Avadānaśataka

<the text in all ms is mutilated. the para must beginn with kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ ... saṃvṛttāḥ.> {kiṃ manyadhve bhukṣavaḥ ... saṃvṛttāḥ} | tenaiva hetunā idānīm ekapeśījātāḥ samarūpāḥ samadehabhāvāḥ samātmacittāḥ samabalavīryaparākramāḥ samācārāḥ samadharmeṣu parāyaṇāḥ samaṃ srotāpattiphalaṃ prāptāḥ, samaṃ cārhatvaṃ prāptāḥ | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_69 sūryaḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. i)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme | kapilavastuni anyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko maheśākhyaḥ śirasi maṇiratnayuktaḥ | ### <tib transl. seems to add afew sentaneces here, describing the sun line splendour of the gem on the crest. cf. tasya maṇiratnasya prabhayā sarvaṃ gṛham avabhāsitaṃ sūryasyeva.> | tasya jatau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya dārakasya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtam*, tasya maṇiratnasya prabhayā sarvaṃ gṛham avabhāsitaṃ sūryasyeva, tasmād asya

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sūryo nāma bhavatu iti | sūryo dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalas tyāgaruciḥ pradānakauśalo mahati tyāge vartate | yāvad apareṇa samayena sūryo dārako nyagrodhārāmaṃ gataḥ | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cānena bhagavato 'ntike cittaṃ prasādya svaśirasi maṇiratnam uddhṛtya bhagavata upanāmitam* | tataḥ prasādajāto bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tato bhagavatā sūryasyānukampām upādāya tan maṇiratnam upagṛhyāśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā tena sūryeṇa dārakeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sa dṛṣṭasatyo dānapradānāni datvā śramaṇabrāhmaṇavanīpakān duḥkhitān satvān saṃtarpayitvā mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavataḥ śāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta sūryeṇa dārakeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāny yena śirasi maṇiratnaṃ jātam*, yena ca maheśākhyo 'rhatvaṃ ca prāptam iti | bhagavān āha: sūryeṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | sūryeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_69.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad vipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ

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sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayād ivāgnir nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtaḥ, tasya rājñā bandhumatā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samantayojanaś catūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośam uccatvena | yatrānekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kārān kṛtvā svargamokṣaparāyaṇāni bhavanti | tatra stūpamaho vartate | śrāddhā brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo vicitrair gandhamālyavilepanaiś chatrair dhvajaiḥ patākābhiḥ pūjāṃ kurvanti | yāvad apareṇa puruṣeṇa rājñāḥ sakāśād dyūtaṃ krīḍataḥ sūryābhāsaṃ (speyer: sūryāvabhāsaṃ) maṇiratnaṃ nirjitam* | tatas tena prasādajātena vipaśyinaś caitye varṣāsthālyāṃ samāropitam* | tataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: anenāhaṃ kuśalena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca evaṃvidhānāṃ guṇānāṃ lābhī syām*, evaṃvidhaṃ śāstāram ārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyam*, evaṃvidhena cūḍāyāṃ baddhena mātuḥ kukṣer nirgaccheyam iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena akṣadhūrta āsīt*, ayaṃ sa sūryaḥ | yat tena vipaśyinaḥ stūpe ratnaṃ samāropitaṃ tenāsya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtam* | tenaiva hetunā abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ | arhatvaṃ ca sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_70 mallapatākā | (ed. speyer, vol. i)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme | kapilavastuni anyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'tikrānto mānuṣaṃ varṇam asaṃprāptaś ca divyaṃ varṇam* | yadāsau kumāro jātas tadā devatābhir divyāḥ patākāḥ samantata ucchrāpitāḥ, divyāni vādyabhāṇḍāni parāhatāni, divyāni cotpalakumudapadmapuṇḍarīkamāndāravāṇāṃ puṣpāṇi kṣiptāni, sarvaṃ ca kapilavastu nagaraṃ yaśasā āpūritam*, sarvagṛheṣu cāsya nāmnā patākā ucchrāpitāḥ | tasya jatau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya jātasya yaśasā sarvaloka

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āpūritaḥ, tasmād bhavatu dārakasya viditayaśā iti nāmeti | viditayaśā dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ | yāvad apareṇa samayena nyagrodhārāmaṃ gataḥ | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cānena bhagavato 'ntike cittaṃ prasāditam* | prasādajātaś ca bhagavatpādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasmai bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā tena viditayaśasā dārakeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sa dṛṣṭasatyaḥ śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakebhyo dānapradānāni datvā mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ | sa yācitacīvaraṃ paribhuṅkte alpam ayācitam*, yācitapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārān paribhuṅkte alpam ayācitam* ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta viditayaśasā karmāṇi kṛtāny yena jātamātrasya devatābhiḥ patākā ucchrāpitāḥ, yaśasā ca sarvaloka āpūrṇaḥ, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: viditayaśasaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | viditayaśasā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_70.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho

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bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad vipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayād ivāgnir nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtaḥ, tasya rājñā bandhumatā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samantayojanaś catūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośam uccatvena | yatra anekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kārān kṛtvā svargamokṣaparāyaṇāni bhavanti | yāvad rājñā bandhumatā stūpamahaḥ kāritaḥ | tatra ca stūpamahe vartamāne mallānāṃ madhye patākā ucchrāpitā | yāvad rājamallena rājamallo nihataḥ | tatas tena mallapatākā āsāditā | sa tām ādāya anekaprāṇiśatasahasraparivṛto nānāvicitrair vādyair vādyamānair yena vipaśyinaḥ stūpas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya tathāgataguṇānām anusmaraṇaṃ kṛtvā tāṃ patākāṃ stūpayaṣṭyāṃ baddhvā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtavān*: aham apy evaṃvidhānāṃ guṇānāṃ lābhī syām*, evaṃvidham eva śāstāram ārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyam iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena malla āsīt*, ayaṃ sa viditayaśāḥ | yad anena vipaśyinaḥ stūpe kārāḥ kṛtās tena saṃsāre 'nantaṃ sukham anubhūtavān* | tenaiva hetunā idānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

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aṣṭamo vargaḥ |

tasyoddānam*:

suprabhā supriyā caiva śuklā somā tathāparā | kuvalayā sundarī yaiva muktā caiva kacaṅgalā | kṣemā virūpā + + vargo bhavati samuddhitaḥ ||

avś_71 suprabhā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ śreṣṭhī āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā divyālaṃkārabhūṣitā maṇiratnena kaṇṭhe ābaddhena | tasmāc ca prabhā nirgacchati, yayā sarvā śrāvastī avabhāsate | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikāyā nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād anayā jātamātrayā maṇiratnāvabhāsena sarvā śrāvastī avabhāsitā, tasmād bhavatu dārikāyāḥ suprabheti nāmeti | sā suprabhā dārikā aṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo dattā dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | sā aṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | sā dārikā śrāddhā bhadrā kalyāṇāśayā ātmahitaparahitapratipannā | tasyā ye ye yācanakā āgacchanti, tebhyas tebhyaḥ kaṇṭhād alaṃkāram avamucya prayacchati | datte ca punar alaṃkāraḥ prādurbhavati ||

yāvad asau dārikā krameṇa mahatī saṃvṛttā, tadā tasyā bahavo yācanakā āgacchanti, rājaputrā amātyaputrāḥ śreṣṭhiputrāś ca | tair upadrūyamāṇaḥ pitā cāsyāḥ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ: yady ekasmai dāsyāmi, anye me amitrā bhaviṣyantīti | yāvad asau dārikā pitaraṃ cintāparam avekṣyovāca: tāta kim asi cintāpara iti | tena so 'rtho vistareṇa samākhyātaḥ | dārikā kathayati: tāta na te śokaḥ kartavyaḥ | svayam evāhaṃ saptame divase svayaṃvaram avatariṣyāmīti | tataḥ śreṣṭhī rājñaḥ prasenajito nivedya śrāvastyāṃ ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kārayāmāsa: saptame divase suprabhā dārikā svayaṃvaram avatariṣyati, yena vo yat karaṇīyaṃ sa tat karotv iti ||

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tataḥ saptame divase suprabhā dārikā rathābhirūḍhā kāṣāyaṃ dhvajam ucchrāpya buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ citrapaṭe lekhayitvā abhiṣṭuvatī vīthīm avatīrṇā | sā tatra rājaputrair amātyaputraiḥ śreṣṭhiputraiś ca sotkaṇṭhk‍h̲dvīkṣyamāṇā vicitrābhiḥ kathābhiḥ saṃjñapyovāca: sarvathāhaṃ na kenacid aṃśena bhavatāṃ paribhavaṃ karomi | kevalaṃ tu nāhaṃ kāmenārthinī | buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāsmi | tasya sakāśe pravrajiṣyāmīti | tatas te nirbhartsitāḥ pratinivṛttāḥ | suprabhāpi dārikā bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇā dharmaśravaṇāya | tasyā bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā suprabhayā dārikayā viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, abhinirhāraś ca kṛtaḥ | atha suprabhā dārikā utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamayya bhagavantam idam avocat*: labheyāhaṃ bhadanta svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣuṇībhāvam* | careyam ahaṃ bhagavato 'ntike brahmacaryam iti | tato bhagavān saṃlakṣayati: anayā asmāc chāsane (speyer: asmacchāsane) mahadvineyākarṣaṇaṃ kartavyam iti | tato bhagavatoktā: gaccha dārike parṣadam avalokayeti | tataḥ suprabhā dārikā jetavanān nirgatya tatrāgatā | tatraikaikasyaivaṃ bhavati: balenaināṃ harāma iti | te tām ākramitum ārabdhāḥ | tataḥ suprabhā dārikā tair upakramyamāṇā vitatapakṣa iva haṃsarājo gaganatalam abhyudgamya vicitrāṇi prātihāryāṇi

darśayitum ārabdhā | āśu pṛthagjanasya ṛddhir āvarjanakarī | tatas te tad atyadbhūtaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā uddaṇḍaromāṇo mūlanikṛtta iva drumāḥ pādayor nipatya vijñāpayitum ārabdhāḥ: avatara avatara bhagini, yayaite tvayā dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtāḥ | asthānam etad yat tvaṃ kāmān paribhuñjīthā iti | tataḥ suprabhā dārikā gaganatalād (speyer: gagaṇatalād) avatīrya janakāyasya purastāt sthitvā tathāvidhāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavatī, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam* | tato bhagavatā mahāprajāpatyāḥ saṃnyastā | tatas tayā pravrājitā upasaṃpāditā ca | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyābhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta suprabhayā dārikayā karmāṇi kṛtāny, yenābhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā, maṇiratnaṃ ca kaṇṭhe prādurbhūtam*, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: suprabhayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni {labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | suprabhayā dārikayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni} | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi

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kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_71.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad vipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvendhanakṣayād ivāgnir nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtaḥ, tasya rājñā bandhumatā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samantayojanaś catūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośam uccatvena | yā bandhumato rājño 'gramahiṣī vṛddhībhūtā, tayā vicitrāṇy ābharaṇāni śarīrād avamucya tatra stūpe dattāni | tataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtavatī: anena kuśalamūlema cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena cārhatvaṃ prāpnuyām iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yā sā tena kālena tena samayena rājño bandhumato agramahiṣī āsīt*, iyaṃ sā suprabhā | yad anayā vipaśyinaḥ stūpe vicitrāṇy ābharaṇāni samāropitāni, tenābhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetā saṃvṛttā | yat praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*, tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_72 supriyā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | tena khalu samayena anāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapateḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetā śrāvastyadhivāsino janakāyasyātīva priyā | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikāyā nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād iyaṃ priyā sarvajanasya, tasmād bhavatu dārikāyāḥ supriyeti nāmeti | jātismarā jātamātrā gāthāṃ bhāṣate:

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dattaṃ hi dānaṃ bahu vālpakaṃ vā vistīryate kṣetraviśeṣayogāt* | tasmād dhi deyaṃ viduṣā prayatnāt* buddhāya lokendrasureśvarāya || avś_72.1||

āthāsyā mātāpitarāv anye ca gṛhavāsinas taṃ vākyavyāhāraṃ śrutvā bhītās trastāḥ saṃvignā ākṛṣṭaromakūpāḥ (speyer: āhṛṣṭaromakūpāḥ) kathayanti: piśācīva seyaṃ dāriketi | sā kathayati: amba nāhaṃ piśācī nāpi rākṣasī, kiṃ tarhi dārikā | icchāmi dānāni dātum iti | tato 'syā mātrā anāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveditam*: evam eṣā dārikā brūta iti | tatas tena gṛhapatinā hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditena bhagavān antargṛhe sabhikṣusaṃgho bhojitaḥ, tasyāś ca nāmnā dakṣiṇādeśanaṃ kāritam* ||

yāvad asau dārikā krameṇa saptavarṣā saṃvṛttā, mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā | sā sarvāsāṃ bhikṣuṇīnām iṣṭā kāntā priyā manāpā | yāvat tatra kālena mahādurbhikṣaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ durbhikṣāntarakalpasadṛśam*, yatrānekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi annapānaviyogāt kālaṃ kurvanti | tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmantrayate sma: gaccha ānanda, madvacanāt supriyāṃ vada: catasras te parṣadas traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ pratipādayitavyā iti | tata āyuṣmān ānandaḥ supriyāṃ gatvovāca: bhagavān āha: catasras te pariṣadas traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ pratipādayitavyā iti | tataḥ supriyā kṛtakarapuṭā bhagavata ājñāṃ śirasi kṛtvā kathayati: evam astv iti ||

supriyā śrāvastīm abhisaṃprasthitā gocaravyavalokanārtham* | yāvad eṣā pravṛttir anāthapiṇḍadena śrutā | sa tvaritaṃ supriyāyā agrato bhūtaḥ kathayati: supriye kva gacchasīti | sā kathayati: bhagavān āha traimāsyaṃ vaiyāvṛtyakarmaṇi niyukteti | anāthapiṇḍada uvāca: alpotsukā bhava, ahaṃ tvāṃ sarveṇa pravārayāmīti | supriyā kathayati: kim atrāścaryaṃ yadi tāto dṛṣṭasatyaḥ pravārayati samantato 'ntarhitāni nidhānāny abhisamīkṣya | ahaṃ tu daridrajanasyānugrahaṃ karomīti | tathā pañcabhir upāsakaśatair alpotsukā kriyate | mālikayā devyā, varṣākārayā kṣatriyayā, ṛṣidattapurāṇābhyāṃ sthapatibhyāṃ, viśākhayā mṛgāramātrā, rājñā prasenajitā | aṭavīgatā tatrāpy amanuṣyair manuṣyaveṣadhāribhiḥ pravāryate | tayā evaṃ pravāryamāṇayā bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghas traimāsyam upasthitaś cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ | tatraiva ca traimāsye yujyamānaghaṭamānavyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyābhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā ||

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atha bhagavāṃs traimāsyātyayāt kṛtacīvaro niṣṭhitacīvaraḥ samādāya pātracīvaraṃ śrāvastyā rājagṛhaṃ saṃprasthitaḥ sārdhaṃ śrāvakasaṃghena | tataḥ supriyayā bhagavān antarmārge alpotsukaḥ kṛtaḥ | yāvad asau ### {alpo}dikām aṭavīm anuprāptaḥ, gaṇḍīdeśakālo jātaḥ, pathyadanaṃ ca nāsti | tayā bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgha upaniveśitaḥ | tataḥ pātraṃ vāme pāṇau pratiṣṭhāpyovāca, pravyāhṛtavatī: yadi puṇyānām asti vipākaḥ, pātram evaṃvidhabhakṣyabhojyādinā paripūryeteti | tato devatayā divyayā sudhayā paripūritam* | tataḥ supriyayā anuparipāṭikayā sarvasya bhikṣusaṃghasya pātrāṇi pūritāni | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma: eṣā agrā me bhikṣavo bhikṣūṇīnāṃ mama śrāvikāṇāṃ kṛtapuṇyānāṃ yaduta supriyā bhikṣuṇī ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta supriyayā dārikayā karmāṇi kṛtāny, yenāḍhye kule jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā abhimatā sarvajanasya, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: supriyayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | supriyayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_72.2 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | atha kāśyapaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ purvāhṇe nivāsya pātracivaram ādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto vārāṇasīṃ nagarīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | yāvad anyataraḥ śreṣṭhī saparijana udyānaṃ gataḥ, prabhūtaṃ ca khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ nītam* | yāvat tasya preṣyadārikayā ### <acording to kalpadrumāvadāna it is: peśām ādāya paiṣṭikīm.> | {tayā} bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho 'ntarmārge dṛṣṭaḥ | tasyāḥ prasādajātāyā buddhir utpannā: kiṃ māṃ svāmī dvir api dāsīkariṣyati, yanv ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ bhojayeyam iti | tatas tayā bandhanatāḍanam agaṇayitvā bhaktapeḍām uddhāṭya bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho vicitreṇāhāreṇa saṃtarpitaḥ | tataḥ śreṣṭhinaḥ sakāśam upasaṃkrāntā | yāvac chreṣṭhinā uktā: dārike kva sā bhaktapeḍeti | sā kathayati: bhagavān me kāśyapaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ | iti

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śrutvā śreṣṭhī paraṃ vismayam āpannaḥ | tatas tena hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditenoktā: gaccha dārike, adyāgreṇa tvam adāsī bhava, yā tvaṃ mama suptasya jāgarṣīti | sā kṛtakarapuṭā gṛhapatiṃ vijñāpitavatī: anujānīhi maṃ*, bhagavacchāsane pravrajiṣyāmīti | tato 'syāḥ śreṣṭhinā pātracīvaraṃ dattam* | sā svakena pātracīvareṇa bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā | bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya pravacane daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vaiyāvṛtyaṃ kṛtam*, bhaktais tarpaṇair yavāgūpānair nityakair naimittikair (speyer: nimittikair) dīpamālābhiḥ kaṭhinacīvarair dānapradānāni datvā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: yan mayā bhagavate kāśyapāya kṛcchreṇa samudānīya dānapradānāni dattāni, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca bhagavataḥ śākyamuneḥ pravrajyāhartvaṃ prāpnuyām iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau preṣyadārikā, iyam asau supriyā | yad anayā bhagavān kāsyapaḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ, tena āḍhye kule jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā abhimatā sarvajanasya | yat praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_73 śuklā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme | śākyeṣu rohiṇo nāma śākyaḥ prativasati āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ na putro na duhitā | sa kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ: anekadhanasamuditaṃ me gṛham*, na me putro na duhitā | mamātyayāt sarvasvāpateyam aputrakam iti kṛtvā rājavidheyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti | sa śramaṇabrāhmaṇanaimittikasuhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavair ucyate: devatārādhanaṃ kuruṣveti | so 'putraḥ putrābhinandī śivavaruṇakuberavāsavādīn anyāṃś ca devatāviśeṣān āyācate | tadyathā ārāmadevatā vanadevatāś catvaradevatāḥ śṛṅgāṭakadevatā balipratigrāhikā devatāḥ | sahajāḥ sahadhārmikā nityānubaddhā api devatā āyācate sma | asti caiṣa loke pravādo yadāyācanahetoḥ putrā jāyante duhitaraś ceti | tac ca naivam* | yady evam abhaviṣyat*, ekaikasya putrasahasram abhaviṣyat tadyathā rājñaś cakravartinaḥ | api tu trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | katameṣāṃ trayāṇām* | mātāpitarāu

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raktau bhavataḥ saṃnipatitau, mātā ca kalyā bhavati ṛtumatī, gandharvaś ca pratyupasthito bhavati | eteṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca ||

sa caivam āyācanaparas tiṣṭhati | anyatamā ca dārikā anyatamasmāt devanikāyāc cyutvā tasya prajāpatyāḥ kukṣim avakrāntā | tayā svāmine niveditam* | tataḥ svāminocyate: bhadre yadi putraṃ janiṣyasīty evaṃ kuśalam*, atha duhitaram*, tayaiva saha tvāṃ niṣkāsayāmīti | yāvad asāv aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā atikrāntā mānuṣyāṃ varṇam asaṃprāptā ca divyaṃ varṇam*, śuklair vastraiḥ prāvṛtā anupaliptaiva garbhamalena | yāvad rohiṇena śrutaṃ prajāptī te prasūtā dārikā jāteti, sa kupitaḥ praviṣṭaḥ | tato 'sya prajāptyā divyavastrapravṛtā dārikopanītā | tato rohiṇaḥ śākyo dārikāṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam āpannaḥ | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikāyā nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād iyaṃ śuklavastraparivṛtā jātā, tasmād bhavatu dārikāyāḥ śukleti nāmeti | śuklā dārikā aṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo dattā dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | sā aṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | yathā yathā ca śuklā dārikā vardhate, tathā tathā tāny api vastrāṇi vardhante na ca malinībhavanti, na cāsyāḥ kāyo malenābhibhūyate ||

yadā śuklā dārikā krameṇa mahatī saṃvṛttā, tadāsyā bahavo yācanakā āgacchanti, rājaputrā amātyaputrāś ca | tatas tair upadrūyamāṇaḥ pitā cāsyāḥ kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ: yady ekasmai dāsyāmi, anye me amitrā bhaviṣyantīti | yāvad asau dārikā pitaraṃ cintāparam avekṣyovāca: tāta kim asi cintāpara iti | tena so 'rtho vistareṇa samākhyātaḥ | dārikā kathayati: tāta na te śokaḥ kartavyaḥ, nāhaṃ kāmenārthinī, bhagavacchāsane pravrajiṣyāmi, anujānīhi māṃ tāteti | yāvad asau mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā | yenaiva vastreṇa prāvṛtā jātā, tata eva paripūrṇaṃ pañcacīvaraṃ saṃpannam* | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyābhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta śuklayā dārikayā karmāṇi kṛtāny, yenāḍhye kule jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā, śuklavastraprāvṛttā | pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: śuklayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | śuklayā

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karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_73.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvad anyatarā śreṣṭhibhāryā śrāddhā bhadrā kalyāṇāśayā kenacid eva karaṇīyena ṛṣipatanaṃ gatā | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc ca bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇā dharmaśravaṇāya | tato 'syā bhagavatā kāśyapena dharmo deśitaḥ | tayā labdhaprasādayā bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃgham antargṛhe bhojayitvā bhikṣusaṃghāya kaṭhinacīvaram anupradattam*, krameṇa ca mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau śreṣṭhibhāryā, eṣaivāsau śuklā bhikṣuṇī | yad anayā bhikṣusaṃghāya kaṭhinacīvaram anupradattaṃ tena śuklavastraprāvṛttā jātā | yad brahmacaryavāsaḥ paripālitas teneha janmany arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_74 somā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyām anyatamo brāhmaṇa āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī trayāṇāṃ vedānāṃ pāragataḥ sanighaṇṭakaiṭabhānāṃ sākṣaraprabhedānām itihāsapañcamānāṃ padaśo vyākaraṇaḥ | sa pañca māṇavakaśatāni brāhmaṇakān mantrān pāṭhayati | tena

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putrahetoḥ sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetā | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikāyā nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: prāyaśo 'smākaṃ putrapautrikayā somanāmāni kriyante | bhavatu dārikāyāḥ someti nāmeti | somā dārikā unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* ||

yadā krameṇa mahatī saṃvṛttā, sā paṇḍitā vyaktā medhāvinī paṭupracārā smṛtimatī śrutidharā ca | yāvad asyāḥ pitā māṇavakān mantrān pāṭhayati, sā śrutamātreṇodgṛhṇāti | śrutvā ca teṣāṃ śāstrāṇāṃ pūrvāpareṇa vyākhyānaṃ karoti | tato 'syā yaśasā sarvā śrāvastī sphuṭā saṃvṛttā | tīrthyāś cāsyā ahanyahani darśanāyopasaṃkrāmanti, tayā ca saha viniścayaṃ kurvanti | yadā bhagavān anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhaḥ tadā śrāvastīm āgataḥ | prāyeṇa ye paṇḍitāḥ paṇḍitasaṃkhyātāḥ, te bhagavato darśanāyopasaṃkrāmanti | tataḥ sā tān na paśyantī antarjanam āmantrayate: ko 'tra bhavanto hetur yenaitarhi śāstravido nopasaṃkrāmantīti | te kathayanti: bhagavān sarvajñaḥ śākyamunir nāmeha saṃprāptaḥ, sarve tatpravaṇāḥ saṃvṛttā iti | tato buddha ity aśrutapūrvaṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvāsyāḥ sarvaromakūpā hṛṣṭāḥ (speyer: sarvaromakūpāhṛṣṭāḥ ) | tatra somā dārikā buddhaśabdaśravaṇād bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntā | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc ca bhagavatpādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇā dharmaśravaṇāya | atha bhagavān somāyā dārikāyā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān*, yāṃ śrutvā somayā viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sā dṛṣṭasatyā mahāprajāpatyāḥ sakāśe pravrajitā | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyābhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā ||

yadā bhagavatā bhikṣubhya ājñā dattā: yūyam eva bhikṣavo 'nvardhamāsaṃ prātimokṣasūtroddeśam uddiśateti, tadā mahāprajāpatyā: uddiśatu bhagavān prātimokṣam*, uddiśatu sugataḥ prātimokṣam iti | bhagavān āha: na hi bhikṣuṇyas tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ padaśo dharmam uddiśanti | yadi yuṣmākaṃ kācid utsahate (speyer: ucchahate) sakṛduktaṃ dhārayitum*, evam aham uddiśeyam iti | tena khalu samayena sā bhikṣuṇī tasyām eva parṣadi saṃniṣaṇṇā saṃnipatitā | atha sā bhikṣuṇī utthāyāsanād yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamayya bhagavantam etad avocat*: uddiśatu bhagavān prātimokṣam*,

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uddiśatu sugataḥ prātimokṣam* | ahaṃ sakṛduktaṃ dhārayiṣye | tato bhagavatā vistareṇoddiṣṭaḥ, somayā sakṛdukto dhāritaḥ | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma: eṣā agrā me bhikṣavo bhikṣuṇīnāṃ mama śrāvikāṇāṃ bahuśrutānāṃ śrutadharīṇāṃ yaduta somā bhikṣuṇī ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta somayā bikṣuṇyā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni, yenāḍhye kule jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā śrutidharā ca saṃvṛtteti | bhagavān āha: somayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | somayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_74.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvad anyatarā brāhmaṇadārikā bhagavataḥ kāsyapasya śāsane pravrajitā | tayā tatroddiṣṭaṃ paṭhitaṃ skandhakauśalaṃ pratītyasamutpādakauśalaṃ sthānāsthānakauśalaṃ ca kṛtam* | na tu śaktitaṃ naiṣṭhikaṃ jñānam utpādayitum* | yasyāś copādhyāyikāyāḥ sakāśe pravrajitāsīt*, sā bhagavatā kāśyapena śrutadharīṇām agrā nirdiṣṭā | tataḥ somayā bhikṣuṇyā maraṇakāle praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: yathā me upādhyāyikā śrutadharīṇām agrā nirdiṣṭā, evam aham apy anāgate 'dhvani yo 'sau bhagavatā kāśyapenottaro nāma māṇavo vyākṛtaḥ: bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ māṇava varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śākyamunir nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha iti, tasya śāsane pravrajitā bhagavatā śākyamuninā śrutidharīṇām agrā nirdiśyeya ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau brāhmaṇadārikā āsīt*, iyaṃ sā somā bhikṣuṇī | yad anayā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*, tena śrutidharīṇām agrā nirdiṣṭā | yad anayā tasyoddiṣṭaṃ paṭhitaṃ svādhyāyitam*, tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

-------------------- vaidya, p. 185 --------------------

avś_75 kuvalayā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho rājagṛham upaniśritya viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | tena khalu samayena rājagṛhe nagare girivalgusamāgamo nāma parva pratyupasthitam* | tatra sarvebhyaḥ ṣaḍbhyo mahānagarebhyo janakāyaḥ saṃnipatati | yāvad dakṣiṇāpathān naṭācārya āgataḥ | tasya duhitā kuvalayā nāma abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetā | sā rūpayauvanārogyamadamattā | yadā raṅgamadhyam avatarati, tadā sarvaprekṣakaiḥ sotkaṇṭhair udvīkṣyate | ye cāpratisaṃkhyānabahulās teṣāṃ manāṃsyākarṣati | tatra yadā parva pratyupasthitaṃ bhavati, tadā pūraṇaprabhṛtayaḥ saparṣatkā upasaṃkrāmanti | tataḥ kuvalayā dārikā janakāyam uvāca: asti bhavanto rājagṛhe nagare kaścin manuṣyabhūto yo me rūpeṇa samo viśiṣṭataro veti | janakāyenoktā: asti śramaṇo gautamaḥ saparivāra iti | kuvalayovāca: kim asau manuṣyabhūto 'tha deva iti | manuṣyabhūtaḥ sa tu sarvajña iti ||

tatas tadvacanam upaśrutya kuvalayā sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitā bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntā | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ purastāt sthitvā nṛtyati gāyati vādayate strīliṅgāni strīcihnāni strīnimittāni copadarśayati | ye sarāgā bhikṣavas te tayā saṃbhrāmitāḥ | tato bhagavān rāgabahulānāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ vinayanārthaṃ kuvalayāyāś ca rūpayauvanamadāpanayanārthaṃ tadrūpān ṛddhyabhisaṃkārān abhisaṃkṛtavān*, yena kuvalayā jīrṇā vṛddhā palitaśiraskā khaṇḍadantā kubjagopānasīvaktrā nirmitā | tatkālasamanantaram eva kuvalāyā ātmānaṃ bībhatsam abhivīkṣya yo 'sau rūpayauvanamadaḥ sa prativigataḥ | rāgabahulāś ca bhikṣavaḥ saṃvignāḥ | tataḥ kuvalayā apagatamadā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantaṃ vijñāpitavatī: sādhu me bhagavāṃs tathā dharmaṃ deśayatu, yathāham asmāt pūtikalevarād (speyer: pūtikaḍevarād) alpakṛcchreṇa parimucyeyeti | atha bhagavān kuvalāyās teṣāṃ cāvītarāgāṇāṃ bhikṣūṇām āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tāthavidhāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān*, yāṃ śrutvā kaiścid viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalam*, kaiścid anāgāmiphalm*, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | kuvalayāpi labdhaprasādā bhagavatsakāśe pravrajitā | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā

-------------------- vaidya, p. 186 --------------------

bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyā abhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā | tair api naṭais tena saṃvegena sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhadanta yad bhagavatā kuvalayā naṭadārikā rūpayauvanamadamattā jarayā saṃvejya yāvad atyantaniṣṭhe nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpitā iti | bhagavān āha: kim atra bhikṣava āścaryaṃ yad idānīṃ mayā vigatarāgeṇa vigatadveṣeṇa vigatamohena parimuktena jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaiḥ sarvajñena sarvākārajñena sarvajñānajñeyavaśiprāptena kuvalayā dārikā rūpayauvanamadamattā jarayā saṃvejya yāvad atyantaniṣṭhe nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpitā | yat tu mayā atīte 'dhvani sarāgeṇa sadveṣeṇa samohenāparimuktena jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaiḥ kuvalayā dārikā saṃvejya pañcasu vratapradeśeṣu pratiṣṭhāpitā | tac chṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | priyam ivaikaputrakaṃ rājyaṃ kārayati | yāvad asau rājā devyā saha krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ kālāntareṇa devī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dāriko jāto abhirūpo darśanīyo prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaś chatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhur vistīrṇalalāṭa uccaghoṣaṇaḥ saṃgatabrūs tuṅganāsaḥ sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetaḥ | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya pitā kāśirājaḥ, ayaṃ cābhirūpo darśaniyaḥ prāsādikaḥ, tasmād bhavatu dārikasya kāśisundara iti nāma | kāśisundaro dārakaḥ aṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | yadā mahāvṛttas tadā yauvarājye 'bhiṣiktaḥ | so 'nekadoṣaduṣṭam anarthamūlaṃ rājatvaṃ viditvā ṛiṣiṣu pravrajitaḥ | sa ca himavatkandare prativasati phalamūlāṃbubhakto 'jinavalkaladhārī agnihotrikaḥ | yāvad apareṇa samayena phalānām artham anyataraṃ parvatakandaram anupravṛttaḥ | yāvat tatra kinnaradārikā | ṛiṣikumāraṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃraktā nṛtyati gāyati vādayati strīcihnāni strīnimittāni strīvikrīḍitāny upadarśayati | yāvat kāśisundareṇa ṛṣiṇā tasyā dārikāyā dharmadeśanā dattā | jīrṇāsi bhagini, prathamas te svaro madhuraḥ snigdhaś ca, paścimas te jarjarībhūta iti | tatas tena tasyā dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā kinnarakanyāyā yo 'bhūd rūpamadaḥ

-------------------- vaidya, p. 187 --------------------

sa prativigataḥ | tayā prasādajātayā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: yasmin samaye 'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbudhyethāḥ, tadā te 'haṃ śrāvikā syām iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena ṛṣikumāro babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | kinnarakanyā imam eva kuvalayā | bhikṣavo buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ pṛcchanti: kāni bhadanta kuvalayayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni, yenābhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā saṃvṛttā, kāni karmaṇi kṛtāni yenārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam api | bhagavān āha: kuvalayayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | kuvalayayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_75.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani catvāriṃśadvarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ krakucchando nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa śobhāvatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad dakṣiṇāpathād anyataro naṭācārya āgataḥ | tatra śobhanena (speyer: śobhena) rājñā bhagavataḥ sakāśāt satyadarśanaṃ kṛtvā naṭācāryāṇām ājñā dattā: bauddhaṃ nāṭakaṃ mama purastān nāṭayitavyam iti | tair ājñā śirasi pratigṛhītā: evaṃ bhadanteti | tataḥ sarvanaṭair bauddhaṃ nāṭakaṃ vicārya muninirjitaṃ kṛtam* | yāvad rājño 'mātyagaṇaparivṛtasya purato naṭā nāṭayitum ārabdhāḥ | tatra naṭācāryaḥ svayam eva buddhaveṣeṇāvatīrṇaḥ, pariśiṣṭā naṭā bhikṣuveṣeṇa | tato rājñā hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditena naṭācāryapramukho naṭagaṇo mahatā dhanaskandhenācchāditaḥ | tatas te bhagavacchāsane labdhaprasādā dānapradānāni datvā samyakpraṇidhānaṃ cakruḥ: anena vayaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca anāgatān buddhān ārāgayema, mā virāgayemeti ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo ye te naṭāḥ, ime te kuvalayāpramukhāḥ | yad ebhis tatra praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

-------------------- vaidya, p. 188 --------------------

avś_76 kāśisundarī | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho vārāṇasyāṃ viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ rājā brahmadatto rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | priyam ivaikaputrakaṃ rājyaṃ pālayati | yāvad asau rājā devyā saha krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ kālāntareṇa devī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetā | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikāyā nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād iyaṃ kāśirājasya duhitā surūpā ca, tasmād bhavatu dārikāyāḥ kāśisundarīti nāmeti | kāśisundarī dārikā aṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo dattā dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | sā 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* ||

yadā kāśisundarī dārikā krameṇa mahatī saṃvṛttā, tadā prātisīmaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ rājabhī rājñe brahmadattasya dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam*: śrutam asmābhir yathā tava duhitā jāteti | tad arhasy asmākaṃ putrāṇām anyatarasmai anupradātum iti | tato rājā śokāgāraṃ praviśya kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaś cintayati: yady ekasmai dāsyāmi, apareṇa saha me (speyer: me saha) virodho bhaviṣyatīti | kāśisundarī dārikā sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitā pituḥ sakāśam upasaṃkrāntā | tayā pitā śokārto dṛṣṭaḥ pṛṣṭaś ca: tāta kimarthaṃ śokaḥ kriyata iti | pitrā asyā yathābhūtaṃ samākhyātam* | tataḥ kāśisundarī pitaram uvāca: kriyatāṃ tāta prātisīmānāṃ rājñāṃ dūtasaṃpreṣaṇam* | saptame divase kāśisundarī dārikā svayaṃvaram avatariṣyati | yena vo yat karaṇīyaṃ sa tat karotv iti | yāvat saptame divase ṣaṭ prātisīmā rājānaḥ saṃnipatitāḥ | kāśisundary api ratham abhiruhya kāṣāyaṃ dhvajam ucchrāpya buddhapaṭaṃ hastena gṛhītvā rājasabhāṃ gatvovāca: śṛṇvantu bhavantaḥ prātisīmā rājānaḥ | nāhaṃ bhavatāṃ rūpayauvanakulabhogaiśvaryaṃ tulayāmi, api tu nāhaṃ kāmair arthinī | ya eṣa eva me bhagavān buddhaḥ paṭe likhitas tasyāhaṃ śrāvikā | asya śāsane pravrajiṣyāmīti ||

yāvad ṛṣipatanaṃ gatvā bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā bhagavantam idam avocat*: labheyāhaṃ bhadanta svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣu{ṇī}bhāvam* | careyam ahaṃ bhagavato 'ntike brahmacaryam iti | tato bhagavato mahāprajāpatyāṃ saṃnyastā | tatas tayā pravrājitā upasaṃpāditā ca | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ -------------------- vaidya, p. 189 --------------------

viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyā abhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā | tatas te rājaputrās tasyā rūpayauvanaśobhāṃ samanusmṛtya rāgamadamattāḥ pravrajitām api prārthayituṃ pravṛttāḥ | sā taiḥ prārthyamānā vitatapakṣa iva haṃsarājo gaganatalam (speyer: gagaṇatalam) abhyudgamya vicitrāṇi prātihāryāṇi vidarśayitum ārabdhā | āśu pṛthagjanasya ṛddhir āvarjanakarī | tatas te rāputrā atyadbhutaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā āhṛṣṭaromakūpāḥ pādayor nipatya kṣamāpayitum ārabdhāḥ: marṣaya bhagini | yathaite tvayā dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtāḥ, asthānam etad yat tvaṃ kāmān parimuñjīthā iti | tataḥ kāśisundarī dārikā gaganatalād avatīrya janakāyasya purastāt sthitvā tathāvidhāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavatī, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrair mahān viśeṣo 'dhigataḥ ||

tato bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta kāśisundaryā karmāṇi kṛtāni, yenaivam ābhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā | pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam api | bhagavān āha: kāśisundaryaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | kāśisundaryā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_76.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe triṃśadvarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kanakamunir nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | ### <the name of the place is missing.> | yāvat tatrānyatarā rājaduhitā śrāddhā bhadrā kalyāṇāśayā ātmahitaparahitapratipannā | tayā vihāraṃ kārayitvā sarvopakaraṇaiḥ paripūrya bhagavate saśrāvakasaṃghāya pratipāditaḥ | kanakamunau ca samyaksaṃbuddhe pravrajya daśavarṣasahasrāṇi maitrī bhavitā ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yā sā rājaduhitā, iyaṃ sā kāśisundarī dārikā | yad anayā vihāraḥ pratipāditas tenābhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā saṃvṛttā | yat kanakamunau bhagavati pravrajya daśavarṣasahasrāṇi maitrī bhāvitā tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

-------------------- vaidya, p. 190 --------------------

avś_77 muktā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyāṃ puṣyo nāma śreṣṭhī āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ kālāntareṇa patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā muktāmālayā śirasi baddhayā | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārikāyā nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asyā jātamātrāyā muktamālā śirasi prādurbhūtaṃ, tasmād bhavatu dārikāyā mukteti nāmeti | muktā dārikā aṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo dattā dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | sā 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* ||

yāvan muktā dārikā krameṇa mahatī saṃvṛttā | tasyāḥ sā muktāmālā avatāritā punaḥ prādurbhavati | tataḥ sā dārikā kṛpaṇavanīpakān dṛṣṭvā bhāgasaṃvibhāgaṃ karoti | yadā ca pradeyā saṃvṛttā, tadā tasyā bahavo yācanakā āgacchanti rājaputrā amātyaputrāḥ śreṣṭhiputrāś ca | tato 'syāḥ pitā śokāgāraṃ praviśya kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaś cintayati: yady ekasmai dāsyāmi, anye me 'mitrā bhaviṣyantīti | tato 'sau dārikā pitaraṃ vijñāpayāmāsa: tāta kimarthaṃ śokaḥ kriyata iti | tena yathāvṛttaṃ sarvaṃ tat samākhyātam* | tato dārikā kathayati: tāta nāhaṃ kāmair arthinī | bhagavacchāsane pravrajiṣyāmīti | yāvad anāthapiṇḍadasya supriyo nāma kanīyaḥ putras tena pitā vijñaptaḥ | mamārthāyaitāṃ dārikāṃ yācasveti | tato 'nāthapiṇḍadena puṣyasya gṛhapater dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam*: dīyatāṃ muktā dārikā mama putrāya | evaṃ kṛtaṃ sāṃbandhikaṃ yāvajjīvasukhyaṃ kṛtaṃ ca bhaviṣyatīti | tataḥ puṣyeṇa gṛhapatinā svasyāṃ duhitari so 'rtho niveditaḥ | sā kathayati: samayato yadīndriyāṇāṃ paripākān mayā saha bhagavacchāsane pravrajati, evam ahaṃ taṃ bhartāraṃ varayāmīti | tena tathaiva kṛtam* | yāvad ubhāv eva gṛhān niṣkramya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitau | tābhyāṃ yujyamānābhyāṃ ghaṭamānābhyāṃ vyāyacchamānābhyām idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantau saṃvṛttau traidhātukavītarāgau samaloṣṭakāñcanāv ākāśapāṇitalasamacittau vāsīcandanakalpau vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośau vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptau bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhau | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyau mānyāv abhivādyau ca saṃvṛttau ||

-------------------- vaidya, p. 191 --------------------

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta muktayā karmāṇi kṛtāni yena muktāmālayā śirasy ābaddhayā, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: muktayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | muktayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_77.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvad anyatamaḥ sārthavāhaḥ sa mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ | tataḥ svasti susiddhayānapātra āgataḥ | tatas tena muktāhāraḥ paramaśobhana ānitaḥ | tasya ca bhāryā abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā | tena tasyāḥ śirasi baddhaḥ ||

vārāṇasyām anyatamo gṛhaptiḥ śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ | tasya buddhir utpannā: yanv ahaṃ chandakabhikṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya śāsane pañcavārṣikaṃ kuryām iti | tena rājñaḥ kṛkiṇo niveditam*: icchāmy ahaṃ chandakabhikṣaṇaṃ samādāpya bhagavataḥ pañcavārṣikaṃ kartum iti | rājñā evam astv iti samanujñātaḥ | athāsau gṛhapatir hastiskandhārūḍho vārāṇāsyāṃ nagaryāṃ rathyāvīthīcatvaraśṛṅgāṭakeṣu cchandakabhikṣaṇaṃ yācituṃ pravṛttaḥ | yāvat sārthavāhabhāryā muktāhāraṃ śiraso 'vamucya tasmiṃś chandakabhikṣaṇe dattavatī | yāvat sārthavāha āgatas taṃ muktāhāraṃ śiraso 'panītaṃ dṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭavān*: bhadre kvāsau muktāhāra iti | tatas tayoktam*: āryaputra prītiṃ janaya, prasādam utpādaya, bhagavacchāsane chandakabhikṣaṇe datta it | yāvat sārthavāhena puṣkalena mūlyena niṣkrīya tasyai patnyai dattaḥ | sā necchati punas taṃ grahītum*, parityakto (speyer: parityaktā) me iti | svāminocyate: bhadre mayā prabhūtena hiraṇyasuvarṇenāyaṃ krītaḥ | kasmān necchasīti | tato 'sau dārikā taṃ gṛhītvā prabhūtaṃ puṣpasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā gandhamālyāni ca gṛhītvā ṛṣipatanaṃ gatā | tato gandhakuṭyāṃ gandhapralepaṃ kṛtvā puṣpair ākīrya muktāhāraṃ bhagavato mūrdhni kṣiptavatī | sa sahasā bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya mūrdhani sthitaḥ | tataḥ prasādajātayā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: aham apy evaṃvidhānāṃ guṇānāṃ labhinī syām*, evaṃvidham eva śāstāram ārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyam iti ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāhabhāryā, iyaṃ sā muktā | yad anayā bhagavati kāśyape kārāḥ kṛtās tenābhirūpā darśaniyā prāsādikā | muktāhāraś cāsyāḥ

-------------------- vaidya, p. 192 --------------------

śirasi prādurbhūtaḥ | tenaiva hetunedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_78 kacaṅgalā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ kacaṅgalāyāṃ viharati kācaṅgalīye vanaṣaṇḍe | tasyāṃ kacaṅgalāyāṃ kacaṅgalā nāma vṛddhā | sā ghaṭam ādāya udakārthinī kūpam upasṛptā | tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmantrayate: gaccha ānanda, etasyāṃ vṛddhāyāṃ kathaya: bhagavāṃs trṣitaḥ, pānīyam anuprayacchasveti | sā ānandenoktā: ahaṃ svayam evāneṣyāmīti | yāvat kacaṅgalā pānīyaghaṭaṃ pūrayitvā bhagavataḥ sakāśaṃ gatā | dadarśa kacaṅgalā buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanād asyāḥ putrasnehaḥ samutpannaḥ, stanābhyāṃ kṣīradhārāḥ prasūtāḥ | sā ūrdhvabāhuḥ putra putreti bhagavantaṃ pariṣvaktum ārabdhā | bhikṣavas tāṃ vārayanti | bhagavān āha: mā yūyaṃ bhikṣava imāṃ vṛddhāṃ vārayata | tat kasya hetoḥ:

pañca janmaśatāny eṣā mama mātā āsīn nirantaram* | iyaṃ me putrasnehena gātreṣu samaślikṣata || avś_78.1 ||

saced eṣā nivāryeta mama gātreṣu śleṣaṇāt* | idānīṃ rudhiraṃ hy uṣṇaṃ kaṇṭhād asyāḥ sravet kṣaṇāt* || avś_78.2 ||

kṛtajñatām anusmṛtya dṛṣṭvemāṃ putralālasām* | kāruṇyād gātrasaśleṣaṃ dadāmi anukampyayā || avś_78.3 ||

yāvad asau putrasnehaṃ vinodya bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇā dharmaśravaṇāya | bhagavān cāsyā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā kacaṅgalayā viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sā dṛṣṭasatyā gāthā bhāṣate:

yat kartavyaṃ hi putreṇa mātur duṣkarakariṇā | tat kṛtaṃ bhavatā mahyaṃ cittaṃ mokṣaparāyaṇam* || avś_78.4 ||

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durgatibhyaḥ samuddhṛtya svarge mikṣe ca te aham* | sthāpitā sarvayatnena viśeṣaḥ sumahān kṛtaḥ || avś_78.5 ||

yāvad asau svāminam anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyā abhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā | yadā bhagavān bhikṣuṇīnāṃ saṃkṣepeṇoddiśya pratisaṃlayanāya praviśati, tadā kacaṅgalā bhikṣuṇīnāṃ vyākaroti | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma: eṣāgra me bhikṣavo bhikṣuṇīnāṃ mama śrāvikāṇāṃ sūtrāntavibhāgakartrīṇāṃ yaduta kacaṅgalā bhikṣuṇīti ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta kacaṅgalayā karma kṛtaṃ yena vṛddhā pravrajitā, kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena bhagavān paścimagarbhavāsena *{s: paścimagarbhavāsena}* dhāritaḥ, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, sūtrāntavibhāgakartrīṇāṃ cāgrā nirdiṣṭā iti | bhagavān āha: kacaṅgalayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | kacaṅgalayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_78.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani bodhisatvacaryāyāṃ vartamānasyaiṣā me pañca janmaśatāni mātā āsīt* | nirantaraṃ yadāhaṃ pravrajitum icchāmi, tadā mām eṣā vārayati | tasya karmaṇo vipākena vṛddhā pravrajitā | dānaṃ dadato me dānāntarāyo 'nayā kṛtaḥ | tena daridrā saṃvṛttā | kiṃ tv anayā naivaṃvidhāni maheśākhyasaṃvartanīyāni karmāṇi kṛtāni, yathā mahāmāyā kṛtavatī | tenāham anayā paścime na dhāritaḥ | bhūyaḥ kāśyape bhagavati pravrajitā āsīt* | tatrānayā śaikṣāśaikṣā bhikṣuṇyo dāsīvādena samudācīrṇāḥ | tena dāsī saṃvṛttā | yat tatrānayā paṭhitaṃ svādhyāyitaṃ skandhakauśalaṃ pratītyasamutpādakauśalaṃ sthānāsthanakauśalaṃ ca kṛtam*, tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, sūtrantavibhākartrīṇāṃ cāgratāyāṃ nirdiṣṭā | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

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avś_79 kṣemā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | tena khalu samayena rājā prasenajit kauśalo rājā ca brāhmadatta ubhāv apy etau parasparaviruddhau | yāvad rājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ svaviṣayaparyantaṃ gatvā kāṣṭhavāṭaṃ baddhvāvasthitaḥ, rājā brahmadattaś ca caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnāhya hastikāyam aśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ nadyāḥ kūle kāṣṭhavāṭaṃ baddhvāvasthitaḥ | yāvad rājñā prasenajitkauśalena tatraivāgramahiṣī nītā | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | brahmadatto 'pi devyā saha krīḍati ramate paricārayati | yenaikadivasa eva rājñaḥ prasenajitkauśalasya duhitā jātā, brahmadattasya putraḥ || yāvad ubhayor api skandhāvāre ### brahmadattasya skandhāvāre pravartate yenāyam evaṃvidha utsava iti | tair ākhyātam*: rājño brahmadattasya putro jāta iti | brahmadattenāpi tathaiva pṛṣṭam* | kathayanti: rājñaḥ prasenajito duhitā jāteti | tato rājñā brahmadattena rājñaḥ prasenajito dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam*: śrutaṃ mayā yathā tava duhitā jāteti | diṣṭyā vardhase | asmākam api putro jātaḥ | kiṃ tu dīyatām eṣā dārikā mama putrāya | evaṃ kṛte sāṃbandhike yāvajjīvaṃ vairotsargaḥ kṛto bhaviṣyatīti | rājñā prasenajitā pratijñātam*: evam bhavatv iti | tatas tābhyāṃ parasparaṃ prītau kṛtāyāṃ kṣeme jāte rājñā brahmadattena dārakasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitaṃ kṣemaṃkara iti | rājñā prasenajitā kauśalena dārikāyā jātāyā jātimahaṃ kṛtvā kṣemeti nāmadheyaṃ kṛtam* | tāv ubhāv apy unnītau vardhitau | yāvat krameṇa mahāntau saṃvṛttau ||

atha sa dārako dārikāyā hārārdhahāramālāṃ badhnan kaṇṭhemaṇīn preṣayati | yadāsau dārikā mahatī saṃvṛttā, tayā te pṛṣṭāḥ: kuta etāni prābhṛtāny āgacchanti? preṣyair vistareṇa sa vṛtānta (speyer: vṛttānta) āveditaḥ | śrutvā ca pitaraṃ vijñāpayāmāsa: tāta nāhaṃ kāmair arthinī, bhagavacchāsane pravrajiṣyāmi, anujānīhi māṃ tāteti | rājā kathayati: naitad dārike śakyaṃ mayā kartum*, yasmāt tava janmani mama kṣemaṃ jātam iti | tato rājñā prasenajitā kauśalena rājño brahmadattasya dūtasaṃpreṣaṇaṃ kṛtam*: eṣā me dārikā pravrajitum icchati | āgatyaināṃ gṛhāṇeti | yāvad rājñā brahmadattena divasaḥ pratigṛhītaḥ: saptame 'hani āgacchāmīti | yat te kṛtyaṃ vā karaṇīyaṃ vā tat kuruṣveti | eṣa vṛttāntaḥ kṣemayā dārikayā śrutaḥ: saptame divase vivāho bhaviṣyatīti | tataḥ kṣemā bhītā trastā saṃvignā āhṛṣṭaromakūpā śaraṇapṛṣṭham abhiruhya jetavanābhimukhī buddhaṃ bhagavantam āyācituṃ pravṛttā | āha ca:

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kṛpakaruṇavihāro dhyāyamāno maharṣiḥ praśamadamavidhijñaḥ pāpahaḥ śāntacittaḥ | mama vidhivadapāyān mocaya tvaṃ hi nāthaḥ śaraṇam upagatāhaṃ lokanāthaṃ hy anāthā || avś_79.1 ||

atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛtt{ak}ānām ekārakṣāṇām ekavīrāṇām advitīyānām advayavādināṃ śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhipādacaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ saptabodhyaṅgakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ navānupūrvavihārasamāpattikuśalānāṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśaśatavaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ ko 'pāyapravaṇaḥ ko 'pāyaprāgbhāraḥ | kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam*, kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam*, kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:

apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ | na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet || avś_79.1 ||

atha bhagavān kṣemāyā vinayakālam avekṣya ṛddhyā upasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā kṣemayā anāgāmiphalaṃ prāptam abhijñānirhāraś ca | atha kṣemā atikrāntakāmadhātau labdhapratiṣṭhā ||

yāvat saptame divase vivāhakāle saṃprāpte pratyupasthite rājakumāre anekajanaśatasahāye vedīmadhyagatāyāṃ brāhmaṇena purohitena lājā ghṛtasarpiṣānupradattā | tato dārakadārikāhastasaṃśleṣaṇe kriyamāṇe kṣemā paśyatām anekeṣāṃ prāṇiśatasahasrāṇāṃ vitatapakṣa iva haṃsarājo gaganatalam abhiruhya vicitrāṇi prātihāryāṇi vidarśayitum ārabdhā | tato rājā prasenajit kauśalo rājā ca brahmadattaḥ kṣemaṃkaraś ca rājakumāro 'nye ca kutūhalābhyāgatāḥ satvā vismayam upagatāḥ pādayor nipatya vijñāpayitum ārabdhāḥ: marṣaya bhagini ya ete tvayā dharmāḥ sākṣātkṛtāḥ, asthānam etad yat tvaṃ kāmān parimuñjīthā iti | atha kṣemā gaganatalād avatīrya janakāyasya puraḥ sthitvā tathāvidhāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavatī, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam* | tataḥ kṣemā dārikā pitaram anujñāpya bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntā | bhagavatā ca mahāprajāpatyāḥ saṃnyastā | tatas tayā pravrājitā upasaṃpāditā ca | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī

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saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyā abhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā | yadā bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma: eṣā agrā me bhikṣavo bhikṣuṇīnāṃ mama śrāvikāṇāṃ mahāprājñānāṃ mahāpratibhānāṃ yaduta kṣemā bhikṣuṇīti ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta kṣemayā karmāṇi kṛtāni yena mahāprājñānāṃ mahāpratibhānām agrā nirdiṣṭā | bhagavān āha: kṣemayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | kṣemayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_79.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvat tatrānyatarā śreṣṭhiduhitā bhagavataḥ kāsyapasya śāsane pravrajitā | tayā bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya śāsane dānapradānāni dattāni, dvādaśa varṣasahasrāṇi ca brahmacaryavāsaḥ paripālitaḥ, na ca kaścid guṇagaṇo 'dhigataḥ, yasyās tūpādhyāyikāyāḥ sakāśe pravrajitā āsīt*, sā bhagavatā kāśyapena prajñāvatīnām agrā nirdiṣṭā | tatas tayā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: yathaiṣā upādhyāyikā prajñāvatīnām agrā nirdiṣṭā, evam aham apy anāgate 'dhvani yo 'sau bhagavatā kāśyapena uttaro nāma māṇavo vyākṛtaḥ: bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ māṇava varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śākyamunir nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha iti, tasyāhaṃ śāsane pravrajitvā prajñāvatīnām agrā bhaveyam iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau tena kālena tena samayena śreṣṭhiduhitā, iyaṃ sā kṣemā bhikṣuṇī | yat tayā dānāni pradattāni, tenāḍhye kule pratyājātā | yat tayā dvādaśa varṣasahasrāṇi brahmacaryavāsaḥ paripālitaḥ, tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

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avś_80 virūpā | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | tena khalu samayena prasenajit kauśalo rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | priyam ivaikaputrakaṃ rājyaṃ pālayati | yāvat sa rājā anyatamayā devyā saha krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārikā jātā aṣṭādaśabhir daurvarṇikair aṅgaiḥ samanvāgatā | tasyā jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā virūpeti nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate | yadā krameṇa mahatī saṃvṛttā, tadā yasmai pradīyate, sa tāṃ virūpeti kṛtvā na pratigṛhṇāti ||

yāvad dakṣiṇāpathād gaṅgo nāma sārthavāho 'bhyāgato vistīrṇavibhavaḥ | tato rājñaḥ prasenajito buddhir utpannā: ayaṃ gaṅgasārthavāha etasyā doṣeṣv anabhijñaḥ | yanv aham asmai dāsyāmīti | tato rājñā rātrau saṃprāptāyāṃ bhagnacakṣuṣpathe (speyer: bhagne cakṣuṣpathe) gaṅgaṃ dūtenāhvāpya sā dārikā sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitā bhāryārthe dattā gaṅgāya | ### gaṅgarasthā gaṅgarastheti saṃjñā prādurbhūtā ||

yāvad gaṅgena sārthavāhena dvitīye divase prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ sā dārikā dṛṣṭā paramabībhatsā | yāṃ dṛṣṭvā rājāpekṣayā na śaknoty avamoktum* | svagṛhe dhārayati ||

yāvad gaṅgaḥ sārthavāhaḥ kasmiṃścit parvaṇy upasthite goṣṭhikānāṃ madhyaṃ gataḥ | goṣṭhikaiś ca kriyākāraḥ kṛtaḥ: saha bhāryayā amukam udyānaṃ yo no yāsyati, sa goṣṭhikānāṃ pañca purāṇaśatāni daṇḍam anupradāsyatīti | tato gaṅgaḥ svagṛham āgatya śokāgāraṃ praviśya kare kapolaṃ kṛtvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ | tasya buddhir utpannā: varam ahaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyām*, na cāham etām eteṣāṃ darśayeyam* | sahadarśanāc cāvagīto bhaviṣyāmīti | atha gaṅgo dvāraṃ baddhvā pañca purāṇaśatāni

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daṇḍaṃ gṛhītvā goṣṭhikānāṃ madhyaṃ gataḥ | tato dārikāyā mahad daurmanasyam utpannam*: kiṃ mamānenaivaṃvidhena jīvitena, yatra me na ca svāmicittaṃ sukhitam*, na cāham* | kim atra prāptakālam* | ātmānaṃ ghātayiṣyāmīti | tato rajjuṃ gṛhītvā avarakaṃ praviṣṭā udbandhanahetoḥ ||

atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛtt{ak}ānām ekārakṣāṇām śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhipādacaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ saptabodhyaṅgakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ navānupūrvavihārasamāpattikuśalānāṃ daśabalabalināṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśaśatavaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ kaḥ kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptaḥ, ko 'pāyanimnaḥ ko 'pāyapravaṇaḥ ko 'pāyaprāgbhāraḥ | kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam*, kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam*, kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:

apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ | na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet || avś_80.1 ||

tato bhagavatā jetavanāvasthitena kanakavarṇā prabhā utsṛṣṭā, yayā tad gṛhaṃ sūryasahasreṇevāvabhāsitam* | ṛddhyā copasaṃkramya tadgalād udbandhanam avamucya dārikāṃ samāśvāsitavān* | ṣaṇṇāṃ sthānānām āścaryādbhuto loke prādurbhāvaḥ | tathāgatasya tathāgatapraveditasya dharmavinayasya manuṣyatvasya āryāyatane pratyājātatvasya indriyair avikalatvasya kuśaladharmacchandakasya āścaryādbhuto loke prādurbhāvaḥ | tato bhagavatā tasyā dārikāyās tathāvidhā dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | tato labdhaprasādayā bhagavān bhaktena pratipāditaḥ paṭena cācchāditaḥ | tato dārikāyā apagatā alakṣmīḥ | lakṣmīḥ prādurbhūtā | devakanyeva cāvarakam avabhāsamānā sthitā | bhagavān api prakrāntaḥ ||

tato goṣṭhikānāṃ buddhir utpannā: nūnam asya bhāryā paramadarśanīyā saṃvṛttā | sa eṣa īrṣyāprakṛtir daṇḍam utsahate dātum*, na ca tāṃ darśayitum icchati | yan nu vayam enaṃ viruddhair madyaiḥ pāyayitvā tāḍam ādāya gṛham asya gatvā bhāryāṃ paśyemeti | tatas tais taṃ ghanaghanena viruddhamadyena pānena kṣībaṃ (speyer: kṣīvaṃ) kṛtvā tāḍam apahṛtya gṛhaṃ gatvā dvāram avamucya dārikā dṛṣṭā | tato dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam upagatāś cintayanti: sthāne 'sau na darśayaty asmākam iti | tatas te punar āgatya madyavaśāt suptam utthāpya

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ūcuḥ: lābhās te gaṅga sulabdhāḥ, yasya te evaṃvidhā darśanīyā dāriketi | tato gaṅgo bhūyasyā mātrayā duḥkhī durmanā saṃvṛttā | daṇḍaḥ svayaṃ mayā dattaḥ, ahaṃ cāvagīto jāta iti | tato durmanāḥ svagṛham āgataḥ | dvāram avamucya tāṃ bhāryāṃ dṛṣṭavān vanadevatām iva kusumitamadhye 'tīva vibhrājamānām* | tataḥ pṛcchati: bhadre kim etat*? kiṃ kṛto rūpaviśeṣa iti | tatas tayā yathāvṛttaṃ svāmine samākhyātam* | śrutvā tenāpi bhagavati śraddhā pratilabdhā ||

yāvad asau dārikā krameṇa bhartāram anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā | tayā yujyamānayā ghaṭamānayā vyāyacchamānayā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhantī saṃvṛttā traidhātukavītarāgā samaloṣṭakāñcanā ākāśapāṇitalasamacittā vāsīcandanakalpā vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośā vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāptā bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhā | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyā mānyā abhivādyā ca saṃvṛttā ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kiṃ bhadanta gaṅgarasthayā karma kṛtam*, yenāḍhye jātā | kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena virūpā saṃvṛttā, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: gaṅgarasthayaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | gaṅgarasthayā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_80.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryām anyatamā śreṣṭhibhāryā caṇḍā rabhasā karkaśā | asati buddhānām utpāde pratyekabuddhā loka utpadyante hīnadīnānukampakāḥ prāntaśayanāsanabhaktā ekadakṣiṇīyā lokasya | yāvad anyataraḥ pratyekabuddhas tad gṛhaṃ praviṣṭo virūpaḥ | sa tayā bahu paribhāṣya gṛhān niṣkāsitaḥ: kenāyaṃ virūpo mama gṛhe praveśita iti | tataḥ pratyekabuddhas tasyā anugrahārthaṃ vitatapakṣa iva haṃsarājo gaganatalam abhyudgamya vicitrāṇi prātihāryāṇi vidarśayitum ārabdhaḥ | tataḥ śreṣṭhibhāryayā vipratisārajātayā ### {kṣamasvety uktaḥ} | yāvad asau kṣamitaḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaś ca | praṇidhānaṃ ca kṛtam*: yan mayā pratyekabuddhaḥ paribhāṣitaḥ, mā asya karmaṇo vipākam anubhaveyam*, evaṃvidhānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ lābhinī syāṃ*, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ ca śāstāram ārāgayeyam iti ||

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kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau śreṣṭhibhāryā, iyam asau gaṅgarasthā | yad anayā pratyekabuddhaḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ, tasya karmaṇo vipākenāḍhye rājakule pratyāgatā | yad virūpāvavādena samudācarya gṛhān niṣkāsitaḥ, tena virūpā saṃvṛttā | bhūyaḥ kāśyape bhagavati pravrajitā āsīt* | tatrānayā paṭhitaṃ svādhyāyitaṃ skandhakauśalam āyatanakauśalaṃ pratītyasamutpādakauśalaṃ sthānāsthānakauśalaṃ kṛtam*, brahmacaryavāsaś ca paripālitaḥ, tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

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navamo vargaḥ |

tasyoddānam*.

samudraḥ sumanāś caiva hiraṇyapāṇis tripiṭena ca | yaśomitropapādau ca śobhitaḥ kapphiṇas tathā | bhadriko rāṣṭrapālaś ca vargo bhavati samudditaḥ ||

avś_81 samudraḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ sārthavāhaḥ | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayato buddhir utpannā: yāvad ahaṃ yuvā, tāvad dhanasaṃcayaṃ karomi | paścād vṛddhāvasthāyāṃ sukhaṃ parimokṣye iti | tataḥ sārthavāhaḥ pañcavaṇikchataparivāro *{vaidya: śvaṇikśataś}* yānapātram ādāya bhāryāsahāyo mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ | yāvad prajāvatī āpannasatvā jātā | yāvat taraiva samudramadhye prasūtā | dārako jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam*: yasmāt samudramadhye jātas tasmāt samudra iti nām | yāvad asau sārthavāhaḥ svastikṣemābhyāṃ saṃsidhhayānapātro mahāsamudrāt pratyāgataḥ ||

yadā samudro darako mahān saṃvṛttas tadā pitrā sārthavāhatve pratiṣṭhāpya pañcavaṇikchataparivāro *{vaidya: śvaṇikśataś}* mahāsamudraṃ saṃpreṣitaḥ | so 'nupūrveṇa cañcūryamāṇo grāmanagaranigamarāṣṭrarājadhānīpaṭṭanāny avalokayan samudratīram anuprāptaḥ | sa pñcabhiḥ purāṇaśatair vahanaṃ bhṛtvā pañca pauruṣeyān* gṛhītvā āhāraṃ nāvikaṃ kaivartaṃ karṇadhāraṃ ca trir api ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā mahāsamudram avatīrṇaḥ | tatas teṣāṃ samudramadhyagatānāṃ kālikāvātena tad vahanam itaś cāmutaś ca paribhrāmyate | samudraś ca sārthavāhas tīrthikābhiprasannaḥ | so 'kālamṛtyubhayabhītaḥ ṣaṭ śāstṝn āyācituṃ pravṛttaḥ | tathāpi tad vahanaṃ vāyunā bhrāmyata eva | yāvad anye vaṇijo devatāsahasrāṇy āyācituṃ pravṛttāḥ | āhuś ca:

śivavaruṇakuberā vāyur agni mahendro bhuvi ca tuvimagho yo viśvadevo maharṣiḥ | vayam iha maraṇārtā vaḥ prapannāḥ sma śīghraṃ vyasanam idam upetaṃ trātum icchantu sārtham* ||

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tatas teṣām evam api paridevamānānāṃ nāsti kaścit trātā | yāvat tatrānyatama upāsakaḥ samārūḍhaḥ | sa uvāca: kiṃ vo bhavantaḥ ṣaṭ śāstāra anye ca devatāḥ kariṣyanti? buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ pratyakṣadevataṃ bhāvena śaraṇaṃ prapadyadhvam* | sa vas trātā bhaviṣyatīti | tataḥ samudrapramukhāni pañca vaṇikchatāni ekasvareṇa bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāni ||

atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛttānām ekārakṣāṇām śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhipādacaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ saptabodhyaṅgakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ navānupūrvavihārasamāpattikuśalānāṃ daśabalabalināṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśaśatavaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ kaḥ kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptaḥ, ko 'pāyanimnaḥ ko 'pāyapravaṇaḥ ko 'pāyaprāgbhāraḥ | kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam*, kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam*, kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:

apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ | na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet || avś_81.1 ||

yāvad bhagavatā jetavanāvasthitena sūryasahasrātirekaprabhāḥ kanakavarṇā marīcaya utsṛṣṭāḥ, yais te vaṇijaḥ samantād avabhāsitāḥ | kalpasahasraparibhāvitāś cāṃśava utsṛṣṭāḥ, yaiḥ prahlāditāḥ | kālikāvātaś ca pratyāgataḥ ||

yāvat samudraḥ svastikṣemābhyāṃ saṃsiddhayānapātraḥ pratyāgatas tenaiva maraṇasaṃvegena dānapradānāni datvā bandhujanaṃ samāśvāsya śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakān saṃtarpya pañcavaṇikchataparivāro bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhadanta yad bhagavatā imāni samudrapramukhāni pañca vaṇikchatāni iṣṭena jīvitenācchāditāni, vyasanāt paritrātāni, atyantaniṣṭe ca nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpitānīti | bhagavān āha: kim atra bhikṣava āścaryaṃ yad idānīṃ mayā vigatarāgeṇa vigatadveṣeṇa vigatamohena parimuktena jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaiḥ imāni samudrapramukhāni pañca vaṇikchatāni iṣṭena jīvitenācchāditāni,

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vyasanāt paritrātāni, atyantaniṣṭe ca nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpitānīti | yat tu mayā atīte 'dhvani sarāgeṇa sadveṣeṇa samohenāparimuktena jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaiḥ ime vaṇijaḥ paritrātāḥ | tac chṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany anyatarasmin samudratīre pañcābhijñaḥ ṛṣiḥ prativasati, kaṣṭatayā mūlaphalāmbubhakto 'jinavalkalavāsī agnihotrikaḥ (speyer: agnihotrakaḥ) | sa ca kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalo vyasanagatānāṃ paritrātā | yāvad vārāṇasyāṃ pañcavaṇikchatāni samudram avatartukāmāni | tāny anupūrveṇa cañcūryamāṇāni samudratīram anuprātāni | tam ṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā prasādajātāni pādayor nipatya vijñāpayitum ārabdhāni: yady asmākaṃ bhagavan samudramadhyagatānāṃ kiṃcid vyasanam utpadyate, bhagavatā tāvad ete paritrātavyā iti | tenādhivāsitam*: evaṃ bhavatv iti | tatas te vaṇijo ratnāny ādāya jambudvīpābhimukhāḥ saṃprasthitāḥ | yāvat kālikayā rākṣasyā saṃtrāsitum ārabdhāḥ | tatas tena ṛṣiṇā paritrārāḥ | tataḥ saṃsiddhayānapātrāḥ pratyāgatā ṛṣisamīpam upagamyocuḥ: bho maharṣe anena duṣkareṇa vyavasāyena kāruṇyabhāvāc ca kiṃ prārthayasa iti | tenoktam*: andhe loke 'nāyake buddho bhūyāsam atīrṇānāṃ satvānāṃ tārayitā, amuktānāṃ mocayitā, anāśvastānām āśvāsayitā, aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti | tair uktam*: yadā tvaṃ buddho bhaves tadā asmān api samanvāharethā iti | ṛṣir āha: evam astv iti ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena ṛṣir āsīt*, ahaṃ saḥ | ye te vaṇijaḥ, ime te samudrapramukhās tadāpy ete mayā paritrātāḥ | bhūyaḥ kāśyape bhagavati pravrajitā babhūvuḥ | tatraibhir indrayaparipākaḥ kṛtaḥ | tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_82 sumanāḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyām anyatamo gṛhapatir āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati

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ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putrāḥ prajāyante ca mriyante ca | tasmiṃś ca gṛhe sthaviro 'niruddhaḥ kulopagataḥ | tato gṛhapater iyaṃ buddhir utpannā: ayaṃ sthavirāniruddho vipākamaheśākhyaḥ, etaṃ tāvad āyāciṣye: yadi me putro jāyate, asya paścācchramaṇaṃ dasyāmīti | tato gṛhapatinā sthavirāniruddho 'ntargṛhe bhaktenopanimantritaḥ | tataḥ piṇḍakena pratipādyāyācitaḥ: yadi me putro jāto jīvati, sthavirasya paścācchramaṇaṃ dasyāmīti | sthavirāniruddhenoktam*: evam astu, kiṃ tu smartavyā te pratijñeti ||

yāvad apareṇa samayena patnyā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | tasyāḥ kāyāt surabhir gandhaḥ pravāti | yāvan navānāṃ māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jātaḥ abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko divyasumanaḥkañcikayā prāvṛtaḥ | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā sumanā iti nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam* | tataḥ sthavirāniruddham antargṛhe bhaktenopanimantrya sa dārako niryātitaḥ | tataḥ sthavirāniruddhenāsmai kāṣāyāṇi dattāni, āśīr vādaś ca: dīrghāyur bhavatv iti ||

yadā saptavarṣo jātas tadā mātāpitṛbhyāṃ sthavirāya dattaḥ | tataḥ sthavirāniruddhena pravrājya manasikāro dattaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ | sa ca tīkṣṇendriyaḥ | yadā pāṃsukūlaṃ pratisaṃskaroti, tadā ekaikasmin* sūcīpradeśe aṣṭau vimokṣān samāpadyate ca vyuttiṣṭhate ca ||

yāvad apareṇa samayena sthavirāniruddhenoktaḥ: gaccha putraka, nadyā ajiravatyā udakam ānayeti | tataḥ sumanāḥ śramaṇoddeśo ghaṭam ādāyājiravatīm avatīrṇaḥ | tatra snātvā udakasya ghaṭaṃ pūrayitvā vihāyasaṃ prasthitaḥ | agrato ghaṭo gacchati, tataḥ sumanāḥ śramaṇoddeśaḥ | tasmiṃś ca samaye bhagavān pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ dharmaṃ deśayati | tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputram āmantrayate: imaṃ paśya śāriputra śramaṇoddeśam āgacchantam udakasya ghaṭaṃ pūrayitvā smṛtimantaṃ susamāhitendriyam* |

hitvā rāgaṃ ca dveṣaṃ ca abhidhyāṃ ca virāgayan* | saṃghārayann imaṃ dehaṃ śobhate udahārakaḥ ||

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yadā bhagavatā sumanāḥ śramaṇoddeśo bhikṣusaṃghasya purastāt stutaḥ praśastaś ca, tadā bhikṣūṇāṃ saṃdeho jātaḥ | kāni bhadanta sumanasā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni, yenābhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko divyayā ca sumanasāṃ kañcukayā prāvṛtto jātaḥ, tīkṣnendriyaḥ, arhatvaṃ ca prāptam iti | sumanasaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | sumanasā tāni karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_81.2 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad anyatamaḥ sārtavāhaḥ | tasya taruṇāvasthāyāṃ pravrajyācittam utpannam* | tena na śakitaṃ pravrajitum* | yadā vṛddho bhūtas tadā tasya vipratisāro jātaḥ: na me śobhanaṃ kṛtaṃ yad ahaṃ bhagavacchāsane na pravrajita iti | tatas tena keśanakhanastūpe sumanaḥpuṣpāropaṇaṃ kṛtam*, vipaśyī ca samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ | tataḥ tena pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlema cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca anāgatān samyaksaṃbuddhānām ārāgayeyam* | yasya ca śāsane pravrajeyam*, tatra daharāvasthāyām āryadharmān adhigaccheyam iti | bhūyaḥ kāśyape bhagavati pravrajito babhūva | tatrānena daśa varṣasahasrāṇi brahmacaryāvāsaḥ paripālitaḥ | tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_83 hiraṇyapāṇiḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyām anyatamo gṛhapatir āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito

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vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | na cāsya putro na duhitā | sa kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ: anekadhanasamuditaṃ me gṛham*, na me putro na duhitā | mamātyayāt sarvasvāpateyam aputrakam iti kṛtvā rājavidheyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti | sa śramaṇabrāhmaṇasuhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavair ucyate: devatārādhanaṃ kuruṣveti | asti caiṣa loke pravādo yadāyācanahetoḥ putrā jāyante duhitaraś ceti | tac ca naivam* | yady evam abhaviṣyat*, ekaikasya putrasahasram abhaviṣyat tadyathā rājñaś cakravartinaḥ | api tu trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | katameṣāṃ trayāṇām* | mātāpitarāu raktau bhavataḥ saṃnipatitau, mātā kalyā bhavati ṛtumatī, gandharvaś ca pratyupasthito bhavati | eteṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | sa caivam āyācanaparas tiṣṭhati ||

anyatamaś ca satvo 'nyatamasmād devanikāyāc cyutvā tasya prajāpatyāḥ kukṣim avakrāntaḥ | pañcāveṇikā dharmā ekatye paṇḍitajātīye mātṛgrāme | katame pañca | raktaṃ puruṣaṃ jānāti, viraktaṃ puruṣaṃ jānāti | kālaṃ jānāti ṛtuṃ jānāti | garbham avakrāntaṃ jānāti | yasya sakāśād garbho 'vakrāmati taṃ jānāti | dārakaṃ jānāti | dārikāṃ jānāti | saced dārako bhavati dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati | {saced dārikā bhavati vāmaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati |} sā āttamanāḥ svāmina ārocayati: diṣṭyā āryaputra vardhase | āpannasatvāsmi saṃvṛttā | yathā ca me dakṣiṇaṃ kukṣiṃ niśritya tiṣṭhati niyataṃ dārako bhaviṣyatīti | so 'py āttamanāḥ pūrvakāyam abhyunnamayya (speyer: atyunnamayya) dakṣiṇaṃ bāhum abhiprasārya udānam udānayati: apy evāhaṃ cirakālābhilaṣitaṃ putramukhaṃ paśyeyam* | jāto me syān nāvajātaḥ | kṛtyāni me kurvīta | bhṛtaḥ pratibibhṛyāt | dāyād yaṃ pratipadyeta | kulavaṃśo me cirasthitikaḥ syāt* | asmākaṃ cāpy atītakālagatānām alpaṃ vā prabhūtaṃ vā dānāni datvā puṇyāni kṛtvā asmākaṃ nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādekṣyati: idaṃ tayor yatratatropapannayor gacchator anugacchatv iti | āpannasatvāṃ caināṃ viditvopariprāsādatalagatām ayantritāṃ dhārayati, śīte śītopakaraṇair uṣṇe uṣṇopakaraṇair vaidyaprajñaptair āhārair nātitiktair nātyamlair nātilavaṇair nātimadhurair nātikaṭukair nātikaṣāyais tiktāmlalavaṇamadhurakaṭukakaṣāyavivarjitair āhāraiḥ | hārārdhahāravibhūṣitagātrīm apsarasam iva nandanavanavicāriṇīṃ mañcān mañcaṃ pīṭhāt pīṭham anavatarantīm adharāṃ bhūmim* | na cāsyāḥ kiṃcid amanojñaśabdaśravaṇaṃ yāvad eva garbhasya paripākāya ||

sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetaḥ | pāṇidvaye cāsya lakṣaṇāhataṃ karmavipākajaṃ dīnāradvayam* | yadā tad apanītaṃ bhavati tadā anyat prādurbhavati | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātayaḥ ūcuḥ: yasmād asya jātamātrasya pāṇidvaye lakṣaṇāhataṃ karmavipākajaṃ dīnāradvayaṃ prādurbhūtam*, tasmād bhavatu dārakasya hiraṇyapāṇir iti nāmeti | hiraṇyapāṇir dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | sa śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko

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mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ | ya yadā vīthīm avatīrṇo bhavati, tadā śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakān dṛṣṭvā pāṇidvayaṃ prasārayati | tato lakṣaṇāhatasya hiraṇyasuvarṇasya rāśiḥ prādurbhavati, yena tān saṃtarpayati | tasya yaśasā sarvā śrāvastī āpūrṇā ||

yāvad hiraṇyapāṇir dārako 'pareṇa samayena jetavanaṃ nirgataḥ | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cānena bhagavato 'ntike citte prasāditam* | prasādajātaś ca bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tato 'sya bhagavatā dharmo deśitaḥ | sa āyuṣmantam ānandam idam avocat*: icchāmy aham ācārya bhagavataḥ saśrāvakasaṃghasya bhaktaṃ kartum iti | sthavirānandenoktaḥ: vatsa kārṣāpaṇaiḥ prayojanam iti | tato hiraṇyapāṇinā buddhapramukhasya bhikṣusaṃghasya purastāt sthitvā pāṇidvayaṃ prasārya hiraṇyasuvarṇasya mahān rāśiḥ sthāpitaḥ, yaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃghasthaviro 'nye ca bhikṣavaḥ sthavirānandaś ca paraṃ vismayam āpannāḥ | tato hiraṇyapāṇir dārako buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayitvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā hiraṇyapāṇidārikeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | dṛṣṭasatyo jñātīnāṃ bhāgasaṃvibhāgaṃ kṛtvā śramaṇabrāhmaṇkṛpaṇanīpakān saṃtarpya mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta hiraṇyapāṇinā karmāṇi kṛtāni, yenāsya pāṇidvaye lakṣanāhataṃ dīnāradvayaṃ jātam*, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: hiraṇyapāṇinaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | hiraṇyapāṇinā karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_83.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ

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puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | atha kāśyapaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayād ivāgnir nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtaḥ | tasya rājñā kṛkiṇā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samantayojanaś catūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośam uccatvena | tatra ca stūpamahe vartamāne dyūtakareṇa dīnāradvayaṃ tasmin stūpe yaṣṭyāṃ samāropitam* | tataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtavān*: yatra yatra jāyeya, tatra tatra hastagatenaiva suvarṇeneti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena dyūtakara āsīt*, ayaṃ sa hiraṇyapāṇiḥ | yad anena stūpe dīnāradvayaṃ samāropitam*, tenāsyaivaṃvidho viśeṣaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | yat praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_84 tripiṭakaḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | tena khalu samayena śrāvastyāṃ rājā prasenajit kauśalo rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca {subhikṣaṃ ca} ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | priyam ivaikaputrakaṃ rājyaṃ pālayati | yāvad asau devyā saha krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jātaḥ kāṣāyavastraṃ prāvṛtya śramaṇaveṣadhārī jātismaraś ca | sa jātamātraḥ pṛcchati: kiṃ bhagavān ihaiva śrāvastyāṃ śāriputramaudgalyāyanakāśyapānandaprabhṛtayo vā mahāśrāvakā iti | tato 'sya mātā vismayaharṣapūrṇā kathayati: putraka bhagavān ihaiva śrāvastyāṃ mahāśrāvakāś ceti | yāvad eṣo 'rtho rājñaḥ prasenajito niveditaḥ: putras te jātaḥ | kāṣāyavastraṃ prāvṛtya śramaṇaveṣadhārī jātismaraś ca | sa bhagavato mahāśrāvakāṇāṃ ca pravṛttim anveṣata iti | tato rājñā prasenajitā tasyānugrahāryaṃ bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho bhaktenopanimantritaḥ | atha bhagavān bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena rājñaḥ prasenajito bhaktābhisāras tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | tato rājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ putram utsaṅge kṛtvā bhagavato darśayati: ayaṃ me bhagavan putro jātamātra eṣa

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bhagavantaṃ smarati, mahāśrāvakāṃś ceti | tato bhagavāṃs taṃ kumāram āmantrayate: ārogyaṃ te tripiṭeti | sa kathayati: vande tathāgatam arhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddham iti | tato rājā prasenajit param vismayam āpannaḥ ||

yadā saptavarṣo jātas tadā bhagavacchāsane pravrajitas tair eva kāṣāyaiḥ prāvṛtaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta tripiṭena karmāṇi kṛtāni, yena kāṣāyavastraprāvṛto jātaḥ śramaṇaveṣadhārī jātismaraḥ | pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: tripiṭenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | tripiṭena karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_84.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvad rājñaḥ kṛkiṇaḥ putra ṛṣipatanaṃ gataḥ | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cāsya prasādo jātaḥ | sa prasādajāto bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī saṃsāravairāgyikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā saṃsāre doṣadarśī nirvāṇe guṇadarśī bhūtvā rājānaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa: anujānīhi māṃ tāta, bhagavacchāsane pravrajiṣyāmīti | rājovāca: na śakyam etan mayā kartum* | yasmāt te yuvarājābhiṣeko nacireṇa bhaviṣyatīti | kumāraḥ kathayati: alaṃ me rājyena bahudoṣaduṣṭadharmasaṃpannena | avaśyam evāhaṃ bhagavacchāsane pravrajiṣyāmīti | sa pitrā nānujñātaḥ | tenaiko bhaktacchedaḥ kṛtaḥ, dvau trayo vā yāvat ṣaḍ bhaktacchedāḥ kṛtāḥ | tato 'sya vayasyakai rājā vijñaptaḥ | deva anujānīhi kumāraṃ pravrajitum* | mā haiva kālaṃ kariṣyatīti | tato rājñā putraḥ pratijñāṃ -------------------- vaidya, p. 210 --------------------

karitaḥ: tāvat te 'smākaṃ darśanaṃ na deyam*, yāvat trayaḥ piṭakā adhītā iti | yāvad asau pitaram anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena nacireṇa trayaḥ piṭakā adhītāḥ | yuktam uktapratibhānī dhārmakathikaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | tasyaitad abhavat*: yanv ahaṃ pūrvikāṃ pratijñāṃ niryātayeyam iti | sa pituḥ sakāśaṃ gataḥ | sa pṛṣṭaś ca: kiṃ putra asti kiṃcid adhītam iti? tenoktam*: trayaḥ piṭakā iti | tatas tena pitus tādṛśī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā rājā āttamanāḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | tataḥ prasādajātaḥ kathayati: putra kena te prayojanam iti | tenoktam*: icchāmy ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃgham upanimantrya ṣaḍbhiḥ pariṣkārair ācchādayitum iti | rājā kathayati: yatheṣṭaṃ kuruṣva, vistīrṇaṃ rājakulam iti | tatas tripiṭena bhagavān viṃśatisahasraparivāraḥ praṇītenāhāreṇa saṃtarpitaḥ | ekaikaś ca bhikṣuḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ pariṣkārair ācchāditaḥ | tataḥ pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: yan mayā idānīṃ kṛcchreṇa pravrajyā pratilabdhā, tathāgate ca saśrāvakasaṃghe kārāḥ kṛtāḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca yatra yatra jāyeya tatra tatra kāṣāyavastraprāvṛta eva śramaṇaveṣadhārī jātismaraś ca syām iti ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena kṛkiṇaḥ putraḥ, ayaṃ tripiṭaḥ | tenaiva hetunā āḍhye rājakule putro jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko jātismaraś ca saṃvṛttaḥ | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_85 yaśomitraḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ sārthavāha āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tena khalu samayena durbhikṣam abhūt kṛcchram* | kāntāradurlabhaḥ (speyer: durlambhaḥ) piṇḍako yācanakena |

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naimittikaiś ca nirdiṣṭo devo na varṣiṣyatīti | yāvat sārthavāhapatnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ sarvāṅgopetaḥ | yatra ca divase dārako jātas tatraiva divase 'nāvṛṣṭir bhagnā | tasya yaśasā sarvā śrāvastī āpūritā | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya samantād yaśo visṛtam*, tasmād bhavatu dārakasya yaśomitra iti nāmeti | yaśomitro dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* ||

yadā yaśomitro mahān saṃvṛttas tadā jetavanaṃ nirgataḥ kenacid eva karaṇīyena | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cāsya prasādo jātaḥ | prasādajāto bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasya bhagavatā tādṛśī saṃsāravairāgyikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā saṃsāradoṣadarśī nirvāṇaguṇadarśī bhūtvā mātapitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ | tasya daṃṣṭrābhyām aṣṭāṅgopetaṃ pānīyaṃ prasravati, yenāsya tṛṣā na bādhate | yadā nidāghakāle bhikṣavas tṛṣārtāḥ pānakasyārthe saṃgham avataranti, tadāpy asau nāvatarati | tato 'sya supremakā bhikṣavaḥ pṛcchanti: kena hetunā bhavatas tṛṣā na bādhata iti | sa kathayati: mamaitābhyāṃ daṃṣṭrābhyām aṣṭāṅgopetaṃ pānīyaṃ prasravati, yena na me tṛṣā bādhatā iti ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta yaśomitreṇa karmāṇi kṛtāni, yenābhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ, daṃṣṭrāntarāc cāṣṭāṅgopetaṃ pānīyaṃ prasravati, pravrajya cārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam iti | bhagavān āha: yaśomitreṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | yaśomitreṇa karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

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na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_85.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | yāvad anyataraḥ śreṣṭhiputro 'nyatarasya vṛddhabhikṣoḥ sakāśe pravrajitaḥ | so 'laso necchati samayācārikāṃ caritum* | tataḥ sa brahmacāribhiḥ sthavirasyopasthāyako dattaḥ | sa upasthāyakam ātmānaṃ matvā vṛddhatarāṇāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ sakāśād upasthānaṃ svīkaroti | tasyākuśalamūlāny aparyantāni ||

yāvad apareṇa samayena glānyaṃ patitaḥ | sthavireṇāsya vaidyopadeśād ghṛtaṃ pānāya dattam* | sa rātrau tṛṣātrāsitaḥ (speyer: tṛṣā trāsitaḥ) svakaṃ kamaṇḍalukam upagṛhya pānīyaṃ pāsyāmīti paśyati nirudakam* | evam ācāryopādhyāyānām* | yāvat sāṃghikaṃ pānīyamaṇḍapam avatīrṇaḥ | tad api nirudakaṃ paśyati | yāvan nadīcārikām avatīrṇaḥ | sāpi nirudakā saṃvṛttā | sa udvignaḥ svakānāṃ sabrahmacāriṇām udvejanārthaṃ śraddhādeyasya ca gurutvasaṃdarśanārtham*, nadīcārikāyāḥ parivṛkṣaḥ (speyer: pare vṛkṣaḥ), tatra śāṭakaṃ baddhvā samabhirūḍhaḥ, svakarmāṇi mamety avetya karmapratiśaraṇāvasthitaḥ (speyer: karmapratisaraṇāvasthitaḥ) | yāvad dvitīye divase prabhātāyāṃ rajanyām etad vṛttāntaṃ sabrahmacāriṇām ārocayati | tato 'sya sabrahmacāriṇaḥ pretakaraṇaṃ śrutvodvignāḥ, itaś cāmutaś cārocayitum ārabdhāḥ | tato 'sya upādhyāyena pānīyam upanāmitam* | tad api na paśyati | tenāpi saṃvignena bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya niveditam* | bhagavatā kāśyapenoktaḥ: gaṇḍīr ākoṭyatām iti | tata upadhivārikeṇa gaṇḍīr ākoṭitā | buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃghaḥ saṃnipatitaḥ ||

eṣa vṛttānto vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ samantato visṛtaḥ | tato 'nekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi saṃnipatitāni | yāvad upādhyāyena vṛddhānte niṣādayitvā udakapurṇā kuṇḍikā dattā | vatsa etat pānīyaṃ saṃghe cārayeti | sa pratyakṣaphaladarśī tenaiva saṃvegena buddhe bhagavti śrāvakeṣu ca prasādam utpādya tīvreṇāśayena tad udakaṃ saṃghe cāritavān* | tato bhagavatā tasyānugrahārthaṃ gajabhujasadṛśaṃ bāhum abhiprasārya bhītānām āśvāsanakareṇa tad udakaṃ gṛhītaṃ mahāśrāvakaiś ca | na ca kṣīyate | yāvat sarvasaṃghe cāritam*, tadāpi na kṣīyate | tad atyadbhutaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam* | tasyāpi saṃtāne 'kuśalamūlāni pratisaṃhṛtāni | yadā tasmād glānyād vyutthitaḥ, tadā tena buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃghaḥ pānīyenālpotsukaḥ kṛtaḥ | dvādaśa varṣasahasrāṇi tena saṃghe pānīyaṃ cāritam* | yāvan maraṇakālasamaye praṇidhānaṃ kṛtavān*: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca yo 'sau bhagavatā kāśyapena uttaro nāma māṇavo vyākṛtaḥ: bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ māṇava varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śākyamunir nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ, tam aham ārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyam*, daṃṣṭrāntarāc ca me 'ṣṭāṅgopetaṃ pānīyaṃ nirgacched iti ||

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bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena bhikṣur āsīt, ayaṃ saḥ | yat tena dvādaśa varṣasahasrāṇi saṃghe pānīyaṃ cāritam*, praṇidhānaṃ ca kṛtam*, teneha janmani daṃṣṭrāntarād aṣṭāṅgopetam pānīyaṃ nirgacchati | tenaiva hetunārhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_86 aupapādukaḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ deveṣu trāyastriṃśeṣu varṣā upagataḥ pāṇḍukambalaśilāyāṃ pārijātasya kovidārasya nātidūre | mātur janitryā dharmaṃ deśayati, anyeṣāṃ ca devānām* | tena khalu samayenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ śrāvastyāṃ varṣā upagato jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | atha catasraḥ parṣado yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ, mahāmaudgalyāyanapādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇāḥ | catasraḥ parṣada āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano dharmakathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* | atha catasraḥ parṣada utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ tenāñjaliṃ praṇamayya āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyam idam avocat*: kaccit te bhadanta mahāmaudgalyāyana śrutaṃ kutra bhagavān etarhi varṣā upagata iti | mahāmaudgalyāyana āha: śrutaṃ me bhavanto bhagavān deveṣu trāyastriṃśeṣu varṣā upagataḥ, pāṇḍukambalaśilāyāṃ pārijātasya kovidārasya nātidūre | mātur janitryā dharmaṃ deśayati, anyeṣāṃ ca devānāṃ trāyastriṃśānām iti | atha catasraḥ parṣadaḥ āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya bhāṣitam abhinandyānumodya pādau śirasā vanditvotthāyāsanebhyaḥ prakrāntāḥ ||

atha catasraḥ parṣadas trayāṇāṃ vārṣikāṇām atyayād yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramyāyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇāḥ | catasraḥ parṣada āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati (speyer: saṃpradarśayati) samādāpayati samuttejayati -------------------- vaidya, p. 214 --------------------

saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dhamyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* | atha catasraḥ parṣada utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanas tenāñjaliṃ praṇamayya āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyam idam avocat*: yat khalu bhadantamahāmaudgalyāyano jānīyāt* (speyer: jānāyāc; ms: -maudgalyāyana jānīyā cira-): ciradṛṣṭo 'smābhir bhagavān*, paritṛṣitāḥ smo vayaṃ bhagavato darśanena | icchāmo vayaṃ bhagavantaṃ draṣṭum* | saced bhadantamahāmaudgalyāyasyāguru, sādhu bhadantamahāmaudgalyāyano yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāmet+ | upasaṃkramyāsmākaṃ vacanena bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vandasva, alpābādhatāṃ ca pṛccha, alpātaṅkatāṃ ca laghūtthānatāṃ ca yātrāṃ ca balaṃ ca sukhaṃ cānavadyatāṃ ca sparśavihāratāṃ ca | evaṃ ca vada: jambūdvīpe bhadanta catasraḥ parṣada ākāṅkṣanti bhagavato darśanam* | evaṃ cāhuḥ: nāsti khalu bhadanta jambūdvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ tadrūpā ṛddhir vā anubhāvo vā yena jambūdvīpakā manuṣyā devāṃs trāyastriṃśān (speyer: trayastriṃśān) abhiroheyuḥ bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramaṇāya paryupāsanāya | asti khalu devānāṃ trāyastriṃśānāṃ tadrūpā ṛddhiś cānubhāvaś ca, yena devās trāyastriṃśā jambūdvīpam avatareyur bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramaṇāya paryupāsanāya | sādhu bhagavān devebhyas trāyastriṃśebhyo jambūdvīpam avatared anukampām upādāyeti | adhivāsayaty āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaś catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena | atha catasraḥ parṣada āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya pādau śirasā vanditvotthāyāsanebhyaḥ prakrāntāḥ ||

athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano 'ciraprakrāntāś catasraḥ parṣado viditvā tadrūpaṃ samādhiṃ samāpanno yathā samāhite citte tadyathā balavān puruṣaḥ saṃkuñcitaṃ vā bāhuṃ prasārayet*, prasāritaṃ vā saṃkuñcayet*, evam evāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ śrāvastyām antarhito deveṣu trāyastriṃśeṣu pratyaṣṭhāt pāṇdukambalaśilāyāṃ pārijātasya kovidārasya nātidūre | tena khalu samayena bhagavān anekaśatāyā devaparṣado dharmaṃ deśayati | adrākṣīc ca mahāmaudgalyāyano bhagavantam anekaśatāyā devaparṣadaḥ purastān niṣaṇṇaṃ dharmaṃ deśayantam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt*: ihāpi bhagavān ākīrṇo viharati tadyathā jambūdvīpe catasṛbhiḥ parṣadbhir iti | atha bhagavān āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya cetasā cittam ājñāya āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanam idam avocat*: na khalu maudgalyāyana svairatvam eṣām*, api tu yadā me evaṃ bhavati: āgacchantv iti, tadā āgacchanti | yadā me evaṃ bhavati: gacchantv iti, tadā gacchanti | iti me cetasā cittam ājñāya āgacchanti ca gacchanti ||

āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇa āyuṣmān maudgalyāyanaḥ sarvāṃ devaparṣadam avalokya bhagavantam idam avocat: vicitrā bateyaṃ devaparṣat saṃniṣaṇṇā saṃnipatitā | santy asyāṃ devaparṣadi devatā yā buddhe 'vetya prasādena samanvāgatāḥ kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ | santi dharme, santi saṃghe, santi āryakāntaiḥ śīlaiḥ samanvāgatāḥ, kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ |

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atha bhagavān āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya bhāṣitam anuvarṇayann āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanam idam avocat*: evam etan maudgalyāyana, evam evam etat* | vicitrā bateyaṃ devaparṣat saṃniṣaṇṇā saṃnipatitā | santy asyāṃ devatā yā buddhe 'vetya prasādena samanvāgatāḥ, kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ | santi dharme, santi saṃghe, santi āryakāntaiḥ śīlaiḥ samanvāgatāḥ, kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ ||

atha śakro śakro devānām indro bhagavata āyuṣmataś ca mahāmaudgalyāyanasya bhāṣitam anuvarṇayann āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanam idam avocat*: evam etad bhadanta mahāmaudgalyāyana, evam etat* | vicitrā bateyaṃ devaparṣat saṃniṣaṇṇā saṃnipatitā | santy asyāṃ devaparṣadi devatāḥ, yā buddhe 'vetya prasādena samanvāgatāḥ, kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ | santi dharme, santi saṃghe, santy āryakāntaiḥ śīlaiḥ samanvāgatāḥ, kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ ||

athānyatamo devaputro bhagavata āyuṣmataś ca mahāmaudgalyāyanasya śakrasya ca devānām indrasya bhāṣitam anuvarṇayann āyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanam idam avocat*: evam etad bhadanta mahāmaudgalyāyana, evam etat* | vicitrā bateyaṃ devaparṣat saṃniṣaṇṇā saṃnipatitā | santy asyāṃ devaparṣadi devatāḥ, yā buddhe 'vetya prasādena samanvāgatāḥ kāyasya bhedād ihopapannāḥ | santi dharme, santi saṃghe | santi āryakāntaiḥ śīlaiḥ samanvāgatāḥ kāyasya bhedād ihopapannā iti ||

tatrānekāni devatāśatāni anekāni devatāsahasrāṇy anekāni devatāśatasahasrāṇi bhagavataḥ purastāt pratyekaṃ pratyekaṃ srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtya tatraivāntarhitāni ||

athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ praviviktāṃ devaparṣadaṃ viditvā ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamayya bhagavantam idam avocat*: jambūdvīpe bhadanta catasraḥ parṣado bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vandante alpābādhatāṃ ca pṛcchanti, alpātaṅkatāṃ ca laghūtthānatāṃ ca yātrāṃ ca balaṃ ca sukhaṃ cānavadyatāṃ ca sparśavihāratāṃ ca | bhagavān āh: sukhino maudgalyāyana bhavantu jambūdvīpe catasraḥ parṣadas tvaṃ ca | mahāmaudgalyāyana āha: jambūdvīpe bhadanta catasraḥ parṣada ākāṅkṣanti bhagavato darśanam* | evaṃ cāhuḥ: nāsti bhadanta jāmbūdvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ tadrūpā ṛddhir vā anubhāvo vā yena jāmbūdvīpakā manuṣyā devāṃs trāyastriṃśān abhiroheyur bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramituṃ paryupāsanāya | asti tu bhadanta devānāṃ trāyastriṃśānāṃ tadrūpā ṛddhiś cānubhāvaś ca, yena devās trāyastriṃśā jambūdvīpam avatareyur bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramituṃ paryupāsanāya | sādhu bhagavān devebhyaś trāyastriṃśebhyo 'vatared anukampām upādāya | bhagavān āha: tena hi tvaṃ gaccha maudgalyāyana jambūdvīpam* | gatvā ca catasṛṇāṃ parṣadām ārocaya: avatariṣyati bhavanto bhagavān itaḥ saptame divase devebhyas trāyastriṃśebhyo jambūdvīpaṃ sāṃkāśye nagare āpajjure dāve udumbaramūle iti ||

athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano bhagavataḥ pratiśrutya pādau śirasā vanditvā tadrūpaṃ samādhiṃ saṃpanno yathā samāhite citte tadyathā balavān puruṣaḥ saṃkuñcitaṃ bāhuṃ prasārayet*,

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prasāritaṃ vā saṃkuñcayet*, evam evāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano deveṣu trāyastriṃśeṣv antarhitaḥ, jambūdvīpe pratyaṣṭhāt* | athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano jambūdvīpam āgatya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadām ārocayati: avatariṣyati bhavanto bhagavān itaḥ saptame divase devebhyas trāyastriṃśebhyo jambūdvīpaṃ sāṃkāśye nagare āpajjure dāve udumbaramūle iti ||

avatīrṇo bhagavāṃs tataḥ saptame divase devebhyas trāyastriṃśebhyaḥ sāṃkāśye nagare āpajjure dāve udumbaramūle | yadā bhagavān sāmkāśyaṃ nagaram avatīrṇaḥ, tadā anekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi bhagavato darśanāya saṃnipatitāni | tatropapāduko bhikṣuḥ prādurbhūtaḥ | tena bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghas te ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragā bhaktenopanimantritāḥ | yāvad gaṇḍīdeśanākāle sahacittotpādād divyāny āsanāny udārapaṭācchāditāni prādurbhūtāni, divyāni ca bhakṣyabhojyāni | tata upapādukena bhagavān divyenāhāreṇa saṃtarpitaḥ | te ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragāḥ samyag upasthitāḥ | tato 'sya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvopapādukena bhikṣuṇā idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta upapādukena karmāṇi kṛtāni, yenopapādukaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ? sahacittotpādāc cāsya yac cintayati, tat prārthayate, tat sarvaṃ saṃṛdhyatīti | bhagavān āha: upapādukenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | upapādukenaiva karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_86.1 ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad anyatarasmin grāmake 'raṇyāyatane pañca bhikṣavo varṣā upagatāḥ tatraikena bhikṣuṇā caturṇāṃ

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bhikṣūṇāṃ vaiyāvṛtyaṃ kṛtam* | tair yujyamānair ghaṭamānair vyāyacchamānaiḥ sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | pañcamena pādayor nipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: yathaibhir mām āgamya arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, anena me kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca pravrajitasya upakaraṇaviśeṣair avaikalyaṃ syād iti ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena vaiyāvṛtyaṃ kṛtavān*, ayaṃ sa upapāduka iti | bhikṣava ūcuḥ: kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yenopapādukaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ? bhagavān āha: bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvany asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi (speyer: viṃśatisahasrāyuṣi) prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | tatrānyataraḥ śreṣṭhī | tasya bhāryā prasavakāle duḥkhavedanābhibhūtā ārtasvarā kradanti | sa taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā paraṃ saṃvegam āpannaḥ | sa śokāgāraṃ praviśya kare kapolaṃ datvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ | tasya buddhir utpannā: yanv ahaṃ bhagavacchāsane pravrajya praṇidhānaṃ kuryām*, yena na kadācid garbhaśayyāṃ pratyanubhavāmīti | sa tenaiva saṃvegena bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya pravacane pravrajitaḥ | tena praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*: anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca yatra yatra jāyeya, tatra tatropapāduko bhaveyam*, mā kadācid garbhaśayyāṃ pratyanubhaveyam iti ||

kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāha āsīt*, ayaṃ sa upapādukaḥ | yat praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam*, tenopapādukaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | yat tatrānenendriyāṇi paripācitāni, tenedānīm arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||

avś_87 śobhitaḥ | (ed. speyer, vol. ii)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme | kapilavastuni anyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasatvā saṃvṛttā | sā

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aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānām atyayāt prasūtā | dārako jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'tikrānto mānuṣavarṇam asaṃprāptaś ca divyaṃ varṇam* | tasya janmany anekāny adbhutāni prādurbhūtāni, yaiḥ kapilavastu nagaraṃ samantataḥ śobhitam* | tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya janmani kapilavastu nagaraṃ samantataḥ śobhitam*, tasmād asya bhavatu śobhita iti nāmeti | śobhito dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* ||

sa yadā mahān samvṛttas tadā nyagrodhārāmaṃ gato bhagavato darśanāya | dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cānena bhagavato 'ntike cittaṃ prasāditam* | prasādajāto bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā śobhitena dārakeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sa dṛṣṭasatyo mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta śobhitena karmāṇi kṛtāni, yenābhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'tikrānto mānuṣavarṇam asaṃprāptaś ca divyaṃ varṇam*, janmani cāsyānekāni adbhutāni prādurbhūtāni, yaiḥ kapilavastu nagaraṃ samantataḥ śobhitam*? bhagavān āha: śobhitenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | śobhitenaiva karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* || avś_87.1 ||

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