Luật Tạng, Phẩm Phá Tăng (Saṃghabhedavastu)

arādharmā, jarādharmatāṃ cānatīta iti; sa evam āha: tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad aham antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayāmi, jarāṃ kilāham (SBV I 67) avyativṛtta iti; sa eṣa deva kumāro 'ntaḥpuramadhyagataḥ; athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati, jarāṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti
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Śuddhodanas' anxiety
atha rājñaḥ śuddhodanasya etad abhavat: mā haiva teṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ naimittikānāṃ vipañcanakānāṃ ca vacanaṃ bhūtaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati; mā haiva kumāraḥ keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajiṣyati; yanv ahaṃ kumārasya bhūyasyā matrayā pañca kāmaguṇān anupradadyām, apy evābhirato na pravrajed iti; atha rājā śuddhodanaḥ śākyamuner bodhisatvasya bhūyasyā mātrayā pañcakāmaguṇān (A 370a) anuprayacchaty apy evābhirato na pravrajed iti; āha cātra
śrutvā hi saṅgrāhakavākyam etac
chuddhodanaḥ śākyamuneḥ pitāsau /
dadau tadā kāmaguṇān sa pañca
bhūyo rato 'py eva na māṃ tyajed iti //
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Sight of a sick man
dharmatā khalu yadā bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ nirgantukāmo bhavati tadā sārathim āmantrayate: aṅga tāvat sārathe kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya, yatrāham abhiruhyodyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi iti; tato bodhisatvaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: aṅga tāvat sārathe kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya, yatrāham abhiruhyodyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi (SBV I 68) iti; evaṃ deveti sārathiḥ śākyamuner bodhisatvasya pratiśrutya kṣipaṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojayitvā yena śākyamunir bodhisatvas tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramya śāyamuniṃ bodhisatvam idam avocat: yuktaṃ devasya bhadraṃ yānaṃ, yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyata iti; atha śākyamunir bhadraṃ yānam abhiruhya udyānabhūmiṃ nirgataḥ; adrākṣīc chākyamunir bodhisatvaḥ puruṣam utpāṇḍūtpāṇḍukaṃ kṛśālaṃ durbalakaṃ vyatibhinnendriyaṃ no tu nibandhanīyaṃ bahujanasya cakṣuṣo darśanāya; dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: ka eṣa sārathe puruṣa utpāṇḍūtpāṇḍukaḥ kṛśālo durbalako vyatibhinnendriyo no tu nibandhanīyo bahujanasya cakṣuṣo darśanāya? eṣa deva vyādhito nāma; ka eṣa sārathe vyādhito nāma? anena deva puruṣeṇa sthānam etad vidyate yad anenaivābādhena martavyaṃ bhaviṣyati; sa eṣa vyādhito nāma; aham api sārathe vyādhidharmā vyādhidharmatāṃ cānatitah? devo 'pi vyādhidharmā vyādhidharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ; tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad aham antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi, vyādhiṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; pratinivartayati sārathī ratham; antaḥpuram eva yāti; tatra svic chākyamunir bodhisatvo 'ntaḥpuramadhyagataḥ; athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati, vyādhiṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; āha cātra
dṛṣṭveha rogeṇa viṣaktarūpaṃ
pāṇḍuṃ manuṣyaṃ kṛśam asvatantram /
athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati
vyādhiṃ kilāsmy avyativṛtta ityasau // iti /
atha rājā śuddhodanaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: kaccit sārathe kumāra āttamanāttamanā udyānabhūmiṃ nirgata abhirato vā udyāne? no deva; tat kasya hetoḥ? adrākṣīd deva kumāraḥ udyānabhūmiṃ nirgacchan puruṣam (SBV I 69) utpāṇḍūtpāṇḍukaṃ kṛśālakaṃ durbalakaṃ mlānaṃ vyatibhinnendriyaṃ, no tu nibandhanīyaṃ bahujanasya cakṣuṣā darśanāya; dṛṣṭvā ca punar mām āmantrayate; ka eṣa sārathe puruṣa utpaṇḍūtpāṇḍukaḥ kṛśālako durbalakaḥ mlāno vyatibhinnendriyo no tu nibandhanīyo bahujanasya cakṣuṣā darśanāya; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi: eṣa deva vyādhito nameti; sa evam āha: ka eṣa sārathe vyādhito nāma? tam enam evaṃ vadāmi: anena deva puruṣeṇa sthānam etad vidyate yad anenaivābādhena martavyaṃ bhaviṣyati; sa eṣa deva vyādhito nāmeti; sa evam āha: aham api sārathe vyādhidharmā vyādhidharmatāṃ cānatīta? iti; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi: devo 'pi vyādhidharmā vyādhidharmatāṃ cānatīta iti; sa evam āha: tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad aham antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi, vyādhiṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; sa eṣa deva kumāro 'ntaḥpuramadhyagata apratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati, vyādhiṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; atha rājñaḥ śuddhodanasyaitad abhavat: mā haiva teṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ naimittikānāṃ vipañcanakānāṃ vacanaṃ bhūtaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati; mā haiva kumāraḥ keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajiṣyatīti; yanv ahaṃ kumārasya bhūyasyā mātrayā pañcakāmaguṇān anupradāsyāmi; apy evābhirato na pravrajed iti; atha rājā śuddhodanaḥ śākyamuner bodhisatvasya bhūyasyā mātrayā pañcakāmaguṇān anuprayacchaty apy evābhirato na pravrajed iti; āha cātra
rūpāṇi śabdāṃś ca tathaiva gandhān
spraṣṭavyān vai premaṇīyān pradhānān / (SBV I 70)
dadau tadā kāmaguṇāṃs tu pañca
bhūyo rato 'py eva na māṃ tyajed iti //
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Sight of a deceased-man
dharmatā khalu yadā bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ nirgantukāmo bhavati tadā sārathim āmantrayate: aṅga tāvat sārathe kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya; yatrāham abhiruhyodyānabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi iti; tato bodhisatvaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: aṅga tāvat sārathe kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya, yatrābhiruhyodyānabhūmiṃ gacchāmi; evaṃ deveti sārathiḥ śākyamuner bodhisatvasya pratiśrutya kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojayitvā yena śākyamunir bodhisatvas tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ: upasaṅkramya śākyamuniṃ bodhisatvam idam avocat: yuktaṃ devasya bhadraṃ yānaṃ yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyata iti; atha śākyamunir bodhisatvo bhadraṃ yānam abhiruhya udyānabhūmiṃ nirgataḥ; adrākṣīc chākyamunir bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ nirgacchan nānāraṅgair vastraiś cailavitānaṃ vitataṃ, śibikāṃ ca pragṛhītām, ulkāṃ ca purastān nīyamānāṃ, mahājanakāyaṃ ca purastād gacchantaṃ, nārībhiḥ prakīrṇakeśābhiḥ rudantībhiḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddham; dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: kim etat sārathe nānāraṅgair vastraiś cailavitānaṃ vitatam? śibikā ca pragṛhītā? ulkā ca purastān nīyate? mahājanakāyaś ca purastād gacchati? nāryaś ca prakīrṇakeśyo rudantyaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā? iti; deva eṣa mṛto nāma; ka eṣa sārathe mṛto nāma? eṣa deva puruṣo na bhūyaḥ priyaṃ mātāpitaraṃ drakṣyati; na putradāraṃ; dāsīdāsakarmakarapauruṣeyaṃ; te 'py enaṃ na bhūyo drakṣyanti; sa eṣa deva mṛto nāma; aham api sārathe maraṇadharmā maraṇadharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ? (A 371a) devo 'pi maraṇadharmā maraṇadharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ; sa evam āha: tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad ahaṃ (SBV I 71) antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi, maraṇaṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; pratinivartayati sārathī ratham; antaḥpuram eva yāti; tatra svic chākyamunir bodhisatvo 'ntaḥpuramadhyagataḥ apratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati, maraṇaṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; āha cātra
puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā vyapayātacetasaṃ
mṛtaṃ visaṃjñaṃ gatam āyuṣaḥ kṣayāt /
athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati
mṛtyuṃ kilāsmy avyativṛtta ity asau //
atha rājā śuddhodanaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: kaccit sārathe kumāra āttamanāttamanā udyānabhūmiṃ nirgata abhirato vā udyāne? no deva; tat kasya hetoḥ? adrākṣīd deva kumāra udyānabhūmiṃ nirgacchan nānāraṅgair vastraiś cailavitānaṃ vitatam; śibikāṃ ca gṛhītām; ulkāṃ ca purastān nīyamānām; mahājanakāyaṃ ca purastād gacchantaṃ; nārīś ca prakīrṇakeśā rudatīḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhāḥ; dṛṣṭvā ca punar mām āmantrayate: kim etat sārathe nānāraṅgair vastraiś cailavitānaṃ vitatam? śibikā ca pragṛhītā? ulkā ca purastān nīyate? mahājanakāyaś ca purastād gacchati? nāryaś ca prakīrṇakeśyo rudantyaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā? iti; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi: eṣa deva mṛto nāmeti; sa evam āha; ka eṣa sārathe mṛto nāmeti; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi: (SBV I 72) eṣa deva puruṣo na bhūyaḥ priyaṃ mātāpitaraṃ drakṣyati; na putradāraṃ; na dāsīdāsakarmakarapauruṣeyam; te 'py enaṃ na bhūyo drakṣyanti; sa eṣa deva mṛto nāmeti; sa evam āha: aham api sārathe maraṇadharmā? maraṇadharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ? iti; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi; devo 'pi maraṇadharmā maraṇadharmatāṃ cānatīta iti; sa evam āha; tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad aham antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi, maraṇaṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti; sa eṣa deva kumāro 'ntaḥpuramadhyagataḥ; athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāyati, maraṇaṃ kilāham avyativṛtta iti
atha rājñaḥ śuddhodanasyaitad abhavat: mā haiva teṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ naimittikānāṃ vipañcanakānāṃ vacanaṃ bhūtaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati; mā haiva kumāraḥ keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajiṣyati; yanv ahaṃ kumārasya bhūyasyā mātrayā pañcakāmaguṇān anupradadyām; apy evābhirato na pravrajed iti; atha rājā śuddhodanaḥ śākyamuner bodhisatvasya pañcakāmaguṇān anuprayacchati; apy evābhirato na pravrajed iti; āha cātra
purottame śrīmati tatra ramye
devātidevo daharaḥ samānaḥ /
saṃmodate kāmaguṇair hi pañcabhiḥ
sahasranetra iva nandane vane //
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Sight of a mendicant
atha śuddhāvāsakāyikānāṃ devānām etad abhavat: (A 37lb) yady api bodhisatvā hetubalinas tathāpi pratyayopasaṃhāraḥ (SBV I 73) kartavyaḥ yasmād dhetubalaṃ pratyayabalam apekṣata iti; taiḥ puruṣo nirmito muṇḍaḥ kāṣāyavastraprāvṛtaḥ, pātrapāṇir anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāman; dharmatā khalu yadā bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ nirgantukāmo bhavati tadā sārathim āmantrayate: aṅga tāvat sārathe kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya, yatrāham abhiruhyodyānabhūmim <niryāsyāmi iti; tato bodhisatvaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: aṅga tāvat sārathe kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya yatrāham abhiruhyodyānabhūmiṃ> nirgacchāmi; evaṃ deveti sārathiḥ sākyamunir bodhisatvasya pratiśrutya kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojayitvā yena sākyamunir bodhisatvas tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramya śākyamumiṃ bodhisatvam idam avocat: yuktaṃ devasya bhadraṃ yānaṃ yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyata iti; atha śākyamunir bodhisatvo bhadraṃ yānam abhiruhya udyānabhūmiṃ nirgataḥ; adrākṣīc chākyamunir bodhisatvaḥ puruṣaṃ muṇḍam kāṣāyavastraprāvṛtaṃ pātrapāṇim anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāmantam; dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: ka eṣa sārathe puruṣo muṇḍaḥ pātrapāṇir anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāmati? vastrāṇi cāsya vivarṇāni; ma yathānyeṣām? eṣa deva pravrajito nāma; ka eṣa sārathe pravrajito nāma; eṣa deva pravrajitaḥ sādhudamaḥ sādhusaṃyamaḥ sādhvarthacaryaḥ sādhukuśalacaryaḥ sādhukalyāṇacarya iti viditvā keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ; sa eṣa deva pravrajito nāma; tena hi sārathe yenaiṣa pravrajitas tena rathaṃ preraya; evam deveti sārathiḥ śākyamuner bodhisatvasya pratiśrutya yena sa pravrajitas tena rathaṃ prerayati; atha śākyamunir bodhisatvas taṃ pravrajitam idam avocat: kasmāt tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa muṇḍaḥ pātrapāṇir anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāmasi? vastrāṇi ca te vivarṇāni na yathānyeṣām? sa evam āha: aham asmi kumāra pravrajito nāma; yathā kathaṃ tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa pravrajito nāma? aham asmi kumāra sādhudamaḥ sādhusaṃyamaḥ sādhvarthacaryaḥ sādhudharmacaryaḥ (SBV I 74) sādhukuśalacaryaḥ sādhukalyāṇacarya iti keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya saṃyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ; evam ahaṃ pravrajito nāma; sādhu tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa sādhudamaḥ sādhusaṃyamaḥ sādhvarthacaryaḥ sādhudharmacaryaḥ sādhukuśalacaryaḥ sādhukalyāṇacarya iti keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ
atha śākyamunir bodhisatvaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad aham antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi; pratinivartayati (A 372a) sārathī ratham; antaḥpuram eva yāti; tatra svic chākyamunir bodhisatvo 'ntaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayaty aho batāhaṃ keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajeyam iti; atha rājā śuddhodanaḥ sārathim āmantrayate: kaccit sārathe kumāra āttamanāttamanā udyānabhūmiṃ nirgato 'bhirato vā udyāne? no deva; tat kasya hetoh? adrākṣīd deva kumāraḥ udyānabhūmiṃ nirgacchan puruṣaṃ muṇḍaṃ kāṣāyavastraprāvṛtaṃ pātrapāṇim anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāmantaṃ; dṛṣṭvā ca punar mām āmantrayate: eṣa sārathe muṇḍaḥ pātrapāṇīr anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāmati; vastrāṇi cāsya vivarṇāni na yathānyeṣām iti; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi eṣa deva pravrajito nāmeti; sa evam āha: ka eṣa sārathe pravrajito nāmeti; tam enam evaṃ vadāmi eṣa deva pravrajitaḥ sādhudamaḥ sādhusaṃyamaḥ sādhvarthacaryaḥ sādhudharmacaryaḥ sādhukuśalacaryaḥ sādhukalyāṇacarya iti keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ; sa eṣa deva pravrajito nāmeti; sa evam āha: tena hi sārathe yenaiṣa pravrajitas tena rathaṃ preraya; evaṃ deveti śākyamuner bodhisatvasya puatiśrutya yena sa pravrajitas tena rathaṃ prerayāmi; atha śākyamunir bodhisatvas taṃ pravrajitam idam avocat: kasmāt tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa muṇḍaḥ pātrapāṇir anuveśmānuveśma kulāny upasaṅkrāmasi? vastrāṇi (SBV I 75) ca te vivarṇāni; na yathānyeṣāṃ puruṣāṇām? sa evam āha: aham asmi <kumāra> pravrajito nāmeti; bodhisatvaḥ prāha: yathākathaṃ tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa pravrajito nāmeti; sa evam āha: aham asmi kumāra sādhudamaḥ sādhusaṃyamaḥ sādhvarthacaryaḥ <sādhudharmacaryaḥ> sādhukuśalacaryaḥ sādhukalyāṇacarya iti keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ; evam ahaṃ pravrajito nāmeti; bodhisatvaḥ prāha: sādhu tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa sādhudamaḥ sādhusaṃyamaḥ sādhvarthacaryaḥ <sādhudharmacaryaḥ> sādhukuśalacaryaḥ sādhukalyāṇacarya iti keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajita iti; tato deva kumāro mām āmantrayate: tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham; antaḥpuram eva gaccha; yad antaḥpuramadhyagata etam arthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi; tan mayā nivartitaḥ <rathaḥ>; kumāro 'ntaḥpuraṃ praviṣṭaḥ
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Visit to a farming village
rājā saṃlakṣayati: mā haiva teṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ naimittikānāṃ vipañcanakānāṃ vacanaṃ satyaṃ bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati; mā haiva kumāraḥ keśaśmaśrv avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajiṣyati; yanv ahaṃ kumāraṃ kārṣagrāmakaṃ preṣayeyam; apy eva tatra cittaṃ vinodayed iti viditvā śākyamuniṃ kumāram idam avocat: ehi tvaṃ kumāra kārṣakagrāmakaṃ gaccha; (A 372b) karmāntāny avalokaya iti; tato bodhisatvo jīrṇāturamṛtasandarśanād udvignaḥ pravrajyāyām abhiniviṣṭabuddhiḥ pituḥ śākyasya śuddhodanasya vacanānukāritayā ratham abhiruhya kārṣagrāmakaṃ saṃprasthitaḥ kāyena no tu cittena; tasyāntarmārge pañcabhir nidhiśatair mukhāny upadarśitāni; śabdaś ca niścāritaḥ: kumāra vayaṃ tava jñātisantakā nidhayo gṛhāṇāsmān iti; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: tais tāvan mohaparigrahaṃ kṛtvā kiṃ kṛtam; gacchata mama na yuṣmābhiḥ prayojanam iti; gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate (SBV I 76)
yair api kṛtā 'mṛtakathā te 'py asmākaṃ mṛtāḥ kathībhūtāḥ /
vayam api mṛtāḥ pareṣāṃ nacireṇa kathībhaviṣyāmaḥ //
taiḥ punar api śabdo niścāritaḥ: yady asmākaṃ kumāro na gṛhṇāti vayaṃ mhāsamudraṃ viśāma iti; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: praviśata yathāsukham iti; te mahāsamudraṃ praviṣṭāḥ; bodhisatvaḥ saṃprasthito yāvat paśyati kārṣakān uddhūtaśiraskān sphuṭitapāṇipādān rajasāvacūrṇitagātrān; balīvardāṃś ca pratodavikṣataśarīrān rudhirāvasiktapṛṣṭhakaṭipradeśān kṣutpipāsāśramoparudhyamānaprāṇān, pratataniśvāsoparudhyamānahṛdayān, yutagotpīḍanapragaḍitavraṇapūyaśoṇitān, makṣikākṛmisaṅghātabhakṣyamāṇaskandhaprāṇān, halayugavilikhitacaraṇān, lālāśiṅghāṇakaprasrutamukhanāsān, daṃśamaśakacarmaprāṇakākīrṇān; dṛṣṭvā ca punar anādikālapuṇyopacayasaṃbhṛtayā karuṇayā paryākulīkṛtamanāḥ kārṣakān idam avocat: bhavantaḥ kasya yūyaṃ? te kathayanti: devasya; sa kathayati: gacchata, bhavanto, yūyam adyāgreṇādāsā apreṣyābhujiṣyā yenakāmagamā sukhasparśaṃ viharata; balīvardāś ca uktāḥ: gacchata yūyam apy adyāgreṇa acchinnāgrāṇi tṛṇāni bhakṣayata; anavamarditāni svacchāni ca pānīyāni pibata anāvilāni; caturdiśaṃ ca śītalā vāyavo vāntv iti /
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The shadow of the rose-apple tree
tato bodhisatvas tenaiva saṃvegena pituḥ śākyasya śuddhodanasya karmāntān avalokya yena jambūchāyā tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramya jambūchāyāyāṃ niṣadya viviktaṃ <kāmair viviktaṃ> pāpakair akuśaladharmaiḥ savitarkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ prītisukhaṃ anāśravasadṛśaṃ prathamaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ; janakāyo 'pi pariśiṣṭavṛkṣamūleṣv avasthito bokhisatvaṃ na (SBV I 77) parityajya gacchati; rājā śuddhodanaḥ saṃlakṣayati: bodhisatvaś cirayati; tathā hi bhaktakāIasamayo 'tikrāntaḥ, gacchāmi, paśyāmi iti; sa ratham abhiruhya kārṣakagrāmakaṃ gataḥ; itaś cāmutaś ca bodhisatvaṃ samanveṣamāṇo jambūsamīpam anuprāptaḥ; tena khalu samayena pariṇate madhyāhne anyeṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā prācīnanimnā, prācīnapravaṇā, prācīnaprāgbhārā; bodhisatvānubhāvāt tu jambūchāyā bodhisatvasya kāyaṃ na vijahāti; adrākṣīd rājā śuddhodanaḥ pariṇate madhyāhne anyeṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā prācīnanimnā, prācīnapravaṇā, prācīnaprāgbhārā; bodhisatvasya <anubhāvāt> tu jambūchāyā bodhisatvasya kayaṃ na vijahāti; dṛṣṭvā ca punar asyaitad abhavat: mahardhikaḥ kumāro mahānubhāvo yatredānīṃ pariṇate madhyāhne anyeṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā prācīnanimnā prācīnapravaṇā prācīnaprāgbhārā, (A 373a) jambūchāyā tu bodhisatvasya kāyaṃ na vijahāti; tataḥ prasannādhikāraṃ kṛtvā bodhisatvasya pādayor nipatya, gāthāṃ bhāṣate
idaṃ dvitīyaṃ tava bhūrivṛddhe
pādau namasyāmi samantacakṣo /
yathā ca jāte pṛthivī prakaṃpitā
chāyā ca jambor na jahāti kāyam //
tataḥ prasannādhikāraṃ kṛtvā bodhisatvaṃ paryaṅkād utthāpya ratham abhiropya śmaśānamadhyena kapilavastu saṃprasthitaḥ; bodhisatvena śmaśānamadhyena gacchatā vinīlakāni, vipaṭumakāni, vyādhmātakāni śarīrāṇi dṛṣṭāni; tatra sutarāṃ saṃvigno rathābhirūḍha eva paryaṅkaṃ baddhvāvasthitaḥ; tato 'pi rājñā paryaṅkād utthāpitaḥ; sa saṃprasthitaḥ; kapilavastunagarapraveśe naimittikair vyākṛtaḥ yadi kumāraḥ saptame divase na pravrajati rājā bhavati cakravartī iti; viditvā rājānaṃ idam avocan (SBV I 78)
prādurbhaviṣyanti divākarodaye
ratnāni sapta nṛpate na saṃśayah/
tasmād dhi rakṣāṃ kuru saptarātriṃ
sutasya śobhāṃ yadi draṣṭum icchasi //
saptaratneśvaro rājā bhaviṣyati sutas tava /
praśāsiṣyaty adaṇḍena sāgarāntāṃ vasundharām //
athavā tyajya vasudhāṃ vanaṃ yāsyati nirbhayaḥ /
sarvajñatām anuprāpya jagad uttārayiṣyati //
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Meeting with Mṛgajā
kālakṣemasya śākyasya mṛgajā nāma duhitā; tayā vātāyanasthayā bodhisatvaṃ dṛṣṭvā gāthā bhāṣitā
sukhitā bata sā mātā sukhī cāsya pitā hy asau /
nirvṛtā bata sā nārī yasyā bhartā bhaviṣyati //
nirvāṇaśabdaṃ śrutvā tu dhyāyī sa puruṣottamaḥ /
nirvāṇe śāntatāṃ jñātvā tasmiṃś cittam arocayat //
tato bodhisatvena saubhāṣiṇiko muktāhāraḥ kṣiptaḥ; bodhisatvasyānubhāvena vātāyanenānupraviśya tasyā grīvāyāṃ lagnaḥ; praviśann asau mahājanakāyena dṛṣṭaḥ; tai rājñe śuddhodanāya vistareṇa samākhyātam; rājñā śuddhodanena mṛgajā viṃśatistrīsahasraparivārā bodhisatvasyāntaḥpuraṃ praveśitā; iti tatra bodhisatvasya gopikāmṛgajāyaśodharāpramukhāni ṣaṣṭistrīsahasrāṇy antaḥpuram abhūt
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Precautions of Śuddhodana
tato rājā śuddhodanaḥ bhrātṛbhiḥ, droṇodanena, śuklodanena, amṛtodanena ca, sārdham ekadhye sannipatya saṃjalpaṃ kartum ārabdhaḥ: brāhmaṇair naimittikair vipañcanakaiś ca (SBV I 79) vyākṛtaḥ śākyamunir bodhisatvo yadi saptame divase na pravrajati, rājā bhavati cakravartīti; tad asmābhir bodhisatvaḥ sapta rātrindivasān yatnato rakṣaṇīyaḥ; nagaraṃ suguptaṃ kārayāmaḥ; tatas taiḥ kapilavastunagaraṃ saptabhiḥ prākāraiḥ parikṣiptaṃ saptabhiḥ parikhābhiś ca; āyasāś ca kavāṭāḥ puradvāre dattāḥ; ghaṇṭāś ca susvanāḥ kavāṭeṣu nibaddhāḥ; yāsām udghāṭyamāneṣu dvāreṣu samantād yojanam śabdaḥ sphurati; bodhisatvaś ca harmyatale nṛttagītavāditrai strībhiś cābhirūpamanoharābhir upacaryamāṇo 'vasthāpitaḥ; amātyāś ca turaṅgabalakāyasametā bahiḥ prākārasya samantād gulmakeṣu sthāpitāḥ; sañcārisaṃśodhanaṃ kāritam; yat pañcabhiḥ puruṣaśataiḥ sthāpyate antaḥpuradvāraṃ tādṛśaṃ kāritam; yasyodghāṭyamānasya rājñaḥ śuddhodanasya gṛhaṃ śabdena sphurati; tacchravaṇād antaḥpurajano nagaradvāraniyuktaś ca apramatto 'vatiṣṭhate bahirnagaraniyuktā amātyāḥ paurājanapadāś ca; tan mahatyā vibhūtyā bodhisatva upariprāsādatalagato niṣpuruṣeṇa tūryeṇa vīṇāveṇupaṇavasughoṣakādinā upagīyamanas tiṣṭhati; rātrau bahiḥ śuddhodanaś caturaṅgena balakāyena pūrvadvāre 'vahito 'vatiṣṭhate; dakṣiṇe droṇodanaḥ paścime śuklodanaḥ, uttare amṛtodanaḥ; madhye nagarasya mahānāmā śākyaḥ prāhārikaḥ; sa pūrvadvāraṃ gatvā kathayati, ko jāgarti, ko jāgartīti; rājā kathayati: ahaṃ jāgarmi; jāgṛhi deva, jāgratas te śreyān iti; vidivā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
supto mṛtasamo lokaḥ supto māravaśaṃ gataḥ /
jāgratīha sadā santas tasmāj jāgṛta jāgṛta // iti;
dakṣiṇadvāraṃ gatvā kathayati: ko jāgarti, ko jāgartīti; droṇodanaḥ kathayati: ahaṃ jāgarmi; jāgṛhi devaḥ jāgratas te śreyān iti; viditvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate (SBV I 79)
supto mṛtasamo lokaḥ supto māravaśaṃ gataḥ /
supto mṛtyuvaśaṃ prāptas tasmāj jāgṛta jāgṛta // iti;
paścimadvāraṃ gatvā kathayati: ko jāgarti ko jāgartīti; śuklodanaḥ kathayati: ahaṃ jāgarmi; jāgṛhi deva, jāgratas te śreyān iti; viditvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
suptaḥ khalu sadā mattaḥ supto madyāḍhakaṃ pītvā /
aṭavīṣu vaneṣu suptas tasmāj jāgṛta jāgṛta // iti
uttaraṃ dvāraṃ gatvā kathayati: ko jāgarti ko jāgartīti; amṛtodanaḥ kathayati: ahaṃ jāgarmi; jāgṛhi deva; jāgratas te śreyān iti; viditvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
śayitaṃ giriṣu śayitaṃ darīṣu
śayitaṃ ca sāgarajaleṣv api /
vṛkṣāgreṣv api śayitaṃ
tasmāj jāgṛta jāgṛta // iti;
madhye catvaraśṛṅgāṭakasya gatvā kathayati: ko jāgarti ko jāgartīti; niyuktāḥ kathayanti: vayaṃ jāgṛmaḥ; jāgṛta jāgratāṃ vaḥ śreyān iti; viditvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate
dharmaṃ carata mā 'dharmaṃ satyaṃ vadata mānṛtam /
mahat tamo praveṣṭavyaṃ tasmāj jāgṛta jāgṛta // iti;
tataḥ prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ mahānāmā śākyo rājñe śuddhodanāya ārocayati: deva prabhātā rajanī; nirgataṃ saptānāṃ rātriṃdivasānām ekaṃ rātriṃdivasam; ṣaḍ rātriṃdivasāny avaśiṣṭāni iti; rājā śuddhodanaḥ kathayati: śobhanam; ṣaṇṇāṃ rātriṃdivasānām atyayāt kumāraś cakravartī bhaviṣyati; vayaṃ gaganatalavicāriṇaś caturo dvīpān anusaṃyāsyāmaḥ; ity evaṃ yāvad ekaṃ rātriṃdivasam avaśiṣṭaṃ; śakrasya devānām indrasyādhastāj jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate; sa gāghāṃ bhāṣate; (SBV I 81)
asau muniś śākyanarendragarbhaḥ
prapūrṇaṣaḍpāramito mahātmā /
prayātukāmo vanam āryakāntaṃ
tapovanaṃ prītikaraṃ munīnām // iti /
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Disgusting sight in harem
tato bodhisatvasyāntaḥpurasametasya niṣpuruṣeṇa tūryeṇa (A 374a) krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayata etad abhavat: bhaviṣyanti me atonidānaṃ pare vaktāraḥ śākyamuniḥ kumāro 'pumān, yena yaśodharāgopikāmṛgajāprabhṛtīni ṣaṣṭistrīsahasrāṇy apāsya pravrajita iti; yanv ahaṃ yaśodharayā sārdhaṃ paricārayeyam iti; tena yaśodharayā sārdhaṃ paricāritam; yaśodharā āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā; tasyā etad abhavat: prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ bodhisatvasyārocayiṣyāmi iti; atha bodhisatvas tasyāṃ velāyāṃ pratītyasamutpādayogād gāthāṃ bhāṣate
nārīsahāgāraśayyā apaścimā mamādyeyam /
nāhaṃ punar api vatsye agāre saha yuvatyā // iti:
atha tāḥ striyo nṛttagītavāditrapariśrāntā lālāprasrutavadanā prakīrṇakeśyo vikṣiptabhujavāsasaḥ kāny api kāny apy aślīkāni pralapantyo middham avakrāntāḥ; adrākṣīd bodhisatvas tā striyaḥ prasrutavadanāḥ prakīrṇakeśyaḥ vikṣiptabhujavāsasaḥ kāny api kāny apy aślīkāni pralapantyaḥ middham avakrāntāḥ; dṛṣṭvā ca punar asyāntaḥpure śmaśānasaṃjñā samutpannā; sa gāthāṃ bhāṣate
vātāhataṃ kamalaṣaṇḍam ivāpaviddhaṃ (SBV I 82)
vikṣiptabāhucaraṇaṃ dharaṇītale 'smin /
keśākulaṃ vivṛtaguhyakaṭipradeśaṃ
dṛṣṭvāpi śākyatanayodvijito 'smi bhāvāt //
etān śmaśānasadṛśān vikṛtasvabhāvān
paśyāmi cārurahitān yuvatījanaughān /
kiṃ bho vicetanamatismṛtisaṃprayukto
yad bālasatvacarito viṣaye ramed yaḥ //
dhik kāmapaṅkaśaraśaktiviṣāgnitulyān
svapnopamān lavaṇapānaviṣopamāṃś ca /
eṣa tyajāmi bhujagendranibhān durantān
kāmān anarthakalikilbiṣahetubhūtān //iti /
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Dreams of Mahāprajāpati, Yaśodharā and Siddhārtha
atrāntare mahāprajāpatiś caturaḥ svapnān paśyati: rāhuṇā candramasaṃ grastam; pūrvasyāṃ diśy ādityam uditaṃ, tatraivāstaṃgatam; mahājanakāyam ātmānaṃ praṇāmaṃ kurvantam; hasantaṃ cātmānam; yaśodharā aṣṭau svapnān adrākṣīt; ātmīyaṃ mātṛkāvaṃśaṃ bhagnam; śrīparyaṅkaṃ bhagnam; valayabāhū bhagne; dantamāle viśīrṇe; keśaveṇīṃ srastām; śriyaṃ gṛhān nirgatām; candramasaṃ rāhuṇā grastam: pūrvasyāṃ diśy ādityam uditaṃ tatraivāstaṃgatam; bodhisatvo 'pi pañca svapnān adrākṣīt: mahāpṛthivīm ātmano mahāśayanam; sumeruṃ parvatarājaṃ viśvopadhānam; vāmaṃ bāhuṃ pūrvamahāsamudre 'ntargatam; dakṣinaṃ bāhuṃ paścimamahāsamudre 'ntargatam; ubhau caraṇau dakṣiṇamahāsamudre 'ntargatau; sthitikāṃ tṛṇajātaṃ nābher abhyudgamya yāvannabha āsādya vyavasthitām; sarvaśvetāṃś chakunakān kṛṣṇaśirasaḥ pādayor nipatya yāvajjānumaṇḍalam utthitān; nānāvarṇāṃś chakunakān caturdiśām (SBV I 83) āgamya purastād ekavarṇān sthitān; amedhyaparvatasyopari ātmānaṃ caṅkramaṇaṃ <kurvantam>; dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ prītamanāḥ saṃlakṣayati: yādṛśā mayā svapnā dṛṣṭāḥ, na cirād evānuttaraṃ jñānam adhigamiṣyāmi iti; tato yaśodharayā bodhisatvasya svapnā niveditāḥ: deva adya mayā aṣṭau svapnā dṛṣṭāḥ; (A 374b) mātṛkāvaṃśo bhagnaḥ; <śriparyaṅko bhagnaḥ>; valayabāhū bhagne; dantamāle viśīrṇe; veṇī srastā; śrī gṛhān nirgatā; candro rāhuṇā grastaḥ; pūrvasyāṃ diśy āditya uditas tatraiva astaṃgataḥ iti; bodhisatvo yaśodharāṃ prativinodayan svapnān āviṣkaroti: yat kathayasi mātṛkāvaṃśo me bhagna iti; nanv ayaṃ tiṣṭhati; yat kathayasi śrīparyaṅko bhagna iti; so 'pi na bhagnaḥ; eṣa tiṣṭhati; yat kathayasi valayabāhū bhagne iti; svayam eva pratyavekṣasva kiṃ bhagne na veti; yat kathayasi dantamāle viśīrṇe iti, etat te pratyātmavedyam; pratyavekṣasva kiṃ viśīrṇe na veti; yat kathayasi veṇī srasteti; etat te pratyātmavedyam; pratyavekṣasva kiṃ srastā na veti; yat kathayasi śrīr me gṛhān nirgateti; striyo bhartā śrīḥ, tad ahaṃ tiṣṭhāmy eva; yat kathayasi rāhuṇā candro grasta iti; nanv eṣa candramāḥ sākṣāt tiṣṭhati; yat kathayasi pūrvasyāṃ diśy āditya uditas tatraivāstaṃgata iti; tad ayam ardharātro vartate; na tāvad udeti; kuto 'staṃgamiṣyati; evaṃ saṃjñaptā yaśodharā tūṣṇīm avasthitā; bodhisatvaḥ saṃlakṣayati: yādṛśāni yaśodharayā svapnāni dṛṣṭāni niyataṃ mayādyaiva gantavyam; tad asyā leśāṃśadeśena kathayām> iti; tena tasya leśāṃśadeśena kathitam; yaśodharā kathayati: deva yatra tvaṃ gamiṣyasi tatra māṃ neṣyasi iti; bodhisatvo nirvāṇaṃ sandhāya kathayaty evaṃ bhavatu; yatra yatra gamiṣyāmi tatra tatra tvāṃ neṣyāmi iti (SBV I 84)
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Siddhārtha's renunciation
atha śakrabrahmādayo devā bodhisatvasya cetasā cittam ājñāya yena bodhisatvas tenopasaṅkrāntāḥ;
uddāmakiśorakasannibhakaṃ
vanavānaragocaracittasamam /
yadi cittaṃ nivartasi kāmaguṇāt
tato drakṣyasi jyotir anindyapadam //
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha sumate tyaktvā niṣkrama medinīm /
sarvajñatām anuprāpya jagad uttārayiṣyasi //
bodhisatvenābhihitam: nanu paśyasi kauśika
mṛgapatir iva vāgurāvṛto 'haṃ
dhanurasikhaḍgadharair naraiḥ samarthaiḥ /
hayagajarathasaṅkulair balaughaiḥ
kapilapuraṃ parivāritaṃ samantāt //
śuddhodanapramukha eṣa hi śākyasaṅgho
hastyaśvayānam abhiruhya suvarmitāṅgaḥ /
prāsādatoraṇavimānatalāntarastho
nānāvidhaiḥ praharaṇair amanāpahastaiḥ //
antaḥpuragṛhadvāram <bahiḥ dvāraṃ> tathaiva ca /
baddhaṃ ca yantritaṃ caiva samantād rakṣitaṃ tathā //
āḍiṃbaśaṅkhapaṭahasvarabherinādaiḥ
prāsādatoraṇavimānatalāntarasthaiḥ /
hastyaśvayodhakalilaḥ satatāpramatto
māyaṃ vrajed iti hi rakṣati māṃ janaughaḥ //
śakraḥ kathayati
pūrvapratijñāṃ samanusmarasva
dīpaṅkaravyākaraṇaṃ ca saumya /
duḥkhārditaṃ lokam imaṃ ca bhūyas (SBV I 85)
tyaktvā gṛhān niṣkramaṇaṃ kuruṣva //
vayaṃ tathā kariṣyāmaḥ sabrahmādyā divaukasaḥ /
yad bhavān vighnanirmukto vanam (A 375b) adyaiva vāsyati // iti;
bodhisatvaḥ śobhanam ityuktvā prītamanāḥ saṃvṛttaḥ; tataḥ śakreṇa devendreṇa svāpanaṃ kṛtvā pāñcikasya mahāyakṣasenāpater ājñā dattā; mārṣa sopānam upānaya; bodhisatvo harmyatalād avataratīti; tena sopānam upanītam; bodhisatvo 'vatīrṇaḥ; tataḥ śakreṇa saha kṛtasaṅketo yena chandaka upasthāyakas tenopasaṅkrānto yāvat paśyati chandakaṃ gāḍhamiddhāvaṣṭabdham; bodhisatvena yatnam āsthāya prabodhito gāthābhir gītena coktaḥ:
uttiṣṭha he chanda mamānayasva
tūrṇaṃ gṛhāt kanthakam aśvaratnam /
yāsyāmy ahaṃ pūrvajinopabhuktaṃ
tapovanaṃ tuṣṭikaraṃ munīnām //
chandakaḥ suptapratibuddhalocanaḥ kathayati: deva
nodyānakālaḥ samupasthitas te
vairaṃ na te kenacid asti saumya /
na cāpi śatrus tava kaścid asti
kim ardharātre hi tavāśvakāryam //
bodhisatvaḥ kathayati
na kadācit tvayā chanda mama vākyaṃ vilopitam /
mā me'dya carame kāle vākyam etad vilopaya // iti;
chandaḥ kathayati: kumāra rātrir iyaṃ bhayabhairavā; nāham aśvam ānayāmi iti; bodhisatvaḥ saṃlakṣayati: uttarād uttare niyataṃ janaprabodho bhavati; gacchāmi svayam eva; kanthakam aśvarājaṃ sajjīkaromi iti; tataḥ svayam eva puradvāram udghāṭya kanthakam aśvarājaṃ grahītum ārabdhaḥ; sa krodhāgnisaṃpradīpta iva kṣipati pādaṃ, vakrayati mukhaṃ, sthānāt sthānaṃ cālayati; nāvatiṣṭhate; tato bodhisatvena cakrasvastikanandyāvartenānekapuṇyaśatanirjātena bhūtānām āśvāsanakareṇa kareṇa śirasi parāmṛṣṭa uktaś ca: (SBV I 86)
apaścimaṃ kanthaka bhāram udvahā
vilaṃbitaṃ prāpaya māṃ tapovanam /
avāpya bodhiṃ na cireṇa tarpaye
kṛtsnaṃ jagad dhyānavimokṣavṛṣṭibhiḥ // iti;
dharmatā khalu tiryañco 'py upasāntvyamānā vikṛtiṃ na vikṛtiṃ na bhajante; kanthako 'śvarājo nirvikāro 'vasthitaḥ; tato bodhisatvaḥ saṃjātasaumanasyaṃ kanthakam aśvarājaṃ sajjam avasthitaṃ <dṛṣṭvotthitaḥ>; śakrabrahmādibhir devaiś catvāro devaputrā bodhisatvaṃ niṣkāsanāya samanuśiṣya sthāpitāḥ, kūlaḥ, upakūlaḥ, parṇaḥ śabaraś ca; te bodhisatvenābhihitāḥ: bhavantaḥ ko māṃ neṣyati? kathayanti: vayaṃ neṣyāmaḥ; kiṃ yuṣmākaṃ balam? ekaḥ kathayati: kumāra yāvatī pṛthivyā mṛttikā tām ahaṃ skandhenādāya gacchāmīti; dvitīyaḥ kathayati: yāvac caturṣu mahāsamudreṣu sarittaḍāgodapāneṣu ca salilaṃ tat sarvam ahaṃ skandhenādāya gacchāmi iti; tṛtīyaḥ kathayati: yāvantaḥ pṛthivyāṃ parvatās tān ahaṃ skandhenādāya gacchāmi iti; caturthaḥ kathayati: yāvat pṛthivyāṃ tṛṇakāṣṭhaparṇaśādaṃ tat sarvam ahaṃ skandhenādāya gacchāmi iti; tato bodhisatvena pṛthivyāṃ pādo nyastaḥ; te kampayitum api na śaknuvanti; vismayajātāḥ kathayanti: kumāra nāsmābhir vijñātam īdṛśaṃ balaṃ (A 375b) bodhisatvānām iti; yadi vijñātaṃ syān na vayam avasthitā syāma iti; taṃ kathālāpam śrutvā pūrvabuddhaś chandako bodhisatvasamīpam upasaṅkrāntaḥ; tato bodhisatvaḥ kanthakam aśvarājam adhirūḍhaḥ; chandake 'śvapṛṣṭhe lagne kanthako 'śvarāja upari vihāyasam abhyudgataḥ: yathāpi tat bodhisatvasya bodhisatvānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena; antaḥpuranivāsinyo devatā bodhisatvavijogād roditum ārabdhāḥ; tāsāṃ rudantīnām aśrubindavaḥ kāye pṛthivyāṃ ca nipatitum ārabdhāḥ; chandakaḥ kathayati: kumāra udakabindavo nipatanti; kiṃ devo varṣati iti; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: na devo varṣati; kin tv antaḥpuranivāsinyo devatā madviyogād roditum ārabdhāḥ; tāsāṃ (SBV I 87) rudantīnām aśrubindavaḥ kāye nipatantīti; tataś chandako 'śruparyākulekṣaṇo dīrgham uṣṇaṃ ca niśvasya tūṣṇīm avasthitaḥ; bodhisatvo dakṣiṇena sarvakāyena nāgāvalokitena vyavalokayati; cintayati ca: iyaṃ ca me paścimā rātrir <yadā> mātṛgrāmeṇa sārdhaṃ sahāgāraśayyā iti; bhūyas sa lakṣayati: saced ahaṃ pūrvaṃ dvāram apahāyānyena dvāreṇa nirgamiṣyāmi, rājño bhaviṣyaty anyathātvam carame kāle nāhaṃ kumāreṇa vyavalokita <iti>; yāvat paśyati rājānaṃ śuddhodanam gāḍhamiddhāvaṣṭabdham; sa taṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya kathayati: tāta nāgauravāt, na śuśrūṣābhāvād gacchāmi; nānyatra jarāmaraṇābhimarditaṃ lokaṃ jarāmaraṇaduḥkhabhayāt parimocayeyam iti; yāvan mahānāmā śākyo jāgarakajanaṃ pratyavekṣamāṇas taṃ pradeśam āgataḥ; paśyati bodhisatvaṃ gamanābhimukham; tato bāṣpagadgadakanṭho 'śruparyākulekṣaṇaḥ kathayati: kim idaṃ prārabdham? mahānāman gamyate; kumāra na yuktam etat; mahānāman yena mayā tribhiḥ kalpāsaṅkhyeyair anekaiś ca duṣkaraśatasahasraiḥ satvānām arthāya bodhiḥ samupārjitaḥ; mayā kiṃ śakyaṃ gṛhe vastum; eṣa niścayaḥ; gato 'smi tapovanam iti; tato mahānāmā śākyo niṣkaruṇavacanasamudācāraparāhato vikroṣṭum ārabdhaḥ; hā kaṣṭaṃ
śākyānām adya sarveṣāṃ rājñaḥ śuddhodanasya ca /
āśā bhaviṣyaty aphalā cintitā yā punaḥ punaḥ //
adya śuddhodano rājā putraśokasamarpitaḥ /
ūrdhvabāhū ravaṃ ghoraṃ kariṣyati suduḥkhitaḥ //
gopikāmṛgajāyaśodharā sphītam antaḥpuraṃ tathā /
siddhārthasya vigoyena bhaviṣyanti suduḥkhitāḥ // (SBV I 88)
iti viditvā sasaṃbhramo yaśodharām utthāpayan kathayati:
eṣa gacchati siddhārthas taṃ vāraya patiṃ priyam /
ārodiṣyasi duḥkhārtā patiśokasamarpitā //
bhartā prayāti tava durlabhadarśanīyaṃ
paśyādya paściman idaṃ patidarśanaṃ te /
kaṣṭaṃ na kaścid api me vacanaṃ dadāty
ārto viraumi niśi nātra mamāparādhaḥ // iti;
tasyaivaṃ vipralapato 'py antaḥpure na kaścit pratibuddhyata iti
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araṇyaṃ vā nirākrandaṃ tathā devair adhiṣṭhitam / iti;
tato mahānāmā duḥkhadaurmanasyaparītaḥ saṃtvaramāṇo rājñaḥ (A 376a) śuddhodanasya samīpaṃ gatvā rājānaṃ śuddhodanaṃ prabodhayan kathayati
eṣa gacchati siddhārthas taṃ balād vinivāraya /
mā rodiṣyasi duḥkhārtaḥ putraśokasamarpitaḥ // iti;
daivāt so 'pi na pratibuddhyate; tataḥ śakrabrahmādayo devā anekadevatāśatasahasraparivṛtā yena bodhisatvas tenopasaṅkrāntāḥ; upasaṅkramya bodhisatvaṃ parivārya saṃprasthitāḥ; dakṣiṇena pārśvena rūpāvacarā devā śānteryāpathavartinaḥ, vāme kāmāvacarā ucchritadhvajapatākair divyair vādyaviśeṣair; agrataḥ śakrabrahmādayaḥ svena svenācāravihāreṇa gaganatalasthāne cānekāni devatāśatasahasrāṇi bodhisatvasyopariṣṭād divyāny utpalāni, padmāni, kumudāni, puṇḍarīkāni kṣipanti; agarucūrṇāni, (SBV I 89) tagarucūrṇāni, tamālapatracūrṇāni, divyāni māndārakāṇi puṣpāṇi kṣipanti; divyāni ca vividhāni vāditrāṇi pravādayanti; cailavikṣepāṃś cākārṣuḥ; āha cātra
prasphoṭanādatumulaṃ hi divaukasaḥ khaṃ
kurvanti hṛṣṭamanaso bhramayanti vastram /
stunvanti kecid apare 'pi ca bodhisatvam
ākāśam aṅguliśataiś ca samākṣipanti //
dvārāṇi kecit pravighāṭayanti
mandārapuṣpāṇy apare kṣipanti /
aśvasya kecic caraṇau gṛhītvā
nirīkṣamāṇāḥ sugataṃ vrajanti //
vāmena gacchantam anuvrajanti
kecit punar dakṣiṇato vrajanti /
mārgaṃ svayaṃ darśayate kuberaḥ
śakras tathā brahmasahīya eva //
puraskṛto devagaṇair mahātmā
nakṣatrasaṅghair iva pūrṇacandraḥ /
prayāti hṛṣṭo vanam āryakāntaṃ
tapovanaṃ prītikaraṃ munīnām //
tato bodhisatvaḥ kapilavastuno nagarāt pratiniṣkrāntaḥ; śakrabrahmādayo devāḥ prītamanasaḥ protsāhayanti: mārṣa yas te 'bhūd dīrgharātram āśāsakaḥ kadāsvid ahaṃ vighnanirmuktas tapovanaṃ gaccheyam iti sa te 'dya paripūrṇaḥ; yadā tvam anuttarāṃ samyakasaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhyethās tadāsmān api samanvāharethā iti; tathāstv iti pratijñāya bodhisatvo dakṣiṇena sarvakāyena nāgāvalokanena vyavalokya kathayati:
anavāpya paraṃ mārgaṃ sarvabuddhaniṣevitam /
na punaḥ saṃpravekṣyāmi puraṃ kapilavastv aham // iti
atha bodhisatvo yāmadvayena dvādaśayojanāni samatikramyāśvād avatīryābharaṇāny avamucya chandakam āmantrayate
nivartaya chandakāśvam ādāyābharaṇāni ca / (SBV I 90)
āha cātra
imaṃ hayaṃ hy ābharaṇāni caiva
jñātibhyo me sārathe tvaṃ prayaccha /
ahaṃ hi kāmān vipulān prahāya
ihaiva dīkṣām upayāmi sāṃpratam //
atha chandakaḥ sāśrudurdinavadano bodhisatvam uvāca
siṃhavyāghrasamākīrṇe vane gokaṇṭakācite /
ekākī bandhurahitaḥ katham ārya kariṣyasi // iti;
bodhisatvaḥ kathayati
eko hy ayaṃ jāyate jāyamānas
tathā mriyate mriyamāṇo 'yam ekaḥ /
eko duḥkhāny anubhavatīha jantur
na vidyate saṃsarataḥ sakhā yaḥ //
chandakaḥ kathayati
adṛṣṭaduḥkhaḥ sukumārapādo
hastyaśvayānocito (A 376b) hā kumāra /
darbhopalākīrṇatalāṃ kharāṃ mahīm
kathaṃ samākramya vane bhramiṣyasi //
bodhisatvaḥ kathayati
na saukumāryaṃ na sukhocitatvaṃ
na nāthavattāṃ na kulīnabhāvam /
na śauryavīryaṃ na janapriyatvam
avekṣate mṛtyubhayaṃ kadācit //
āgamiṣyati kṛtvā vā jarāmṛtyubhayam kila /
akṛtārtho nirāraṃbho nidhanaṃ yāsyatīti vā //
chandakaḥ kathayati: deva vṛddho rājā putraśokena kālaṃ kariṣyatīti; tathā (SBV I 91) bodhisatvo bodhisaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtatvāt chandakavacanaṃ cittena na karoti; tato bodhisatvena nīlotpalasadṛśaṃ niṣkośam asiṃ kṛtvā cūḍām apanīya upari upari vihāyasi kṣiptā; śakreṇa devendreṇa gṛhītvā mahatā satkāreṇa devāṃs trayastriṃśān nītvā cūḍāmahaḥ prajñaptaḥ; śrāddhair api brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhis tasmin pradeśe keśagrahaṇaṃ nāma caityaṃ pratiṣṭhāpitam adyāpi caityavandakā bhikṣavo vandante; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: kiṃ manyase chandaka? yasyedṛśo vyavasāyo na sa punar api gṛhī agāram adhyāvaseta? no deva; chandakaḥ saṃlakṣayati: kṣatriyābhimānī kumāro, na śakyam anena pratinivartitum iti /
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Return of Kanthaka and Chandaka
tataḥ kanthako 'śvarājo bodhisatvasya pādau jihvayā nirlīḍhe; bodhisatvena cakrasvastikanandyāvartena pāṇinā parāmṛśyābhihitaḥ: gaccha kanthaka so 'ham abhisaṃbuddhabodhir bhavatkṛtajño bhavīṣyāmi iti; chandako 'py uktaḥ: na tvayā kanthako 'ntaḥpuraṃ praveśayitavya iti; evam uktaś chandako bāṣpagadgadakanṭho 'śruparyākulekṣaṇaḥ kanthakam aśvarājam ādāya punar bodhisatvam īkṣamāṇaḥ saṃprasthitaḥ; tau yāṃ bhūmiṃ yāmadvayena gatau tāṃ saptarātreṇa pratinivṛttau; chandakaḥ saṃlakṣayati: yugapat <yadi> pravekṣyāmo mahatā vipralāpena nātmānaṃ sandhārayiṣyāmi; tenodyāne sthitvā kanthakaḥ preṣitaḥ; tena heṣitam; tacchabdapratisaṃvedī antaḥpurajano 'nyaś ca janakāyaḥ sasaṃbhramo nirgato, na paśyati bodhisatvam; kanthakaṃ kaṇṭhe pariṣvajya roditum ārabdhāḥ; dharmatā hy eṣā anye prākṛtās tiryagyonigatāḥ prāṇinaḥ saṃvṛtijñānalābhinaḥ; prāg eva kanthako 'śvarājaḥ; sa mahājanakāyaviklavaṃ śrutvā antargatenaiva bāṣpeṇoparuddhyamānaḥ kālagataḥ; tena viśrute anyatamasmin ṣaṭkarmanirate brāhmaṇakule (SBV I 92) pratisandhir gṛhītaḥ; yadā bodhisatvo 'nuttarāṃ saṃyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbhotsyate tadā taṃ khaṭuṃkāśvavādena avabodhya saṃsārakāntārād uttāryātyantaniṣṭhe yogakṣeme nirvāṇe pratisthāpayiṣyati
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The taking of the Yellow Robes
bodhisatvasya kāṣāyaiḥ prayojanam utpannam; anupame nagare 'nyatamo gṛhapatir āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī; tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam; sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati; tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ (A 377a) putro jātaḥ; evaṃ yāvad daśaputrā jātāh; sarvaiś ca pravrajya pratyekā bodhiḥ sākṣātkṛtā; teṣāṃ mātā vṛddhā; sā tebhyaḥ śāṇakāni cīvarāṇy anuprayacchati; tair abhihitā: aṃba vayaṃ parinirvāsyāmaḥ; nāsmākam etaiḥ prayojanam; kin tu rājñaḥ śuddhodanasya śākyamunir nāma putraḥ kumāro 'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbhotsyate; tasyaitāni dāsyasi; tatas te mahatī phalāvāptir bhaviṣyati; ityuktvā jvalanatapanavarṣaṇavidyotanaprātihāryāṇi kṛtvā nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtāḥ; tayāpi vṛddhayā tāni cīvarāṇi maraṇakāle duhitur dattāni; yathāvṛttaṃ cārocitam; sāpy asyā duhitā glānā saṃvṛttā; tayāpi maraṇāvasthāṃ paricchidya vṛkṣe sthāpitāni; yā devatā tasmin vṛkṣe 'dhyuṣitā sā āyācitā tvayaitāni rājñaḥ śuddhodanaputrasya dātavyānīti; śakrasya devendrasyādhastāj jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate; tena tāni gṛhītvā nītāni; tato jarājīrṇalubdhavarṇam ātmānam abhinirmāya tāni prāvṛtya dhanurbāṇavyagrapāṇiḥ bodhisatvasya pratimārge 'vasthitaḥ; bodhisatvaś cānupūrveṇa taṃ mārgaṃ pratipannaḥ paśyati lubdhaṃ dhanurbāṇavyagrapāṇiṃ kāṣāyavastraprāvṛtam; dṛṣṭvā ca punas taṃ puruṣam āmantrayate: bhoḥ puruṣa etāni sāṇakāni vastrāṇi pravrajitānurūpāṇi; imāni kāśikasūkṣmāṇi gṛhāṇa; mamaitaṇy anuprayaccha iti; sa kathayati: kumāra nāham etāny anuprayacchāmi; mā me syur atonidānaṃ pare vaktāraḥ, tvayā rājakumāraṃ jīvitād vyaparopya etāni kāśikasūkṣmāṇi vastrāṇi gṛhītāni <iti>; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: bhoḥ puruṣa sarvaloko (SBV I 93) māṃ jānīte yāḍṛśo 'haṃ śaktisaṃpannaḥ; kaḥ śaknoti māṃ jīvitād vyaparopayitum; ko vā śraddhatte tvayāhaṃ jīvitād vyaparopita iti; nirviśaṅkaḥ prayaccha iti; tataḥ śakro devendro bodhisatvasya pādayor nipatya śāṇakāny anuprayacchati; kāśikāni gṛhṇāti; bodhisatvasya tāni śāṇakāni vastrāṇi na kāyapramāṇikāṇi; tasyaitad abhavat: aho bata me śāṇakāni cīvarāṇi kāyapramāṇikāni syur iti; vākpravyāhārasamanantaram eva bodhisatvasya tāni śāṇakāni cīvarāṇi kāyapramāṇikāni saṃvṛttāni; yathāpitad bodhisatvasya bodhisatvānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena; bodhisatvaḥ saṃlakṣayati: idānīm ahaṃ pravrajitaḥ, kariṣyāmi jagato 'nugraham iti; tatas tāni bodhisatvakāśikavastrāṇi <pratigṛhya> śakreṇa deveṣu trayastriṃśeṣu kāśikamahaḥ prajñaptaḥ; śrāddhair brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhir tasmin pradeśe kāṣāyapratigrahaṇaṃ nāma caityaṃ pratiṣṭhāpitam adyāpi caityavandakā bhikṣavo vandante; tato bodhisatvo muṇḍaḥ kāṣāyavastraprāvṛtaḥ itaś cāmutās ca paryaṭan bhārgavasya riṣer āśramapadam anuprāptaḥ
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The sage Bhārgava
tasmiṃś ca samaye bhārgavariṣiḥ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo (A 377b) vyavasthitaḥ; sa bodhisatvena tathāvidho dṛṣṭaḥ; uktaś ca: maharṣe kim arthaṃ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparas tiṣṭhasi iti; sa kathayati: mamāsminn āśramapade tālāḥ sauvarṇaiḥ puṣpaphalair āsan; te yathā paurāṇāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ iti; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: maharṣe yasyānubhāvād etasminn āśramapade tālāḥ sauvarṇaiḥ puṣpaphalair āsan sa jīrṇāturamṛtasandarśanād udvigno vanaṃ saṃśṛtaḥ; yady asau jīrṇāturamṛtasandarśanād udvignas tapovanaṃ <na> saṃśṛto 'bhaviṣyat tasyaitad udyānam abhaviṣyat; ity evam ukto bhārgavariṣir bodhisatvaṃ nirīkṣitum ārabdhah; tato rūpaśobhāṃ śāntaṃ ca veṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā, ciraṃ nirīkṣya kutūhalajātaḥ kathayati: bhoḥ pravrajita mā haiva tvam eva saḥ; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: maharṣe vyaktam etat; tato bhārgavena vismayotphulladṛṣṭinā bodhisatvas tatprathamata āsanenopanimantritaḥ puṣpaphalaiś ca; evaṃ pratisaṃmodito muhūrtam āsthāya kathayati: maharṣe kiyad dūram itaḥ kapilavastu nagaram (SBV I 94) iti; sa kathayati: dvādaśayojanānīti; bodhisatvaḥ saṃlakṣayati āsannam kapilavastunagaram, nātrāvasthānaṃ śreyaḥ; śākyāḥ paurāḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ kariṣyanti; yanv ahaṃ gaṅgām uttareyam iti
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Arrival at Rājagṛha and Bimbisāra's meeting
sa gaṅgām uttīryānupūrveṇa cārikāṃ caran rājagṛham anuprāptaḥ: kuśalo bhavan bodhisatvas teṣu teṣu śilpasthanākarmasthāneṣu karavīrapatrapuṭakaṃ kṛtvā śānteneryāpathena rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya praviṣṭaḥ; tasmiṃś ca samaye rājā biṃbisāra upariprāsādatalagataḥ; tenāsau dṛṣṭaḥ prāsādikena abhikramapratikrameṇa ālokitavyavalokitena saṃmiñjitaprasāritena saṅghāṭīcīvarapātradhāraṇena piṇḍapātam aṭan; dṛṣṭvā ca punar asyaitad abhavat: yāvantaḥ pravrajitasamāpannā rājagṛhe prativasanti, nāsti kasyacid evaṃrūpa īryāpathas tadyathāsya pravrajitasya; ātha cātra
pravrajyāṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi cakṣuṣmān prāvrajad yathā /
yathā mīmāṃsamāno 'sau pravrajyāṃ samarocayat /
saṃbādho 'yaṃ gṛhāvāsa āvāso rajasām ayam /
pravrajyābhyavakāśaś ca jñātvāyaṃ prāvrajat tathā //
pravrajitvā 'tha kāyena karma pāpaṃ pravarjayan /
hitvā ca pāpikāṃ vācam ājīvaṃ paryaśodhayat //
tato rājagṛhaṃ gatvā magadhānāṃ purottamaḥ /
piṇḍāya vyāharan nāthaḥ saṃprajānan pratismṛtaḥ //
prāsādasthas tam adrākṣīc chreṇiko magadhādhipaḥ /
prasannacitto dṛṣṭvātha amātyān idam abravīt //
imaṃ bhavanta īkṣadhvam ākīrṇaṃ varalakṣaṇaiḥ /
āroheṇa ca saṃpannaṃ yugamātraṃ ca paśyati //
nokṣiptacakṣur medhāvi (A 378a) nāyam ūnakuloditaḥ /
rājadūtānusaṃyāntu vāsaṃ kvopagamiṣyati //
tataḥ saṃcoditā dūtā anvabadhnaṃś ca pṛṣṭhataḥ / (SBV I 95)
bhikṣur gamiṣyati kvāyaṃ kutra vāsam upaiṣyati //
sa piṇḍapātaṃ carati ṣaḍbhir dvāraiḥ susaṃvṛtaḥ /
kṣipraṃ pātraṃ pūrayati saṃprajānan pratismṛtaḥ //
piṇḍapātaṃ caritvātha niṣkramya nagarān muniḥ /
pāṇḍavam abhisārayaty atra vāso bhaviṣyati //
jñātvā ca vāsopagatam eko dūta upāviśat /
apare kṣipram āgamya rājña ārocayaṃs tataḥ //
eṣa bhikṣur mahārāja pāṇḍavasyopari sthitaḥ /
āsīno vyāghraśābo vā siṃho vā girigahvare //
dūtānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā ratham āruhya pārthivaḥ /
prāyāsīt kṣipram evāsāv amātyaiḥ parivāritaḥ //
āyānabhūmiṃ niryāya sa yānād avatīrya ca /
padbhyāṃ samupasaṅkramya tathādrākṣīt tathāgatam //
rājā niṣadya saṃmodya kṛtvā saṃrañjanīṃ kathām /
anuddhataṃ so 'paruṣam idam artham abhāṣata //
prathamotpatite bhikṣo yauvane samupasthite /
evaṃtejoguṇopete bhaikṣacaryā na śobhate //
niveśanāni ramyāṇi nārīś ca samalaṅkṛtāḥ /
dadāmi te varān bhogān jātiṃ pṛṣṭo vadātmanaḥ//
santi rājan janapadāḥ pārśve himavato gireḥ /
ākīrṇā dhanadhānyena kausalā iti viśrutāḥ //
ikṣvākavaḥ sūryagotrāḥ śākyās tatra nivāsinaḥ /
kṣatriyṣ me kulaṃ rājan na kāmān prārthayāmy aham //
praśāsya hīmāṃ pṛthivīṃ saśailāṃ
sasāgarāṃ sarvasamṛddharatnām /
na yāti tṛptiṃ puruṣaḥ kadācit
kāṣṭair nidāghe jvalano yathaiva //
vairaprasaṅgāṃs tu vadanti kāmān
duruttarāsāranibhān narendra /
duḥkhasya śokasya bhayasya cāpi
mūlaṃ paraṃ prākṛtabuddhisevyān //
niṣkrāntamātreṇa mayā tu rājan
kṛtā na kāmeṣv abhilāṣabuddhiḥ /
vāntān kathaṃ tān punar ādadeyam (SBV I 96)
bhayaṅkarān dharmasapatnabhūtān //
apyeva nānāśikharapravṛddhaḥ
kampeta merur himavāṃś ca vātaiḥ /
na tv eva buddhiṃ mama kāmavegā
mokṣāśritāṃ kaṃpayituṃ samarthāḥ //
loko hy ayaṃ kāmanimagnavāhaḥ
saṃsāracakre paribaṃbhramīti /
trātāham asmīti narendra nānyaḥ
taṃ mokṣayiṣyāmi mahābhayebhyaḥ //
kāmeṣv ādīnavaṃ jñātvā dṛṣṭvā nirvāṇaśāntatām /
prahāṇāya gamiṣyāmi yatra me raṃsyate manaḥ //
rājñā biṃbisāreṇābhihitam: bhoḥ pravrajita anena vratena kiṃ prārthayase? kathayati: anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim; rājā kathayati: bhoḥ pravrajita yadā tvam anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhyethās tadāsmān api samanvāharethā iti; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: evaṃ bhavatu samanvāhariṣyāmi; ityuktvā rājagṛhān niṣkrāntaḥ
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Hermitage of the sages
gṛdhrakūṭasya nātidūre ṛṣīṇām āśramapadam; tatropasaṅkrāntaḥ; teṣāṃ cāravihāratayā dhyānaparo vyavasthitaḥ; (A 378b) yadā te ekapādā divasasya praharam avatiṣṭhante, bodhisatvo dvāv avatiṣṭhate; yadi te pañcatapaḥprayogeṇa divasasya praharam avatiṣṭhante, bodhisatvas tenāpi yogena dvāv avatiṣṭhate; tatas te vismayam āpannāḥ saṃjalpaṃ kartum ārabdhāḥ: mahān ayaṃ śramaṇa <iti> mahāśramaṇo mahāśramaṇa iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā; bodhisatvena te pṛṣṭāḥ: bhavanto yūyam anena vratena kiṃ prārthayatha? tatraike kathayanti: śakratvam iti; apare (SBV I 97) kathayanti vayaṃ brahmatvam iti; anye kathayanti māratvam iti; bodhisatvaḥ saṃlakṣayati: punarāvartakā hy ete ṛṣaya unmārgapratipannā iti
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Ārāḍa Kālāma
sa taṃ mārgaṃ nālam iti kṛtvā yenārāḍaḥ kālāmas tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramya ārāḍaṃ kālāmam idam avocat: sacet te ārāḍa aguru careyam ahaṃ bhavato 'ntike brahmacaryam iti;sa kathayati: na me āyuṣman gautamāguru; vihara tvaṃ yathāsukham iti; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: kiyanto bhavatā ārāḍena dharmā adhigatāḥ? sa kathayati: yāvad evāyuṣman gautama ākiñcanyāyatanam; atha bodhisatvasyaitad abhavat: ārāḍasyāpi kālāmasya śraddhā, mamāpi śraddhā; ārāḍasyāpi kālāmasya vīryaṃ smṛtiḥ samādhiḥ prajñā, mamāpi vīryaṃ smṛtiḥ samādhiḥ prajñā; ārāḍena kālāmena iyanto dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtāḥ yāvad eva ākiñcanyāyatanam; kasmād aham imān dharmān na sākṣātkariṣyāmi iti; atha bodhisatvas teṣām eva dharmāṇām aprāptānāṃ prāptaye anadhigatānaṃ adhigamāya asākṣātkṛtānāṃ sākṣātkriyāyai eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā vyāhārṣīd; eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā viharann acirād eva tān dharmān sākṣād akārṣīt; sākṣātkṛtvā ca punas tān dharmān yenārāḍaḥ kālāmas tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramya ārāḍaṃ kālāmam idam avocat: nanu bhavatā ārāḍena ime dharmāḥ svayam abhijñayā sākṣātkṛtā yāvad evākiñcanyāyatanam; sa evam āha: tathyaṃ mayā gautama ime dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtā yāvad evākiñcanyāyatanam; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: mamāpy āyuṣman ārāḍa ime dharmāḥ svayam abhijñayā sākṣātkṛtā yāvad evākiñcanyāyatanam iti; tarhy āyuṣman gautama yāvat tava tāvan mama; yāvan mama tāvat tava; ehy āvām ubhāv apīmaṃ gaṇaṃ parikarṣāvaḥ; asmīṃś cārthe āvāṃ samasamau sāmānyaprāptau; athārāḍaḥ kālāmo bodhisatvasya pūrvācārya eva san bodhisatvaṃ paramayā mānanayā mānitavān; paramayā pūjanayā pūjitavān; parameṣu cāsya pratyayeṣu āttamanāś cābhūd abhirāddhaś ca; atha bodhisatvasyaitad abhavat: ayaṃ mārgo (SBV I 98) nālaṃ jñānāya, nālaṃ darśanāya, nālam anuttarāyai samyaksaṃbodhaye
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Udraka Rāmaputra
atha bodhisatvas taṃ mārgaṃ nālam iti viditvā yenodrako rāmaputras tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramyodrakaṃ rāmaputram idam avocat: sacet te udraka aguru careyam ahaṃ tavāntike brahmacaryam; na me āyuṣman gautamāguru; vihara tvaṃ yathāsukhaṃ; kiyanto bhavatā udrakeṇa dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtāḥ? yāvad evāyuṣman gautama naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanam; bodhisatvasyaitad abhavat: udrakasya rāmaputrasya śraddhā; mamāpi śraddhā; udrakasya rāmaputrasya vīryaṃ smṛtiḥ samādhiḥ prajñā; mamāpi vīryaṃ smṛtiḥ samādhiḥ prajñā; udrakeṇa rāmaputreṇa iyanto dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtā yāvad eva naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanam; kasmād aham imān dharmān na sākṣātkariṣyāmi iti; atha bodhisatvas teṣām eva dharmāṇām aprāptānāṃ prāptaye anadhigatānām adhigamāya asākṣātkṛtānāṃ sākṣātkriyāyai eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā vyāhārṣīt; eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā viharann acirād eva tān dharmān sākṣādakārṣīt; sākṣātkṛtvā ca punas tān dharmān yenodrako rāmaputras tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ; upasaṅkramyodrakaṃ rāmaputram idam avocat: nanu bhavatā udrakeṇa ime dharmāḥ svayam abhijñayā sākṣātkṛtā yāvad eva naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanam? tathyam; mayā āyuṣman gautama ime dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtā yāvad eva naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanam; bodhisatvaḥ kathayati: mayāpy āyuṣmann udraka ime dharmāḥ svayam abhijñayā sākṣātkṛtā yāvad eva naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanam iti; tarhy āyuṣman gautama yāvat tava tāvan mama; yāvan mama tāvat tava; ehy āvām ubhāv apīmaṃ gaṇaṃ parikarṣāvaḥ; asmiṃś cārthe āvāṃ samasamau sāmānyaprāptau; athodrako rāmaputro bodhisatvasya pūrvācārya eva san taṃ paramayā mānanayā mānitavān; paramayā pūjanayā pūjitavān; parameṣu cāsya pratyayeṣv āttamanāś cābhūd abhirāddhaś ca; atha bodhisatvasya etad abhavat: ayam api mārgo nālaṃ jñānāya, nālaṃ darśanāya nālam anuttarāyai samyaksaṃbodhaye; atha bodhisatvas tam api mārgaṃ nālam iti kṛtvā prakrāntaḥ (SBV I 99)
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The river Nairañjanā
rājā śuddhodanaḥ putraśokābhibhūto nityam eva bodhisatvaṃ samanveṣaṇāya dūtān preṣayati; tena śrutaṃ yathā siddhārthaṃ kumāra udrakeṇa rāmaputreṇa sārdhaṃ vihṛtya rājagṛhān niṣkrānto upasthāyakavirahitaḥ paribhramatīti; śrutvā trīṇy upasthāyakānāṃ śatāni preṣitāni; devadṛśe nagare suprabuddhena śākyenaivam eva śrutam; tenāpi dve upasthāyakaśate <preśite> iti; tatra bodhisatvaḥ pañcabhir upasthāyakaśataiḥ pari