Luật Tạng, Phẩm Dược (Bhaiṣajyavastu)

am avaṣṭabhya gacchati / tatas tena rājñā amātyāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ / ka eṣa bhavantaḥ puruṣo valīpalitottamāṅgaḥ  pūrvavad yāvad daṇḍam avaṣṭabhya gacchatīti / taiḥ samākhyātam* / deva saṃskāraparikṣayād eṣa jīrṇo vṛddha ity ucyata iti / rājā kathayati / aham api bhavanta evaṃdharmo bhaviṣyāmīti / te kathayanti / deva sādhāraṇa eṣa dharma iti / tato rājā durmanāḥ saṃprasthitaḥ / punar api puruṣaṃ paśyaty utpāṇḍotpāṇḍukaṃ sphuṭitaparuṣagātraṃ parvatopamakukṣiṃ vraṇapūyotkīrṇair aṅgapratyaṅgāvadhāribhiḥ paṭṭakopanibaddhaiḥ dīrghadīrghaiḥ praśvasantan daṇḍam avaṣṭabhya khaṃjamānagatiṃ saṃprasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā (MSV I 64) ca punar amātyān āmaṃtrayate / ka eṣa bhavantaḥ puruṣa utpāṇḍotpāṇḍukaḥ pūrvavad yāvat khaṃjamāno 'bhisaṃprasthita iti / te kathayanti / deva eṣa vyādhito nāma / rājā kathayati / aham api bhavantaḥ evaṃdharmo bhaviṣyāmīti / amātyāḥ kathayanti / deva sādhāraṇa eṣa eva dharmo duṣkṛtakarmakāriṇāṃ pūrvakarmāparādhād bhavatīti / rājā saṃlakṣayati / sarvathā pāpaṃ na kartavyam iti viditvā saṃprasthitaḥ / punar api paśyati / nīlapītalohitāvadātair vastraiḥ śivikām alaṃkṛtāṃ chatradhvajapatākāśaṃkhapaṭahastrīpuruṣadārakadārikābhir
ākīrṇāṃ caturbhiḥ puruṣair utkṣiptām ulkāṃ ca purastān nīyamānāṃ kāṣṭhavyagrahastaiḥ puruṣaiḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nubaddhāṃ hā tāta hā bhrātaḥ hā pitaḥ hā svāminn iti ca samantād ārodanaśabdaṃ śrutvā ca punar amātyān āmaṃtrayate / kim eṣā bhavantaḥ śivikā nīlapītalohitāvadātair vastraiḥ pūrvavad yāvad ārodanaśabda iti / amātyāḥ kathayanti / eṣa deva mṛto nāma iti / rājā kathayati / aham api bhavantaḥ evaṃdharmo bhaviṣyāmīti (fol. 158v1 = GBM 6.985) / te kathayanti deva eṣo 'pi sādhāraṇo dharma iti / tato jīrṇāturamṛtasaṃdarśanāt saṃvignamanā evaṃrūpābhogāḥ parityaktavyā iti pratinivṛtya śokāgāraṃ praviśyāvasthita iti /
tasya vijite velāmo nāma brāhmaṇa āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ / tena śrutaṃ yathā rājā jīrṇāturamṛtasaṃdarśanād udvignaḥ śokāgāraṃ praviśyāvasthita iti / śrutvā ca punar anekair brāhmaṇaśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvaśvetaṃ vaḍavāratham (MSV I 65) abhiruhya sauvarṇena daṇḍakamaṇḍalunā dhāryamāṇena yena rājā piṇḍavaṃśas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / amātyaiḥ rājñe niveditam* / deva velāmo brāhmaṇo dvāre tiṣṭhati / tato rājā nirgatya athādhikaraṇe niṣaṇṇaḥ / brāhmaṇo velāmo jayenāyuṣā ca vardhayitvā niṣaṇṇaḥ kathayati / kimarthaṃ devaḥ śokāgāre praviśyāvasthita iti / rājñā yathāvṛttaṃ sarvaṃ velāmāya brāhmaṇāya vistareṇārocitam* / sa kathayati / devaḥ svakarmaphalabhogī / nātra śokaḥ karaṇīyaḥ / santi satvāḥ sukṛtakarmakāriṇaḥ santi duṣkṛtakarmakāriṇaḥ santi cobhayakarmakāriṇaḥ / cakravartinas tu nityaṃ sukṛtakarmakāriṇaḥ santo deveṣūpapadyante / devo 'pi cakravartī / manuṣyaprativiṣiṣṭaṃ sukham anubhūya divyaṃ sukham anubhaviṣyatīti / api tu deva yajña iṣṭavyaḥ svargasopānabhūta iti / tato rājñā amātyānām ājñā dattā / bhavantaḥ sarvavijite ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kārayata / rājā nirargalaṃ yajñaṃ yajati / bhavadbhir āgatya paribhoktavyam iti / tato dānaśālā prajñaptā / annam annārthibhyo dīyatāṃ pānaṃ pānārthibhyaḥ / tatrācāmena parisravamāṇena gartaḥ kṛtaḥ / yatrāsau taptaḥ śītībhavati / anavataptaḥ anavatapta iti sajñā saṃvṛttā / tasyācāmena taṇḍulāmbunā ca dvādaśavārṣikeṇa saṃpūryamāṇasya vṛddhiḥ saṃvṛttā / tata iyaṃ mukhena nadī prasṛtā / ācāmanadīti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā iti /
(MSV I 66)
uddānam* /
kumāravardhanaṃ krauṃcānam aṅgadikā maṇivatī /
sālabalā sālibalā suvarṇaprasthaś ca sāketā //
peyā toyikā ca śrāvastī anavataptaḥ /
nagarabinduś ca vaiśālī bhavati paścimā //
atha bhagavān kumāravardhanam anuprāptaḥ / kumāravardhane āyuṣmantam ānandam āmantrayate / asminn evānanda pradeśe upoṣadho nāma rājā jātaḥ / atraiva cābhivṛddhaḥ / tenāsya nagarasya kumāravardhanaṃ kumāravardhanam iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā /
krauṃcānam anuprāptaḥ / tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmaṃtrayate / asminn ānanda krauṃcāne upoṣadhasya rājño hastināgena krauṃcayatā śabdhaḥ kṛtaḥ krauṃcānaṃ krauṃcānam iti (fol. 159r1 = GBM 6.986) saṃjñā saṃvṛttā /
aṅgadikām anuprāptaḥ / aṅgadikāyām anyatamasmin pradeśe smitam akārṣīt* / vistareṇa caturbuddhāsanaṃ pūrvavat* /
maṇivatīm anuprāptaḥ / maṇivatyām āyuṣmantam ānandam āmaṃtrayate / asyām ānanda maṇivatyāṃ bodhisatvena bahubhir maṇibhir yajño yaṣṭaḥ / maṇivatī maṇivatīti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā /
sālabalām anuprāptaḥ / sālabalāyām anyatamasmin pradeśe smitam akārṣīt* / vistareṇa caturbuddhāsanaṃ pūrvavat* /
sālibalām anuprāptaḥ / sālibalāyām anyatamasmin pradeśe smitam akārṣīt* / vistareṇa caturbuddhāsanaṃ pūrvavat* /
(MSV I 67)
suvarṇaprastham anuprāptaḥ / asminn ānanda suvarṇaprasthe bodhisatvena bahusuvarṇako yajño yaṣṭaḥ / apīdānīṃ brāhmanaiḥ prasthena suvarṇo bhājitaḥ / suvarṇaprasthaḥ suvarnaprastha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā /
sāketām anuprāptaḥ / sāketāyām āyuṣmantam ānandam āmaṃtrayate / asyām ānanda sāketāyām upoṣadho nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ cākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca / tasyāpareṇa samayena mūrdhni piṭako jāto mṛduḥ sumṛduḥ tadyathā tūlapicur vā karpāsapicur vā na ca kiṃcid ābādhaṃ janayati / sa paripākatvāt sphuṭitaḥ / kumāro jātaḥ / abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaḥ pūrvavat yāvat sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetaḥ / mūrdhni jāto mūrdhni jāta iti mūrdhāto mūrdhāta iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā / upoṣadhasya rājñaḥ ṣāṣṭiḥ strīsahasrāṇi / jātaḥ kumāro 'ntaḥpuraṃ praveśitaḥ / sahadarśanād eva sarvāsāṃ strīṇāṃ stanāḥ prasrutāḥ / ekaikā kathayati māṃ dhāyatu māṃ dhāyatv iti māndhātā māndhāteti ca saṃjñā saṃvṛttā / tatra kecin mūrdhāta iti saṃjānate kecin māndhāteti /
māndhātuḥ kumārasya janapadagatasya upoṣadho rājā glānaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / sa mūlagaṇḍapatrapuṣpaphalabhaiṣajyair upasthīyate / tathāpy asau hīyata eva / tenāmātyānām ājñā dattā / bhavantaḥ śīghraṃ kumāraṃ rājyābhiṣekeṇābhiṣiṃcata / evaṃ deva iti amātyair dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam* / upoṣadho rājā glānaḥ / tenājñā dattā kumāraṃ śabdayata rājyābhiṣekaṃ (MSV I 68) pratyanubhavatv iti / tad arhati kumāraḥ śīghram āgantum iti / sa saṃprasthita upoṣadhaś ca rājā kālagataḥ / tato 'mātyaiḥ punar api tasya dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam* / kumāra pitā te kālagataḥ / āgaccha rājyaṃ pratīccheti / māndhātā kumāraḥ saṃlakṣayati / yadi mama pitā kālagataḥ kiṃ tatra gacchāmīti viditvā tatraivāvasthitaḥ / amātyaiḥ punar api saṃbhūya agrāmātyaḥ preṣitaḥ / tena gatvābhihitaḥ / kumāra āgaccha rājyaṃ pratīccha iti / sa kathayati / mama (fol. 159v1 = GBM 6.987) dharmeṇa rājyaṃ prāptam* / ihaiva rājyābhiṣeka āgacchatv iti / amātyaiḥ saṃdiṣṭam* / deva rājyābhiṣeke prabhūtena prayojanam* / ratnaśilayā siṃhāsanena cchatreṇa paṭṭena mukuṭena / adhiṣṭhānamadhye ca rājyābhiṣekaḥ kriyate / tad arhati kumāraḥ ihaivāgantum iti / sa kathayati / yadi mama dharmeṇa rājyaṃ prāptam* / ihaiva sarvam āgacchatv iti / māndhātuḥ kumārasya divaukaso nāma yakṣa purojavaḥ / tena ratnaśilā siṃhāsanaṃ tatraivānītam* / ādhiṣṭhānikāś ca cchatraṃ paṭṭaṃ mukuṭaṃ cādāya svayam evāgatāḥ / adhiṣṭhānaṃ svayam āgataṃ svayam āgatam iti sāketā sāketā iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā /
tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmaṃtrayate / āgamayānanda yena śrāvastī iti / evaṃ bhadanta iti āyuṣmān ānando bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣīt* / atha bhagavān yena śrāvastī tena cārikāṃ caran prakrānto yāvad anyatamasmin pradeśe brāhmaṇaś chinnabhaktako halaṃ vāhayati / tasyārthāya dārikā peyām ādāyāgatā / bhagavāṃś ca taṃ pradeśam (MSV I 69) anuprāptaḥ / dadarśa sa brāhmaṇo buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṃgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* / sahadarśanāt tasya bhagavati prasāda utpannaḥ / na tathā dvādaśavarṣābhyas taḥ śamathaś cittasya kalpatāṃ janayati / aputrasya vā putrapratilābho daridrasya vā nidhidarśanaṃ rājyābhinandino vā rājyābhiṣeko yathopacitakuśalamūlasya satvasya tatprathamato buddhadarśanam* / sa tāṃ peyām ādāya laghu laghv eva yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / upasaṃkramya bhagavantam idam avocat* /
iyaṃ bho gautama peyā iyam asti mamāntike /
anukampaṃ piba etad bhagavan gautamaḥ peyām* // iti
tato bhagavatā tasya brāhmaṇasya kūpo darśitaḥ / sacet te brāhmaṇa parityājyāḥ asmin jīrṇakūpo prakṣipa iti / tena tasmin jīrṇakūpe prakṣiptāḥ / sa jīrṇakūpo vāṣpāyamānaḥ peyāpūrṇo yathāpi tad buddhānāṃ buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena / tato bhagavatā sa brāhmaṇo 'bhihitaḥ / cāraya brāhmaṇa peyām iti / sa cārayitum ārabdhaḥ / bhagavatā tathādhiṣṭhitā yathā sarvasaṃghena peyā / jīrṇakūpo vāṣpāyamānas tathaiva peyāpūrṇo 'vasthitaḥ / tato 'sau brāhmaṇo bhūyasyā mātrayābhiprasanno bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya / tasya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā (MSV I 70) tādṛśī cāturāryāsatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā pūrvavad yāvad anādyakālopacitaṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ (fol. 160r1 = GBM 6.988) sākṣātkṛtam* / abhikrānto 'haṃ bhadantābhikrāntaḥ / eṣo 'haṃ bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca / upāsakaṃ ca māṃ dhāraya adyāgreṇa yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇopetaṃ śaraṇagatam abhiprasannam* / athāsau brāhmaṇo vaṇig iva labdhalābhaḥ śasyasaṃpanna iva kārṣikaḥ śūra iva vijitasaṃgrāmaḥ sarvarogaparimukta ivāturo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhinandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato 'ntikāt prakrānto yāvat kṣetraṃ gataḥ / paśyati tasmin kṣetre sauvarṇān yavān saṃpannān* / dṛṣṭvā ca punar vismayotphullalocano gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
aho guṇamayaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam* /
adyaivoptaṃ mayā bījam adyaiva phaladāyikam* // iti /
tato 'sau brāhmaṇas tvaritaṃ rājñaḥ sakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ / upasaṃkramya jayenāyuṣā ca vardhayitvā rājānam uvāca / deva mayā yavāḥ prakīrṇās te sauvarṇāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ / tatrādhiṣṭhāyikena prasādaḥ kriyatām iti / rājñā adhiṣṭhāyiko 'nupreṣitaḥ / brāhmaṇena rāśīkṛtvā bhājitāḥ / rājabhāgaḥ svābhāvikā yavāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ / adhiṣṭhāyikena rājñe niveditam* / rājñā samādiṣṭam* / punar bhājayata iti / punar bhājitam* / tathaiva rājabhāgaḥ svābhāvikā yavāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ / evaṃ yāvat saptakṛtvo bhājitam* / tathaiva rājā kutūhalajātaḥ svayam eva gataḥ paśyati / tathaiva tenāsau brāhmaṇo 'bhihitaḥ / brāhmaṇa tavaitat puṇyanirjātam* / alaṃ rājabhāgena / yat tavābhipretaṃ tan mamānuprayaccheti (MSV I 71) / tatas tena brāhmaṇena parituṣṭena yad dattaṃ te sauvarṇayavāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ /
tato bhagavān saṃprasthito yāvad anyatamasmin pradeśe paṃca kārṣikaśatāny utpāṇḍotpāṇḍukāni sphuṭitapāṇipādāni śaṇaśāṭīnivāsitāni lāṅgalāni vāhayanti / te 'pi balīvardā vraṇapūyotkīrṇaiḥ pratodayaṣṭibhiḥ kṣatavikṣatagātrā muhurmurhur viśvasanto vahanti / dadṛśus te kārṣikā buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ pūrvavad yāvad upacitakuśalamūlaya satvasya tatprathamato buddhadarśanam* / tato yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ / adrākṣīd bhagavāṃs tān kārṣikān* / dūrād eva dṛṣṭvā ca punar vinayāpekṣayā mārgād apakramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ / atha te kārṣikā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇāḥ / tato bhagavatā teṣāṃ kārṣikāṇām āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī cāturāryāsatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā pūrvavad yāvad anādyakālopacitaṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* / te dṛṣṭisatyā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ (fol. 160v1 = GBM 6.989) praṇamya bhagavantam idam avocat* / labhema vayaṃ bhadanta svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvaṃ carema vayaṃ bhagavato 'ntike brahmacaryam iti / te bhagavatā ehibhikṣukayā pravrājitāḥ pūrvavad yāvan naiva sthitā  buddhamanorathena / teṣāṃ bhagavatā avavādo dattaḥ / te vyāyacchamānaiḥ pūrvavad yāvad abhivādyāś ca saṃvṛttāḥ /
(MSV I 72)
te balīvardā yoktrāṇi varatrāṇi cchitvā yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ / upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā samantakena parivāryāvasthitāḥ / teṣāṃ bhagavatā tribhiḥ padair dharmo deśitaḥ / pūrvavad yāvad yathā gaṃgāvatāre haṃsamatsyakūrmāṇāṃ yāvad dṛṣṭasatyāḥ svabhavanaṃ gatāḥ /
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ / kiṃ bhadanta ebhiḥ kārṣikapūrvakaiḥ bhikṣubhiḥ karma kṛtaṃ yena kārṣikāḥ saṃvṛttā bhagavataś ca śāsane pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* / tair balīvardapūrvakair devaputraiḥ kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena balīvardeṣūpapannāḥ satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtam iti / bhagavān āha / ebhir eva bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pūrvavad yāvat phalanti dehināṃ* /
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'sminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kaśyapo nāma śāstā loke udapādi / pūrvavad yāvat sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśṛtya viharati ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve / tasya śāsane etāni paṃca kārṣikaśatāni pravrajitāny abhūvan* / tatra ebhir na paṭhitaṃ na svādhyāyitaṃ na manasikāro vāhitaḥ kin tu śraddhādeyaṃ bhuktvā bhuktvā saṃgaṇikābhirataiḥ kausīdyenātināmitam* /
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāni tāni paṃca bhikṣuśatāni etāni paṃca kārṣikaśatāni / yo 'sau vihārasvāmī sa evāsau (MSV I 73) gṛhapatiḥ / yad ete kārṣikā yad ebhir vihārasvāmisantakaṃ śraddhādeyaṃ paribhujya na paṭhitaṃ na svādhyāyitaṃ nāpi manasikāro vāhitaḥ kin tu saṃgaṇikābhirataiḥ kausīdyenātināmitaṃ tena karmaṇā paṃca janmaśatāni tasya vihārasvāminaḥ kārṣikāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ / yāvad etarhy api tasyaiva kārṣikā jātāḥ / yad ebhiḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śāsane pravrajya brahmacaryaṃ caritaṃ tenaitarhi mama śāsane pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* /
te 'pi balīvardapūrviṇo devaputrāḥ kāśyapasyaiva samyaksaṃbuddhasya śāsane pravrajitā āsaṃs tatraiva kṣudrānukṣudrāṇi śikṣāpadāni khaṇḍitāni / tena karmaṇo vipākena balīvardeṣūpapannāḥ / yan mamāntike cittam abhiprasāditaṃ tena deveṣūpapannāḥ / yat kāsyape samyaksaṃbudde brahmacaryaṃ cīrṇaṃ pratipālitaṃ tenedānīṃ devaputrabhūtaiḥ (fol. 161r1 = GBM 6.990) satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam* / iti hi bhikṣavaḥ ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ pūrvavad yāvad ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ / ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam idam avocat* /
tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmaṃtrayate / āgamayānanda yena toyikā / evaṃ bhadantety āyuṣmān ānando bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣīt* / atha bhagavāṃs toyikām anuprāptaḥ / tasmiṃś ca pradeśe brāhmaṇo lāṅgalaṃ vāhayati / athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā puruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyaṃjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ (MSV I 74) sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṃgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* / sa saṃlakṣayati / yadi bhagavantaṃ gautamam upetyābhivādayiṣyāmi karmaparihānir me bhaviṣyati / atha nopetyābhivādayiṣyāmi puṇyaparihānir me bhaviṣyati / ko 'sāv upāyaḥ syād yena me na karmaparihāniḥ syān nāpi puṇyaparihānir iti / tasya buddhir utpannā / atrastha evābhivādanaṃ karomi / evaṃ na karmaparihānir bhaviṣyati nāpi puṇyaparihānir iti / tena yathāgṛhītayaiva pratodayaṣṭyā tatrasthenaivābhivādanaṃ kṛtam* / abhivādaye buddhaṃ bhagavantam iti /
tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmantrayate / kṣūṇa ānanda eṣa brāhmaṇaḥ / anenopakramyāsmin pradeśe abhivādane kṛte sati pratyātmaṃ jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate / etasmiṇ pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopito 'sthisaṃghātas tiṣṭhatīti / aham anenopakramya vandito bhaveyam* / evam anena dvābhyāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhābhyāṃ vandanā kṛtā bhavet* / tat kasya hetoḥ / asminn ānanda pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopito 'sthisaṃghātas tiṣṭhati / athāyuṣmān ānando laghu laghv eva caturguṇam uttarāsaṃgaṃ prajñapya bhagavantam idam avocat* / niṣīdatu bhagavān prajñapta evāsane / evam ayaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo dvābhyāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhābhyāṃ paribhukto bhaviṣyati yac ca kāśyapena samyaksaṃbuddhena yac caitarhi bhagavateti / niṣaṇṇo bhagavān prajñapta evāsane (MSV I 75) / niṣadya bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma / icchatha yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātam avikopitaṃ draṣṭum* / etasya bhagavan kāla etasya sugata samayo yad bhagavān bhikṣūṇāṃ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopitaṃ śarīrasaṃghātam upadarśayet* / dṛṣṭvā bhikṣavaś cittam abhiprasādayiṣyanti / bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittam utpāditam iti / paśyanti bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātam avikopitaṃ draṣṭukāmāḥ  / tatas tena kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopitaḥ śarīrasaṃghāta ucchrāpitaḥ / tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma / udgṛhṇīta bhikṣavo nimittam* / antardhāsyatīty antarhitam* /
rājñā prasenajitā śrutam* / bhagavatā śrāvakāṇāṃ darśanāyāvikopitaḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya (fol. 161v1 = GBM 6.991) śarīrasaṃghāta ucchrāpita iti / śrutvā ca punaḥ kutūhalajātaḥ sārdham antaḥpurakumārair amātyair bhaṭabalāgreṇa naigamajānapadaiś ca saṃprasthitaḥ / evaṃ virūḍhako 'nāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatiḥ uṣidattaḥ purāṇasthapatir viśākhā mṛgāramātā anekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kutūhalajātāni saṃprasthitāni kaiścit pūrvakaiḥ kuśalamūlaiḥ saṃcodyamānāni / yāvad asāv antarhitaḥ / taiḥ śrutam antarhito 'sau bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghāta iti / śrutvā ca punas teṣāṃ duḥkhadaurmanasyam utpannaṃ vṛthāsmākam āgamanam iti /
anyatamena copāsakena sa pradeśaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtaḥ / evaṃ ca cetasā cittam abhisaṃskṛtam* / asmān me padāvihārāt kiyat puṇyaṃ (MSV I 76) bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs tasya mahājanakāyasyāvipratisārasaṃjananārthaṃ tasya copāsakasya cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ padāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān // iti /
anyatamenāpy upāsakena tasmin pradeśe mṛttikāpiṇḍo dattaḥ / evaṃ cittam abhisaṃskṛtam* / padāvihārasya tāvad iyat puṇyam ākhyātaṃ bhagavatā / asya tu mṛttikāpiṇḍasya kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs tasya cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇapiṇḍā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ āropayen mṛttikāpiṇḍam ekam* // iti /
tac chrutvānekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrair mṛttikāpiṇḍasamāropaṇaṃ kṛtam* / aparais tatra muktapuṣpāṇy abhikṣiptāni / evaṃ ca cittam abhisaṃskṛtam* / padāvihārasya ca mṛttikāpiṇḍasya ca iyat puṇyam uktaṃ bhagavatā / asmākaṃ tu muktapuṣpāṇāṃ kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs teṣām api cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇapeṭā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta āropayen muktapuṣpasya rāśim* // iti /
aparais tatra mālāvihāraḥ kṛtaḥ / cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam* / muktapuṣpāṇāṃ bhagavatā iyat puṇyam uktam* / asmākaṃ mālāvihārasya (MSV I 77) kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs teṣām api cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇavāhā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto mālāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān* // iti /
aparais tatra dīpamālā dattā / cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam* / mālāvihārasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyam uktam* / asmākaṃ dīpadānasya kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs teṣām api cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇavāhā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ pradīpadānaṃ prakaroti vidvān* // iti /
aparais tatra gandhābhiṣeko dattaḥ / cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam* (fol. 162r1 = GBM 6.992) / pradīpadānasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyam uktam* / asmākaṃ gandhābhiṣekasya kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs teṣām api cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇarāśayo jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto gandhābhiṣekaṃ prakaroti vidvān* // iti /
aparais tatra cchatradhvajapatākāropaṇaṃ dattaḥ / cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam* / padāvihārasya mṛtpiṇḍadānasya muktapuṣpāṇāṃ mālāvihārasya pradīpadānasya gandhābhiṣekasya ceyat puṇyam uktaṃ bhagavatā / asmākaṃ chatradhvajapatākāropaṇe kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs teṣām api cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
(MSV I 78)
śataṃ sahasrāṇi suvarṇaparvatā meroḥ samā nāsya samā bhavanti /
yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta āropayec chatradhvajāpatākāḥ //
eṣā hi dakṣiṇā proktā aprameye tathāgate /
samudrakalpe saṃbodhau sārthavāhe anuttare // iti /
teṣām etad abhavat* parinirvṛtasya tāvad bhagavataḥ kāraṇam iyat puṇyam uktaṃ bhagavatā / tiṣṭhataḥ kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti / atha bhagavāṃs teṣām api cetasā cittam ājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
tiṣṭhantaṃ pūjayed yaś ca yaś cāpi parinirvṛtam* /
samaṃ cittaṃ prasādyeha nāsti puṇyaviśeṣatā //
evaṃ hy acintiyā buddhā buddhadharmo 'py acintiyaḥ /
acintiye prasannānāṃ vipāko 'pi acintiyaḥ //
teṣām acintiyānām apratihatadharmacakravartinām* /
samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ nālaṃ guṇapāram adhigantum* // iti /
tato bhagavatā tasya mahājanakāyasya tathāvidhā dharmadeśanā kṛtā yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrair mahān viśeṣo 'dhigataḥ / kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau / kaiścid uṣmagatāni pratilabdhāni kaiścin mūrdhānaḥ kaiścit satyānuloma kaiścit kṣāntayaḥ / kaiścit srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtaṃ kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalaṃ kaiścid anāgāmiphalam* / kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* / yadbhūyasā sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthāpitā (MSV I 79) / tatra śrāddhair brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhis tasmin pradeśe mahaḥ sthāpitaḥ / toyikāmahas toyikāmaha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā /
atha bhagavān kosaleṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ caran śrāvastīm anuprāptaḥ / śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme / aśrauṣīd anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatiḥ bhagavān kosaleṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ caran śrāvastīm anuprāptaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane asmākam evārāme iti / śrutvā ca punar yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇaḥ / ekāntaniṣaṇṇam anāthapiṇḍadaṃ gṛhapatiṃ bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati (fol. 162v1 = GBM 6.993) pūrvavad yāvat saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* / athānāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatir utthāyāsanāt pūrvavad yena bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam idam avocat* / adhivāsayatu me bhagavān śvo 'ntargṛhe bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena iti / pūrvavat śuci praṇītaṃ khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyam evotthāyāsanakāni prajñapyodakamaṇīn pratiṣṭhāpya bhagavato dūtena kālam ārocayati / samayo bhadanta sajjaṃ bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyate iti / dauvārikapuruṣam āmaṃtrayate / na tāvad bhoḥ puruṣānyatīrthyakānāṃ praveśo deyo yāvad buddhapramukhena bhikṣusaṃghena na bhuktam* / tataḥ paścāt tīrthyakebhyo dāsyāmīti / evam ārya iti dauvārikaḥ puruṣa anāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapateḥ pratyaśrauṣīt* / atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto (MSV I 80) bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛtaḥ pūrvavad yāvad dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ nīcataram āsanaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya /
athāyuṣmān mahākāśyapo 'nyatamasmād āraṇyakāc chayanāsanād dīrghakeśaśmaśrulūhacīvaro jetavanaṃ gataḥ / sa paśyati jetavanaṃ śūnyam* / tenopadhivārikaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ / kutra buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃgha iti / tena samākhyātam* / anāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinopanimaṃtrita iti / sa saṃlakṣayati / tatraiva piṇḍapātaṃ paribhokṣyāmi buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca paryupāsiṣye iti / saḥ anāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveśanaṃ gataḥ / dauvārikeṇoktaḥ / ārya mā pravekṣyasi / kasyārthāya / anāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā ājñā dattā / mā tāvat tīrthyānāṃ praveśaṃ dāsyasi yāvad buddhapramukhena bhikṣusaṃghena paribhuktam* / tataḥ paścāt tīrthyānāṃ dāsyāmīti / āyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ saṃlakṣayati tasya me lābhāḥ sulabdhā ye māṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatayaḥ śramaṇaśākyaputrīya iti na jānate / gacchāmi kṛpaṇajanasyānukampāṃ karomīti viditvā udyānaṃ gataḥ / sa saṃlakṣayati / adya mayā kasyānugrahaḥ kartavyaḥ / yāvad anyatarā nagarāvalambikā kuṣṭhābhibhūtā sarujārtā pakvagātrā bhikṣām aṭati / sa tasyāḥ sakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ / tasyāś ca bhikṣāyām ācāmaḥ saṃpannaḥ / tayā āyuṣmān mahākāśyapo dṛṣṭaḥ kāyaprāsādikaś cittaprāsādikaś ca śānteneryāpathena / sā saṃlakṣayati / nūnaṃ mayaivaṃvidhe dakṣiṇīye kārā na kṛtā yena me iyaṃ samavasthā / yady āryo mahākāśyapo mamāntikād anukampām (MSV I 81) upādāyācāmaṃ pratigṛhṇīyād aham asmai dadyām iti / tata āyuṣmatā mahākāśyapena tasyāś cetasā cittam ājñāya pātram upanāmitam* / yadi te bhagini parityaktaṃ tad dīyatām asmin pātre iti / tatas tayā cittam abhiprasādya tasmin pātre dattaṃ makṣikā ca patitā / sā tām apanetum ārabdhā / tasyās tasminn ācāme aṃguliḥ patitā / sā saṃlakṣayati / kiṃ cāpy āryeṇa mama cittānurakṣaṇayā (fol. 163r1 = GBM 6.994) na cchoritam* / api tu na paribhokṣyatīti / āyuṣmatā mahākāśyapena tasyāś cetasā cittam ājñāya tasyā eva samakṣam anyatamaṃ kuḍyamūlaṃ niśritya paribhuktam*
/ sā saṃlakṣayati / kiṃ cāpy āryeṇa mama cittānurakṣaṇayā paribhuktaṃ nānenāhāreṇāhārakṛtyaṃ kariṣyatīti / athāyuṣmān mahākāśyapas tasyāś cetasā cittam ājñāya tāṃ nagarāvalambikām idam avocat* / bhagini prāmodyam utpādayāmy ahaṃ tvadīyenāhāreṇa rātriṃdivasam atināmayiṣyāmīti / tasyā atīvaudvilyam utpannam* / mamāryeṇa mahākāśyapena piṇḍapātaḥ pratipāditaḥ pragṛhīta iti āyuṣmati mahākāśyape cittam abhiprasādya kālagatā / tuṣite devanikāye upapannā / sā śakreṇa devendreṇa dṛṣṭā ācāmaṃ pratipādayantī kālaṃ ca kurvāṇā no tu dṛṣṭā kutropapannā iti / sa nagarān vyavalokayitum ārabdho na paśyati tiraścaḥ pretān manuṣyāṃś ca cāturmahārājikān devān trayastriṃśān na paśyati / tathā hy adhastād devānāṃ jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate nopariṣṭāt* / atha śakro devānām indro yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / upasaṃkramya bhagavantaṃ gāthābhigītena praśnaṃ papraccha /
(MSV I 82)
carataḥ piṇḍapātaṃ hi kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ /
kutrāsau modate nārī kāśyapasyācāmadāyikā //
bhagavān āha /
tuṣitā nāma te devāḥ sarvakāmasamṛddhayaḥ /
tatrāsau modate nārī kāśyapasyācāmadāyikā // iti /
atha śakrasya devendrasyaitad abhavat* / ime tāvan manuṣyāḥ puṇyānām apratyakṣadarśino dānāni dadati puṇyāni kurvanti ahaṃ pratyakṣadarśyeva puṇyānāṃ sve puṇyaphale vyavasthitaḥ / tasmād dānāni vā dadāmi puṇyāni vā karomi / ayam āryo mahākāśyapo dīnānāthakṛpaṇavanīpakānukampī / yanv aham enaṃ piṇḍakena pratipādayeyam iti viditvā kṛpaṇavīthyāṃ gṛhaṃ nirmitavān* / cīracīracīvarakaṃ kākābhinilīnakaṃ nātiparamarūpaṃ kuvindaṃ cātmānam abhinirmāya uddhūtaśiraskaḥ śaṇaśāṭīnivāsitaḥ sphuṭitapāṇipādo vastraṃ vayitum ārabdhaḥ / śacy api devakanyā kuvindabhāvaveṣadhāriṇī tasarikāṃ kartum ārabdhā / pārśve cāsya divyā sudhā sajjīkṛtā tiṣṭhati / athāyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ kṛpaṇānāthavanīpakajanānukaṃpako 'nupūrveṇa tad gṛham anuprāptaḥ / duḥkhitako 'yam iti kṛtvā dvāre sthitena pātraṃ prasāritam* / śakreṇa devendreṇa (MSV I 83) divyāyāḥ sudhāyāḥ pātraṃ pūritam* / athāyuṣmato mahākāśyapasyaitad abhavat* /
divyaṃ cāsya sudhābhaktam ayaṃ ca gṛhavistaraḥ /
suviruddham iti jñātvā jāto me hradi saṃśayaḥ // iti /
dharmatā hy eṣā / asamanvāhṛtyārhatāṃ jñānadarśanaṃ na pravartate / sa samanvāhartuṃ pravṛtto yāvat paśyati śakraṃ devendram* / sa kathayati / kauśika kiṃ duḥkhitajanasyāntarāyaṃ (fol. 163v1 = GBM 6.995) karoṣi / yasya bhagavatā dīrgharātrānugato vicikitsākathaṃkathāśalyaḥ samūla āvṛḍho yathāpi tat tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena / ārya mahākāśyapa kiṃ duḥkhitajanasyāntarāyaṃ karomi / ime tāvan manuṣyā apratyakṣadarśinaḥ puṇyānāṃ dānāni dadati puṇyāni kurvanti / ahaṃ pratyakṣadarśyeva puṇyāni kathaṃ dānāni na dadāmi puṇyāni vā na karomi / nanu coktaṃ bhagavatā /
karaṇīyāni puṇyāni duḥkhaṃ hy akṛtapuṇyataḥ /
kṛtapuṇyā hi modante asmiṃl loke paratra ca // iti /
tataḥ prabhṛti āyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ samanvāhṛtya kulāni piṇḍapātaṃ praveṣṭum ārabdhaḥ / atha śakro devendro ākāśastha evāyuṣmato mahākāśyapasya divyāyāḥ sudhāyāḥ pātraṃ pūrayati / āyuṣmān api mahākāśyapaḥ pātram avāṅmukhaṃ karoty annaṃ pānaṃ (MSV I 84) choryate / etat prakaraṇaṃ bhikṣavo bhagavata ārocayanti / bhagavān āha / tasmād anujānāmi piṇḍopadhānaṃ dhārayitavyam iti /
sāmantakena śabdo visṛtaḥ / amukayā nagarāvalambikayā āryo mahākāśyapaḥ ācāmena pratipāditaḥ / sā ca tuṣite devanikāye upapannā / iti rājñā prasenajitā kosalena śrutam* / śrutvā ca punar yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇaḥ / sa ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kosalaṃ bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati / pūrvavad yāvat saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* /
atha rājā prasenajit kosalaḥ utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṃgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam idam avocat* / adhivāsayatu me bhagavān āryamahākāśyapam uddiśya bhaktaṃ saptāheneti / adhivāsayati bhagavān rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kosalasya tūṣṇīṃbhāvena / atha rājā prasenajit kosalo bhagavatas tūṣṇīṃbhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato 'ntikāt prakrāntaḥ / atha rājā prasenajit kosalas tām eva rātriṃ śuci praṇītaṃ khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyam evotthāyāsanakāni prajñapyodakamaṇīn pratiṣṭhāpya bhagavato dūtena kālam ārocayati / pūrvavad yāvat svahastaṃ santarpayati saṃpravārayati / anyatamaś ca koṭṭamallako vṛddhānte cittam abhiprasādayaṃs tiṣṭhati / ayaṃ rājā pratyakṣadarśyeva puṇyānāṃ sve puṇyaphale pratitiṣṭho 'tṛpta eva puṇyair dānāni dadānti puṇyāni karoti /
(MSV I 85)
atha rājā prasenajit kosalo 'nekaparyāyeṇa buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ śucinā praṇītena khādanīyabhojanīyena svahastaṃ santarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ nīcataram āsanaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya / tato bhagavatābhihitaḥ / rājan kasya nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādiśāmi (fol. 164r1 = GBM 6.996) / kiṃ tavāhosvid yena tavāntikāt prabhūtataraṃ puṇyaṃ prasūtam iti / rājā saṃlakṣayati / mama bhagavān piṇḍapātaṃ paribhuṃkte / ko 'nyo mamāntikāt prabhūtataraṃ puṇyaṃ prasaviṣyatīti viditvā kathayati / bhagavan yena mamāntikāt prabhūtataraṃ puṇyaṃ prasūtaṃ tasya bhagavān nāmnā dakṣiṇāṃ ādiśatv iti / tato bhagavatā koṭṭamallakasya nāmnā dakśiṇā ādiṣṭā / evaṃ yāvat ṣaḍdivasān* / ṣaṣṭhe divase rājā kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ / mama bhagavān piṇḍapātaṃ paribhuṃkte / koṭṭamallasya nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādiśatīti / so 'mātyair dṛṣṭaḥ / te kathayanti / kimarthaṃ deva kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyvasthita iti / rājā kathayati / bhavantaḥ kathaṃ na cintāparas tiṣṭhāmi / yatredānīṃ bhagavān mama piṇḍapātaṃ paribhuṃkte koṭṭamallasya nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādiśatīti / tatraiko vṛddhāmātyaḥ kathayati / alpotsukho deva bhavatu / vayaṃ tathā kariṣyāmo yathā śvo bhagavān devasyaiva nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādiśatīti / tena pauruṣeyāṇām ājñā dattā / śvo bhavadbhiḥ praṇītatara āhāraḥ kartavyaḥ prabhūtaś ca / evaṃ cārayitavyaḥ / upārdho bhikṣūṇāṃ pātre pataty ardho bhūmāv iti / amātyair aparasmin divase prabhūtaḥ āhāraḥ sajjitaḥ praṇītaś ca / tataḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ pariveṣitum ārabdhāḥ / (MSV I 86) upārdhaṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ pātre pātayanty upārdhaṃ bhūmau / tataḥ koṭṭamallakāḥ pradhāvitā bhūmau nipatitaṃ gṛhṇīma iti / te pariveṣakair nivāritāḥ / tataḥ sa koṭṭamallakaḥ kathayati / yady asya rājñaḥ prabhūtaṃ saṃpatsvāpateyam asti / santy anye 'py asmadvidhā duḥkhitakā ye ākāṃkṣante
/ teṣāṃ kimarthaṃ na dīyate / kim anenāparibhogaṃ choriteneti / tasya koṭṭamallakasya cittavikṣepo jātaḥ / na śaktaṃ tena tathā cittaṃ prasādayituṃ yathā pūrvam* / tato rājā buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayitvā na mama bhagavān nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādisatīti viditvā dakṣiṇām aśrutvaiva pradiṣṭaḥ / tato bhagavatā rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kosalasya nāmnā evaṃ dakṣiṇādiṣṭā /
hastyaśvarathapattiyāyino bhuṃjānasya puraṃ sanaigamaṃ paśyasi /
balaṃ hi rūkṣikāyā alavaṇikāyāḥ kulmāsapiṇḍikāyāḥ // iti /
athāyuṣmān ānando bhagavantam avocat* / bahuśo bhadanta bhagavatā rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kosalasya niveśane bhuktvā nāmnā dakṣiṇā ādiṣṭā / nābhijānāmi kadācid evaṃvidhāṃ dakṣiṇām ādiṣṭapūrvām* / bhagavān āha / icchasi tvam ānanda rājñaḥ prasenajitkosalasyālavaṇikāṃ kulmāsapiṇḍikām ārabhya karmaplotiṃ śrotum* / etasya bhagavan kālaḥ etasya sugata samayo yad bhagavān rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kosalasyālavaṇikāṃ kulmāsapiṇḍikām ārabhya karmaplotiṃ varṇayet* / bhagavataḥ śrutvā bhikṣavo dhārayiṣyantīti / tatra bhagavān (fol. 164v1 = GBM 6.997) bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma /
(MSV I 87)
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'nyatasmin karvaṭake gṛhapatiḥ prativasati / tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* / sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati / tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jātaḥ / pūrvavad yāvad unnīto vardhito mahān saṃvṛttaḥ / yāvad asau gṛhapatiḥ patnīm āmantrayate / bhadre jāto 'smākam ṛṇaharo dhanaharaś ceti / gacchāmi paṇyam ādāya deśāntaram iti / sā kathayaty ārya evaṃ kuruṣveti / sa paṇyam ādāya deśāntaraṃ gataḥ / tatraiva cānayena vyasanam āpanno 'lpaparicchedaḥ saḥ / tasya gṛhe dhanajātaṃ parikṣīṇam* / so 'sya putro duḥkhito jātaḥ / tasya gṛhapater vayasyakaḥ / sa tenoktaḥ / mamāpi tvaṃ putraḥ / mama kṣetraṃ pratipālaya / ahaṃ tava bhaktena yogodvahanaṃ karomīti / sa tasya kṣetravyāpāraṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ / so 'pya asya bhaktena yogodvahanaṃ karoti / yāvad apareṇa samayena parva pratyupasthitam* / tasya dārakasya mātā saṃlakṣayati / adya gṛhapatipatnī suhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavaśramaṇabhojane vyagrā bhaviṣyati / gacchāmi sānukālaṃ tasya dārakasya bhaktaṃ nayāmīti / sā sānukālaṃ gatvā gṛhapatipatnyā etam arthaṃ nivedayati / sā ruṣitā kathayati / na tāvac chramaṇabrāhmaṇebhyo dadāmi / jñātīnāṃ vā tāvat preṣyasya dadāmi / adya tāvat tiṣṭhatu / śvo dviguṇaṃ dāsyāmīti / tatas tasya dārakasya mātā saṃlakṣayati / mā dārako bubhukṣito bhaviṣyati / etām ātmīyām alavaṇikāṃ kulmāsapiṇḍikāṃ nayāmīti / sā tām ādāya kṣetraṃ gatā / putrasya vistareṇa yad gṛhapatnyābhihitaṃ tat sarvam ākhyāya kathayati / iyaṃ mayā ātmīyā alavaṇikā kulmāsapiṇḍikā ānītā / (MSV I 88) etāṃ paribhuṃkṣveti / sa kathayati / sthāpayitvā gaccheti / sā sthāpitvā prakrāntā / asati buddhānām utpāde pratyekabuddhā loke utpadyante hīnadīnānukaṃpakāḥ prāntaśayanāsanabhaktā ekadakṣiṇīyā lokasya / yāvad anyatamaḥ pratyekabuddhas taṃ pradeśam anuprāptaḥ / sa tena dṛṣṭaḥ / kāyaprāsādikaś cittaprāsādikaś ca śānteryāpathavartī / sa saṃlakṣayati / nūnaṃ mayaivaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kārā na kṛtā / yena me īdṛśī samavasthā
/ yady ayaṃ mamāntikād alavaṇikāṃ kulmāsapiṇḍikāṃ gṛhṇīyād aham asmai dadyām iti / tataḥ pratyekabuddhas tasya daridrapuruṣasya cetasā cittam ājñāya pātraṃ prasāritavān* / sacet tava parityaktaṃ dīyatām asmin pātre iti / tatas tīvreṇa prasādena sā alavaṇikā kulmāsapiṇḍikā pratyekabuddhāya pratipāditā /
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau daridrapuruṣaḥ eṣa evāsau rājā prasenajit kosalas tena kālena tena samayena / yad anena pratyekabuddhāyālavaṇikā kulmāsapiṇḍikā pratipāditā / tena karmaṇā ṣaṭkṛtvo deveṣu trayastriṃśeṣu rājaiśvaryādhipatyaṃ (fol. 165r1 = GBM 6.998) kāritavān* / ṣaṭkṛtvo 'syām eva śrāvastyāṃ rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktas tenaiva karmāvaśeṣeṇa / etarhy api rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ / so 'sya piṇḍako vipakvaḥ / vipākaṃ tam ahaṃ sandhāya kathayāmi /
hastyaśvarathapattiyāyino bhuñjānasya puraṃ sanaigamaṃ paśyasi /
balaṃ hi rūkṣikāyā alavaṇikāyāḥ kulmāsapiṇḍikāyāḥ // iti /
sāmantakena śabdo visṛtaḥ / bhagavatā rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kosalasyālavaṇikā kulmāsapiṇḍikām ārabhya karmaplotir vyākṛteti (MSV I 89) rājñā prasenajitkosalena śrutam* / sa yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ / upsaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇaḥ / ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kosalaṃ bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā pūrvavad yāvat saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* / atha rājā prasenajit kosala utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṃgaṃ kṛtvā bhagavantam idam avocat* / adhivāsayatu me bhagavāṃs traimāsīṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃgheneti / adhivāsayati bhagavān rājñaḥ prasenajitkosalasya tūṣṇīṃbhāvena / tato rājñā prasenajitā kosalena buddhapramukhāya bhikṣusaṃghāya traimāsīṃ śatarasaṃ bhojanaṃ dattam* / ekaikaś ca bhikṣuḥ śatasāhasrakeṇa vastreṇācchāditaḥ / tailasya ca kumbhakoṭiṃ samudānīya dīpamālām abhyudyato dātum* / tatra bhakte pūjāyāṃ ca mahākolāhalo jātaḥ / yāvad anyatamā nagarāvalambikā atīva duḥkhitā / tayā khaṇḍamallakena bhikṣām aṭantyā sa uccaśabdo mahāśabdaḥ śrutaḥ / śrutvā ca punaḥ pṛcchati / bhavantaḥ kim eṣa uccaśabdo mahāśabda iti / aparaiḥ samākhyātam* / rājñā prasenajitā kosalena buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃghas traimāsīṃ bhojitaḥ / ekaikaś ca bhikṣuḥ śatasahasramūlyena vastreṇācchāditaḥ / tailakumbhakoṭiṃ ca samudānīya dīpamālām abhyudyato dātum iti /
tatas tasyā nagarāvalambikāyā etad abhavat* / ayaṃ rājā prasenajit kosalaḥ puṇyair atṛptaḥ adyatvena dānāni dadāti puṇyāni (MSV I 90) karoti / yanv aham api kutaścit samudānīya bhagavataḥ pradīpaṃ dadyām iti tayā khaṇḍamallakena tailasya stokaṃ yācitvā pradīpaḥ prajvālya bhagavataś caṃkrame dattaḥ / pādayoś ca nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam* / anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yathāyaṃ bhagavān śākyamunir varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śāstā loke utpannaḥ evam aham api varṣaśatāyuṣi śākyamunir eva śāstā bhaveyam* / yathā cāsya śāriputramaudgalyāyanāv agrayugaṃ bhadrayugam ānando bhikṣur upasthāyikaḥ śuddhodanaḥ pitā mahāmāyā mātā kapilavastu nagaraṃ rāhulabhadraḥ kumāraḥ evaṃ mamāpi śāriputramaudgalyāyanāv agrayugaṃ bhadrayugaṃ syād ānando bhikṣur upasthāyikaḥ (fol. 165v1 = GBM 6.999) śuddhodanaḥ pitā mātā mahāmāyā kapilavastu nagaraṃ rāhulabhadraḥ kumāraḥ putraḥ / yathā cāyaṃ bhagavān dhātuvibhāgaṃ kṛtvā parinirvāsyati evam aham api dhātuvibhāgaṃ kṛtvā parinirvāpayeyam iti /
yāvat sarve te dīpāḥ parinirvāṇāḥ sa tayā prajvālito dīpo jvalaty eva / dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ na tāvad upasthāpakaḥ pratisaṃlīyati yāvan na buddhā bhagavantaḥ pratisaṃlīnā iti / āyuṣmān ānandaḥ saṃlakṣayati / asthānam anavakāśo yad buddhā bhagavantaḥ ālokaśayyāṃ kalpayiṣyanti yanv ahaṃ pradīpaṃ nirvāpayeyam ti / sa hastena nirvāpayitum ārabdho na śaknoti tataś cīvarakarṇikena tato vyajanena tathāpi na śaknotīti / bhagavān āha / mā khedam ānandāpatsyase / yadi vairaṃbhā api vāyavo vāyeyus te 'pi na śaknuyur nirvāpayituṃ prāg eva hastacīvarakarṇiko vyajanaṃ vā / tathā (MSV I 91) hy ayaṃ pradīpas tayā dārikayā mahatā cittābhisaṃskāreṇa prajvālitaḥ / api tv ānanda bhaviṣyaty asau dārikā varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śākyamunir nāma tathāgato 'rhatsamyaksaṃbuddhaḥ / śāriputramaudgalyāyanau tasyāgrayugaṃ bhadrayugam ānando bhikṣur upasthāyikaḥ śuddhodanaḥ pitā mātā mahāmāyā kapilavastu nagaraṃ rāhulabhadraḥ kumāraḥ putraḥ / sāpi dhātuvibhāgaṃ kṛtvā parinirvāsyatīti /
sāmantakena śabdo visṛtaḥ / amukayā nagarāvalambikayā bhagavataś caṃkrame śirasā pradīpo dattaḥ / sā bhagavatānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau vyākṛtā / iti śrutvā śrāddhair brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhir asāv anāgataguṇāpekṣayā sarvopakaraṇaiḥ pravāritā /
tathā rajñā prasenajitā kosalena śrutam* / tato vismayajātas tailakumbhasahasram ādāya citrāṃ pradīpamālāṃ kṛtavān* / catūratnamayaṃ ca pradīpaṃ caṃkramaśirasi pratiṣṭhitavān* / tato bhagavataḥ sakāśaṃ gatvā bhagavantam idam avocat* / mayā ca bhadanta bhagavān āryamahākāśyapasya pūjādhikāreṇa bhaktasaptāhenopanimaṃtritaḥ / tasya mama bhagavatā alavaṇikāṃ kulmāsapiṇḍikām ārabhya pūrvikā karmaplotir vyākṛtā / punaś ca mayā bhagavāṃs traimāsīṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho bhojitaḥ / ekaikaś ca bhikṣuḥ śatasahasreṇa mūlyena vastrayugenācchāditas tailakumbhakoṭiṃ ca samudānīya pradīpamālā dattā / na cāhaṃ bhagavatānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau vyākṛtaḥ / sādhu bhagavān mamāpy anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau vyākuryāt* / kadāsvid ahaṃ lokajyeṣṭhaḥ syāṃ vināyaka iti / bhagavān (MSV I 92) āha / gambhīrā mahārāja anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiḥ / gambhīrāvabhāsā durdṛśā duravabodhā atarkyā atarkyāvacarā sūkṣmā nipuṇā paṇḍitavijñavedanīyā / sā na sukarā tvayaikena dānena samupadānetuṃ (fol. 166r1 = GBM 6.1000) na dānaśatena na dānasahasreṇa na dānaśatasahasreṇāpi tu mahārāja tvayā anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhiprārthayitā dātavyāny eva dānāni kartavyāny eva puṇyāni sevitavyāni kalyāṇamitrāṇi bhajitavyāni paryupāsitavyāni / evaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi kadācil lokajyeṣṭho vināyaka iti / evam ukto rājā prasenajit kosalaḥ prārodīd aśrūṇi varṣayan* / atha rājā prasenajit kośalaś cīvarakarṇakenāśrūṇy unmṛjya bhagavantam idam avocat* / anuttarāṃ bhadanta bhagavatā samyaksaṃbodhiṃ prārhayitā kiyanti dānāni dattāni puṇyāni vā kṛtānīti / bhagavān āha / tiṣṭhantu tāvan mahārāja ye 'tītāḥ kalpāḥ / yan mayāsminn eva bhadrake kalpe anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ prārthayitā dānāni dattāni puṇyāni cānekaprakārāṇi kṛtāni tac chṛṇuta sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasikuruta bhāṣiṣye /
bhūtapurvaṃ mahārājāmitāyuṣi prajāyām upoṣadho nāma rāja babhūva / tasya mūrdhni piṭako jātaḥ / mṛduḥ sumṛdus tadyathā tūlapicur vā karpāsapicur (MSV I 93) vā paripākatvāt sphuṭitaḥ / kumāro jātaḥ / abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaś chatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhur vistīrṇalalāṭaḥ uccaghoṣaḥ saṃgatabhrus tuṅganāso dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtagātraḥ / jātamātraḥ kumāro 'ntaḥpuraṃ praveśitaḥ / upoṣadhasya rājño 'śītiḥ strīsahasrāṇi kumāraṃ dṛṣṭvā prasrutāni / ekaikā strī kathayati māndhāya māndhāya iti / tasya māndhātā māndhāteti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā / anye kathayanti / mūrdhnā jātas tasmād bhavatu kumārasya mūrdhāta iti nāma / tatra kecin māndhāteti jānate kecin mūrdhāta iti /
vistareṇa māndhātṛsūtraṃ madhyamāgame rājasaṃyuktakanipāte /
māndhātuḥ kumārasya kumārakrīḍāyāṃ krīḍataḥ ṣaṭ śakrāś cyutāḥ / evaṃ yauvarājyaṃ kārayataḥ ṣaḍ mahārājyaṃ kārayataḥ ṣaḍ jāmbūdvīpakān janapadān samanuśāsataḥ ṣaṭ* / sahacittotpādāc cāsya ratnavarṣaṃ patitaṃ vastravarṣam* / antaḥpure hiraṇyavarṣam* /
tena khalu samayena vaiśālyāṃ durmukho nāma ṛṣiḥ paṃcābhijñaḥ / tasyāśramapade nityaṃ pakṣiṇo 'bhinikūjanti / śabdakaṇṭakāni dhyānāni / sa cittaikāgratāṃ nāsādayati / iti tena pakṣiṇāṃ śāpo dattaḥ / śīryantām eṣāṃ pakṣā iti / tato rājñā māndhātrā (MSV I 94) śrutam* / śrutvā niṣkāruṇiko 'yam ṛṣir iti kṛtvā uktaḥ / na tena madviṣaye vastavyam iti / sa saṃlakṣayati / ayaṃ rājā caturdvīpeśvaraḥ kva mayā gantavyam iti / sa sumerupariṣaṇḍaṃ gatvāvasthitaḥ /
evam avaragodānīyaṃ samanuśāsataḥ ṣaṭ śakrāś cyutāḥ / pūrvavidehe ṣaṭ* / uttarakurau ṣaṭ* / nimindharagirau sthitasya ṣaṭ* / evaṃ vinatake 'śvakarṇe sudarśane khadirake īṣādhāre yugandhare ca /
antaroddānam* /
nimiṃdhara (fol. 166v1 = GBM 6.1001) iti vinatakaḥ aśvakarṇagiris tathā /
sudarśanaḥ khadirakaḥ īṣādhāro yugandharaḥ //
tataḥ sumerumūrdhany abhirohatā tena ṛśīṇā bhaṭabalāgraṃ stambhitam* / divaukaso yakṣaḥ purojavo dṛṣṭvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
niyaccha brāhmaṇa krodhaṃ naitat sarvatra sidhyati /
māndhātā nṛpatir hy evaṃ naite vaiśālakā vakāḥ // iti /
rājā māndhātā pṛcchati / kenaitad bhaṭabalāgraṃ stambhitam* / devarṣiṇā / rājā pṛcchati / kiṃ teṣām ṛṣīṇāṃ priyam* / deva jaṭāḥ / śīryantām eṣāṃ jaṭāḥ / mama ca purojavāḥ santu / tatas teṣāṃ jaṭāḥ śīrṇāḥ / dhanurbāṇapāṇayaś cāgrato dhāvitum ārabdhāḥ / strīratnenābhihitam* (MSV I 95) / deva ṛṣayaḥ ete tapasvinaḥ / kim ebhiḥ / mucyantām iti /
rājñā muktāḥ / taiḥ punar api vīryam āsthāya paṃcābhijñāḥ sākṣātkṛtāḥ /
tathā nandopanando nāgarājo māndhātṛbalaṃ dṛṣṭvā asurā hy ete iti caturaṅgena balakāyena pratyudgataḥ / sainyadarśanād eva bhagnaḥ / deva karoṭapāṇayo yakṣā māyādharāḥ sadāmattāś ca / sarve ca nandopanandādayo bhagnā yena cāturmahārājikā devās tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ / upasaṃkramya cāturmahārājikān devān idam avocat* / yat khalu mārṣā jānīdhvaṃ mahāsainyaṃ pratyupasthitam* / sannahyatāṃ caturaṃgo balakāyaḥ / vayaṃ sarve bhagnā iti / taiḥ parijñātam* / te kathayanti / bhavantaḥ ayaṃ māndhātā rājā cakravartī śakraṃ devendraṃ darśanāya gacchati / puṇyamaheśākhyaś cāyam* / kā śaktir asmākam anena sārdhaṃ saṃgrāmayitum* / kin tu ardhaṃ pādyaṃ ca gṛhītvā pratyudgantavyam iti / tataś cāturmahārājikā devā ardhaṃ pādyaṃ ca gṛhītvā cchatradhvajapatākābhir vividhaiś ca vādyaiḥ pratyudgatāḥ / tato rājā māndhātā cāturmahārājikān devān pratisaṃmodya devaiḥ parivṛto devāṃs trayastriṃśān gataḥ / śakreṇa ca devendreṇārdhāsanenopanimantritaḥ / tato 'surāś caturaṅgaṃ balakāyaṃ sannahya śakraṃ devendram abhigatāḥ / yakṣaiḥ śakrasya devendrasyārocitam* / yat khalu kauśika jānīyā asurāḥ paṃca gulmakān bhaṅktvā pratyupasthitāḥ / yat te kṛtyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ vā tat kuruṣveti / tataḥ śakro devendraḥ saṃprasthitaḥ / (MSV I 96) rājñā māndhātrābhihitaḥ / tiṣṭha aham eva gacchāmīti / śakraḥ kathayati / evaṃ kuruṣveti / tato rājā māndhātā aṣṭādaśabhir bhaṭabalāgrakoṭībhir upari vihāyasam abhyudgamya guṇāsphālanaṃ kṛtavān* / asurā aṣṭādaśa bhaṭabalāgrakoṭībhir dṛṣṭvā ativibhīṣaṇaṃ ca śabdaṃ śrutvā karṇau pidhāya niṣpalāyitāḥ /
tato rājño māndhātur etad abhavat* / asti me jambudvīpe dvīpaḥ ṛddhaś ca sphītaś ca kṣemaś ca subhikṣaś cākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaś ca pūrvavidehaḥ avaragodānīyaḥ uttarakuruś ca / yanv ahaṃ devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca rājyaiśvaryādhipatyaṃ kārayeyam iti / sahacittopādād rājā māndhātā tasya ṛddhe parihīne jambudvīpam (fol. 167r1 = GBM 6.1002) āgatya kharam ābādhitaṃ praveditavān gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate /
na kārṣāpaṇavarṣeṇa tṛptiḥ kāmeṣu vidyate /
alpāsvādān bahuduḥkhān kāmān vijñāya paṇḍitaḥ /
api divyeṣu kāmeṣu ratiṃ naivādhigacchati //
tṛṣṇākṣaye rato bhavati samyaksaṃbuddhaśrāvakaḥ /
parvato 'pi suvarṇasya samo himavatā bhavet* /
nālam ekasya tad vittam iti vidvān samācaret* //
yaḥ prekṣate duḥkham ito nidānaṃ kāmeṣu jātu sa kathaṃ rameta /
loke hi śalyam upadhiṃ viditvā tasyaiva dhīro vinayāya śikṣate //
tataḥ sa rājā māndhātā nirargalaṃ yajñam iṣṭvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
(MSV I 97)
alpakaṃ jīvitaṃ jñātvā sukṛcchraṃ sāṃparāyikam* /
karaṇīyāni puṇyāni duḥkhaṃ hy akṛtapuṇyataḥ //
tasmād dhi puṇyakāmena deyaṃ dānaṃ yathāvidhi /
kṛtapuṇyā hi modante loke 'smiṃś ca paratra ca // iti /
bagavān āha / kiṃ manyase mahārāja yo 'sau rājā māndhātā aham eva sa tena kālena tena samayena / yan mayā itthaṃ satvahitaṃ kṛtaṃ tena nānuttaraṃ jñānam adhigatam* / kiṃ tv etad dānam anuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodher hetumātrakaṃ saṃbhāramātrakam* /
punar api mahārāja yan mayā anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ prārthayitā sarvahitaṃ kṛtaṃ tac chrūyatām* /
bhūtapūrvaṃ mahārāja mahāsudarśano nāma rājābhūc cakravartī saptatiratnaiḥ samanvāgataś catasṛbhiś ca mānuṣikābhi riddhibhiḥ /
vistareṇa mahāsudarśanasūtre dīrghāgame ṣaṭsūtrikanipāte /
atha mahāsudarśano rājā dharmaprāsāde pañca pratyekabuddhaśatāni bhojayitvā pratyekaṃ ca dūṣyayugenācchādayitvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
labdhvā hi vipulaṃ bhogaṃ na pramādyed vicakṣaṇaḥ /
dadyāt saṃpannaśīlebhyo yatra ridhyanti dakṣiṇāḥ //
evaṃ datveha medhāvī śrāddho muktena cetasā /
avyāvādasukhe loke upapadyeta paṇḍitaḥ // iti /
(MSV I 98)
syāt khalu te mahārāja anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena mahāsudarśano nāma rājā cakravartī caturdvīpeśvaraḥ saptatiratnaiḥ samanvāgataś catasṛbhiś ca mānuṣikābhi riddhibhir iti na khalv evaṃ draṣṭavyam* / api tv aham eva sa tena kālena tena samayena mahāsudarśano nāma rājā cakravartī caturdvīpeśvaraḥ saptatiratnaiḥ samanvāgataś catasṛbhiś ca mānuṣikābhi riddhibhiḥ / syāt khalu te mahārāja tena mayā dānena vā dānasaṃvibhāgenānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhir adhigatā iti na khalv evaṃ draṣṭavyam* / api tu tad dānam anuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodher hetumātrakaṃ pratyayamātrakaṃ saṃbhāramātrakam* /
punar api mahārāja yan mayā anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ prārthayatā dānāni dattāni puṇyāni ca kṛtāni tac chrūyatām* /
bhūtapūrvaṃ mahārāja velāmo nāma brāhmaṇamahāsālo 'bhūt* / sa idam evaṃrūpaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dānam adāc (fol. 167v1 = GBM 6.1003) caturaśītināgasahasrāṇāṃ suvarṇālaṃkārāṇāṃ suvarṇadhvajānāṃ hemajālapraticchannānām* /
vistareṇa velāmasūtre madhyamāgame brāhmaṇanipāte /
sa evaṃ dānāni datvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate /
dānaṃ datvā sukhī hi syād dānaṃ datvā viśāradaḥ /
dānena pūjyate sādhu deveṣu manujeṣu ca //
tasmāt saṃpattikāmena dānaṃ deyaṃ viśāradaiḥ /
mokṣam ākāṃkṣatā nityam aiśvaryaṃ ca surālayam* //
(MSV I 99)
syāt khalu te mahārāja anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena velāmo nāma brāhmaṇamahāsālo 'bhūt* / na khalv evaṃ draṣṭavyam* / aham eva sa tena kālena tena samayena velāmo nāma brāhmaṇamahāsālo 'bhūvam* / mayā tad evaṃvidhaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dānaṃ dattam* / syāt khalu te mahārāja tena mayā dānena vā dānasaṃvibhāgenānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhir adhigateti na khalv evaṃ draṣṭavyam* / api tu tad dānam anuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodher hetumātrakaṃ pratyayamātrakaṃ saṃbhāramātrakam* /
punar api mahārāja yan mayā anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ prārthayatā dānāni dattāni puṇyāni ca kṛtāni tac chrūyatām* /
bhūtapūrvaṃ mahārāja śakuno nāma rājābhūc cakravartī caturdvīpeśvaraḥ saptatiratnaiḥ samanvāgataś catasṛbhiś ca mānuṣikābhi riddhibhiḥ / śakrasya devendrasya suhṛd vayasyakaḥ / tasya rājñī na putro na duhitā / sa kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ / īdṛśe mama bhogaiśvarye na putro na duhitā / mamātyayād uddāyādaṃ kulaṃ bhaviṣyati / sa śakreṇa devendreṇa dṛṣṭaḥ / sa kathayati / mārṣa kasmāt tvaṃ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparas tiṣṭhati / sa kathayati / kauśika īdṛśe mama mahābhogaiśvarye na putro na duhitā / mamātyayād uddāyādaṃ kulaṃ bhaviṣyati / sa kathayati / mārṣa ahaṃ te oṣadhiṃ preṣayiṣyāmi / devyaḥ pāsyanti / tatas te putrā bhaviṣyanti duhitaraś ca / śakreṇa gandhamādanāt parvatād oṣadhir ādāya tasya rājñaḥ preṣitā / rājñā antaḥpurasyārpitā / imām oṣadhīṃ pāsyatha / tasya rājñaḥ agramahiṣī śayitikā / tābhis (MSV I 100) tām anutthāpyauṣadhiḥ pītā / sarvās tā āpannasatvāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ / tataḥ paścāt sā agramahiṣī vyutthitā / tayā tā dṛṣṭā āpannasatvāḥ / sā kathayati / kiṃ yuṣmābhiḥ kṛtaṃ yenāpannasatvāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ / tāḥ kathayanti / devenāsmabhyam oṣadhyaḥ pānāya dattāḥ / kimarthaṃ yuṣmābhir ahaṃ notthāpitā / api tu katareṇa bhājanena oṣadhyaḥ pītāḥ / kuśamoṭakaṃ baddhvā / kutra te kuśāḥ / ime tiṣṭhanti / tayā kuśāḥ prakṣyālya pītāḥ / sāpy āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā / tā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtāḥ / sarvāsāṃ putrā jātāḥ / tasyā apy agramahiṣyāḥ putro jāto 'ṣṭādaśabhir avalakṣaṇaiḥ samanvāgataḥ / siṃhavaktrākṛtimukho mahānagnabalaḥ / (fol. 168r1 = GBM 6.1004) tasya vistareṇa jātasya jātimahaṃ kṛtvā kuśa iti nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam* / sa rājā taṃ dṛṣṭvā vikopaṃ janayate tān anyāṃś ca putrān dṛṣṭvā prasādaṃ pravedayate / prātisīmakoṭṭarājānaḥ kathayanti / bhavanto vayam anena mahāśakunirājñā sarve abhibhūtā gacchāmaḥ / taṃ rājyāt cyavayāmaḥ / te āgatya caturaṃgabalakāyena
tasya nagaraṃ veṣṭayitvāvasthitāḥ / rājā mahāśakunir na śaknoti taiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃgrāmayitum* / sa dvārāṇi baddhvā prākārāṇi māpayitvāvasthitaḥ / kuśo mātuḥ sakāśaṃ gatvā kathayati / amba kasyārthe dvārāṇi baddhāni / eṣa tava pitā koṭṭarājabhiḥ sārdhaṃ na śaknoti saṃgrāmayitum* / sa eṣa dvārāṇi baddhvāvasthitaḥ / amba aham ebhiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ saṃgrāmayāmi / mama rājā ratham anuprayacchatu / putra tvam asyāniṣṭo (MSV I 101) dveṣyaś ca / sa eṣa tava kiṃ rathaṃ dāsyati / amba gaccha / gatvā kathaya / kuśaḥ kumāra ebhiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃgrāmayiṣyati / ratham anuprayaccha / tayā gatvā rājābhihitaḥ / deva kumāraḥ kathayati / aham ebhiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃgrāmayāmi / ratham anuprayaccha / tena tasya ratho 'nupradattaḥ / sa dvau tūṇau baddhvā ratham adhiruhya nirgantum ārabdhaḥ / śakro devendraḥ saṃlakṣayati / ime koṭṭarājāno balavantaḥ / ko 'yaṃ kuśaḥ kumāro bhadrakalpīyo bodhisatvaḥ khedam āpatsyate / sāhāyyam asya kalpayitavyam* / tena tasya śaṃkhacakragadānupradattā / bodhisatva ebhis tvaṃ jīvikāṃ kalpaya / sa dvārāṇy uddhāṭya nirgataḥ / sa śaṃkham āpūrayati / tadā śaṃkhaśabdena senā vidrāvayati / kecit tena śabdena badhirībhūtāḥ / niṣpalāyanti kecit karṇau pidh