16 bimbisāropasaṃkramaṇaparivartaḥ ṣoḍaśaḥ
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16 bimbisāropasaṃkramaṇaparivartaḥ ṣoḍaśaḥ|
evaṃ khalu bhikṣavaśchandako bodhisattvādhisthānena rājñaḥ śuddhodanasya gopāyāḥ śākyakanyāyāśca sarvasya cāntaḥpurasya sarvasya ca śākyagaṇasya śokavinodakathāmakārṣīt||
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo lubdhakarūpāya devaputrāya kāśikāni vastrāṇi dattvā tasya sakāśātkāṣāyāni vastrāṇi gṛhītvā svayameva pravajyāṃ lokānuvartanāmupādāya sattvānukampāyai sattvaparipācanārtham||
atha bodhisattvo yenaiva śākyā brāhmaṇyā āśramastenopasaṃkrāmat| sā bodhisattvaṃ vāsena bhaktena copanimantrayate sma| tato bodhisattvaḥ padmāyā brāhmaṇyā āśramaṃ gacchati sma| tayāpi bodhisattvo vāsena bhaktena copanimantrito'bhūt||
tato raivatasya brahmarṣerāśramamagamat| asāvapi bodhisattvaṃ tathaivopanimantrayate sma| tathaiva rājako'pi datṛmadaṇḍikaputro bodhisattvamupanimantrayate sma||
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo'nupūrveṇa vaiśālīṃ mahānagarīmanuprāpto'bhut||
tena khalu punaḥ samayenārāḍaḥ kālāpo vaiśālīmupanisṛtya prativasati sma mahatā śrāvakasaṃghena sārdhaṃ tribhiḥ śiṣyaśataiḥ| sa śiṣyebhya ākiṃcanyāyatanasahavratāyai dharmaṃ deśayati sma| sa bodhisattvaṃ dūrata evāgacchantaṃ dṛṣṭvā āścaryaprāptaḥ śiṣyānāmantrayate sma-paśyata paśyata bho rūpamasyeti| te'bruvan-evaṃ hyetatpaśyāmaḥ| enamativismayanīyam||
tato'haṃ bhikṣavo yenārāḍaḥ kālāpastenopasaṃkramyārāḍa kālāpametadavocat-careyamahaṃ bho ārāḍe kālāpe brahmacaryam| so'vocat-cara bho gautama tathārūpeṇa dharmākhyāne yasmin śrāddhaḥ kulaputro'lpakṛcchreṇājñāmārādhayati||
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt-asti me chando'sti vīryamasti smṛtirasti samādhirasti prajñā, yannvahameko'pramatta ātāpī vyapakṛṣṭo vihareyaṃ tasyaiva dharmasya prāptaye sākṣātkriyāyai||
atha khalvahaṃ bhikṣavo eko'pramatta ātāpī vyapakṛṣṭo viharannalpakṛcchreṇaivaṃ taṃ dharmamadhyavagacchan sākṣādakārṣam||
atha khalvahaṃ bhikṣavo yenārāḍaḥ kālāpastenopasaṃkramyaitadavocat-etāvadbho tvayā ārāḍa dharmo'dhigataḥ sākṣātkṛtaḥ? so'vocat-evametadbho gautama| tamahamavocat-mayāpi bho eṣa dharmaḥ sākṣātkṛto'dhigataḥ| so'vocat-tena hi bho gautama yadahaṃ dharma jānāmi, bhavānapi taṃ jānāti, yaṃ bhavān jānāti, ahamapi taṃ jānāmi| tena hyāvāmubhāvapīmaṃ śiṣyagaṇaṃ pariharāvaḥ||
iti hi bhikṣava ārāḍaḥ kālāpaḥ paramayā pūjayā māṃ pūjayati sma| antevāsiṣu ca māṃ samānārthatayā sthāpayati sma||
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt-ayaṃ khalvārāḍasya dharmo na nairyāṇiko na niryāti, tatkatarasya samyagduḥkhakṣayāya? yannvahamata uttari paryeṣamāṇaścareyam||
atha khalvahaṃ bhikṣavo yathābhirāmaṃ vaiśālyāṃ vihṛtya magadheṣu ca prakrānto'bhūt| so'haṃ magadheṣu caryāṃ caran yena māgadhakānāṃ rājagṛhaṃ nagaraṃ tadanusṛto yena ca pāṇḍavaḥ parvatarājastenopasaṃkrānto'bhūvam| tatrāhaṃ pāṇḍave parvatarājapārśve vyāhārṣamekākyadvitīyo'sahāyo'nekairdevakoṭinayutaśatasahasraiḥ saṃrakṣitaḥ||
tato'haṃ kalyameva saṃnivāsya pātracīvaramādāya tapodadvāreṇa rājagṛhaṃ mahānagaraṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat prāsādikenābhikrāntena pratikrāntena vyavalokitena saṃmiñjitena prasāritena prāsādikena saṃghāṭīpaṭapātracīvaradhāraṇenāvikṣiptairindriyairabahirgatena mānasena nirmitavattailapātradharavadyugamātraṃ paśyan| tatra māṃ rājagṛhakā manuṣyā dṛṣṭvā vismitā abhūvan-kiṃ svidayaṃ brahmā bhaviṣyati śakro devānāmindra āhosvidvaiśravaṇo āhosvitkiṃcidgiridaivatam||
tatredamucyate—
atha vimaladharo hyanantatejo
svayamiha pravrajiyāna bodhisattvaḥ|
śāntamanu dānta īryavanto
viharati pāṇḍavaśailarājapārśve||1||
rajani vigatu jñātva bodhisattvaḥ
paramasudarśaniyaṃ nivāsayitvā|
pātra pratigṛhīya nīcamāno
praviśati rājagṛhaṃ sapiṇḍapātram||2||
kanakamiva sudhātujātarūpaṃ
kavacitu lakṣaṇatriṃśatā dvibhiśca|
naragaṇa tatha nāri prekṣamāṇo
na ca bhavate kvaci tṛpti darśanena||3||
vīthi racita ratnavastradhāryai
avaśiriyā janu yāti pṛṣṭhato'sya|
ko nu ayu adṛṣṭapūrvasattvo
yasya prabhāya puraṃ vibhāti sarvam||4||
upari sthihiya nāriṇāṃ sahasrā
tathariva dvāri tathaiva vātayāne|
rathya bharita gehi śūnya kṛtvā
naravaru prekṣiṣu te ananyakarmāḥ||5||
na ca bhuyu krayavikrayaṃ karontī
na ca puna sauṇḍa pibanti madyapānam|
na ca gṛhi na ca vīthiye ramante
puruṣavarasya nirīkṣamāṇa rūpam||6||
puruṣa tvaritu gacchi rājagehaṃ
avaciṣu rāja sa bimbisāra tuṣṭo|
deva parama tubhya labdha lābhā
svayamiha brahma pure carāti piṇḍam||7||
keci avaci śakra devarājo
apari bhaṇanti suyāma devaputraḥ|
tatha api saṃtuṣitaṃ va nirmitaśca
apari bhaṇanti sunirmiteṣu devaḥ||8||
keci puna bhaṇanti candrasūryau
tathapi ca rāhu baliśca vemacitrī|
keci puna bhaṇanti vācamevaṃ
ayu so pāṇḍavaśailarājavāsī||9||
vacanamimu śruṇitva pārthivo'sau
paramaudagramanā sthito gavākṣe|
prekṣati varasattva bodhisattvaṃ
jvalatu śirīya sudhātukāñcanaṃ vā||10||
piṇḍa dadiya rāja bimbisāraḥ
puruṣamavocannirīkṣa kva prayātī|
dṛṣṭva girivaraṃ sa gacchamāno
avaciṣu deva gataḥ sa śailapārśvam||11||
rajani vigatu jñātva bimbisāro
mahata janaiḥ parivārito narendraḥ|
upagami pāṇḍavaśailarājamūle
śiriya jvalantu tamadṛśāti śailam||12||
dharaṇi vrajitu yāni oruhitvā
paramasugaurava prekṣi bodhisattvam|
meruriva yathā hyakampamāno
nyasiya tṛṇāni niṣaṇṇa sostikena||13||
śirasi caraṇi vandayitva rājā
vividhakathāṃ samudāharitva vocat|
dadami tava upārdhu sarvarājyād
rama iha kāmaguṇairahaṃ ca piṇḍam||14||
prabhaṇati giri bodhisattva ślakṣṇaṃ
dharaṇipate ciramāyu pālayasva|
ahamapi pravijahya rājyamiṣṭaṃ
pravrajito nirapekṣi śāntihetoḥ||15||
daharu taruṇayauvanairupetaḥ
śubhatanuvarṇanibho'si vegaprāptaḥ|
vipula dhana pratīccha nārisaṃghaṃ
iha mama rājyi vasāhi bhuṅkṣva kāmāṃ||16||
paramapramudito'smi daśanātte
avaciṣu sa māgadharāja bodhisattvam|
bhavahi mama sahāyu sarvarājyaṃ
ahu tava dāsyi prabhūta bhuṅkṣva kāmāṃ||17||
mā ca puna vane vasāhi śūnye
ma bhuyu tṛṇeṣu vasāhi bhūmivāsam|
paramasukumāru tubhya kāyo
iha mama rājyi vasāhi bhuṅkṣva kāmāṃ||18||
prabhaṇati giri bodhisattva ślakṣṇaṃ
akuṭila premaṇiyā hitānukampī|
svasti dharaṇipāla te'stu nityaṃ
na ca ahu kāmaguṇebhirarthiko'smi||19||
kāma viṣasamā anantadoṣā
narakaprapātana pretatiryagyonau|
vidubhi vigarhita cāpyanārya kāmā
jahita mayā yathā pakvakheṭapiṇḍam||20||
kāma drumaphalā yathā patantī
yathamiva abhrabalāhakā vrajanti|
adhruva capalagāmi mārutaṃ vā
vikiraṇa sarvaśubhasya vañcanīyā||21||
kāma alabhamāna dahyayante
tatha api labdha na tṛpti vindayantī|
yada puna avaśasya bhakṣayante
tada mahaduḥkha janenti ghora kāmāḥ||22||
kāma dharaṇipāla ye ca divyā
tatha api mānuṣa kāma ye praṇītā|
eku naru labheta sarvakāmāṃ
na ca so tṛpti labheta bhūyu eṣan||23||
ye tu dharaṇipāla śāntadāntā
ārya anāśrava dharmapūrṇasaṃjñā|
prajñaviduṣa tṛpta te sutṛptā
na ca puna kāmaguṇeṣu kāci tṛptiḥ||24||
kāma dharaṇipāla sevamānā
purima na vidyati koṭi saṃskṛtasya|
lavaṇajala yathā hi nārū pītvā
bhuyu tṛṣa vardhati kāma sevamāne||25||
api ca dharaṇipāla paśya kāyaṃ
adhruvamasāraku duḥkhayantrametat|
navabhi vraṇamukhaiḥ sadā sravantaṃ
na mama narādhipa kāmachandarāgaḥ||26||
ahamapi vipulāṃ vijahya kāmāṃ
tathapi ca istrisahasra darśanīyāṃ|
anabhiratu bhaveṣu nirgato'haṃ
paramaśivāṃ varabodhi prāptukāmaḥ||27||
rājā āha—
katama diśi kuto gato'si bhikṣo
kva ca tava janma kva te pitā kva mātā|
kṣatriya atha brāhmaṇo'tha rājā
parikatha bhikṣu yadī na bhārasaṃjñā||28||
bodhisattva āha—
śratu ti dharaṇipāla śākiyānāṃ
kapilapuraṃ paramaṃ suṛddhisphītam|
pitu mama śuddhodaneti nāmnā
tanu ahu pravrajito guṇābhilāṣī||29||
rājā āha—
sādhu tava sudṛṣṭadarśanaṃ te
yanu tava janma vayaṃ pi tasya śiṣyāḥ|
api ca mama kṣamasva āśayenā
yamapi nimantritu kāmavītarāgo||30||
yadi tvaya anuprāptu bhoti bodhiḥ
tada mama seti bhoti dharmasvāmim|
api ca mama purā sulabdha lābhā
mama vijite vasasīha yatsvayaṃbho||31||
punarapi caraṇāni vandayitvā
kṛtva pradakṣiṇu gauraveṇa rājā|
svakajanaparivārito narendraḥ
punarapi rājagṛhaṃ anupraviṣṭaḥ||32||
magadhapuri praveśi lokanātho
vihariya śāntamanā yathābhiprāyam|
arthu kariya devamānuṣāṇāṃ
upagami tīru nirañjanā narendraḥ||33||
|| iti śrīlalitavistare bimbisāropasaṃkramaṇaparivarto nāma ṣoḍaśamo'dhyāyaḥ||