8 devakulopanayanaparivarto'ṣṭamaḥ
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8 devakulopanayanaparivarto'ṣṭamaḥ|
iti hi bhikṣavo yāmeva rātriṃ bodhisattvo jātastasyāmeva rātryāṃ viṃśati kanyāsahasrāṇi kṣatriyabrāhmaṇanaigamagṛhapatimahāśālakuleṣu jātāḥ| tāśca sarvā mātāpitṛbhirbodhisattvāya dattā upasthānaparicaryāyai| viṃśati ca kanyāsahasrāṇi rājñā śuddhodanena dattāni bodhisattvasyopasthānaparicaryāyai| viṃśati ca kanyāsahasrāṇi mitrāmātyātmajñātisālohitairdattāni bodhisattvasyopasthānaparicaryāyai| viṃśati ca kanyāsahasrāṇi amātyapārṣadyairdattāni bodhisattvasyopasthānaparicaryāyai||
tadā ca bhikṣavo mahallakamahallikāḥ śākyāḥ saṃnipatya rājānaṃ śuddhodanamupasaṃkramyaivamāhuḥ-yatkhalu deva jānīyāḥ-devakulaṃ kumāra upanīyatāmiti| rājā āha-sādhu, upanīyatāṃ kumāraḥ| tena hi maṇḍyatāṃ nagaram| upaśobhyantāṃ vīthicatvaraśṛṅgāṭakāntarāpaṇarathyāmukhāni| apanīyantāmamaṅgalyāḥ kāṇakubjabadhirāndhamūkavisaṃsthitavirūparūpā aparipūrṇendriyāḥ| upanāmyantāṃ maṅgalāni| ghuṣyantāṃ puṇyabheryaḥ| tāḍyantāṃ maṅgalyaghaṇṭāḥ| samalaṃkriyantāṃ puravaradvārāṇi| vādyantāṃ sumanojñatūryatālāvacarāṇi| saṃnipātyantāṃ sarvakoṭṭarājānaḥ| ekībhavantu śreṣṭhigṛhapatyamātyadauvārikapāriṣadyāḥ| yujyantāṃ kanyārathāḥ| upanāmyantāṃ pūrṇakumbhāḥ| saṃnipātyantāmadhīyānā brāhmaṇāḥ| alaṃkriyantāṃ devakulāni| iti hi bhikṣavo yathoktapūrvaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtamabhūt||
tato rājā śuddhodanaḥ svagṛhaṃ praviśya mahāprajāpatīṃ gautamīmāmantryaivamāha-alaṃkriyantāṃ kumāraḥ devakulamupaneṣyata iti| sādhviti pratiśrutya mahāprajāpatī gautamī kumāraṃ maṇḍayati sma ||
tataḥ kumāro maṇḍyamānaḥ prahasitavadano vyapagatabhṛkuṭikaḥ paramamadhurayā vācā mātṛsvasāramevamāha-amba kutrāhamupaneṣyata iti| āha-devakulaṃ putreti| tataḥ kumāraḥ smitamupadarśayan prahasitavadano mātṛsvasāraṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata—
jātasya mahyamiha kampita trisahasraṃ
śakraśca brahma asurāśca mahoragāśca|
candraśca sūrya tatha vaiśravaṇaḥ kumāro
mūrdhnā krameṣu nipatitva namasyayanti||1||
katamo'nyu deva mama uttari yo viśiṣṭo
yasmin mama praṇayase tvamihādya amba|
devātideva ahu uttamu sarvadevaiḥ
devo na me'sti sadṛśaḥ kuta uttaraṃ vā||2||
lokānuvartana pratī iti amba yāsye
dṛṣtvā vikurvita mamā janatā udagrāḥ|
adhimātru gaurava kariṣyati citrakāraḥ
jñāsyanti devamanujā svaya devadevaḥ||3||
iti hi bhikṣavaḥ sarvairvarṇaiḥ stutimaṅgalaiḥ pratyupasthitairaparimitālaṃkārālaṃkṛteṣu vīthicatvaraśṛṅgāṭakāntarāpaṇamukheṣvantaḥpure kumārasya rathamalaṃkṛtya rājā śuddhodano brāhmaṇanaigamaśreṣṭhigṛhapatyamātyakoṭṭarājadauvārikapāriṣadyamitrajñātiparivṛtaḥ puraskṛto dhūpanadhūpitena muktapuṣpābhikīrṇena hayagajarathapattikalilenocchritachatradhvajapatākena nānātūryasaṃpravāditena mārgeṇa kumāraṃ gṛhītvā gacchati sma| devatāśatasahasrāṇi bodhisattvasya rathaṃ vahanti sma| anekāni ca devaputrāpsaraḥkoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi gaganatalagatāni puṣpavarṣāṇyabhipravarṣanti sma| tūryāṇi ca pravādayanti sma| iti hi rājā śuddhodano mahatā rājavyūhena mahatā rājarddhyā mahatā rājānubhāvena kumāraṃ gṛhītvā devakulaṃ praviśati sma| samanantarapratiṣṭhāpitaśca bodhisattvena dakṣiṇaścaraṇayoḥ kramatalastasmin devakule atha tā acetanyo devapratimāḥ tadyathā-śivaskandanārāyaṇakuberacandrasūryavaiśravaṇaśakrabrahmalokapālaprabhṛtayaḥ pratimāḥ-sarvāḥ svebhyaḥ svebhyaḥ sthānebhyo vyutthāya bodhisattvasya kramatalayornipatanti sma| tatra devamanuṣyaśatasahasrāṇi hīhīkārakilakilāpramukhaiḥ prakṣveḍitaśatasahasrāṇi prāmuñcan| cailavikṣepāṇi cākārṣuḥ| sarvaṃ ca kapilavastumahānagaraṃ ṣaṅvikāraṃ prākampitam| divyāni ca kusumāni prāvarṣan| tūryaśatasahasrāṇi cāghaṭṭitāni praṇeduḥ| yeṣāṃ ca devānāṃ tāḥ pratimāḥ, te sarve svasvarūpamupadarśyemā gāthā abhāṣata—
no merū girirāja parvatavaro jātū name sarṣape
no vā sāgara nāgarājanilayo jātū name goṣpade|
candrāditya prabhaṃkarā prabhakarā khadyotake no name
prajñāpuṇyakulodito guṇadharaḥ kasmānname devate||4||
yadvat sarṣapa goṣpade va salilaṃ khadyotakā vā bhavet
evaṃ ca trisahasra devamanujā ye keci mānāśritāḥ|
merūsāgaracandrasūryasadṛśo loke svayaṃbhūttamo
yaṃ loko hyabhivandya lābha labhate svargaṃ tathā nirvṛtim||5||
asmin khalu punarbhikṣavo bodhisattvena mahāsattvena devakule praveśe saṃdarśyamāne dvātriṃśatāṃ devaputraśatasahasrāṇāmanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittānyutpadyante| ayaṃ bhikṣavo heturayaṃ pratyayo yenopekṣako bodhisattvo bhavati sma devakulamupanīyamāna iti||
iti śrīlalitavistare devakulopanayanaparivarto nāma aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ||