25 adhyeṣaṇāparivartaḥ pañcaviṃśaḥ
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iti hi bhikṣavastathāgatasya tārāyaṇamūle viharataḥ prathamābhisaṃbuddhasyaikasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasya lokānuvartanāṃ pratyetadabhavat-gambhīro batāyaṃ mayā dharmo'dhigato'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ śāntaḥ praśānta upaśāntaḥ praṇīto durdṛśo duranubodho'tarko'vitarkāvacaraḥ| alamāryaḥ paṇḍitavijñavedanīyo yaduta sarvopadhiniḥsargo'vedito'niveditaḥ sarvaveditanirodhaḥ paramārtho'nālayaḥ| śītībhāvo'nādāno'nupādāno'vijñapto'vijñāpanīyo'saṃskṛtaḥ ṣaḍviṣayasamatikrāntaḥ| akalpo'vikalpo'nabhilāpyaḥ| aruto'ghoṣo'nudāhāraḥ| anidarśano'pratighaḥ sarvālambanasamatikāntaḥ śamathadharmopacchedaḥ| śūnyatānupalambhaḥ| tṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam| ahaṃ cedimaṃ parebhyo dharmaṃ deśayeyam, te cennājānīyuḥ, sa me syātklamatho mithyāvyāyāmo'kṣaṇadharmadeśanatā ca| yannvahamalpotsukastūṣṇībhāvena vihareyam| tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata—
gambhīra śānto virajaḥ prabhāsvaraḥ
prāpto mi dharmo hyamṛto'saṃskṛtaḥ|
deśeya cāhaṃ na parasya jāne
yannūna tūṣṇī pavane vaseyam||1||
apagatagirivākpatho hyalipto
yatha gaganaṃ tathā svabhāvadharmam|
cittamana vicāravipramuktaṃ
paramasuāścariyaṃ paro vijāne||2||
na ca punarayu śakya akṣarebhiḥ
praviśatu anarthayogavipraveśaḥ|
purimajinakṛtādhikārasattvāḥ
te imu śruṇitva hi dharmu śraddadhanti||3||
na ca punariha kaścidasti dharmaḥ
so pi na vidyate yasya nāstibhāvāḥ|
hetukriyaparaṃparā ya jāne
tasya na bhotiha astināstibhāvāḥ||4||
kalpaśatasahasra aprameyā
ahu caritaḥ purime jinasakāśe|
na ca maya pratilabdha eṣa kṣāntī
yatra na ātma na sattva naiva jīvaḥ||5||
yada maya pratilabdha eṣa kṣāntī
mriyati na ceha na kaści jāyate vā|
prakṛti imi nirātma sarvadharmāḥ
tada māṃ vyākari buddha dīpanāmā||6||
karuṇa mama ananta sarvaloke
paratu na cārthanatāmahaṃ pratīkṣe|
yada puna janatā prasanna brahme
tena adhīṣṭu pravartayiṣya cakram||7||
eva ca ayu dharma grāhyu me syāt
saci mama brahma krame nipatya yācet|
pravadahi virajā praṇītu dharmaṃ
santi vijānaka sattva svākarāśca||8||
iti hi bhikṣavastathāgatastasmin samaye ūrṇākośātprabhāmutsṛjati sma yayā prabhayā trisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhāturmahatā suvarṇavarṇāvabhāsena sphuṭo'bhūt||
atha khalu daśatrisāhasramahāsāhasrādhipatiḥ śikhī mahābrahmā buddhānubhāvenaiva tathāgatasya cetasaiva cetaḥparivitarkamājñāsīt-alpotsukatāyai bhagavataścittamabhinataṃ na dharmadeśanāyāmiti| tasyaitadabhavat-yannvahamupasaṃkramya tathāgatamadhyeṣyeyaṃ dharmacakrapravartanatāyai||
atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tasyāṃ velāyāṃ tadanyān brahmakāyikān devaputrānāmantrayate sma— naśyati batāyaṃ mārṣā loko vinaśyati, yatra hi nāma tathāgato'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyālpotsukatāyai cittamabhināmayati na dharmadeśanāyām| yannu vayamupasaṃkramya tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamadhyeṣyemahi dharmacakrapravartanāya||
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā aṣṭaṣaṣṭyā brāhmaṇaśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāmat| upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandya prāñjalistathāgatametadavocat naśyati batāyaṃ bhagavan lokaḥ, praṇaśyati batāyaṃ bhagavan lokaḥ, yatra hi nāma tathāgato'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyālpotsukatāyai cittamabhināmayati na dharmadeśanāyām| tatsādhu deśayatu bhagavān dharmam, deśayatu sugato dharmam| santi sattvāḥ svākārāḥ suvijñāpakāḥ śaktā bhavyāḥ pratibalāḥ bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājñātum| tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata—
samudāniya jñānamahāgramaṇḍalaṃ
visṛjya raśmīn daśadikṣu caiva|
tadañja jñānāṃśu nṛpadmabodhakā
upekṣakastiṣṭhasi vādibhāskaraḥ||9||
nimantrayitvāryadhanena sattvāṃ
āśvāsayitvā bahuprāṇakoṭyaḥ|
na yuktametattava lokabandho
yaṃ tūṣṇibhāvena upekṣase jagat||10||
parāhanasvottamadharmadundubhiṃ
saddharmaśaṅkhaṃ ca prapūrayāśu|
ucchrepayasva mahadharmayūpaṃ
prajvālayasva mahadharmadīpam||11||
pravarṣa vai dharmajalaṃ pradhānaṃ
pratārayemāṃ bhavasāgarasthāṃ|
pramocayemāṃ mahavyādhikliṣṭāṃ
kleśāgnitapte praśamaṃ kuruṣva||12||
nidarśaya tvaṃ khalu śāntimārgaṃ
kṣemaṃ śivaṃ nirjaratāmaśokam|
nirvāṇamārgāgamanādanāthe
vipathasthite nātha kṛpāṃ kuruṣva||13||
vimokṣadvārāṇi apāvṛṇiṣva
pracakṣva taṃ dharmanayaṃ hyakopyam|
jātyandhabhūtasya janasya nātha
tvamuttamaṃ śodhaya dharmacakṣuḥ||14||
na brahmaloke na ca devaloke
na yakṣagandharvamanuṣyaloke|
lokasya yo jātijarāpanetā
nānyo'sti tvatto hi manuṣyacandraḥ||15||
adhyeṣako'haṃ tava dharmarāja
adhyācarākṛtvana sarvadevān|
anena puṇyena ahaṃ pi kṣipraṃ
pravartayeyaṃ varadharmacakram||16||
adhivāsayati sma bhikṣavastathāgataḥ śikhino brahmaṇastūṣṇībhāvena sadevamānuṣāsurasya lokasyānugrahārthamanukampāmupādāya||
atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā divyaiścandanacūrṇairagurucūrṇaiśca tathāgatamabhyavakīrya prītiprāmodyajātastatraivāntaradhāt||
atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgatasya dharmālokasyādarotpādanārthaṃ śikhinaśca mahābrahmaṇaḥ punaḥ punastathāgatādhyeṣaṇayā kuśalamūlavivṛddhyarthaṃ dharmasya cātigambhīrodāratāmupādāya punarapyekasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasyāyamevaṃrūpaṃ cetovitarko'bhūt-gambhīraḥ khalvayaṃ mayā dharmo'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ sūkṣmo nipuṇo duranubodhaḥ atarko'tarkāvacaraḥ paṇḍitavijñavedanīyaḥ sarvalokavipratyanīko durdṛśaḥ sarvopadhiniḥsargaḥ sarvasaṃskāropaśamaḥ sarvatamopacchedaḥ śūnyatānupalambhastṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam| ahaṃ cedidaṃ dharmaṃ deśayeyam, pare ca me na vibhāvayeyuḥ, sā me paramā viheṭhā bhavet| yannvahamalpotsukavihāreṇaiva vihareyam||
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā buddhānubhāvena punarapi tathāgatasyetadamevaṃrūpeṇa cetaḥ-parivitarkamājñāya yena śakro devānāmindrastenopasaṃkrāmat| upasaṃkramya śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-yatkhalu kauśika jānīyāstathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ nataṃ na dharmadeśanāyām| nakṣyate batāyaṃ kauśika lokaḥ, vinakṣyate batāyaṃ kauśika lokaḥ, mahāvidyāndhakārakṣipto batāyaṃ kauśika loko bhaviṣyati, yatra hi nāma tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ nataṃ na dharmasaṃprakāśanāyām| kasmādvayaṃ na gacchāmastathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dharmacakrapravartanāyādhyeṣitum? tatkasmāt? na hyanadhyeṣitāstathāgatā dharmacakraṃ pravartayanti| sādhu mārṣeti śakro brahmā bhaumāśca devā antarīkṣāścāturmahārājakāyikāstrāyatriṃśā yāmāstuṣitā nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikā ābhāsvarā bṛhatphalā śubhakṛtsnā saṃbahulāni ca śuddhāvāsakāyika devaputraśatasahasrāṇyatikrāntavarṇā atikrāntāyāṃ rātrau kevalaṃ tārāyaṇamūlaṃ divyena varṇena divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāman| upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya caikānte tasthuḥ||
atha khalu śakro devānāmindro yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthayābhituṣṭāva—
uttiṣṭha vijitasaṃgrāma prajñākārā timisrā vivara loke|
cittaṃ hi te vimuktaṃ śaśiriva pūrṇo grahavimuktaḥ||17||
evamukte tathāgatastūṣṇīmevāsthāt||
atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-naiva kauśika tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā adhyeṣyante dharmacakrapravartanatāyai yathā tvamadhyeṣase||
atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā ekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇajānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣata—
uttiṣṭha vijitasaṃgrāma prajñākārā timisrā vivara loke|
deśaya tvaṃ mune dharmaṃ ājñātāro bhaviṣyanti||18||
evamukte bhikṣavastathāgataḥ śikhinaṃ mahābrahmāṇametadavocat-gambhīraḥ khalvayaṃ mahābrahman mayā dharmo'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ sūkṣmo nipuṇaḥ peyālaṃ yāvatsā me syātparamā viheṭhā| api ca me brahmannime gāthe'bhīkṣṇaṃ pratibhāsaḥ—
pratisrotagāmi mārgo gambhīro durdṛśo mama|
na taṃ drakṣyanti rāgāndhā alaṃ tasmātprakāśitum||19||
anusrotaṃ pravāhyante kāmeṣu patitā prajāḥ|
kṛcchreṇa me'yaṃ saṃprāptaṃ alaṃ tasmātprakāśitum||20||
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā śakraśca devānāmindrastathāgataṃ tūṣṇībhūtaṃ viditvā sārdhaṃ tairdevaputrairduḥkhitā durmanāstatraivāntaradhāyiṣuḥ||
trirapi ca tathāgatasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ namayati sma||
tena khalu punarbhikṣavaḥ samayena māgadhakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāmimānyevaṃrūpāṇi pāpakāni akuśalāni dṛṣṭigatānyutpannānyabhūvan| tadyathā| kecidevamāhuḥ-vātā na vāsyanti| kecidevamāhuḥ-agnirna jvaliṣyati| kecidāhuḥ-devo na varṣiṣyati| kecidāhuḥ-nadyo na vahyanti| kecidāhuḥ-śasyāni na prajāsyanti| kecidāhu-pakṣiṇa ākāśe na kramiṣyanti| kecidāhuḥ-gurviṇyo nārogyeṇa prasaviṣyanti||
atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasyaivamevaṃrūpaṃ cittavitarkamājñāya māgadhakānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāmimāni dṛṣṭigatāni viditvā atikrāntāyāṃ rātrāvabhisaṃkrāntena varṇena sarvāvantaṃ tārāyaṇamūlaṃ divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāmat| upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandyaikāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata—
vādo babhūva samalairvicintito
dharmo'viśuddho magadheṣu pūrvam|
amṛtaṃ mune tadvivṛṇīṣva dvāraṃ
śṛṇvanti dharmaṃ vimalena buddham||21||
kṛtasvakārtho'si bhujiṣyatāṃ gato
duḥkhābhisaṃskāramalāpakṛṣṭaḥ|
na hānivṛddhī kuśalasya te'sti
tvamagradharmeṣviha pāramiṃ gataḥ||22||
na te mune sadṛśa ihāsti loke
kuto'dhikaḥ syādiha te maharṣe|
bhavānihāgrastribhave virocate
giriryathā'sāvasurālayasthaḥ||23||
mahākṛpāṃ jānaya duḥkhite jane
na tvādṛśā jātu bhavantyupekṣakāḥ|
bhavān viśāradyabalaiḥ samanvitaḥ
tvameva śakto janatāṃ pratāritum||24||
iyaṃ suśalyā sucirāturā prajā
sadevakā saśramaṇā dvijākhilā|
āroginī bhotu nirāturajvarā
na cāparaḥ śaraṇamihāsya vidyate||25||
cirānubaddhāstava devamānuṣāḥ
kalyāṇacittā amṛtārthinaśca|
dharmaṃ yamevādhigamiṣyate jino
yathāvadanyūnamudāhariṣyati||26||
tasmāddhiyā cāmisu vikrama tvāṃ
vinayasva sattvāṃ ciranaṣṭamārgāṃ|
aviśrutārthā śamanāya kāṅkṣitāḥ
sudurbalā bṛṃhaṇakāṅkṣiṇo vā||27||
iyaṃ tṛṣārtā janatā mahāmune
udīkṣate dharmajalaṃ tavāntike|
megho yathā saṃtṛṣitāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ
kuru tarpaṇāṃ nāyaka dharmavṛṣṭyā||28||
cirapraṇaṣṭā vicaranti mānavā
bhave kudṛṣṭīgahane sakaṇṭake|
akaṇṭakaṃ mārgamṛjuṃ pracakṣva taṃ
yaṃ bhāvayitvā hyamṛtaṃ labheyam||29||
andhāprapāte patitā hyanāyakā
noddhartumanyairiha śakyamete|
mahāprapāte patitāṃ samuddhara
chandaṃ samutpādya vṛṣo'si buddhimān||30||
na saṃgatiste'sti sadā mune ciraṃ
kadācidaudumbarapuṣpasaṃnibhāḥ|
jināḥ pṛthivyāṃ prabhavanti nāyakāḥ
prāptākṣaṇo mocaya nātha sattvāṃ||31||
abhūcca te pūrvabhaveṣviyaṃ matiḥ
tīrṇaḥ svayaṃ tārayitā bhaveyam|
asaṃśayaṃ pāragato'si sāṃprataṃ
satyāṃ pratijñāṃ kuru satyavikramaḥ||32||
dharmolkayā vidhama mune'ndhakārā
ucchrepaya tvaṃ hi tathāgatadhvajam|
ayaṃ sa kālaḥ pratilābhyudīraṇe
mṛgādhipo vā nada dundubhisvaraḥ||33||
atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgataḥ sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ buddhacakṣuṣā vyavalokayan sattvān paśyati sma hīnamadhyapraṇītānuccanīcamadhyamān svākārān suviśodhakān durākārān durviśodhakānuddhāṭitajñānavipañcijñān padaparamāṃstrīn sattvarāśīnekaṃ mithyatvaniyatamekaṃ samyaktvaniyatamekamaniyatam| tadyathāpi nāma bhikṣavaḥ puruṣaḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre sthitaḥ paśyati jalaruhāṇi kānicidudakāntargatāni kānicidudakasamāni kānicidudakābhyudgatāni, evameva bhikṣavastathāgataḥ sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ buddhacakṣuṣā vyavalokayan paśyati sma sattvāṃstriṣu rāśiṣu vyavasthitān||
atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgatasyaitadabhavat-deśayeyaṃ cāhaṃ dharmaṃ na vā deśayeyam| sa eṣa mithyatvaniyato rāśirnaivāyaṃ dharmamājānīyāt| deśayeyaṃ cāhaṃ vā dharmaṃ na vā deśayeyam| yo'yaṃ samyaktvaniyato rāśirājñāsyatyevaiṣa dharmam| (yatkhalu punarayamaniyato rāśirājñāsyatyevaiṣa dharmam|) yatkhalu punarayamaniyato rāśiḥ, tasmai saceddharmaṃ deśayiṣyāmi, ājñāsyati| uta na deśayiṣyāmi, nājñāsyate||
atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgato'niyatarāśivyavasthitān sattvānārabhya mahākaruṇāmavakrāmayati sma||
atha khalu tathāgata ātmanaścemaṃ samyagjñānamadhikṛtya śikhinaśca mahābrahmaṇo'dhyeṣaṇāṃ viditvā śikhinaṃ mahābrahmāṇaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata—
apāvṛtāsteṣāmamṛtasya dvārā
brahman ti satataṃ ye śrotavantaḥ|
praviśanti śraddhā naviheṭhasaṃjñāḥ
śṛṇvanti dharmaṃ magadheṣu sattvāḥ||34||
atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasyādhivāsanāṃ viditvā tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātastathāgatasya pādau śirasā vanditvā tatraivāntaradhāt||
atha khalu bhikṣavo bhaumā devāstasyāṃ velāyāmantarīkṣebhyo devebhyo ghoṣamudīrayanti sma, śabdamanuśrāvayanti sma-adya mārṣā tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutam| tadbhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca| parihāsyante bata bho mārṣā asurāḥ kāyāḥ| divyāḥ kāyāḥ paripūriṃ gabhiṣyanti| bahavaśca sattvā loke parinirvāsyanti| evamevāntarīkṣā devā bhaumebhyo devebhyaḥ pratiśratya cāturmahārājikānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣamudīrayanti sma| cāturmahārājikāstrāyatriṃśānām, trāyatriṃśā yāmānām, yāmā tuṣitanirmāṇaratīnām, nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartinām, te'pi brahmakāyikānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣamudīrayanti sma, śabdamanuśrāvayanti sma-adya mārṣāstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutam| tadbhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca| parihāsyante bata bho mārṣā asurāḥ kāyāḥ| divyāḥ kāyā vivardhiṣyante| bahavaśca sattvā loke parinirvāsyantīte||
iti hi bhikṣavastatkṣaṇaṃ tanmuhurtaṃ tallavaṃ yāvadbahmakāyikā devāstasmādbhaumādārabhya ekavāgekanirnāda ekanirghoṣo'bhyudgato'bhūt-adya mārṣāstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutamiti||
atha khalu bhikṣavo dharmaruciśca nāmā bodhivṛkṣadevatā dharmakāyaśca dharmamatiśca dharmacārī ca, ete catvāro bodhivṛkṣadevatāstathāgatasya caraṇayornipatyaivamāhuḥ-kva bhagavān dharmacakraṃ pravartiṣyatīti? evamukte bhikṣavastathāgatastān devatānetadavocat-vārāṇasyāmṛṣipatane mṛgadāve| te āhuḥ-parīttajanakāyā bhagavan vārāṇasī mahānagarī, parīttadrumachāyaśca mṛgadāvaḥ| santyanyāni bhagavan mahānagarāṇi ṛddhāni sphītāni kṣemāni subhikṣāṇi ramaṇīyāni ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāṇi udyānavanaparvatapratimaṇḍitāni| teṣāṃ bhagavānanyatame dharmacakraṃ pravartayatu| tathāgato'vocatmaivaṃ bhadramukhāḥ|| tatkasmāt?
ṣaṣṭiṃ yajñasahasrakoṭinayutā ye tatra yaṣṭā mayā
ṣaṣṭiṃ buddhasahasrakoṭinayutā ye tatra saṃpūjitā|
paurāṇāmṛṣiṇāmihālayu varo vārāṇasī nāmavā
devānāgamabhiṣṭuto mahitalo dharmābhinimnaḥ sadā||35||
buddhā koṭisahasra naikanavatiḥ pūrve smarāmī aha
ye tasminnṛṣisāhvaye vanavare vartīsu cakrottamam|
śāntaṃ cāpyupaśāntadhyānabhimukhaṃ nityaṃ mṛgaiḥ sevitaṃ
ityarthe ṛṣisāhvaye vanavare vartiṣyi cakrottamam||36||iti||
||iti śrīlalitavistare'dhyeṣaṇāparivarto nāma pañcaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ||