Bổn Sanh Bách Duyên (Avadānaśataka)

r garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | ācaritam etan madhyadeśe yadārāmikāḥ padmāny ādāya vīthīṃ gatvā vikrīṇate | atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | anyatamā ca strī dārakaṃ svabhujābhyām ādāya vīthīm avatīrṇā | dadarśa ca sa dārako buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ prasādajātaḥ sahasā bāhum abhiprasārya ārāmikasakāśāt padmaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavato mūrdhni prakṣiptavān* | tatas tat padmaṃ śakaṭaśakramātraṃ (Speyer: śakaṭacakramātraṃ) bhūtvopari vihāyasi sthitam* | bhagavantaṃ ca gacchantam anugacchati, tiṣṭhantaṃ tiṣṭhati | tato bhagavatā padmarāgasadṛśā prabhā utsṛṣṭā sakalā śrāvastī avabhāsitā, taddhaitukaṃ ca rājāmātyapaurāḥ āvarjitāḥ ||
tato bhagavatā smitam upadarśitam* | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye 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 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_22.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_22.2 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 58 --------------------
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 ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_22.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_22.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_22.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_22.6 || iti ||
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena dārakeṇa prasādajātena tathāgatasya padmaṃ kṣiptam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda dārako 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca pañcadaśa kalpān vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati | divyamānuṣasukham anubhūya padmottaro nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: ya buddhapratyekabuddhaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 59 --------------------
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AVŚ_23 cakram* | (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 rājagṛhe viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | rājagṛhe 'nyatamaḥ sārthavāho mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ | tasya bhāryā yauvanavatī | sā svāmino 'rthe utkaṇṭhati paritapyati, na cāsyā bhartā āgacchati | tayā nārāyaṇasya praṇipatya pratijñātam*: yadi me śīghram āgacchati, ahaṃ te sauvarṇacakraṃ pradāsyāmīti | tatas tasyāḥ svāmī svastikṣemābhyāṃ mahāsamudrād aśu pratyāgataḥ | tayā sauvarṇacakraṃ kāritam* | sā dāsīgaṇaparivṛtā cakram ādāya gandhadhūpapuṣpaṃ ca, devakulaṃ saṃpratisthitā ||
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_23.1 ||
paśyati bhagavān: iyaṃ dārikā maddarśanāt pratyekabodheḥ kuśalamūlāny avaropayiṣyatīti | tataḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | athāsau dārikā dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc ca labdhaprasādā bhavati sauvarṇacakraṃ kṣeptam ārabdhaḥ | tataś ceṭikayā vāryate: nāyaṃ nārāyaṇa iti sā vāryamāṇāpi tīvraprasādā āvarjitamānasā buddhasya bhagavata upari sauvarṇacakraṃ nikṣipya gandhamālyaṃ ca dattavatī ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 60 --------------------
tato bhagavān smitaṃ dadarśitum* | 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 taṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavanta 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_23.2 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_23.3 ||
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ karma 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 ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_23.4 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 61 --------------------
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_23.5 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_23.6 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_23.7 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anayā dārikayā tathāgatasya sauvarṇacakraṃ kṣiptam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣā ānanda dārikā anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca pañcadaśa kalpān vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati, divyaṃ mānuṣaṃ sukham anubhūya ca cakrāntaro nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ iti | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yad buddhapratyekabuddhaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_24 daśaśirāḥ | (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 magadheṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ caran gaṅgātīram anuprāptaḥ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena | adrākṣus te bhikṣavo dūrata eva purāṇastūpaṃ vātātapavarṣair avarugṇaṃ prarugṇam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punar bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kasyaiṣa bhadanta stūpa iti | bhagavān āha: daśaśirasaḥ pratyekabuddhasyeti | bhikṣavaḥ ūcuḥ: kuto bhadanta daśaśirasaḥ pratyekabuddhasyotpattir nāmābhinirvṛttiś ceti | bhagavān āha: icchatha yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ śrotum iti? ta ūcuḥ: evaṃ bhadanteti | tena hi bhikṣavaḥ śṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ
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taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | dhārmiko dharmarājo dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati | sa ca rājā aputraḥ putrābhinandī śivavaruṇakuberaśakrabrahmādīn anyāṃś ca devatāviśeṣān āyācate | tadyathā: ārāmadevatā vanadevatāś catvaradevatāḥ śṛṅgāṭakadevatā balipratigrāhikā devatāḥ | sahajāḥ sahadhārmikā nityānubaddhā api devatā āyācate | sa caivam āyācanaparas tiṣṭati | tasya codyāne nahatī padminī utpalapadmakumudapadmapuṇḍarīkasaṃchannā haṃsacakravākakāraṇḍavādiśakunopaśobhitā nalinī | tatra padmam atipramāṇam akaṇṭakaṃ sahotpannam* | tad divase divase vardhate na tu phullati | tata ārāmikeṇa rājñe niveditam* | rajñā uktaḥ: parirakṣyatām etat padmam iti | yāvad apareṇa samayena sūryodaye tat padmaṃ vikasitam* | tasya padmasya karṇikāyāṃ dārakaḥ paryaṅkaṃ baddhvāvasthitaḥ, abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaś chatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhur vistīrṇalalāṭa uccaghoṣaḥ saṃgatabrūs tuṅganāsaḥ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛto 'śītyānuvyañjanair virājitagātraḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā ārāmikeṇa rājñe niveditam* | śrutvā rājā sāmātyaḥ sāntaḥpuraś ca tad udyānaṃ gataḥ | dadarśa rājā padmakarṇikāyāṃ tathā vibhājamānam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punar hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramudita udagraprītisaumanasyajātaḥ padminīm avagāhya taṃ gṛhītvā mahatā satkāreṇa svagṛham ānīya śramaṇabrāhmaṇanaimittikānāṃ nivedya trīṇi saptakāny ekaviṃśatiṃ divasān jātasya jātimahaṃ kṛtvā daśaśirā iti nāmadheyaṃ kṛtavān* ||
daśaśirā dārakaḥ aṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | sa ca kumāraḥ śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ | sa paśyati pitaraṃ rājadharme sthitaṃ sāvadyam avadyāni karmāṇi kurvāṇam* | dṛṣṭvā ca kumāraḥ saṃvignaḥ pitaraṃ vijñāpayāmāsa: anujānīhi māṃ tāta, pravrajiṣyāmi svākhyāte dharmavinaye iti | yāvat pitrānujñātaḥ keśaśmaśru avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ | tena vinopadeśena saptatriṃśad bodhipakṣān dharmān āmukhīkṛtya pratyekā bodhiḥ sākṣātkṛtā | sa gaganatalam utpatya pituḥ sakāśe vicitrāṇi prātihāryāṇi cakāra | tato rājñā traimāsya piṇḍakenopanimantritaḥ | sa śarīrabhārodvahanaparikhinno vicitrāṇi prātihāryāṇi darśayitvā indhanakṣayād ivāgnir nirvṛtim upajagāma | tasyaiṣa stūpa iti ||
atha bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta daśaśirasā karmāṇi kṛtāni, yena mātuḥ kukṣau nopapannaḥ, padma upapanna iti || bhagavān āha: daśaśirasaiva bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | daśaśirasā 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 |
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na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | **
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || AVŚ_24.1 ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | atha vipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | anyataraś ca sārthavāhaḥ padmam ādāya vīthīṃ pratipannaḥ | athāsau paśyati vipaśyinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanād bhagavata upari tat padmaṃ cikṣepa | tat kṣiptamātraṃ bhagavata upari śakaṭacakramātraṃ bhūtvā bhagavantaṃ gacchantam upagacchati, tiṣṭhantam anutiṣṭhati | yāvad vipaśyinā samyaksaṃbuddhena sa sārthavāhaḥ pratyekabodhau vyākṛtaḥ | tato hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditamanāḥ svagṛham āgataḥ | prajāpatī cāsya tena kālena prajāyamānā sasvaraṃ kranditavatī | tena paricārikā pṛṣṭā: kim idam iti | tayā samākhyātam* | tataḥ sārthavāhaḥ saṃvignaḥ praṇidhānaṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ: mā kadācit saṃsāre mātuḥ kukṣāv upapadyeyam iti ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāho babhūva, ayaṃ sa daśaśirāḥ pratyekabuddhaḥ | tena kuśalamūlenaikaviṃśatiṃ kalpān na kadācin mātuḥ kukṣāv upapannaḥ | paścime cāsya bhave iyaṃ vibhūtiḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yad buddhapratyekabuddhāryaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_25 sūkṣmatvak* | (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 śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ śreṣṭhī āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogaḥ prabhūtavittopakaraṇaḥ parbhūtasatvasvāpateyaḥ prabhūtamitrāmātyajñātisālohitaḥ | sa ca gṛhapatiḥ śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ | tasyaitad abhavat: ime bhogāḥ jalacandrasvabhāvāḥ marīcisadṛśā anityā adhruvā anāśvāsikā vipariṇāmadharmāṇaḥ pañcabhir ugradaṇḍaiḥ sādhāraṇāḥ | yanv aham asārebhyo bhogebhyaḥ sāram ādadyām iti | tena bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho bhaktenopanimantritaḥ | gṛhaṃ cāpagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallaṃ vyavasthāpitaṃ
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candanavāripariṣiktaṃ vicitragandhaghaṭikāsurabhidhūpadhūpitaṃ nānāpuṣpābhikīrṇam* | puṣpāsanāni prajñaptāni | tataḥ susvādaśītarasapānāni bhakṣyabhojyāni ca sajjīkṛtya bhagavato dūtena kālam ārocayati: samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyata iti | tato bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena tasya gṛhapater niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | atha sa gṛhapatiḥ sukhopaviṣṭaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītenāhāreṇa svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | svahastaṃ saṃtarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ nīcatarāsanaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | atha bhagavān gṛhapatiṃ dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya tūṣṇīṃbhūtaḥ | atha sa gṛhapatir labdhaprasādaḥ pādayor nipatya cetanāṃ puṣṇāti |
tato bhagavān smitaṃ vidarśitavān* | 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 satvānāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ  nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavanta 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_25.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_25.2 ||
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante |
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anāgataṃ karma 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 ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_25.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_25.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_25.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_25.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena śreṣṭhinā mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda śreṣṭhī anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca sūkṣmatvag iti nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ iti | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yad buddhapratyekabuddhāryaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_26 śītaprabhaḥ | (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 | śrāvastyāṃ anyatamo gṛhapatir āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ | tasyaitad abhavat: ime bhogā jalacandrasvabhāvā gajakarṇasadṛśā anityā adhruvā anāśvāsikā vipariṇāmadharmāṇaḥ pañcabhir ugradaṇḍaiḥ sādhāraṇāḥ | yanv aham asārebhyo bhogebhyaḥ sāram ādadyām iti | tena grīṣmakāle vartamāne bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho bhaktenopanimantritaḥ | gṛhaṃ cāpagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallaṃ vyavasthāpitaṃ candanavāripariṣiktaṃ vicitragandhaghaṭikāsurabhidhūpadhūpitaṃ nānāpuṣpābhikīrṇam* | puṣpāsanāni prajñaptāni | tataḥ śītarasāni pānakāni bhakṣyabhojyāni ca sajjīkṛtya bhagavato dūtena kālam ārocayati: samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyata iti | tato bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena tasya gṛhapater niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | atha sa gṛhapatiḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyabhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | anekaparyāyena śucinā praṇītena khādanīyabhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ nīcatarāsanaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | atha bhagavāṃs taṃ gṛhapatiṃ dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya
tūṣṇīṃbhūtaḥ | atha sa gṛhapatir labdhaprasādaḥ pādayor nipatya cetanāṃ puṣṇāti |
tato bhagavān smitaṃ vidarśitavān* | 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 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,
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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_26.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_26.2 ||
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ karma 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 ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_26.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_26.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_26.5 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 68 --------------------
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_26.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena gṛhapatinā mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda gṛhapatir anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca śītaprabho nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ iti | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yad buddhapratyekabuddhāryaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_27 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 saśrāvakasaṃgho magadheṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ caran gaṅgātīram anuprāptaḥ | atha bhagavān bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena nāvikās tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya nāvikān idam avocat*: uttārayantu bhavanto mām imāṃ nadīm iti | nāvikā ūcuḥ: tarapaṇyaṃ prayaccheti | tato bhagavāṃs tān nāvikān idam avocat*: aham api bhavanto nāvikaḥ pūrvam āsam* | mayā hi rāganadīpatito nandas tāritaḥ, dveṣārṇavapatito aṅgulimālaḥ, mānārṇavapatito mānastabdho māṇavaḥ, mohārṇavapatito urubilvakāśyapas tāritaḥ | na ca me tarapaṇyaṃ yācitā iti | tathāpy ucyamānā na pratipādyante tārayitum* ||
anyatamena nāvikena bhagavato aṣṭāṅgopetaṃ svaraṃ śrutvā tāṃ ca rūpasaṃpadaṃ dṛṣṭvā prasādajātenoktam*: ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃgham uttārayiṣyāmīti | tato bhikṣavo nāvam abhirūḍhāḥ | bhagavān ṛddhyā agrata eva tasya nāvikasyāpārimāt tīrāt pārime tīre sthitaḥ | tataḥ sa nāvikas tad ṛddhiprātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā āvarjitamanāḥ pādayor nipatitaḥ | tasmai bhagavatā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā tena nāvikena viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ prāptam* | sa dṛṣṭasatyas trir udānam udānayati: idam asmākaṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 69 --------------------
bhadanta na mātrā kṛtaṃ na pitrā na rājñā na devatābhir neṣṭena svajanabandhuvargeṇa na pūrvapretair na śramaṇabrāhmaṇair yad bhagavatāsmākaṃ kṛtam* | ucchoṣitā rudhirāśrusamudrāḥ, laṅghitā asthiparvatāḥ, pihitāny apāyadvārāṇi, vivṛtāni svargamokṣadvārāṇi, pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ smo devamanuṣyeṣu | āha ca:
tavānubhāvāt pihitaḥ sughoro
hy apāyamārgo bahudoṣayuktaḥ |
apāvṛtā svargagatiḥ supuṇyā
nirvāṇamārgaś ca mayopalabdhaḥ || AVŚ_27.1 ||
tvadāśrayāc cāptam apetadoṣaṃ
mayādya śuddhaṃ suviśuddhacakṣuḥ | (Speyer: suviśuddha cakṣuḥ)
prāptaṃ ca śāntaṃ padam āryakāntaṃ
tīrṇaś ca duḥkhārṇavapāram asmi || AVŚ_27.2 ||
naravarendra narāmarapūjita
vigatajanmajarāmaraṇāmayam* | (Speyer: vigatajanmajarāmaraṇāmaya)
bhavasahasrasudurlabhadarśana
saphalam adya mune tava darśanam* || AVŚ_27.3 || iti
dvitīyasya nāvikasya mahān vipratisāra utpannaḥ | tena bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya atyayo deśitaḥ, bhagavāṃś ca saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ ||
bhagavatā smitaṃ vidarśitam* | 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  bhavanta 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_27.4 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_27.5 ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 70 --------------------
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ karma 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 ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_27.6 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_27.7 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_27.8 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_27.9 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anena nāvikena mamāntike cittaṃ prasāditam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda nāviko 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca anāgate 'dhvani saṃsārottaraṇo nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yad buddhapratyekabuddhaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 71 --------------------
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AVŚ_28 gandhamādanaḥ | (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 | ācaritam etan madhyadeśe: bhūyasā madhyadeśanivāsino jānapadā vicitrair anulepanair gātram anulimpanti | yāvad anyatamo gṛhapatiputraḥ | tasya dārikā śrāddhā bhadrā kalyāṇāśayā lohitacandanaṃ pinaṣṭi | bhagavāṃś ca pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | adrākṣīt sā dārikā buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca dārikāyā mahān prasāda utpannaḥ | tato labdhaprasādāyā etad abhavat*: kiṃ mamānenaivaṃvidhena jīvitena yāham īdṛśaṃ kṣetram āsādya na śaknomi dāridryadoṣād bhagavataḥ kārān kartum iti ||
tatas tayā svajīvitam agaṇayitvā ubhau pāṇī lohitacandanena pralipya bhagavataḥ pādayor aṅgade kṛte, bhagavatā ca ṛddhyā sakalaṃ rājagṛhanagaraṃ candanagandhenāpūritam* | tato dārikā tat pratihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā prasannacittā bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya cetanāṃ puṣṇāti: anena kuśalamūlena pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ sākṣāt kuryām iti ||
tato bhagavatā smitaṃ vidarśitam* | 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 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
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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_28.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_28.2 ||
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 | pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_28.3 ||
gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_28.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_28.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_28.6 || iti
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bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anayā dārikayā mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣā ānanda dārikā kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca gandhamādano nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asyā deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yad buddhapratyekabuddhāryaśrāvakeṣu kārān kariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
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AVŚ_29 nirmalaḥ | (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 | śrāvastyāṃ amyatama ārāmikaḥ | sa dantakāṣṭham ādāya śrāvastīṃ praviśati | naimittikaś ca dvāre 'vasthitaḥ | sa kathayati: ya etad dantadhāvanaṃ bhakṣayiṣyati, sa śatarasaṃ bhojanaṃ bhakṣayiṣyati | tad vacanam ārāmikeṇa śrutam* | śrutvā caivaṃ cintayāmāsa: kasmāyetad dantadhāvanaṃ dadyām* | yena me mahān saṃmānaḥ syād iti | tasyaitad abhavat*: ayaṃ buddho bhagavān sacarācare loke jaṅgamaṃ puṇyakṣetram abandhyamahāphalaṃ ca | yanv aham idaṃ buddhāya bhagavate dadyām iti ||
atha sa ārāmiko dantakāṣṭham ādāya yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte 'sthāt* | ekāntasthitaḥ sa ārāmiko bhagavantam idam avocat*: idaṃ bhagavan dantakāṣṭhaṃ pratigṛhyatāṃ mamāntikād anukampām upādāyeti | atha bhagavān ārāmikasyānugrahārthaṃ gajabhujasadṛśaṃ suvarṇavarṇaṃ bāhum abhiprasārya gṛhītavān*, gṛhītvā bhakṣitavān*, bhakṣayitvā cainam ārāmikasyāgrato visarjitavān*, visarjya tad dantakāṣṭhaṃ pṛthivyāṃ nikhātavān* | nikhātamātram eva ca tacchākhāpatrapuṣpaphalasamṛddho mahānyagrodhaḥ parimaṇḍalas tatraiva kṣaṇe nirvṛttaḥ | yasya cchāyāyāṃ niṣadya bhagavatā anekeṣāṃ devamanuṣyāṇāṃ dharmo deśitaḥ | tato 'nāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā bhagavān* śatarasenāhāreṇa pratipāditaḥ ||
atha sa ārāmiko bhagavadupasthānāt prātihāryāc cāvarjitamanā mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānām kartum ārabdhaḥ: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ sākṣātkuryām iti ||
tato bhagavatā smitaṃ vidarśitam* | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti, tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 74 --------------------
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 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_29.1 ||
yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || AVŚ_29.2 ||
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 | pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva || AVŚ_29.3 ||
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gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ || AVŚ_29.4 ||
tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ || AVŚ_29.5 ||
nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || AVŚ_29.6 || iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda anenārāmikeṇa mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda ārāmiko 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trayodaśa kalpān vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati, paścime bhave paścime nikete paścime samucchraye paścime ātmabhāvapratilambhe nirmalo nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti | 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_30 valgusvarāḥ | (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 | atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | saṃbahulāś ca goṣṭhikā madyamadākṣiptā vīṇāmṛdaṅgapaṇavair vividhair vādyair vādyamānair nṛtyanto gāyanta utpalapadmapuṇḍarīkavārṣikādibhir udārapuṣpair āsaktakaṇṭheguṇā viśiṣṭāmbaravasanā bahiḥ śrāvastyā nirgacchanti | bhagavāṃś ca śrāvastyāṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | dadṛśus te goṣṭhikā buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p.