Ghoṣadattaparivartaḥ
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ghoṣadattaparivartaḥ |
tatra bhagavāṃścandraprabhaṃ kumārabhūtamāmantrayate sma-bhūtapūrvaṃ kumāra atīte'dhvanyasaṃkhyeye kalpe asaṃkhyeyatare vipule'prameye'cintye'parimāṇe yadāsīt tena kālena tena samayena bhagavān ghoṣadatto nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loke udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān | tena kālena tena samayena tasya bhagavato ghoṣadattasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya aśītiḥ śrāvakakoṭyaḥ prathamasannipāto'bhūt sarveṣāmarhatām | dvitīyaḥ śrāvakasannipātaḥ saptatikoṭyo'rhatāmabhūt| tṛtīyaḥ sannipātaḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ śrāvakakoṭyo'rhatāmabhūt | tena khalu punaḥ samayena tasya bhagavato ghoṣadattasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya catvāriṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇyāyuḥpramāṇamabhūt | ayaṃ ca jambudvīpa ṛddhaḥ sphītaśca kṣemaśca subhikṣaśca ramaṇīyaśca bahujanākīrṇamanuṣyaścābhūt | tena khalu punaḥ samayena asmin jambudvīpe dvau rājānāvabhūtām | dṛḍhabalaśca nāma mahābalaśca nāma | tatraiko rājā ardhaṃ jambudvīpaṃ paribhuṅkte, dvitīyo'pyardhaṃ paribhuṅkte ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ramaṇīyaṃ ca bahujanākīrṇamanuṣyaṃ ca || tena kālena tena samayena rājño mahābalasya vijite bhagavān ghoṣadattastathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha utpanno'bhūt | iti hi kumāra rājñā mahābalena sa ghoṣadattastathāgataḥ paripūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ nimantrito'bhūt sārdhaṃ bodhisattvasaṃghena bhikṣusaṃghena ca kalpikena paribhogeṇānavadyena cīvarapiṇḍapātraśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāreṇa | tena ca kumāra kālena tena samayena tasya bhagavato ghoṣadattasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya bodhisattvasaṃghasya saśrāvakasaṃghasya cotsado lābhasatkāraśloko'bhūt | śrāddhāśca brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo bhagavato ghoṣadattasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya sabodhisattvasaṃghasya cotsadaṃ lābhasatkāramakārṣuḥ | te ca śrāddhā brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo bhagavato ghoṣadattasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya lābhasatkārāyodyuktā abhūvan lokāmiṣapūjāyai yaduta rājña eva ca mahābalasyānuśikṣamāṇarūpam | iti hi kumāra tasya bhagavato ghoṣadattasya etadabhūt-parihīyante bateme sattvāḥ śīlapoṣadhasamādānatastathāgatānāmupasaṃkramaṇatastathāgataparyupāsanato brahmacaryāvāsataḥ pravrajyopasaṃpannabhikṣubhāvataśca | ta ete sattvāstadanantaraṃ sukhagurukāḥ | tat kasya hetoḥ ? tathā hi tadanantaraṃ sukhamidaṃ yaduta lokāmiṣapūjā | ta ete satvā dṛṣṭadharmagurukāśca saṃparāyagurukāśca nātyantaniṣṭhāḥ kuśalamūlāya | tatreyaṃ kumāra katamā duṣṭadharmagurukatā ? yaduta pañcakāmaguṇābhiprāyatā | tatra kumāra katamā sāṃparāyikagurukatā ? yaduta svargalokādhyālambanatā | katamā cātyantaniṣṭhakuśalamūlagurukatā? yadutātyantaviśuddhiḥ | atyantavimuktiḥ | atyantayogakṣematā | atyantabrahmacaryāvāsaḥ | atyantaparyavasānam | atyantakuśalamūlaniṣṭhā| atyantaparinirvāṇam | yannavahameteṣāṃ sattvānāṃ tathā tathā dharmaṃ deśayeyaṃ yadamī sattvā yathānuttarayā dharmapūjayā dharmapratipattyā ca tathāgataṃ pūjayeyuḥ ||
atha khalu kumāra ghoṣadattastathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastasyāṃ velāyāṃ rājño mahābalasya teṣāṃ ca brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāṃ saṃvejanābhiprāya imā gāthā abhāṣata -
dānapradānena anyonya sevatāṃ
teṣānyamanyasmi na bhoti gauravam |
nā tādṛśīṃ sevana varṇayanti
buddhā vidū yeṣa prahīṇa vāsanā || 1 ||
te tādṛśā bhonti narāḥ susevitā
ye dharma deśenti hitāya prāṇinām |
teṣānyamanyasmi abhedya prema
yanmārakoṭībhiraśakyu bhinditum || 2 ||
lokāmiṣeṇo nara sevatāṃ nṛṇāṃ
sarveṣaṃ sāṃdṛṣṭika bhoti arthaḥ |
nirāmiṣaṃ dharma niṣevatāṃ hi
mahānta artho bhavatī narāṇām || 3 ||
nirāmiṣaṃ cittu upasthapitvā
nirāmiṣaṃ dharma prakāśayitvā |
nirāmiṣaṃ yeṣa bhaveta prema
te tādṛśāḥ kṣipra bhavanti buddhāḥ || 4 ||
na jātu kāmān pratisevamānaḥ
putreṣu dāreṣu janitva tṛṣṇām |
gṛhaṃ ca sevantu jugupsanīya-
manuttarāṃ prāpsyati so'grabodhim || 5 ||
ye kāma varjenti yathāgnikarṣūṃ
putreṣu dāreṣu jahitva tṛṣṇām |
uttrastu gehādabhiniṣkramanti
na durlabhā teṣviyamagrabodhiḥ || 6 ||
na kaści buddhaḥ purimeṇa āsī
anāgate bheṣyati vāvatiṣṭhate |
yehi sthitairevamagāramadhye
prāptā iyamuttama agrabodhiḥ || 7 ||
prahāya rājyaṃ yatha kheṭapiṇḍaṃ
vaseta raṇyeṣu vivekakāmaḥ |
kleśān prahāya pratihatya māraṃ
buddhyanti bodhiṃ virajāmasaṃskṛtām || 8 ||
yo buddhavīrān yatha gaṅgavālukā
upasthiheyyā bahukalpakoṭiyaḥ |
yaśco gṛhātaḥ parikhinnamānaso-
'bhiniṣkrameyyā ayu tatra uttamaḥ || 9 ||
annehi pānehi ca cīvarehi
puṣpehi gandhehi vilepanehi |
nopasthitā bhonti narottamā jinā
yatha pravrajitvā cariyāṇa dharmam || 10 ||
yaścaiva bodhiṃ pratikāṅkṣamāṇaḥ
sattvārtha nirviṇṇu kusaṃskṛtātaḥ |
raṇyāmukhaḥ sapta padāni prakrame
ayaṃ tataḥ puṇyaviśiṣṭa bhoti || 11 ||
aśrauṣīt khalu punaḥ kumāra rājā mahābalo bhagavatā ghoṣadattena tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena imāmevaṃrūpāṃ pravartitāṃ naiṣkramyapratisaṃyuktāṃ kathām | śrutvā ca vimṛśati-yathāhaṃ bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājānāmi, na bhagavān dānapāramitāṃ varṇayati, na śīlapāramitāṃ varṇayati | atyantaniṣṭhāṃ saṃvarṇayati | atyantaviśuddhim | atyantabrahmacaryāvāsam | atyantanirvāṇaṃ saṃvarṇayati | tasyaitadabhūt-nedaṃ sukaramagāramadhyāvasatā anuttaradharmapratipattiṃ saṃpādayitum, arthaṃ vā anuprāptum | parihīṇo'smyanuttarāyā dharmapratipattitaḥ | yannvahaṃ keśaśmaśrūṇyavatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇi paridhāya samyageva śraddhayā agārādanagārikāṃ pravrajeyam | iti hi kumāra rājā mahābalaḥ sārdhamaśītyā brāhmaṇagṛhapatiśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto yena bhagavān ghoṣadatto nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāmat | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ekānte'sthāt | atha khalu kumāra bhagavān ghoṣadatto rājño mahābalasya adhyāśayaṃ viditvā imaṃ sarvadharmasvabhāvasamatāvipañcitaṃ samādhiṃ deśayate | atha khalu kumāra rājā mahābala imaṃ samādhiṃ śrutvā tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ keśaśmaśraṇyavatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇi paridhāya samyageva śraddhayā agārādanagārikāṃ pravrajito'bhūt | sa tathā pravrajitaḥ sannimaṃ samādhimudgṛhītavān | udgṛhya paryavāpya dhārayitvā vācayiotvā bhāvanāyogamanuyukto vyahārṣīt | sa tenaiva kuśalamūlena daśakalpakoṭyo na jātu durgativinipātamagamat, viṃśatiṃ ca buddhakoṭīrārāgayāmāsa | teṣāṃ ca tathāgatānāmantikādimaṃ samādhimaśrauṣīt | śrutvā tebhyo buddhebhyastenodgṛhītaḥ paryavāpto dhārito vācito bhāvanāyogamanuyukto vyahārṣīt | sa tataḥ paścāt tenaiva kuśalamūlena daśānāṃ kalpakoṭīnāmatyayena paripūrṇena kalpaśatasahasreṇa anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddho'bhūt | so'prameyāṇāṃ sattvānāmarthaṃ kṛtvā paścād buddhaparinirvāṇena parinirvṛto'bhūt | tatra kumāra yānyaśītiprāṇiśatasahasrāṇi rājñā mahābalena sārdhaṃ bhagavantaṃ ghoṣadattaṃ tathāgatamupasaṃkrāntāni, te'pi sarve imaṃ samādhiṃ śrutvā tuṣṭā udagrā āttamanasaḥ pramuditāḥ prītisaumanasyajātāḥ keśaśmaśrūṇyavatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇi paridhāya samyageva śraddhayā agārādanagārikāṃ pravrajitā abhūvan | te'pi tathā pravrajitā imaṃ samādhimudgṛhya paryavāpya dhārayitvā vācayitvā bhāvanāyogamanuyuktā vihṛtya tenaiva kuśalamūlena viṃśatikalpakoṭyo na jātu durgativinipātamagaman | sarvatra ca kalpe kalpe buddhakoṭīrbuddhakoṭīrārāgayāmāsa | sarveṣāṃ ca teṣāṃ tathāgatānāmantike imaṃ samādhiṃ śrutvodgṛhya paryavāpya dhārayitvā vācayitvā bhāvanāyogamanuyuktā vihṛtya tenaiva pūrvakreṇa kuśalamūlena viṃśatīnāṃ kalpakoṭīnāmatyayena tataḥ paścāt paripūrṇadaśabhiḥ kalpasahasrairanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhā dṛḍhaśūranāmānastathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā loke utpannā abhuvan | te'pyaprameyānasaṃkhyeyān sattvān paripācya teṣāṃ cārthaṃ kṛtvā buddhaparinirvṛtā abhūvan | tadanenāpi te kumāra paryāyeṇa evaṃ veditavyaṃ yathāyaṃ samādhirbahukaro bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāmanuttarasya sarvajñajñānasyāharaṇāya saṃvartata iti || atha khalu bhagavāṃścandraprabhasya kumārabhūtasya tasyāṃ velāyāmetadeva pūrvayogaparivartaṃ bhūyasyā mātrayā gāthābhigītena vistareṇa saṃprakāśayati sma -
smarāmyahaṃ pūrvamatītamadhvani
acintiye kalpi narāṇa uttamaḥ |
utpannu lokārthakaro maharṣi
nāmena so ucyati ghoṣadattaḥ || 12 ||
aśīti koṭyaḥ paripūrṇa tasya
prathamo gaṇo āsi ya śrāvakāṇām |
dvitīya cāsīt paripūrṇa saptati-
stṛtīya co ṣaṣṭyarahantakoṭiyaḥ || 13 ||
sarve ca kṣīṇāsrava niṣkileśāḥ
sarve ca ṛddhībalapāramiṃ gatāḥ |
varṣaṃ sahasrā duvi viśaṃ cāyuḥ
kṣetraṃ ca āsīt pariśuddha śobhanam || 14 ||
abhiṣekaprāptā parahita aprameyā
vaśitehi bhūmihi ca supratiṣṭhitāḥ |
āsanna te drumavari bodhi bodhituṃ
ye bodhisatvāsta abhūṣi tāyinaḥ || 15 ||
iha jambudvīpasmi abhūṣi rājā
dṛḍhabalo nāma mahābalaśca |
upārdhu rājyasya tadeku bhuñjate
dvitīya cādhasya abhūṣi rājā || 16 ||
mahābalasyo vijitasmi buddho
utpanna so devamanuṣyapūjitaḥ |
labhitva rājā sugatasmi śraddhām
upasthihī varṣasahasra pūrṇam || 17 ||
tasyānuśikṣī bahu anyasattvāḥ
kurvanti satkāra tathāgatasya|
lokāmiṣeṇaiva hi dharmapūjayā
saśrāvakasya atulo'bhū utsadaḥ || 18 ||
abhūṣi cittaṃ puruṣottamasya
deśiṣya dharmamimi dharmakāmāḥ |
yannūna sarve prajahitva kāmā-
niha pravrajeyurmama śāsanasmin || 19 ||
sa bhāṣate gātha narāṇamuttamaḥ
saṃlekhidharmaṃ sugatāna śikṣām |
gṛhavāsadoṣāṃśca anantaduḥkhān
pratipatti dharmeṣviha dharmapūjā || 20 ||
śruṇitva gāthāṃ tada rājapārthivo
eko vicinteti rahogato nṛpaḥ |
na śakya gehasmi sthihitva sarve
pratipadyitumuttadharmapūjā || 21 ||
sa rājya tyaktvā yatha kheṭapiṇḍaṃ
prāṇisahasrebhiraśītibhiḥ saha |
upasaṃkramī tasya jinasya antikaṃ
vanditva pādau purataḥ sthito'bhūt || 22 ||
teṣāṃ jino āśayu jānamāno
deśetimaṃ śānta samādhi durdṛśam |
te prītiprāmodyasukhena prīṇitā-
stuṣṭā udagrāstada pravrajiṃsu || 23 ||
te pravrajitvāna imaṃ samādhiṃ
dhāritva vācitva paryāpuṇitva |
na jātu gacche vinipātadurgatiṃ
kalpāna koṭyaḥ paripūrṇa viṃśatim || 24 ||
te tena sarve kuśalena karmaṇā
adrākṣu buddhāna sahasrakoṭiyaḥ |
sarveṣu co teṣu jinānuśāsane
te pravrajitvemu samādhi bhāvayī || 25 ||
te paścime kāli abhūṣi buddhā
dṛḍhaśūranāmāna anantavīryāḥ |
kṛtvā ca arthaṃ bahuprāṇikoṭināṃ
te paścikālesmi śikhīva nirvṛtāḥ || 26 ||
mahābalo rājā ya āsi pūrvaṃ
sa jñānaśūro abhu buddha loke |
tadā bahu prāṇisahasrakoṭiyaḥ
sthapetva bodhāya sa paści nirvṛtaḥ || 27 ||
tasmācchruṇitvā imu paścikāle
dhāreya sūtramimu buddhavarṇitam |
dhāretvimamīdṛśa dharmakoṣaṃ
bhaviṣyathā kṣipra narāṇamuttamāḥ || 28 ||
iti śrīsamādhirāje ghoṣadattaparivarto nāma pañcamaḥ ||