bhiprasannāḥ, agre te 'bhiprasannāḥ | teṣām agre 'bhiprasannānām agra eva vipākaḥ pratikāṃkṣitavyo deveṣu vā devabhūtānāṃ manuṣyeṣu vā manuṣyabhūtānām* | iyam ucyate brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo saṃghe agraprajñaptiḥ |
asmin khalu dharmaparyāye bhāṣyamāṇe teṣāṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāṃ kaiścid buddhadharmasaṃgheṣu prasādaḥ pratilabdhaḥ, kaiścic charaṇagamanaśikṣāpadāni gṛhītāni, kaiścit pravrajya idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā, sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikaraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya, sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | tena ca tīrthyopāsakena tathāgatāntike prasādaḥ pratilabdhaḥ | tato mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ  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 tīrthikopāsakasya 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 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:
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 25 --------------------
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_9.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_9.2 || 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_9.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_9.4 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 26 --------------------
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_9.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_9.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena tīrthikopāsakena mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda tīrthopāsako 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena  ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya acalo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_10 rājā | (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 | tena khalu samayena rājā prasenajit kauśalo rājā ca ajātaśatruḥ ubhāv apy etau parasparaṃ viruddhau babhūvatauḥ | athā rājā ajātaśatruś caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnahya hastikāyam aśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalam abhiniryāto yuddhāya ||
aśrauṣīd rājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ: rājā ajātaśatruś caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnahya hastikāyam aśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ ca abhiniryāto yuddhāyeti | śrutvā ca caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnahya hastikāyam aśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ rājānam ajātaśatruṃ pratyabhiniryāto yuddhāya | atha rājñā ajātaśatruṇā rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya sarvo hastikāyaḥ paryastaḥ, aśvakāyo rathakāyaḥ pattikāyaḥ paryastaḥ | rājā prasenajit kauśalo jito bhīto bhagnaḥ parājitaḥ parāpṛṣṭhīkṛta ekarathena śrāvastīṃ praviṣṭaḥ | evaṃ yāvat trir api ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 27 --------------------
atha rājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ śokāgaraṃ praviśya kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ | tatra ca śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ śreṣṭhī āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena śrutaṃ yathā rājā prasenajit kauśalo jito bhagnaḥ parāpṛṣṭhīkṛtaḥ, ekaratheneha praviṣṭa iti | śrutvā ca punar yena rājā prasenajit kauśalas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalaṃ jayenāyuṣā ca vardhayitvā ca (Speyer: uvāca): kimarthaṃ deva śokaḥ kriyate? ahaṃ devasya tāvat suvarṇam anuprayacchāmi, yena devaḥ punar api yatheṣṭapracāraṇaṃ kariṣyatīti | tena tasya mahān suvarṇarāśiḥ kṛtaḥ, yatropaviṣṭaḥ puruṣa utthitaṃ puruṣaṃ na paśyati, utthito vā upaviṣṭam* ||
atha rājñā prasenajitkauśalyena svaviṣaye carapuruṣāḥ samantata utsṛṣṭāḥ: śṛṇuta janapravādān iti | yāvaj jetavane dvau mallāv anyonyaṃ saṃjalpaṃ kurutaḥ: asti kesarī nāma saṃgrāmaḥ | tatra ye kātarāḥ puruṣās te saṃgrāmaśirasi sthāpyante, ye madhyās te madhye, ye utkṛṣṭāḥ śūrapuruṣās te pṛṣṭhata iti | tatas te rājñe iti veditavantaḥ | śrutvā ca rājā prasenajit kauśalas tathā caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnāhya hastikāyam aśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ ca rājānam ajātaśatrum abhiniryāto yuddhāya | tato rājñā prasenajitā kauśalena rājño 'jātaśatror vaidehīputrasya sarvo hastikāyaḥ paryastaḥ, aśvakāyo rathakāyaḥ pattikāyaḥ paryastaḥ | rājānam apy ajātaśatruṃ vaidehīputraṃ jitaṃ bhītabhagnaparājitaṃ parāpṛṣṭhīkṛtaṃ jīvagrāhaṃ gṛhītvā ekarathe 'bhiropya yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣīdati | ekāntaniṣaṇṇo rājā prasenajitkauśalo bhagavantam ity avocat: ayaṃ hi bhadanta rājā ajātaśatrur dīrgharātram avairasya me vairī, asapatnasya sapatnaḥ | na cecchāmy enaṃ jīvitād vyaparopayitum*, yasmād vayasyaputro 'yaṃ bhavati | muñcāmy enam iti | muñca mahārājety uktvā bhagavāṃs tasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate:
jayo vairaṃ prasavati duḥkhaṃ śete parājitaḥ |
upaśāntaḥ sukhaṃ śete hitvā jayaparājayam* || AVŚ_10.1 ||
atha rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasyaitad abhavat: yan mayā rājyaṃ pratilabdham*, tad asya śreṣṭhinaḥ prasādāt* | yanv aham enaṃ vareṇa pravārayeyam iti | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalas taṃ śreṣṭhinaṃ vareṇa prāvarayati | sa kathayati: ākāṃkṣāmi varam*, saptāhaṃ me yathābhirucitaṃ rājyam anuprayacchateti | tato rājñā sarvavijite ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kāritam*: dattaṃ me śreṣṭhine saptāham ekaṃ rājyam iti | yāvat tena śreṣṭhinā buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃghaḥ saptāhaṃ bkahtenopanimantritaḥ, rājā ca prasenajit saparivāraḥ | yāvantaś ca kāśikośaleṣu janakāyāḥ prativasanti, teṣāṃ dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam*: saptāhaṃ yūyaṃ sakalā yatheṣṭacāriṇaḥ sukhasparśaṃ viharata | kiṃcid āgatya buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchata, dharmaṃ ca
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 28 --------------------
bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca | māmakaṃ ca bhojanaṃ muñjānās tathāgataṃ paryupāsadhvam iti | tena saptāhaṃ bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho mahatā satkāreṇa satkṛtaḥ, bahūni ca prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kuśale niyojitāni | saptāhasyātyayena bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya cetanāṃ puṣṇāti, praṇidhiṃ ca cakāra: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayita, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti ||
atha bhagavāṃs tasya śreṣṭhino 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 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_10.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_10.2 || 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,
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 29 --------------------
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_10.3 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 20 --------------------
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_10.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_10.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_10.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasi tvam ānanda anena śreṣṭhinā tathāgatasya saśrāvakasaṃghasyaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam*, mahājanakāyaṃ ca kuśale niyuktam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda śreṣṭhī 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya abhayaprado nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 30 --------------------
dvitīyo vargaḥ |
tasyoddānam*:
nāvā stambhaṃ ca snātraṃ ca tathetiḥ pratisārakam* (pratihāryakam*) |
pāñcavārṣikaṃ stutir varadaḥ kāśikaṃ divyabhojanam* ||
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AVŚ_11 nāvikāḥ | (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 nadyā ajiravatyā adhastān nāvikagrāme | atha te nāvikā yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdan* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇāṃs tān nāvikān bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* | atha te nāvikā utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam ūcuḥ: adhivāsayatu bhagavān asmākaṃ nadyā ajiravatyās tīre śvo bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena | nausaṃkrameṇottārayiṣyāma iti | adhivāsayati bhagavān nāvikānāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena ||
atha nāvikā nadyā ajiravatyās tīram apagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallaṃ vyavasthāpayāmāsur ucchritacchatradhvajapatākaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ gandhaghaṭikāvadhūpitam* | praṇītam āhāraṃ kṛtavantaḥ | prabhūtaṃ ca puṣpasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā nausaṃkramaṃ puṣpamaṇḍapair alaṃkārayāmāsuḥ | bhagavataś ca dūtena kālam ārocayāmāsuḥ: samayo bhadanta sajjaṃ bhaktam*, yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyata iti | atha bhagavān bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena nāvikagrāmakas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane nyaṣīdat* | atha te nāvikāḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | anekaparyāyeṇa śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ nīcatarāṇy āsanāni gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇā dharmaśravaṇāya | atha bhagavāṃs teṣāṃ nāvikānām āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśīṃ caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān, yāṃ śrutvā anekair nāvikaiḥ srotaāpattiphalāni prāptāni, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalāni kaiścid anāgāmiphalāni, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekabodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | sarvā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā | tatas tair nāvikair bhagavān mahatā satkāreṇa nausaṃkrameṇottāritaḥ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 31 --------------------
bhikṣavo buddhapūjādarśanād āvarjitamanaso buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kutremāni bhagavataḥ kuśalamūlāni kṛtānīti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni, yena tathāgatasyaivaṃvidhā pūjā | icchatha bhikṣavaḥ śrotum? evaṃ bhadanta | tena hi bhikṣavaḥ śṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani bhāgīratho nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto janapadacārikāṃ caran gaṅgātīram anuprāptaḥ | tasmin samaye 'nyataraḥ sārthavāho 'nekaśataparivāro nadyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ sārtham uttārayati | tasmiṃś ca pradeśe mahattaskarabhayam* | atha dadarśa sārthavāho bhāgīrathaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛtam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ cittaṃ prasādayāmāsa | prasannacittaś ca bhagavantam āmantritavān: tatprathamataram eva bhagavantaṃ tārayiṣyāmīti | adhivāsayati bhāgīrathaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sārthavāhasya tūṣṇībhāvena | tatas tena sārthavāhena bhāgīrathaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto mahatyā vibhūtyā nausaṃkrameṇottāritaḥ | praṇītena cāhāreṇa saṃtarpyānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam* ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāho babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | mayā sa bhāgīrathaḥ, samyaksaṃbuddho dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto nausaṃkrameṇottāritaḥ, praṇītenāhāreṇa saṃtarpitaḥ, praṇidhānaṃ ca kṛtam* | tasya me karmaṇo vipākenānantasaṃsāre mahatsukham anubhūtam* | idānīm apy anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhasyaivavidhā pūjā | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: 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_12 stambhaḥ | (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 kauravyeṣu janapadacārikāṃ caran kauravyaṃ nagaram anuprāptaḥ | sa ca kauravyo janakāyo buddhavaineya udāracitaḥ pradānaruciś ca | tato bhagavata etad abhavat*: yanv ahaṃ śakraṃ devendraṃ marudgaṇaparivṛtam āhveyeyam, yaddarśanād eṣāṃ kuśalamūlavivṛddhiḥ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 32 --------------------
syād iti | tato bhagavāṃl laukikaṃ cittam utpādayati: aho bata śakro devendro marudgaṇasahāyo gośīrṣacandanamayaṃ stambham ādāya gacched iti || sahacittotpādāc chakro devendro marudgaṇaparivṛto āgato yatra viśvakarmā catvāraś ca mahārājā anekadevanāgayakṣakumbhāṇḍaparivṛto gośīrṣacandanastambham ādāya | hāhākārakilakilāprakṣveḍoccair nādaṃ kurvāṇā bhagavato 'rthe gośīrṣacandanamayaṃ prāsādam abhisaṃskṛtavantaḥ | tatas tasmin prāsāde śakreṇa devendreṇa bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho divyenāhāreṇa divyena śayanāsanena divyair gandhamālyapuṣpaiḥ satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjitaḥ ||
atha kauravyo janakāyas tāṃ divyāṃ vibhūṣikāṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam āpanna imāṃ cintām āpede: nūnaṃ buddho bhagavāṃl loke 'gryaḥ | yat tu nāma sendrair devaiḥ pūjyata iti āvarjitamanā bhagavantam upasaṃkrāntaḥ | bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaḥ kauravyo janakāyas tasmin prāsāde 'tyarthaṃ prasādam utpādayati ||
tena bhagavāṃs tat prāsādam antardhāpya anityatāpratisaṃyuktāṃ tādṛśīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān*, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ kauravyanivāsibhir manuṣyaiḥ srotaāpattiphalāny anuprāptāni, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalāni kaiścid anāgāmiphalāni, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | sarvā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā |
tatas te bhikṣavo bhagavato divyapūjādarśanād āvarjitamanaso buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kutremāni bhagavatā kuśalamūlāni kṛtānīti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni, yena tathāgatasyaivaṃvidhā pūjā | icchatha bhikṣavaḥ śrotum? evaṃ bhadanta | tena hi bhikṣavaḥ śṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani brahmā nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | atha brahmā samyaksaṃbuddho dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | aśrauṣīd rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ: brahmā samyaksaṃbuddho dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto janapadacārikāṃ carann asmākaṃ vijitam anuprāpta iti | śrutvā ca punar mahatyā rājarddhyā mahatā rājānubhāvena yena bhagavān brahmā samyaksaṃbuddhas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya brahmaṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktaṃ bhagavān bodhikarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha sa labdhaprasāda utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam idam avocat*: adhivāsayatu
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 33 --------------------
me bhagavān asyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ traimāsyavāsāya | ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃgham upasthāsyāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārair iti | adhivāsayati brahmā samyaksaṃbuddho rājñas tūṣṇībhāvena | atha sa rājā mūrdhābhiṣikto bhagavato 'rthe gośīrṣacandanamayaṃ prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa | sa taṃ vicitrair vastrālaṃkārair alaṃkṛtaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ gandhaghaṭikādhūpitaṃ bhagavataḥ saśrāvakasaṃghasya niryātya traimāsyaṃ praṇītenāhāreṇa saṃtarpya vividhair vastraviśeṣair ācchādyānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhiṃ cakāra ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | yan mayā brahmaṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyaivaṃvidhā pūjā kṛtā, tasya me karmaṇo vipākenānantasaṃsāre mahatsukham anubhūtam* | idānīm apy anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhasyaivavidhā pūjā | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: 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_13 snātram* | (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 | tena khalu samayena śrāvastyāṃ pañcamātrāṇi vaṇikśatāni kāntāramārgapratipannāni | te mārgāt paribhraṣṭā vālukāsthalam anuprāptāḥ | te dharmaśramaparipīḍitāḥ kṣīṇapathyādanāś ca madhyāhnasamaye tīkṣṇakararaśmisaṃtāpitā jaloddhṛtā iva matsyāḥ pṛthivyām āvartante duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukām amanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayamānāḥ | tāni devatāsahasrāṇy āyācante: tadyathā śivavaruṇakuberavāsavādīni | na cainān kaścit paritrātuṃ samarthaḥ ||
tatra cānyatara upāsako buddhaśāsanābhijñaḥ | sa tān vaṇija āha: bhavanto buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchantv iti | tata ekaraveṇa sarva eva buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ ||
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
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 34 --------------------
navānupūrvasamāpattikuśalānāṃ 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_13.1 ||
yāvat paśyati bhagavān saṃbahulān vaṇijo vyasanasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptān* | tataś cakṣuḥsaṃpreṣaṇamātreṇa jetavane 'ntarhito bhikṣugaṇaparivṛtas taṃ pradeśam anuprāptaḥ | dadṛśus te vaṇijo bhagavataṃ sabhikṣusaṃgham* | dṛṣṭvā ca uccair nādaṃ muktavantaḥ | tato bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittam utpāditam*: aho bata śakro devendro māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛjatu, śītalāś ca vāyavo vāntv iti | sahacittotpādād bhagavataḥ śakreṇa māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛṣṭam*, śītalāś ca vāyavaḥ preṣitāḥ, yatas teṣāṃ vaṇijāṃ tṛṣā vigatā, dāhaś ca praśāntaḥ | tatas tair vaṇigbhiḥ saṃjñā pratilabdhā | bhagavatā caiṣāṃ mārga ākhyāto yena śrāvastīm anuprāptāḥ ||
te mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya tato bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntāḥ | teṣāṃ bhagavatā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā kaiścit srotaāpattiphalam adhigatam*, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalam*, kaiścid anāgāmiphalam*, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | yadbhūyasā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhagavān*, yāvad ime vaṇijo bhagavatā kāntāramārgāt paritrātāḥ | sahacittotpādāc ca māhendravarṣaṃ vṛṣṭam* | śītalāś ca vāyavaḥ pravātā iti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | mayaitāni 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 karmāṇy api kalpaśatair api |
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || AVŚ_13.1 ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani candano nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā
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devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | atha candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto yena candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya candanasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekānte niṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktaṃ candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddo bodhikarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddas tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddham idam avocat*: adhivāsayatu me bhagavān asyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ traimāsyavāsāya sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃgheneti | adhivāsayati candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho rājñas tūṣṇībhāvena | tatra ca samayena mahatī anāvṛṣṭiḥ prādurbhūtā, yayā nadyudapānāny alpasalilāni saṃvṛttāni, puṣpaphalaviyuktāś ca pādapāḥ || tato rājā candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddham adhyeṣituṃ pravṛttaḥ | bhagavann asmin nagaramadhye puṣkariṇīṃ gandhodakaparipūrṇāṃ karayiṣyāmi, yatra bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ snāsyati | apy eva nāma bhagavataḥ snānād asmin me vijite devo varṣed iti | adhivāsayati bhagavāṃś candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho rajñas tuṣṇībhāvena |
tato rajñā kṣatriyeṇa mūrdhābhiṣiktenāmātyebhya ājñā dattā: gandhodakaṃ sajjīkurvantu bhavantaḥ, ratnamayāṃś ca kumbhān*, yena vayaṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ snāpayiṣyāma iti | tato rājñā āmātyagaṇaparivṛtena tan nagaram apagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallaṃ vyavasthāpitum ucchritadhvajapatākaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ gandhodakapariṣiktaṃ vicitradhūpadhūpitam* | puṣkariṇī cāsya kāritā | tato bhagavāṃś candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddaḥ sarvānugrahārtham ekacīvarakaḥ puṣkariṇyāṃ sthitaḥ | tato rājñāmātyagaṇaparivṛtena candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ saśrāvakasaṃgho nānāgandhaparibhāvitenodakena snāpitaḥ | sahasnānād eva candanasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śakreṇa devendreṇa tathāvidhaṃ māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛṣṭaṃ yena sarvasasyāni niṣpannāni | taddhaitukaṃ ca mahājanakāyena buddhe bhagavati śraddhā pratilabdhā | aneke ca gandhastūpāḥ pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ | ye ca tatra candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ, sarve te parinirvṛtāḥ | aham ekas teṣām avaśiṣṭaḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yac chāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ | śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_14 ītiḥ | (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 |
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tasmiṃś ca nāḍakanthāyāṃ mahājanamarako babhūva | tato janakāyo rogaiḥ pīḍitaḥ tāni tāni devatāsahasrāṇy āyācate śivavaruṇakuberavāsavādīni | na cāsya sā ītir upaśamaṃ gacchati | athānyatama upāsako nāḍakanthāyāṃ prativasati | sa nāḍakantheyān brāhmaṇagṛhapatīn idam avocat: eta yūyaṃ buddhaṃ śarāṇaṃ gacchata, taṃ ca bhagavantam āyācadhvam ihāgamanāya | apy eva bhagavatā svalpakṛcchreṇāsyā īter vyupaśamaḥ syād iti | atha nāḍakantheyā brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo bhagavantam āyācituṃ pravṛttāḥ: āgacchatu bhagavān asmād vyasanasaṃkaṭān mocanāyeti ||
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 navānupūrvasamāpattikuśalānāṃ 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_14.1 ||
atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto nāḍakanthām anuprāptaḥ | tato bhagavatā tan nagaraṃ sarvaṃ hṛdimaitryā sphuṭam*, yato marakāḥ prakrāntāḥ, ītiś ca vyupaśāntā | tatas teṣāṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāṃ buddhadarśanān mahāprasāda utpannaḥ, prasādajātaiś ca bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ saṃpravāritaḥ | tatas tebhyo bhagavatā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā anekair brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhiḥ srotaāpattiphalam anuprāptam*, aparaiḥ sakṛdāgāmiphalam, aparaiḥ anāgāmiphalam*, aparaiḥ pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sarvaṃ ca tan nagaraṃ buddhanimnaṃ dharmapravaṇaṃ saṃghaprāgbhāraṃ saṃvṛttam* ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhadanta yāvad ime satvā bhagavataḥ prasādād vyasanagatāḥ santo vyasanāt parimuktā iti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaivaitāni bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | mayaitāni karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni |
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 37 --------------------
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_14.1 ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani candro nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | atha candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | aśrauṣīd rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ: candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddho 'smākaṃ vijitam anuprāpta iti | śrutvā ca punar mahatyā rājarddhyā mahatā rājānubhāvena samanvāgato yena candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya candrasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktaṃ candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddho bodhikarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto labdhaprasāda utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya candraṃ samyaksaṃbuddham idam avocat*: adhivāsayatu me bhagavān iha vāsaṃ traimāsyaṃ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena | ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ upasthāsyāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārair iti | adhivāsayati candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddho rājñas tūṣṇībhāvena | tasya ca rājño nagare tena samayena mahājanamarako babhūva, ītiś ca, yena sa mahājanakāyo 'tīva saṃtarpyate | tato rājñā vyādhipraśamanārthaṃ candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddho 'dhīṣṭaḥ | sādhu bhagavan kriyatām asyā īter upaśamopāya iti | tato bhagavāṃś candraḥ samyaksaṃbuddho rājānam uvāca: gaccha mahārāja imāṃ saṃghāṭīṃ dhvajāgre baddhā mahatā satkāreṇa sve vijite paryāṭaya, asya ca mahāntam utsavaṃ kuru | sarvaṃ ca mahājanakāyaṃ buddhānusmṛtau samādāpayeti | te svastir bhaviṣyatīti | tato rājñā yathānuśiṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ tathaiva ca kṛtam* | taddhetutatpratyayaṃ ca sarvā ītayaḥ praśāntāḥ | tataḥ sa janakāyo labdhaprasādo rājāmātyapaurāś ca buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ, dharmaṃ saṃghaṃ ca śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | mayāsau candrasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya mahatī pūjā kṛtā | tasya me karmaṇo vipākena devamanuṣyasaṃprāpakaṃ saṃsāre mahatsukham anubhūtam* | idānīm api taddhaituky eva vibhūtiḥ, yena yac cintayāmi yat prārthaye tat tathaiva sarvaṃ samṛdhyati | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yac chāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ | śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_15 prātihāryam* | (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 sma veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | yadā rājñā ajātaśatruṇā devadattavigrāhitena pitā dhārmiko dharmarājo jīvit