Mahāvadānasūtram
evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ-ekasmin samaye buddhaḥ śrāvasthyāṃ (deśe)viharati,puṣpavanaśālāyāṃ mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena ca sārddhaṃ ardhadvādaśajanaśatena |
tasmin samaye saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ piṇḍacārāt pratikrāntāḥ,puṣpavanaśālāyāṃ anyonyaṃ kathāṃ saṃvadanti,eke hi āryā bhikṣavaḥ-(yāḥ)anuttarā praṇītā bhavanti atyāścaryakarā ṛddhayaḥ,duraṃgamāni vīryāṇi balāni udārāṇi mahānti,atītāni anekavidhāni jānāti buddho,nirvāṇapraviṣṭānāṃ chinnadṛṣṭisaṃyojanabaṃdhanānāṃ akathaṃkathīnāṃ, jānāti ca teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ saṃkhyāpramāṇaṃ nāma-gotra-śabdaṃ,jātiṃ,vaṃśaṃ,kulaṃ,teṣāṃ pānaṃ bhojanaṃ,dīrgha alpaṃ āyuḥ,sukhāṃ duḥkhā(ca)vedanām | tathā ca te buddhā evaṃśīlā evaṃdharmā evaprajñā evaṃpratibhā evaṃsthitikāḥ yathā ta āryāstathāgatā abhavan kuśalā vyākṛtadharmasvabhāvā (iti)yathāryaṃ jānāti | devā āgatya vadanti (tena)jānāti imaṃ artham |
tasmin kāle bhagavān pratisallayane sthitaḥ divyena śrotreṇa viśuddhena paryavadātenāśrauṣīt teṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ evaṃ saṃvādam | athāsanādutthāya upasaṃkramya puṣpavanaśālāṃ nyaṣīdat ca prajñapta āsane | tasmikāle jānan api arthaṃ vacanaṃ aprākṣīt tān bhikṣūn-
"bhikṣavaḥ,yūyaṃ kasyāṃ kathāyāṃ iha sannipatitāḥ ?"
tadā te bhikṣava 'idaṃ vastvabhūda'(iti)avocan | tadā bhagavān avocattān bhikṣūn-
sādhu,sādhu,yūyaṃ śraddhayā āgāraṃ vihāya mārgaṃ bhāvayatha,sarvaṃ karaṇīyam | tatra vo dve karaṇīye | prathamaṃ nāma āryā dharma-kathā, dvitīyaṃ nāma āryaḥ tūṣṇībhāvaḥ | yujyate yuṣmākaṃ evaṃ saṃvādaḥ- 'tathāgata audārikena mahatā ṛddhyanubhāvabalena jānāti sarvaṃ atītānekakalpavastu | śakyaḥ saṃjānītuṃ dharmasvabhāvaḥ,tasmāt jānāti | yataśca devā āgatya vadaṃti tato jānāti |
buddhastadā gāthābhiravocat-
bhikṣavo dharmaśālāyāṃ sannipatitāḥ samūcurāryakathāsaṃvādam |
pratisaṃllayanagarme sthitastathāgato divyena śrotreṇājñāsīt sarvam ||1||
sūryaprabho lokāloko buddhaḥ saṃvivicya dharmadhātvartham |
jānāti atītamapyarthaṃ trayaṃ parinivṛtānāṃ buddhānām ||2||
nāmagotraṃ jñāti-kulaṃ,saṃvedanaṃ,janma,bhogaṃ ca jānāti |
āśritya tāni tāni sthānāni,pariśuddhena cakṣuṣā pravedayati sarvamatha ||3||
nānā devā mahāvīryabalāḥ,atyudāramukhākārāḥ |
āgatya pravadanti māṃ trayāṇāṃ, buddhānāṃ parivirvṛtānām ||4||
pravedayanti kulaṃ nāma gotraṃ duḥkhitaṃ śakunisvaraṃ sarvaṃ jānāti |
deva-manuṣyāṇāṃ anuttaraḥ śreṣṭaḥ saṃjānāti atītān buddhān ||5||
uvāca ca tān bhikṣūn-
"icchatha yūyaṃ śrotuṃ tathāgato jānāti atītaṃ jīvitaṃ,jānāti atītānāṃ buddhānāṃ nānāhetupratyayān na (vaiti),bhāṣiṣye tad aham |"
tadā te bhikṣavo buddhaṃ (idaṃ)vacanaṃ ūcuḥ-
"bhagavan,ayaṃ eva etasya kālaḥ,icchāmaḥ sukhaṃ prārthayāma ākarṇitum | sādhu,bhagavān bhāṣatāṃ idānīṃ kathāṃ,udgṛhīṣyāma ācariṣyāmo (vayaṃ)tām |"
buddha uvāca tān bhikṣūn -
"śrṛṇuta,śrṛṇuta,suṣṭu manasikuruta idaṃ,ahaṃ vo bhāṣiṣye,pṛthak vyākhyāsyāmi |"
atha te bhikṣavaḥ samanvamanyanta avavādaṃ śrotum |
buddhaḥ pratyuvāca tān bhikṣūn -
"atīta ekanavatitame kalpe tadā'bhūt vipaśyī nāma buddhaḥ tathāgato'rhan,prādurabhūt loke | punaścāparaṃ bhikṣavaḥ,atīta ekartriṃśe kalpe'bhūt śikhī nāma buddhaḥ tathāgato'rhan,prādurabhūt loke | punaścāparaṃ bhikṣavaḥ, tatraikatriṃśe kalpe'bhūt viśvabhūrnāma buddhaḥ tathāgato'rhan,prādurabhūt loke | asmin bhadrakalpe'bhūta krakucchando nāma buddhaḥ,konāgamano nāma ca buddhaḥ, kāśyapo nāma ca buddhaḥ | asminneva bhadrakalpe'haṃ utpannaḥ samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ |"
buddho'tha gāthābhiruvāca-
ekanavatitame'tīte kalpe'bhūt vipaśyī buddhaḥ |
tata ekatriṃśe kalpe'bhūt buddhaḥ śikhī nāma ||6||
tatrāsmin kalpa āgāt viśvabhūstathāgataḥ |
ihāsmin bhadrakalpe'nekāsaṃkhyeye ||7||
abhūvan catvāro maharṣayaḥ satvān hyanukampya āgatāḥ |
krakucchandaḥ konāgamanaḥ kāśyapaḥ śākyamuniḥ ||8||
jānīta yūyaṃ,vipaśyino buddhasya kāle manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ aśītivarṣasahastram | śikhino buddhasya kāle manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ saptativarṣasahastram | viśvabhvo buddhasya kāle manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ viṃśativarṣasahastram | etarhi mayyāgate loke manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ varṣaśataṃ alpatāṃgataṃ bhūyaḥ prakṣīya |"
tadā buddho gāthābhiradhyuvāca-
vipaśyikāle narāṇāṃ āyuḥ caturāśītisahastram |
śikhibuddhasya kāle manuṣyāyuḥ saptativarṣasahasram ||9||
viśvabhūkāle manuṣyāyuḥ ṣaṣṭhivarṣasahastram |
krakucchandakāle manuṣyāyuḥ catvāriṃśadvarṣasahasram ||10||
konāgamasya kāle manuṣyāyuḥ triṃśadvarṣasahasram |
kāśyapabuddhakāle manuṣyāyuḥ viṃśadvarṣasahasram |
kāśyapabuddhakāle manuṣyāyuḥ nādhikaṃ śatāt ||11||
tathaitarhi mama kāle manuṣyāyuḥ nādhikaṃ śatāt ||
"vipaśyī buddha āgāt kṣatriyaḥ gotreṇa kauṃḍinyaḥ | śikhī buddhaḥ,viśvabhū buddho'pi gotreṇa tathā | krakucchando buddha āsīd brāhmaṇaḥ gotreṇa kāśyapaḥ | konāgamano buddhaḥ, kāśyapo buddhaḥ api kulena gotreṇa tathā | ahaṃ etarhi tathāgato'rhan asmin kulena kṣatriyaḥ,gotranāmnā ca ucyate gautamaḥ |"
buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-
vipaśyī tathāgataḥ,śikhī,viśvabhūḥ ||12||
ime trayaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā āsan gotreṇa kauṇḍinyāḥ ||
anye trayaḥ tathāgatā āsan gotreṇā kāśyapāḥ ||13||
ahaṃ idānīṃ anuttaraḥ śreṣṭhaḥ śāstā sarveṣāṃ satvānām ||
deva-manuṣyādīnāṃ vaśī gautamo nāma ||14||
prathame trayaḥ samyak-saṃbuddhā āsan vaṃśena kṣatriyāḥ ||
antyāḥ trayaḥ tathāgatāḥ āsan vaṃśena brāhmaṇāḥ||15||
ahamidānīmanuttaraḥ śreṣṭho'smi vaśī kṣatriyaḥ ||
"vipaśyī buddhaḥ pāṭalīvṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ | śikhī buddho niṣadya puṃḍarīkavṛkṣasyāśro'bhūta samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ | viśvabhūḥbuddho niṣadya śālavṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ | krakucchando niṣadya śirīṣavṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ | konāgamano buddho niṣadyodumbaravṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ | kāśyapo buddho niṣadya nyagrodhavṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ |
buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-
"vipaśyī tathāgata ājagāma pāṭalivṛkṣe ||16||
tadā tasmin sthāne prāpa saṃbodhimanuttarām |
śikhī puṇḍarīkavṛkṣe prāpa mārgaṃ nirodhaṃ sasamudayam ||17||
viśvabhūḥ tathāgato niṣadya śālavṛkṣādhaḥ |
lebhe vimokṣajñānaṃ ṛddhimapratihatām ||18||
krakucchandastathāgato niṣadya śirīṣavṛkṣādhaḥ |
sarve viśuddhaprajñā vigatakleśā vigatagrāhāḥ ||19||
konāgamo muniḥ niṣadyodumbaravṛkṣasyādhaḥ |
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buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
vipaśyinaḥ pitā bandhuḥ,mātā bandhumatī (tathā)|
bandhumannagaraṃ tatra buddho dharmaṃ samādiśat ||44||
"śikhibuddhasya pitā'ruṇo nāma kṣatriyo rājavaṃśikaḥ,mātā prabhāvatī nāma,rājadhānī aruṇavatī nāma | "
buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
"śikhino janako'ruṇo mātā nāma prabhāvatī |
aruṇavatī nagaraṃ śīlabalena paraśatrujit ||45||
"viśvabhūbuddhasya pitā suprīto nāma kṣatriyo rājavaṃśikaḥ,mātā yaśovatī nāma,nagaraṃ anupamaṃ nāma |"
buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
viśvabhūbuddhajanakaḥ suprītaḥ kṣatravaṃśikaḥ |
mātā yaśovatī (nāma)nagaraṃ nāmānūpamam ||46||
krakucchandabuddhasya pitā maṃjuśīlo nāma,brāhmaṇavaṃśikaḥ,mātā viśākhā nāma,kṣemo nāma rājā'nugato rājā,kṣemavatī nāma hi nagaram |
buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
maṃjuśīlo dvijaḥ (tātaḥ)viśākhā nāma jananī |
kṣemo nāma rājā vasati kṣemavatīpure ||47||
"konāgamabuddhasya pitā mahāśīlo nāma brāhmaṇaḥ,mātā vijayā nāma,tadā rājā śubho nāma upasthāko rājanāmato nāma nagaram |"
buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
"vijayā jananī nāma mahāśīlo dvijaḥ (pitā)|
śubho nāma (tadā)rājā vasati śubhavatīpure ||48||
kāśyapabuddhasya pitā brahmaśīlo nāma, brāhmaṇavaṃśikaḥ mātā dhanavatī nāma | tasmin kāle kikī nāma rājā (upasthākaḥ)rājadhānī vārāṇasī nāma nagaram |"
buddhastasmin kāle gāthayovāca-
"mātā dhanavatī nāma brahmaśīlo dvijaḥ (pitā)|
tadā rājā kikī nāma purī vārāṇasī (tathā)||49||
mama pitā śuddhodano nāma kṣatriyo rājavaṃśikaḥ,mātā mahāmāyā nāma,rājadhānī kapilavastu nāma nagaram |
buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
"mahāmāyeti jananī pitā śuddhodano nṛpaḥ |
bahudhanajane deśe vā tābhyāṃ jātohaṃ (ātmajaḥ)||50||
"ime te santi buddhāḥ | (te)hetuprayatyataḥ nāma-gotra-kulānāṃ gatyāyuḥsthānataḥ kathaṃ abhavan (iti)idaṃ śrutvā vijñaḥ puruṣo hetupratyayataśca (bhavati)suprītiprāmodyaprāptaḥ sukhasaumanasyacittaḥ |
tasmin kāle bhagavān provāca tān bhikṣūn-
"abhilaṣāmyahaṃ idānīṃ pūrvanivāsajñānaṃ vaktuṃ atītānāṃ buddhānāṃ viṣaye,icchatha yūyaṃ śrotuṃ na (veti)"?
te bhikṣavaḥ pratyūcuḥ-
"etasyeva idānīṃ kālaḥ | sukhenecchāmaḥ śrotum |"
buddha uvāca tān -
"sādhu,sādhu, bhikṣavaḥ,suṣṭhu manasi kuruta,tad ahaṃ vo vibhajya bhāṣiṣye | bhikṣavaḥ,vijñātavyā teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tuṣitadeva-lokāt cyuto 'vākramat mātṛkukṣau,dakṣiṇapārśvato praviśya saṃprajānan amūḍhaḥ | tatra tadā pṛthvī samakaṃpata,mahānto'vabhāsāḥ prākāśanta,sarvaṃ lokadhātuṃ avabhāsayantaḥ,yatra candrasūryau na prāpnutaḥ,(tat)sarvaṃ sthānaṃ ācchādayanta udāreṇa avabhāsena | niraya-satvā (api)ekaikasyānyonyaṃ paśyanti,saṃjānanti svakīyāṃ sthitiṃ tadā'smin avabhāse | punaścāparaṃ dṛśyante māraprāsādāḥ sarve devāḥ śakro brahmā śramaṇā brāhmaṇāścānye satvāḥ sarve ācchāditā udāreṇāvabhāsena | sarve devalokāḥ svabhāvato'darśanā avabhāsante | buddhastadā gāthābhyāmuvāca-
nabhasyālambate megho bhāti vidyud adhodivi |
vipaśyī bhāsayan bhāsā kukṣau cāpi samāviśat ||51||
sūryendvanupagatamapyanāvṛtaṃ na prabhāsā |
kukṣau tiṣṭhati viśado mrakṣita iti dharmatā sarvabuddhānām ||52||
"bhikṣavaḥ,sarvairvijñeyā sarvabuddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī,bodhisatvaḥ tadā smaran saṃprajānan amūḍho mātṛkukṣau avākramat | catvāro devaputrāḥ khaṅgaṃ haste gahītvā rakṣaṃti tasya mātaram | manuṣyā amanuṣyāśca na prabhavanti vihiṃsitum | ayamasti śāśvato dharmaḥ (dharmatā)|"
buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-
caturdiśaṃ catvāro devaputrā īśvarā vaśinaḥ |
devānāmiṃdreṇa śakreṇa preṣitā arakṣan bodhisatvam ||53||
karāsidhāriṇo nityaṃ anirgacchanto rakṣanti |
manuṣyā,amanuṣyā na hiṃsanti,iyaṃ sarveṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā ||54||
devā avabhāsamānā rakṣanti,devakanyā yathā rakṣyaṃtedeveṣu |
sukhasampanne kule,iyaṃ sarveṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā ||55||
uvāca ca -
"bhikṣavaḥ,sarveṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā (eṣā)| vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tuṣitāt devalokāt mātṛkukṣau vijñānaṃ avākramata smaran saṃprajānan asaṃmūḍhaḥ | mātuḥ kāyaḥ (tadā)kṣemasurakṣito'saṃbādhitaḥ prajñā barddhate| mātāvalokayaṃtī svayaṃ paśyati garbham | bodhisatvasya kāyaḥ sarvendriyaparipūrṇaḥ,yathālohitaṃ suvarṇacūrṇaṃ mala-rajovirahitaṃ,cakṣuṣmantaḥ puruṣāstat tathā paśyanti pariśuddhe sphaṭike antarvahiḥ pariśuddhaṃ,sarvāvaraṇakaluṣavirahitam | bhikṣavaḥ,sarvaṃ idaṃ asti buddhānāṃ dharmatā |"
tasmin kāle bhagavān gāthābhyāṃ uvāca-
"yathā śubho vaidūryamaṇiḥ sūryacaṃdra prabheva svayaṃ |
jātimān (tathā)tiṣṭhati mātṛkukṣau,tasya mātā'saṃbādhā ||56||
prajñayā bhavati varddhamānā,suvarṇaviṃvaṃ garbhaṃ paśyati |
mātā garbhiṇī susukhinī,iyaṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā ||57||
buddha uvāca -
bhikṣavaḥ,vipaśyini bodhisatve tuṣitād devalokāt cyavitvā mātṛ kukṣiṃ avakramati smarati saṃprajānati amūḍhe,māturmano'sarvarāgacittaṃ,na rāgā'gninā tat paridagdhaṃ (bhavati)| iyaṃ asti sarvabuddhānāṃ dharmatā |"
tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthābhyāṃ uvāca-
"bodhisatve tiṣṭhati mātṛkukṣiṃ devadeve puṇyasaṃyute |
tanmātuścinttaṃ suci nirmala sarvarāgacintāvirahitam ||58||
sarvakāmarāgecchayā malinamasamupagatam |
na bhavati kāmāgninā dahyamānā sarvabuddhānāṃ mātā nityaṃ pariśuddhā ||59||
buddha uvāca-
"bhikṣavaḥ,buddhānāṃ dharmatā (eṣā)| (yadā)vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ prathamaṃ tuṣitadevalokāt cyavitvā'vākramat mātṛkukṣau smaran saṃprajānan amūḍhaḥ | tasya mātā samācarati paṃcaśīlaṃ,brahmacaryaṃ pūrṇaśuddhanirmalaṃ gṛhṇāti | atiśraddhā dayāpannā'nukaṃpikā sarvakuśalakāriṇī sukhinī nirbhayā,kāyaṃ vihāya jīvitāt cyavitvā utpadyate tuṣiteṣu deveṣu | iyaṃ asti dharmatā |"
tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthayovāca-
"samācarati mānuṣa uttame kāye vīrya-śīlaparipūrṇā |
paścāta gṛhṇāti devakāyaṃ idaṃ pratyayā nāma buddhamātā ||60||
buddha uvāca-
"bhikṣavaḥ,eṣā buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścakrāma | pṛthivikaṃpo'bhūta | avabhāsena sarvaṃ avabhāsitam | prathama-garbhapraveśakāle tamomayaṃ sthānaṃ (api)na (kimapi)avabhāsena anācchāditam | eṣā'sti dharmatā |
tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthābhyāṃ uvāca-
rājaputropapattau pṛthivī ca kaṃpe mahadavabhāsena na kimapyanācchāditam |
ayaṃ dhātuśca paro dhātuḥ ūrdhvamadhaśca sarvā diśaḥ ||61||
bhāsamāno prabhāṃ dadāti śuddhena hetunā,paripūrṇo devakāyaḥ |
praśāṃto bhavati śuddhavāk ucyate bodhisatvo nāma"||62||
buddha uvāca-
"bhikṣavaḥ,(eṣā)buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tatra svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścakrāma smaran amūḍhaḥ | tadā bodhisatvamātā (abhūt)haste vṛkṣaśākhāṃ gṛhītvā'viṣaṇṇā'nipannā | atha catvāro devaputrā haste gṛhītvā gaṃdhajalaṃ,tatra mātuḥ purastāt asthuḥ vadantaḥ "sādhu,devamātaḥ,idānīṃ upapanna āryaputraḥ,mā dhāraya durmanaskatām | eṣā'sti dharmatā |"
tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthayovāca-
"buddhamātā aniṣaṇṇā'nipannā śīlasaṃpannā brahmacaryacāriṇī |
prasavati varaṃ niralasaṃ devamanuṣyair niṣevitaṃ (putram)||63||
buddha uvāca- "bhikṣavaḥ (eṣā)buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tatra svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścakrāma,smaran saṃprajānan amūḍhaḥ | tasya kāyaḥ pariśuddho'mrakṣitaḥ malena śleṣmaṇā (vā)| yathā bhavati himajalam (?)- pariśodhitā prabhāsvarā muktā śveta kauṣeyopari nikṣiptā na mrakṣate ubhayataḥ śuddhatvāt,bodhisatvo'pi garbhe evam | iyaṃ asti dharmatā |"
tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthayovāca-
"yatha śuddhā prabhāsvarā muktā kauṣeye nikṣiptā'mrakṣitā |
bodhisatvo garbhaniṣkrāṃtikāle (tathā)pariśuddho'mrakṣitaḥ ||64||
buddha uvāca-
bhikṣavaḥ,eṣā buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tatra svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścikrāma smaran saṃprajānana amūḍhaḥ | dakṣiṇāpārśvato niṣkramya bhūmau nipatyāgamat sapta padāni | amanuṣyā agṛhīṣuḥ tadā | sarvato vilokya caturdiśaṃ,utthāpya hastaṃ cābhāṣata- ūrdhva devāt adho devāt ahameva asmi agra icchāmi vimocayituṃ satvān jāti-jarāvyādhi-maraṇataḥ | eṣā dharmatā"
tasmin kāle bhagavān gāthābhiruvāca-
"siṃho yathā gacchati vilokayan sarvataḥ caturdiśam |
nipatya bhūmau narasiṃho'pyevaṃ sapta padāni agamat ||65||
mahānāgo yathā gacchati vilokayan sarvataścaturdiśam |
nipatya bhūmau naranāgo'pyevaṃ sapta padānyagamat ||66||
dvipadottama upapattikāle sukhaṃ agamat sapta padāni |
vilokya caturdiśaṃ nanāda 'nāśayiṣyāmi jāti-mṛtyu-duḥkham'||67||
prathamopapattikāle svataḥ na uttamaṃ (na)uttamaṃ (na)uttamaṃ ca |
paśyāmi,jātimṛtyumūlaṃ ayaṃ sarvāntimaḥ kāyaḥ ||68||
bhagavānuvāca-
"bhikṣavaḥ,eṣā buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyino bodhisatvasya smarataḥ saṃprajānato'mūḍhasya dakṣiṇa pārśvataḥ,niṣkrāṃtasya svopapattikāle dve srotasī prādurabhūtāṃ,ekaṃ śītalaṃ ekaṃ uṣṇaṃ,tasya snapanārtham | eṣā dharmatā |"
tasmin kāle bhagavān gāthābhyāmuvāca-
dvipadottamasyopapattikāle svayaṃ niścakramatuḥ srotasī dve |
bodhisatvopayogārthaṃ sarvanetramasnapayat pariśuddham ||69||
dve srotasī svayamudbhinne,tatra jalaṃ supariśuddhaṃ nirmalam |
ekaṃ uṣṇaṃ ekaṃ śuddhaśītalaṃ sarvaprajñaṃ (tataḥ)asnapayan ||70||
"prathamo rājakumāro jāta"(iti)bandhumān rājā naimittikān sarvavidyā-(maṃtrā)- cāryāna āmaṃtrya ājñāpayāṃcakāra- "paśyata rājakumāraṃ,budhyata tasya bhāgyaṃ daurbhāgyaṃ |"tadā te naimittikācāryāḥ prāpya ājñāṃ (tasmin)kṣaṇe upasṛtya avatārya vastraṃ,apaśyan saṃpūrṇāni lakṣaṇāni | (atha)vyācakruḥ vacanaṃ-'yasya bhavanti imāni lakṣaṇāni,dve eva gatī (tasya)hi yukkte,nissaṃśayam | sa cet āgāre vasati rājā bhaviṣyati cakravartī caturṇāṃ lokānāṃ,caturaṃgasenāsaṃpanno kariṣyati saddharmeṇa rājyaṃ,na anyāyena,lokaṃ anukaṃpamānaḥ | tasya sapta ratnāni (nighayaḥ)āgacchanti | (paraḥ)sahasraṃ putrāḥ śūrā balinaḥ bāhyaśatrujaye samarthāḥ | senāṃ daṃḍaṃ anupayujya pṛthvīṃ śamena (śāsti)| sa cet abhiniṣkramya āgārāt,śikṣate mārgaṃ,saṃbuddho bhaviṣyati daśabalaḥ paripūrṇaḥ | tadā te naimittikā ācāryā rājānaṃ evaṃ vacanaṃ ūcuḥ- "(mahā)rāja,utpannaste putro dvātriṃśallakṣaṇa-sahitaḥ dve gatī (asya)yukte avaśyaṃ nissaṃśayaṃ | (ayaṃ cet )āgāre vasati bhaviṣyati cakravartī āryarājā | sa cet āgārāt niṣkrāmati avaśyaṃ bhaviṣyati saṃbuddho daśabalaparipūrṇaḥ |"
buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-
"śatapuṇyo rājasutaḥ prasūtaḥ,nimittācāryaṃ ūcuretat |
yathedaṃ bhavati graṃthe,gatī dve yukte nissaṃśayam ||71||
sa cedayaṃ icchati geha(vāsaṃ)rājā bhaviṣyati cakravartī |
saptaratnalābhī ratnāni svayaṃ rājānaṃ upagamiṣyanti ||72||
satsuvarṇa(mayaṃ)sahastrārasaṃpūrṇaṃ,paritaḥ suvarṇajāladharam |
cakraṃ ḍayanasamarthaṃ sarvaṃga tasmāt divyacakraṃ nāmāsti ||73||
susaṃhataḥ saptapakṣānukūla ucco viśālaḥ śveto yathā himaḥ |
kāmaṃ ākāśa utpatanasamarthaḥ dvitīyaṃ nāma hastiratnam ||74||
aśvena parigacchati lokaṃ prātargatvā sāyamāyāti khāditum |
mayūralomā muktādhararāgaḥ (iva)tṛtīyaṃ ratnaṃ ucyate ||75||
pariśuddho vaidūryamaṇiḥ prabhāsata ekaṃ yojanam |
rātrau bhāsā bhāsate dinaṃ yathā,(idaṃ)caturthaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||76||
rūpaṃ śabdaḥ gaṃdhau rasaḥ sparśo na (asti)samo'syāḥ kiṃcid |
sarvāṃganānāṃ prathamā saiṣā (idaṃ)paṃcamaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||77||
labhate rājā vaiduryaratnaṃ muktāṃ haritapāṣāṇāṃ ca sarvaratnam |
santuṣṭaśca labhate (idaṃ)ṣaṣṭhaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||78||
rājā cakravartī yathecchati senā drutaṃ (tathā)yātyāyāti |
rājā cakravartī tathādrutaṃ icchati senā (patiḥ)yātyāyāti |
rājecchānusāraṃ drutaṃ (idaṃ)saptamaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||79||
imāni sapta ratnāni yāni cakraṃ hastī śuddhaśveto'śvaḥ (ca)|
vaidūryamaṇiḥ muktā strī (ca)senāpati ratnaṃ bhavati saptamam ||80||
tān paśyatyaklāntaḥ paṃcakāmaguṇān svayaṃ bhuṃjamānaḥ |
gaja iva khaṃḍitarajjubaṃdhano niṣkramyāgārāt bhavati buddhaḥ ||81||
rājño bhavati tādṛśaḥ putro dvipadottamaḥ naro (ttama)ḥ |
tiṣṭhati loke pravartya dharmacakraṃ mārgaguṇeṣvapramādī ||82||
tasmin kāle pitā rājā sāgrahaṃ bhūyaḥ triḥpunaḥ aprākṣīt lakṣaṇācāryān- "yūyaṃ punarapi paśyata kumārasya dvātriṃśat lakṣaṇāni | teṣā nāmādi kim ?"
tadā sarve lakṣaṇācāryāṃ ekavāraṃ vivṛtya kumārasya vastraṃ avādiṣuḥ-
"dvātriṃśat lakṣāṇāni(imāni)-(1)prathamaṃ-pādaḥ samaḥ sukhakaraḥ,pādatalaṃ samaṃ paripūrṇaṃ bhūmau sukhaṃgamam | (2)dvitīyaṃ-pādatalaṃ lāṃchitaṃ cakreṇa sahasrāreṇa paripūrṇena,dīpyamānamanyo'nyam | (3)tṛtīyaṃ-hasta-pādāṃgulayo rājahaṃsasyemāḥ | (4)caturthaṃ ca-hasta-pādau mṛdukī divyavastrasyeva | (5)paṃcamaṃ-hastapādāṃgulayo dīrghāḥ sūkṣmā (līnā)apratimāḥ | (6)ṣaṣṭhaṃ-pādapārṣṇirāyatā dṛsyate klāṃtā | (7)saptamaṃ-eṇijaṃgha ūrdhvamadhaḥ ṛjuḥ | aṣṭamaṃ- kuṃcitanaddhaṃ asthi,asthisaṃdhiranyonya-saṃyuktā argalayojanasyeva | (9)navamaṃ-koṣāvahitaṃ vasti-guhyaṃ aṃgajātaṃ aśva(sya)iva guhyam | (10)daśamaṃ- sthitakaḥ parimṛśati pāṇinā jānukaṃ upari | (11)ekādaśaṃ-ekaikalomakūpa ekaikāni lomāni jātāni,asya lomāni dakṣiṇāvartīni aṃjananīla-varṇāni | (12)dvādaśaṃ-keśā dakṣiṇāvartakajātāḥ suvarṇavarṇāḥ kuṃḍalitāḥ | (13)trayodaśaṃkāyaḥ suvarṇavarṇaḥ (14)caturdaśaṃ-chaviḥ sūkṣmā mṛdukā nopalipyate rajojalyena | (15)paṃcadaśaṃ-ubhayaskaṃdhaḥ samavartaḥ suparimaṃḍalaḥ | (16)ṣoḍaśaṃ-vakṣo bhavati svastikākṣaram | (17)saptadaśaṃkāyo dīrghaḥ puruṣadviguṇaḥ | (18)aṣṭādaśaṃ-saptasu sthāneṣu sama-paripūrṇaḥ | (19)ūnaviṃśaṃ- kāyo dīrgha āyāmasamāno nyagrodhavṛkṣasyeva | (20)viṃśaṃ-siṃhapūrvāṃga kāyaḥ | (21)ekaviṃśaṃ-samavakṣo bhāgaḥ siṃhasyeva | (22)dvāviṃśaṃ-mukhe catvāriṃśaddantāḥ | (23)trayoviṃśaṃ-samanaddhasamasamaḥ |(24)caturviṃśaṃ-lagnadanto'vivaradantaḥ |(25)paṃcaviṃśaṃ-śuddhaśvetābhāsvarā dantāḥ | (26)ṣaḍviṃśaṃ-supariśuddhakaṃṭhaḥ,yannānārase bhukte na kimapi aprāśu | (27)saptaviṃśaṃ- prabhūtajihvo vāmaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ karṇaṃ (jihvayā)leḍhi | (28)aṣṭāviṃśaṃ-svacchavispaṣṭa-brahmasvaraḥ | (29)ūnatriṃśaṃ-abhinīlavarṇanetraḥ | (30)triṃśaṃ-vṛṣabharājasyeva ūrdhvamadha ubhayato dīrghanetraḥ | (31)ekatriṃśaṃ-keśā viśālāḥ svacchāḥ bhāsvarāḥ mṛdusnigdhasūkṣmā ekavitastidīrghāyatāḥ,muktāstadā dakṣiṇāvartāḥ karavikāyāḥ sanmuktāyā iva | (32)dvātriṃśaṃ-śīrṣe bhavati māṃsapuṃjaṃ (uṣṇīṣam)|"
tathā gāthābhiruvāca vacanam |
supratiṣṭhitamṛdupādau na gate bhuvi cihnadarśanam |
sahastrāra(cakra)lakṣaṇālaṃkṛtaṃ ujvalavarṇaṃ na kiṃcit aparipūrṇam ||83||
nyagrodhavṛkṣa iva dīrghāyatasamasamaḥ |
tathāgatasya bhavati gopanīyaṃ vastiguhyam ||84||
maṇisuvarṇabhūṣitakāyaḥ sarvalakṣaṇaiḥ parasparamujvalaḥ |
svedasamaṃgato'pyevaṃ na (jātu)malinaḥ ||85||
divyavarṇo'timṛdurdivyacchatreṇa prakṛtyācchāditaḥ |
brahmasvaro raktasuvarṇakāyaḥ puṣkariṇyāṃ prathamaniṣkrāṃtapuṣpamiva ||86||
rājā tān lakṣaṇācāryān papraccha | lakṣaṇācāryāḥ sagauravaṃ ūcuḥ,prabhāparipūrṇa kāyaṃ utthāpya bodhisatvasya lakṣaṇaṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ -
hastapādayoḥ sarvāṃgasaṃdhiṣu na dṛśyate ko'pi doṣaḥ |
sarvvabhojanarasaparipūrṇaḥ,ṛjuḥ kāyo na vakrakaḥ ||88||
pādatale dṛśyate cakralakṣaṇaṃ,tatsvaro yathā karavīkūjanam |
jānvākṛtiḥ lakṣaṇasaṃyutā pūrvakarmabhirnirmitā ||89||
hastaḥ parimaṃḍalapūrṇasuṃdaraḥ bhrū-netre samucite viśāle |
puruṣasiṃha uttamabalānubhāvo'gratamaḥ ||90||
tasya hanuḥ rathacaturasrasuṃdaraḥ siṃhasyeva kalpate śayyām |
catvāriṃśad daṃtā caturastrāḥ samucitāḥ saṃsaktā madhye'nantarālāḥ ||91||
brahmasvaro'nanyasaṃgataḥ pratyayānugo dūrāntikāt āyāti |
samasthito na vakrakāyaḥ,hastābhyāṃ parimṛśati jānum ||92||
hastaḥ sama-samucito mṛdusulakṣaṇapūrṇasya narottamasya |
ekaikacchidra ekaloma jātaṃ,hastapādau salakṣaṇau ||93||
māṃsajūṭaḥ,abhinīlanetraḥ,ūrdhvamadha ubhayato netreṃ'janam |
ubhau skaṃdhau samavartapūrṇau,dvātriṃśat lakṣaṇāni pūrṇāni ||94||
pādāpirṣṇarnoccanīcā,eṇījaṃghaḥ suṃdaraḥ ṛjuḥ |
devadeva āgata iha gaja iva chinnarajjubaṃdhanaḥ ||95||
duḥkhād vimoktuṃ satvān jāti-jarāvyādhimaraṇasthānāt |
tena karuṇācittenāto vakṣyati satyaṃ catuṣṭayam ||96||
diśan dharmapadasyārthaṃ sattvānāṃ sevāṃ karotyanuttamam |
buddha uvāca-"bhikṣavaḥ,vipaśyibodhisatvasya upapattikāle śītoṣṇa-vāta-varṣāta ārakṣārtha evaṃ haste śvetacchatraṃ gṛhītvā devā ākāśopari sthitāḥ |"
buddhastadā gāthayovāca-
"nareṣvabhūto bhavatīha jāto dvipadānāmuttamaḥ ||97||
sarve devā gauravacittayuktā upasthānaṃ upāsthuḥ ratnacchatravyajanaiḥ |"
tasmin kāle pitā rājā'dāt catastro dhātrīḥ- prathamā kṣīrapāyikā,dvitīyā snāpikā,tṛtīyā gaṃdhalepikā,caturthī krīḍāpikā | sukhena saha (tāḥ)poṣayaṃti apramādam |
tathā gāthayovāca-
"kṣīrapāyikā karuṇāsnehasānvitā jātaṃ putraṃ atha poṣayanti ||98||
ekā kṣīraṃ pāyayati snapayaṃtyekā,dvegaṃdhavilepikā krīḍāyikā ca |
loke (cā)nuttamo gaṃdhaḥ (tena)liṃpati narottamam ||99||
(yadā)daharo'bhūt deśajanā vilokayaṃti (taṃ)atṛptabhāvena |
tadā gāthayovāca-
bahujanairmānito lālitaḥ pratyagrakṛtaḥ svarṇapratimā yathā |
puruṣāḥ striyaḥ sarve'tṛptadṛśā taṃ vilokayaṃti ||100||
bālyakāle deśajanāḥ sarva ekataḥ samādāya mahārdhaṃ puṣpaṃ iva vilokayanti |
tathā gāthayovāca-
"dvipadottamasya jātakāle bahujanānāṃ mānito manaāpaḥ |
ādāya sarve vāreṇa dhārayanti vilokayanti mahārghasugaṃdhapuṣpamiva ||101||
bodhisatvo janmakāle trāyastriṃśaiḥ devairiva svanetraṃ na nimiṣati | yasmāt vigatanimeṣaṃ paśyati,tasmāt vipaśyī iti nāma prāpa |
tathā gāthayovāca-
"devānāṃ devo na nimiṣati devāḥ trāyastriṃśā yathā |
paśyan rūpaṃ samyak vipaśyati tasmāt vipaśyī nāma ||102||
bodhisatvasya janmakāle tasya svaraḥ śuddhaḥ,mṛduḥ,gaṃbhīraḥ,yathā kalaviṃkapakṣisvaraḥ |
tathā gāthayovāca-
"himagiripakṣī yathā nipīya puṣparasaṃ ca gāyati |
tasya dvipadottamasyā'pi svaraḥ (tathā)spaṣṭaḥ ||103||
bodhisatvasya janmakāle (tasya)dūraṃ bilokane netraṃ ekaṃ yojanaṃ paśyati |
tathā gāthayovāca-
śuddhakarmavipākena prāpya vidyayojjvalaṃ uttamam |
bodhisatvo (hi)netreṇa paripaśyatyekayojanam ||104||
bodhisatvasyopapattikālād āyuḥ śanairvardhate,mahāpraṇīta śālāyāṃ karoti mārgaśikṣāṃ jane'nukampakaḥ guṇakīrtito dūrajanmā |
tadā (buddhaḥ)gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-
śiśubhāve'vasat praṇītaśālāyāṃ akarot mārga prabhavan sa lokam |
paśyati sarvān vyavahārān tato vipaśyī nāma (saḥ)||105||
vipulaviśālaviśuddhaprajño'tigaṃbhīro yathā samudraḥ |
hṛṣṭastatra sa kurvan prajñāvivṛddhim ||106||
tasmin kāle bodhisatva aicchad vahirgantuṃ darśanāthārya avocat (ca)sārathiṃ-"yojaya aśvaṃ,ratnamaye rathe,gacchāmo'tha caṃkramituṃ udyānaṃ draṣṭum |"bhṛtyo'tha tvaritaṃ upayojanaṃ samāpya pratyāvartya avocat-"idānīṃ (yasya)samyak kālo'sti |"kumāraḥ
tadā ratnarathaṃ ārūḍhaḥ tadudyānagehaṃ gacchan antarā mārge'paśyat ekaṃ jīrṇaṃ puruṣaṃ galitasitadantaṃ,valitamukhaṃ,vakrakāyaṃ,daṃḍaparāyaṇaṃ,durbalaṃ,pravepamānaṃ (pathi)gacchantam | (dṛṣṭvā ca )kumāro'pṛcchad bhṛtyaṃ,-"koyaṃ asti puruṣaḥ?"
sa pratyuvāca-"ayamasti jīrṇo manuṣyaḥ |"
punaḥ apṛcchat-"kimiti jarā asti?"
pratyuvāca-"jīrṇaṃ āyuḥ jātaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ āyuḥ,(anena)na bahu jīvitavyaṃ,tasmāducyata eṣa jīrṇaḥ |"
punarapi kumāro'pṛchat-"(kaccid)ahamapi bhaviṣyāmi etasmād duḥkhādanatītaḥ ?
pratyuvāca- "āma,jātasya bhavati dhruvaṃ jarā,na (tāṃ)vinā(ke'pi)hīnā vā praṇītāḥ |"
tadā duḥkhī durmanā kumāraḥ tvaritamuvāca bhṛtyaṃ,-"nīyāhi paścād rathaṃ prāsādam |"
(atha kumāraḥ)tūṣṇīṃ pradhyāyamāno'cintayat-"idaṃ jarāduḥkhaṃ prāpsyate mām |"
buddhastadā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-
dṛṣṭvā jarā jīvitaṃ samāpayiṣyati (iti)durbalasya daṇḍena gacchataḥ |
bodhisatvo'ciṃtayadātmani nātīto 'haṃ imāmāpadam ||107||
tasmin kāle pitrā rājñā'laṃkṛte prāsāde punaḥ sundaryaḥ kumāryaḥ (preṣitāḥ taṃ)prasādayitum | bodhisattvastadā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-
"pitā rājā śrutvā tad vacanaṃ upāyato'laṃkārayāmāsa prāsādabhavanam |
vardhayāmāsa paṃca kāmaguṇān,icchāṃ na kuryāṃ niṣkramaṇasya gehāt"||108||
punaśca paścāt kumāra ājñāpayāmāsa sārathiṃ -
"yojaya rathaṃ niṣkramiṣyāmi vihārāya |"
atha tasya mārge samagacchad eko vyādhitaḥ puruṣaḥ kāyena śithilo mahodaraḥ kṛṣṇamukhaḥ (sva-)mūtrapurīṣe śayānaḥ | na puruṣāḥ prekṣaṃte tam | (sa hi)atiglānaḥ mukhato bhāṣituṃ na samarthaḥ | (dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ kumāraḥ)papraccha sārathiṃ-"ko'yamasti puruṣaḥ ?
pratyuvāca -"ayamasti vyādhitaḥ puruṣaḥ |"
-"vada kimiti vyādhitaḥ?"
pratyuvāca- "vyādhitaḥ (sa)yaḥ pīḍitaḥ duḥkhitaḥ | mariṣyati na cireṇa,tasmāducyate'sau vyādhita iti |"
punaruvāca-"kaccidahaṃ api nāsmād duḥkhādanatītaḥ ?"
pratyuvāca-"āma,jātasya bhavati vyādhiḥ,na tāṃ vinā (ke'pi)hīnā vā praṇītāḥ |"
tataḥ kumāra uvāca durmanāḥ- "evaṃ vadasi cet sārathe,nīyāhi paścāt rathaṃ prāsāde tūṣṇīm |"
(atha)dhyāyamāno'ciṃtayat-"ayaṃ vyādhito duḥkhī,ahamapi bhaviṣyāmi (tathā)|"
bodhisatvaḥ tadā gāthayā'bhāṣata-
apaśyaṃ taṃ ciravyādhitaṃ naraṃ varṇaṃ tasya pītaṃ kṣatam |
mūkaḥ tūṣṇīmacintayaṃ ahaṃ ca nātīta etāmāpadam ||109||
pitā rājā tadā punarapṛcchat sārathiṃ- "kaccid vihārāya niṣkrāṃtaḥ kumāro na ātamanāḥ ?"punaścāpṛcchat tasya kāraṇam |
sa covāca-"(yāna-)rūḍhaḥ samāgacchat vyādhitena nareṇa,tasmāt na āttamanāḥ |
atha pitā rājā''tmani tūṣṇīṃ acintayat- "ekadā lakṣaṇaciṃtakā vyācakruḥ-niṣkramiṣyati (kumāraḥ)gehāt | adya na sumanāḥ,kimetad evaṃ bhaviṣyati | punarapi karomi upāyam | vardhayāmi kanyāḥ,yathā tāsāṃ gītena prasannacittau'sau na niṣkramed gṛhāt |'atha punarapi alaṃkṛte prāsādabhavane taṃ prasādituṃ suṃdaryaḥ kumāryā niyuktāḥ |
tadā bodhisatvo gāthayovācaḥ -
rūpa-śabda-gaṃdha-rasa-spraṣṭavyān praṇītān prāsādikān |
tathā upabhuṃkte bodhisatvaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛtapuṇyo yasmāt ||110||
atha punarapi anyasmin kāle kumāra ājñāpayat sārathiṃ-
"yojaya rathaṃ,nirgamiṣyāmi vihārāya |"
athāsya mārge samāpatat eko mṛtaḥ puruṣaḥ nānāvarṇābhiḥ patākābhiḥ purataḥ paścācca nīyamānaḥ | saṃbaṃdhino jñātayaḥ grāmavāsinaśca atikaruṇaṃ kraṃdaṃtaḥ paridevayantaḥ nayanti taṃ bahirnagaram |
kumāraḥ punarapṛcchat-"ko'yamasti puruṣaḥ?"
pratyuvāca-"ayamasti mṛtaḥ puruṣaḥ |"
apṛcchat- "ko'sti mṛto nāma?"
pratyuvāca- "mṛto'sau niruddho loke | vātaḥ prathamaṃ,agniḥ paścāt,sarvāṇi indriyāṇi tyajaṃti mṛtaṃ,anyadā kulāt nirgamayanti | tasmāducyate'sau mṛta iti |"
punarapi kumāraḥ papraccha sāriṃtha- "ahaṃ api (evaṃ)bhaviṣyāmi ?kaccid anatīto'haṃ imāṃ āpadam ?"
pratyuvāca- "āma,jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyuḥ na (taṃ vinā)bhavati hīnaḥ praṇīto (vā)| "
tataḥ kumāraḥ anāttamanā asumanā uvāca sārathiṃ-
"nīyāhiṃ rathaṃ paścāt prāsādaṃ |
śāṃtaḥ tūṣṇībhūto'cintayat cintayan saḥ- "ayaṃ mṛtyurduḥkhaṃ,ahamapi bhaviṣyāmi (evaṃ)|
tasmin kāle buddho'dhyabhāṣata gāthayā -
prathamaṃ apaśyat naraṃ mriyamāṇaṃ,ajñāsīt sa punarjāyata iti
tūṣṇīṃ śāṃto'cintayat ātmani 'ahaṃ (api)anatīta imāṃ āpadami'ti ||111||
tadā punapṛcchat pitā rājā sārathiṃ- "kaccit ca kumāra āttamanā vahirgataḥ ?"
pratyuvāca- "nāttamanāḥ |"
punarapṛcchat tasya kāraṇam | (sa)pratyuvāca-
"mārge samāgāt mṛtaḥ puruṣaḥ,tasmānnāttamanā | "
atha pitā rājā tūṣṇīṃ ātmani aciṃtayat-"ekadā lakṣaṇācāryā vyācakruḥ lakṣaṇaṃ kumārasya (yena)niṣkramiṣyati gṛhāt | adya na sumanāḥ,ahaṃ punarapi vidhāsye'syo pāyam | vardhayāṃcakāra tāḥ kanyāḥ,prasādayantu tasya cittamiti,yathā na niṣkramet gehāt |
atha punarapi alaṃkārayāmāsa prāsādabhavanaṃ,niyojayāmāsa kanyāḥ taṃ prasādayitum |
buddhastatra gāthayovāca-
kaumārye bhavati suṃdarībhiḥ kumārībhiḥ parivāritaḥ |
paṃca bhogān bhuṃjānaḥ śakro yathā devendro'sau ||112||
athānyedyuḥ punarājñāpayat sārathiṃ (kumāraḥ)-
"yojaya rathaṃ bahirgamanāya |"
antarāmārge samāgamat apaśyat cāsau ekaṃ śramaṇaṃ paridhāya cīvaraṃ ādāya pātraṃ bhūmau carantam | athā'pṛcchat sa sārathiṃ-
-"ko'yamasti puruṣaḥ ?"
pratyuvāca-"ayaṃ asti śramaṇaḥ |
punaḥ papraccha- "ko'yamucyate śramaṇaḥ ?"
pratyuvāca- "śramaṇo'sau (yaḥ)pravrajati vihāya priyaṃ,niṣkramya gehād anuyuṃkte mārge damayati iṃdriyāṇi,na rajate vāhyeṣu kāmeṣu,anukaṃpakaḥ sarveṣu avihiṃsakaḥ,duḥkheṣu na durmanāḥ,sukheṣu na sumanāḥ,sahate sarvaṃ pṛthivīmiva | tasmāducyate śramaṇa iti |"
kumāro'vadat-"sādhu,ayaṃ mārgaḥ satyaṃ viṣayeṣu samyag bhayadarśaka uttamaḥ praṇītaḥ pariśuddho'karkaśaḥ | atrāsti ānandaḥ |"athāsau ājñāpayat sārathiṃ -
"upanaya rathaṃ tasyopakaṃṭham |
tadā kumāraḥ śramaṇaṃ apṛcchat- "avahārya keśaśmaśu,cīvaraṃvasāna ādāya pātraṃ kiṃ prārthayase?
śramaṇaḥ pratyuvāca- "yaḥ pravrajati gehāt sa icchati damayituṃ cittaṃ caitasikaṃ,sadā virataḥ viṣayarāgāt,sarveṣu satveṣu karuṇāyamāno'vihiṃsamānaḥ,śāṃtacittaḥ śāṃta eva mārge bhavati sāvadhānaḥ |"
kumāra uvāca -"sādhu,ayaṃ paramaḥ satyamārgaḥ "
athājñāpayat sārathiṃ tvaritaṃ (kumāraḥ)-
-ādāya me mahārghaṃ vastraṃ rathaṃ ca pratinīyāhi mahārājasya (antikama)| ahaṃ idāniṃ avahārya keśaśmaśru,parivāsya tricīvaraṃ pravrajya āgārād anuyuṃje (ca)mārgam | tat kiṃniḥśritya ?icchāmi damayituṃ citaṃ cetasikaṃ,pariharāmi dūrato viṣayarajaḥ pariśuddhena ātmanā vasan paryeṣya mārgavidyām |"
tadā sārathiḥ śīgramagacchat pitū rājñaḥ (antikaṃ)pratyāvartayituṃ kumārasya ārohaṇarathaṃ vastraṃ ca ādāya | tataḥ paścāt kumāro'vahārya keśaśmaśru parivāsya tricīvaraṃ prāvrajat āgārāt anvayuṃjata mārgam |
"buddha uvāca- sa ced bhikṣavaḥ,kumāro dṛṣṭvā jīrṇaṃ vyādhitaṃ puruṣaṃ,ajñāsīd
(asti)loke duḥkhaṃ,dṛṣṭvā ca mṛtaṃ puruṣaṃ,(tasya)loke cittarāgaḥ praśrabdhaḥ,dṛṣṭvā ca śramaṇaṃ sarvaśo mahājāgṛto'vātarat rathāt | tasmin kāle pade pade tatra sukhābhibhūtaḥ dūraṃ (akṣipad)baṃdhanam | idamasti satyaṃ gṛhāt pravrajyā,asti satyaṃ niṣkramaṇam |
aśruṇvan deśe manuṣyāḥ - "kumāro'vahārya keśaśmaśu dharma(cīvaraṃ)āchādya ādāya pātraṃ āgārāt pravrajito'nuyukto mārgam |"sarve'nyamanyaṃ avadan - "addhā,ayaṃ mārgaḥ satyaṃ syāt (yathā)kumāraḥ pravrājat paryavarjayat ca rājyasammānapadaṃ viśeṣataḥ |"
atha caturāśītīsahastraṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ deśasya gatvā kumārasyāntika ayācanta śrāvakā bhavituṃ āgārāt pravrajituṃ,anuyoktuṃ mārge | tadā buddho gāthayā'bhāṣata
pratinivṛto'bhyupāgamat gaṃbhīraṃ dharmamuttamaṃ te śrutvā'nujagmuḥ |
pravrajituṃ dūraṃ hi rāgasnehabaṃdhanāgārāt rahitāḥ sarvabaṃdhanaiḥ ||113||
atha kumārastadā yathāvidhaṃ anvajānata | taiḥ sārdhaṃ carati sarvatra grāmād grāmaṃ janapadād janapadaṃ sarvatra (dharma)deśayan | sa prāpya tat sthānaṃ na kimapi gauravaṃ (abhikāṃkṣate)manuṣyāśca,pratyayacatuṣṭayena upatiṣṭhaṃti | bodhisatvo'cintayat-'ahaṃ hi pariṣadā biharan sarvatra janapade manuṣyairākīrṇaḥ,idaṃ na me pratirūpam | yannu ahaṃ vihāya imāṃ pariṣadaṃ pravivikte sthāne viharāmi,tatra mārgaṃ pūrayiṣyāmi vāṃchitam | atha pravivikte sthāna ekākī annvayuṃjata mārge | akarot ca cintāṃ (kṛccha vata re)satvā anukaṃpanīyāḥ,sadā tapaḥparāyaṇā labdhvā kāyaṃ sātaṃkaṃ bhaṃguraṃ,jāyaṃte jīryante vyādhimantaścyavante,sarva duḥkhaṃ upapadyante | cyutā ito jāyaṃte tatra tato jāyaṃte'tra | etatpratyayāt ayaṃ duḥkhaskandhaḥ | (etasmin)saṃsaramāṇaḥ saṃdhāvamānaḥ anaṃta(kālaṃ)kadāhaṃ sākṣātkariṣyāmi duḥkhaskandhaṃ,nirudhyeta (me)jāti-jarā-maraṇam |"
atha tasya,manasi abhavat "jātimaraṇaṃ kutaḥ kiṃpratyayaṃ ca bhavati ?"tataḥ prajñāya apaśyat kutaḥ | jātito bhavati jarāmaraṇaṃ,jātirasti jarāmaraṇasya pratyayaḥ | jātirupapadyate bhavataḥ | upādānaṃ tṛṣṇāyā upapadyate,tṛṣṇā'sti upādānasya pratyayaḥ | tṛṣṇā vedanāt upapadyate,vedanā'sti tṛṣṇāyāḥ pratyayaḥ | vedanā sparśataḥ upapadyate,sparśo'sti vedanāyāḥ pratyayaḥ | sparśaḥ ṣaḍāyatanataḥ upapadyate,ṣaḍāyatanaṃ asti sparśasya pratyayaḥ | ṣaḍāyatanaṃ nāmarūpata upapadyate,nāmarūpaṃ asti ṣaḍāyatanasya pratyayaḥ | nāmarūpaṃ vijñānata upapadyate,vijñānaṃ asti nāmarūpasya pratyayaḥ | vijñānaṃ saṃskārata upapadyate,saṃskāro'sti vijñānasya pratyayaḥ | saṃskāro'vidyāta upapadyate,avidyāsti saṃkārasya pratyayaḥ | idaṃ bhavati avidyāpratyayāt saṃskārāḥ saṃskārapratyayād bhavati vijñānaṃ,vijñānapratyāt nāmarūpaṃ,nāmarūpapratyayāt ṣaḍāyatanaṃ,ṣaḍāyatanapratyayāt sparśaḥ,sparśapratyayāt vedanā,vedanāpratyayāt tṛṣṇā,tṛṣṇāpratyayād upādānaṃ,upādanapratyayād bhavaḥ,bhavapratyayād jātiḥ,jātipratyayād jarāvyādhi-maraṇaśoka-paridevaduḥkhadaurmanasyam |
ayaṃ kevalo duḥkhaskandhaḥ,| jātipratyayācca bhavaḥ,ayamasti duḥkhasya samudayaḥ |
duḥkhaskaṃdhasamudaye samādhīyamāne bodhisatvasya udapādi jñānaṃ,udapādi cakṣuḥ,udapādi vidyā,udapādi āloka,udapādi ṛddhiḥ,udapādi sākṣātkāraḥ | tasmin kāle bodhisatvaḥ punarātmani samādhāt,yoniśo'cintayat- 'kasya abhāve na jarāmaraṇaṃ,kasya nirodhād jarāmaraṇanirodhaḥ?'
tataḥ prajñayā'bhisamāyāt jāterabhāve na jarāmaraṇaṃ,jātinirodhād jarāmaraṇanirodhaḥ | bhavasyābhāve na jātiḥ,bhavanirodhād jātinirodhaḥ | upādānasyābhāve na bhavaḥ,upādānanirodhād bhavanirodhaḥ | tṛṣṇāyā abhāve na upādānaṃ,tṛṣṇānirodhād upādānanirodhaḥ | vedanāyā abhāve na tṛṣṇā,vedanānirodhāt tṛṣṇānirodhaḥ | sparśasya abhāve na vedanā,sparśanirodhād vedanānirodhaḥ | ṣaḍāyatanasyābhāve na sparśaḥ,ṣaḍāyatananirodhāt sparśanirodhaḥ | nāmarūpasyābhāve na ṣaḍāyatanaṃ,ṣaḍāyatana0 nāmarūpanirodhaḥ | saṃskārasyābhāve na vijñānaṃ,saṃskāranirodhaḥ nāmarūpanirodhaḥ - saṃskārasyābhāve na vijñānaṃ,saṃskāranirodhād vijñānananirodhaḥ | avidyāyā abhāve na saṃskāraḥ,avidyānirodhāt saṃskāranirodhaḥ |
ayaṃ asti avidyānirodhāt saṃskāranirodhaḥ ,saṃskāranirodhād vijñānanirodhaḥ vijñānanirodhāt nāmarūpanirodhaḥ,nāmarūpanirodhāt ṣaḍāyatananirodhaḥ,ṣaḍāyatananirodhāt sparśanirodhaḥ,sparśanirodhād vedanānirodhaḥ,vedanānirodhāt tṛṣṇānirodhaḥ,tṛṣṇānirodhād upādānanirodhaḥ,upādānanirodhād bhavanirodhaḥ,bhavanirodhād jātinirodhaḥ,jātinirodhād jarāmaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyanirodhaḥ |
bodhisatvaḥ samādhāt | duḥkhaskandhanirodhakāle udapādi jñānaṃ udapādi cakṣuḥ,udapādi vidyā,udapādi ālokaḥ,udapādi ṛddhiḥ,udapādi prajñā,udapādi sākṣātkāraḥ |
tasmin kāle bodhisatvaḥ pratilomakrameṇa abhisamāyāt,dvādaśa hetupratyayān yathābhūtaṃ ajñāsīt | yathābhūtaṃ jñātvā tatraiva tasmin āsane abhūt anuttaraḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ |
tasmin kāle buddho gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-
idaṃ baco'vocad gaṇe,śrṛṇuta yūyaṃ kuśalāḥ |
atīte'paśyan bodhisatvaḥ pūrvāśrutaṃ dharmam ||114||
kasya pratyayād jarāmaraṇaṃ kasya hetośca bhavati |
evaṃ samyag dṛṣṭvā jānīta tasya samudayo jātitaḥ ||115||
kasya pratyayād jātisamudayaḥ kasya hetośca bhavatīdaṃ vastu |
evaṃ manasi kṛtvā jānīta,bhavād jātisamudayaḥ ||116||
tattad upādānaṃ upādāya paryāyeṇa punaḥ vardhate |
tasmāt tathāgatā avadan 'upādānaṃ asti bhavasya hetupratyayaḥ'|117||
gaṃbhīramalākuśalanikāyo vāto vahati yathā na pariśuddhaḥ |
evaṃ upādānalakṣaṇa-hetureṣā jāyate tṛṣṇā ||118||
tato vedanā jāyate,upapadyate duḥkhasamudayo yataḥ |
rāgasya hetupratyayād,sukhaduḥkhamanyonyasaṃgatam ||119||
vedanāsamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād hetuḥ kaśca bhavati vedanāyāḥ|
evaṃ ciṃtayitvā'jñāsīd vedanā jāyate sparśataḥ ||120||
sparśasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād,hetuḥ kaśca bhavati sparśasya |
evaṃ ciṃtayitvā'jñāsīd sparśaḥ jāyate ṣaḍāyatanataḥ ||121||
ṣaḍāyatanasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād,hetuḥ kaśca bhavati ṣaḍāyatanasya
evaṃ ciṃtayitvā'jñāsīt ṣaḍāyatanaṃ jñāyate nāmarūpataḥ ||122||
nāmarūpasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād hetuḥ kaśca bhavati nāmarūpasya |
evaṃ 0 ........................nāmarūpaṃ jāyate vijñānataḥ ||123||
vijñānasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayāt 0 ...........................|
evaṃ0........................vijñānaṃ jāyate saṃskārataḥ ||124||
saṃskārasamudayaḥ0.........................................|
evaṃ.................................saṃskāro jāyate'vidyātaḥ ||125||
evaṃ hetupratyaye sati asti satyārthahetuḥ |
āryaprajñayā'bhisamayo dṛṣṭihetupratyayamūlasya ||126||
duḥkhaṃ na āryakṛtaṃ,na cāpi bhavati apratyayaḥ |
tasmād anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ paṃḍitairūpacchedanāt ||127||
sa cedavidyā nirudhyati tadā na bhavati saṃskāraḥ |
sa ced na bhavati saṃskāraḥ,na bhavati vijñānaṃ tadā ||128
vijñānasya nityarodhaścet na bhavati nāmarūpakam |
nāmarūpaṃ niruddhaṃ cet,na bhavati sarvamāyatanam ||129||
āyatanānāṃ nityanirodhe na bhavati sparśaḥ tadā |
sparśasya nityanirodhe tu na bhavati vedanā tadā ||130||
vedanā nityarodhe tu,na bhavati tṛṣṇā tadā |
tṛṣṇā nityarodhe tu,na bhavati upādānaṃ tadā |131||
upādānanityarodhe tu,na bhavati bhavastadā |
bhavanityanirodhe tu na bhavati jātistadā ||132||
jāternityanirodhe tu,na jarā-vyādhi-duḥkhakam |
sarveṣāṃ sarvathā kṣaye paṃḍitastena ucyate ||133||
dvādaśapratyayā atigaṃbhīrā durdarśāḥ (ca)vijñātum |
buddhā evālaṃ saṃboddhuṃ heturasti nāsti vā ||134||
ātmanā jñāyamāne tu nāyatanāni bhavaṃti (hi)|
gaṃbhīraṃ hetupratyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā naro na paraṃ spṛhayatyācāryam ||135||
śaktaḥ skandha-dhātvāyatane vahiḥ kāmī na rāgavān |
lābhī sarvadānānāṃ pariśuddhaṃ pratiphalaṃ dāyakasya ||136||
labdhaṃ cet caturbhāṇakaṃ labhate tatra dhruvaṃ prativedanam |
śaktaḥ baṃdhanagraṃthīnāṃ skaṃdhānāṃ chettumapramādataḥ ||137||
rūpa-vedanā-saṃjñā-saṃskāra-vijñānāni jīrṇapurāṇaratho yathā |
satyaṃ imaṃ dharmaṃ paśyati cet tadā bhavati samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ ||138||
śakuno yathā uḍḍayate nabhasi śaknoti pūrvaṃ paraṃ cānuvātam |
chittvā pāśān bodhisatvo guruvastramiva ḍayate'nuvātam ||139||
vipaśyī tatropaśāntaḥ abhisamabudhyata tatra sarvadharmān |
jarāmaraṇaṃ kiṃpratyayo bhavati,tat kena nirudhyati ||140||
sa idaṃ sākṣātkṛtya jātaḥ śuddhanirmalaprajño'jñāsīt |
jarāmaraṇaṃ jāteḥ jarāmaraṇanirodho jātinirodhataḥ ||141||
vipaśyī buddhaḥ prathamābhisaṃbuddhaḥ tasmin kāle prāyeṇa dvābhyāṃ vihārābhyāṃ viharati |
maitrī vihāreṇa upekṣāvihāreṇa vā | buddhastadā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-
tathāgato'samasamaḥ prāyeṇānvayuṃjata dviyorvihārayoḥ |
maitryā copekṣayā ca ṛṣirmuktaḥ pāraṃgataḥ ||142||
tasya cittamalabhata svasya bhāvaṃ chitvā sarvapāśān |
āruhya śailaṃ paśyati caturdiśaṃ,tasmād vipaśyī samucyate ||143||
mahājñānālokena tamo vināśya yathā svaccha ādarśaḥ |
lokasyānāśayat mohāntarāyaṃ kṣīṇaṃ jātijarāmaraṇaduḥkham ||144||
vipaśyī buddhaḥ pravivikte sthāne punaridaṃ acintayat-"prāpto mayā'tigaṃbhīro'dbhuto durjñeyo durdṛśo'nuttaro dharmaḥ prahāṇaṃ nirodhaḥ antarāyopaśāmakaḥ paṃḍitairvedanīyaḥ na pṛthagjanairlabhyaḥ | yataḥ sattvā nānādhimuktikā nānādṛṣṭikā nānāgrāhiṇo nānāśikṣāstataste nānādṛṣṭayaḥ | pratyekaṃ te sukhaviṣayasamanvāgatāḥ pratyekaṃ te caryācittāḥ,tasmāt te na jñātuṃ śaknuvaṃti imaṃ atigaṃbhīraṃ hetupratyayaṃ,bhūyo durjñeyaṃ tṛṣṇākṣayaṃ nirvāṇam | ahaṃ cet teṣāṃ deśeyaṃ,te nūnaṃ na jñāsyaṃti,(evaṃ)bhaviṣyati ca me kevalaṃ klamatho vihiṃsā |"evaṃ cintayitvā tūṣṇībhūto na uvāda dharmam | atha brahmā devarājo'jñāsīt vipaśyitathāgatasya cittaṃ acintayat ca-
"naśyati vata re,ayaṃ lokaḥ,vinaśyati vata re,śīgraṃ ayaṃ lokaḥ | (sa)ced vipaśyī buddho labdhvā gaṃbhīraṃ aṇuṃ etaṃ dharmaṃ necchati deśitum (atha)yathā balavān puruṣaḥ bāhudvayaṃ saṃkocayet evaṃ sa brahmā devaprāsādataḥ tat kṣaṇaṃ (antardhāyaṃ)āgamyāvātiṣṭhad buddhasya saṃmukhe,śirasā pādau vaṃditvā'tiṣṭhat ekamantam | atha brahmā devarājo dakṣiṇaṃ jānu pṛthivyāṃ sthāpayitvāṃ'jaliṃ badhvā'vocad buddham -
"icchatu bhagavān karotu etarhi dharmadeśanām | saṃti idānīṃ ime satvā alpakleśāḥ tīkṣṇabalendriyā sagauravacittāḥ sukhena ājñātāro vibhyati paralokād amuktaghoṣāḥ śaktā niroddhuṃ akuśalaṃ,dharmaṃ,kuśalāt mārgād bahiḥ |"
(atha)buddha uvāca mahābrahmāṇaṃ - "evameva etad yathā tvaṃ vadasi | ahaṃ punaḥ vivikte sthā ātmani acintayaṃ - atigaṃbhīro'ṇubhuta eṣa saddharmaḥ,ahaṃ ca teṣā deśeyaṃ te ca na ājānīyuḥ,tacca meṃ bhavet klamatho vihiṃsā | tasmādahaṃ tūṣṇīṃ notsuko deśayitu dharmam | ahamito'saṃkhyeyakalpapūrvaṃ ātāpī prahitātmā'pramatto vyaharaṃ anuttaraṃ (brahma-)caryaṃ,athādhyagacchaṃ durlabhametaṃ dharmam | sa ced vadeyaṃ krodhanāyānyasmai satvāya tannūnaṃ,anudgṛhītaṃ bhavet | (tacca)bhavet me klamatho vihiṃsā | ayaṃ dharmo'ṇurabhutaḥ,lokato vipratīpaḥ | satvāḥ kāmaratā ajñā avāṭā,nālaṃ jñātuṃ deśanāṃ (me)| brahmarāja,-evaṃ paśyāmi ahamatra tena tūṣṇīṃ,necchāmi dharma deśituṃ |"
atha brahmā devarājaṃ punaryayāce hṛdayāt prārthayan sakaruṇaṃ yāvat tṛtīyaṃ- "sa ced bhagavān na diśati dharmaṃ,naśyati vata re ayaṃ lokaḥ | kṛcchaṃ vata re,necchati bhagavān akāle deśayitum,atha satvā'dho gamiṣyaṃti aparāṃgatim |"
tadā bhagavān śrutvā'bhiprārthayamānasya brahmarājasya triryācanāṃ,buddhacakṣuṣā'paśyat- "loke satvāḥ samanvāgatāḥ kleśena sthūlena aṇunā,tīkṣṇamaṃdendriyāḥ sukhena duḥkhena vā vineyāḥ |
sukhavineyā ye vibhyati paralokād | tasmādalaṃte nirodadhuṃ akuśalaṃ dharmaṃ utpannakuśalagatikāḥ | yathā (punaḥ)utpalinyaḥ padminyo vā kumudinyaḥ puṃḍarīkiṇyo (vā sarasi)bhavaṃti maline paṃke jāyamānāḥ | (tatrekatyā)na yāvad jalaṃ,anyā tiṣṭhaṃti abhyudgamya jalena,anyā vā bhavaṃti apsuloka evam |"
atha bhagavān uvāca brahmarājaṃ - "anukaṃpāṃ upādāya te deśayiṣyāmi idānīṃ amṛtadharmadvāraṃ,dharmamati gaṃbhīraṃ adbhutaṃ duvijñeyam | idānīṃ ye śrāddhāḥ,prasannāḥ,teṣāṃ,deśayāmi,na tu vivadamānebhyā udapratebhyaḥ | anupakārakaṃ tebhyāṃ deśanam | "
atha brahmarājo 'buddhenopagṛhītā prārthanā ma'iti saṃtuṣṭa utthāya pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā buddhasya pādau tribāraṃ śirasā vaṃditvā tatkṣaṇaṃ antaradhāt | aciraprakrānte tasmin atha tathāgataḥ tūṣṇīṃ ātmanyacintayat- 'kaṃ prathamaṃ deśayaṃ dharmam'| athācintayadātmani 'prativasataśca baṃdhumatīnagare kumāro yaśaḥ mahāmātyaputraḥ tiṣyaśca | tābhyo vivṛṇuyāṃ amṛtadharmadvāram |"
atha bhagavān yathā balavān puruṣaḥ samaṃjite vimiṃjeta vā (prasāritaṃ)bāhuṃ,tathā tatkṣaṇaṃ mārga vṛkṣe antardhāya yatra baṃdhumatīnagare baṃdhu (mato)rājño mṛgadāvavanaṃ tatra prajñapta āsane nyaṣīdat | atha buddho gāthayā'bhāṣata-
siṃho yathā svacchandaḥ parikramate vane |
evaṃ buddho'pi parikramate'vyāhatagatiḥ ||145||
(atha)vipaśyī buddha āmaṃtrayate sma udyānapālaṃ -"praviśya nagaraṃ vada rājaputraṃ yaśasaṃ (khaṃḍaṃ)mahāmātyaputraṃ tiṣyaṃ ca kaccit na jānāti (bhavān)vipaśyī buddha idānīṃ vasati mṛgadāvavane,iccheḥ draṣṭum | (yasya idānīṃ )kālo manyate (svāmī)|"
atha udyānapāla ādeśaṃ gṛhītvā yatra tayordvayoḥ puruṣayoḥ sthānaṃ tatrā'gamat,avocacca buddhasyādeśam | tacchrutvā ubhau upasamakratāṃ buddhasya sthānam | (upasaṃkramya ca)śirasā baṃditvā (buddhasya)pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdtām | tayorbuddho'nupūrvyeṇa dharmaṃ prathamaṃ prakāśayāmāsa sukhena udagrāhayituṃ,tad yathā dānakathāṃ,śīlakathāṃ svargopapattikathāṃ,kāmānāṃ,apakāraṃ saṃkleśasya ūrdhvāśravabhūmyantarāyasya prajñānaṃ vinirgamaṃ atyaṃtaṃ suṃdaraṃ pariśuddham | yadā bhagavān apaśyat tayorubhayoḥ cittacaittaṃ mṛdu udagraṃ prasannaṃ hṛṣṭaṃ saddharmagrahaṇasamarthaṃ,atha tābhyāṃ deśayāmāsa duḥkhaṃ āryasatyaṃ,vyācakāra ghoṣayāṃcalāra duḥkhasamudayāryasatyaṃ,duḥkhanirodhārya satyaṃ duḥkhanirodhāgāminīpratipadāryasatyaṃ ca | atha rājaputrasya yaśasaḥ tiṣyasya ca mahāmātyaputrasya tasminnevāsane vītamalaṃ birajaṃ pariśuddhaṃ dharmacakṣurudayādi,tadyathā śuddhaṃ vastraṃ sukhena gṛhṇīyād rajanam |
tasmin kāle bhaumā devā tatrāgāyanta idaṃ vacanaṃ - "vipaśyī tathāgataḥ baṃdhumatīnagare mṛgadāvodyāne pravartayāṃcakāra anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ,(kenāpi)śramaṇena brāhmaṇena sarvairdevaiḥ mārabrahmaṇā cānyena lokajanena apravartyam | evaṃ pravarttitaḥ śabda upari (yāvat)caturo devarājān yāvacca parinirmmitavaśavattidevaṃ,kṣaṇena prāpto brahmadeva lokam |
bhagavān (tasmin)samaye gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-
tuṣṭacittaḥ samutthāya prāśaṃsata tathāgatam |
vipaśyī bhūtvā buddho'nuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ prāvarttayat ||146||
totirāja upapanna upākramad baṃdhupurīm |
yaśastiṣyayoḥ kṛte prāvarttayata catuḥsatyadharmacakram ||147||
atha labdhvā yaśastiṣyau buddhasya deśanām |
pariśuddhaṃ dharmacakraṃ brahmacaryamanuttaram ||148||
atha devāḥ trāyastriṃśāḥ śakraśca devānāmiṃdraḥ |
hṛṣṭatuṣṭā mitha ūcuḥ sarvairdevai raśrutam ||149||
buddho jāto loke prāvartayad dharmacakramanuttaram |
vṛddhirdevānāṃ sarveṣāmasurāṇāṃ ca parihāṇiḥ ||150||
utthāya viśvaśravā nāma ṛṣiduḥkhe jñānaṃ lokato virāgaḥ |
sarveṣu dharmeṣvātmasthitaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||151||
abhāvayat samasamaiḥ dharmairavaśiṣṭhaiḥ cittaṃ nirmalam |
parijñātuṃ jātimaraṇāntarāyaṃ prāvarttayat prajñāyā dharmacakram ||152||
nirodhāya duḥkhasya virāgāya ca sarvadoṣāṇām |
niṣkāmo'labhata ātmasthitim |
rāga-lobha-saumanasyavarjitaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||153||
śreṣṭho narāṇāṃ saṃbuddho dvipadāmuttamo vaśī|
sarvavaṃdhivarnimuktaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||154||
deśayan kuśalaṃ nānā''cāryakaṃ māraśatro rvijetā |
vigataḥ sarvairakuśalaiḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||155||
nirāstravo mārajit sarvendriyeṣvapariśrāntaḥ |
kṣīṇāstravo vigatamārapāśaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||156||
sa cet śikṣeta niścinuyāt sarvān dharmān anātmataḥ |
ayamasti dharmeṣūttaraḥ prāvarttayat 0 ||157||
necchati yata ājīvalābhaṃ api na yācate yaśaḥ |
satveṣu teṣu karuṇāyamānaḥ prāvarttayat 0 ||158||
dṛṣṭvā satvān dukhāntarāyamagnān jarāvyādhi-mṛtyubhiḥ pīḍitān |
etābhiḥ tisṛbhiḥ durgatibhiḥ prāvarttayat 0 ||159||
kṣīṇarāgadveṣamohaḥ prahīṇatṛṣṇāmūlaḥ |
acalaśca vimuktau prāvarttayat 0 ||160||
ātmā (hi)jetuṃ durjayo'karod jina ātmajayam |
duḥkhaṃ jetuṃ ajayat māraṃ prāvarttayat || 161||
anuttaraṃ dharmacakramidaṃ buddha eva tadā pravarttayitumalam |
sarvairdevaśatrumārabrahmabhirnālaṃ,duṣpravartyam ||162||
saṃbuddhapravartitaṃ dharmacakraṃ hitāya deva-manuṣyāṇām |
etān deva-manuṣyān śāstā'tārayat paraṃpāram ||163||
tadā rājaputro yaśo mahāmātyaputraḥ tiṣyaścāpaśyatāṃ dharmaṃ,alabhatāṃ phalaṃ amṛṣābhūtaṃ paripūrṇaṃ abhayam | atha tau ūcatuḥ buddhaṃ etad vacanaṃ- "icchāvaḥ tathāgatasya supariśuddhe dharmavinaye brahmacaryaṃ caritum |"
buddha uvāca- "sādhu,etāṃ bhikṣū,mama dharme pariśuddhe ātmanisthito caratāṃ (brahmacaryaṃ)samyagduḥkhakṣayāya |"
tasmin kāle dvau janau alabhatāṃ upasaṃpadam | upasampādya tathāgato nacireṇa prādurakarot nirmāya trīṇi vastūni,tadyathā prathamaṃ ṛddhipāda iti,dvitīyaṃ paracittajñānaṃ iti,tṛtīya ca śikṣā-śīlaṃ iti | tadā alabhatāṃ anāstravāṃ cetovimuktiṃ avicikitsataprajñatām |
tasmin kāle baṃdhumatīnagare'śrṛṇot mahājanaḥ -
"dvau janau prabrajya āgārāt śikṣete (bodhi-)mārgaṃ,ādāya cīvaraṃ pariśuddhaṃ pātraṃ ca bhāvayato brahmacaryam | (atha)te sarve parasparaṃ ūcuḥ - "addhā,satya eṣa mārgaḥ yata etau cakratuḥ paritatyajatuḥ lokasatkāram |"
atha nagarāt caturaśītisahastra manuṣyāḥ jagmuḥ mṛgadāve,yatra vipaśyī buddhaḥ sthitaḥ | baṃditvā ca (buddhasya)pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdan | deśayāmāsa buddha ānupūrvyeṇa dharmyāṃ (kathāṃ),tadyathā dānakathāṃ,śīlakathāṃ,svargakathāṃ,kāmānāṃ ādinavaṃ apariśuddhatāṃ hīnānāṃ āstravāṇāṃ,sabhayatāṃ,prāśaṃsacca naiṣkarmyasya bhāvam atisūkṣmaṃ pariśuddhaṃ anuttaram | yadā bhagavān apaśyat taṃ mahājanaṃ mṛducittaṃ śrāddhaṃ prasannaṃ hṛṣṭatuṣṭaṃ bhavyaṃ saddharmalābhāya | atha taṃ adeśayat dukhaṃ ārya satyaṃ saṃvadamānaḥ saṃvibhajamānaḥ,prākāśayat,vyākarocca duḥkhasamudayaṃ āryasatyaṃ,duḥkhanirodhaṃ āryasatyaṃ,duḥkhanirodhagāminīpratipadaṃ āryasatyam | atha tat caturāśīti janasahastraṃ tasminevāsane'labhata pariśuddhaṃ dharmacakṣuḥ,tadyathā'vadātaṃ vastraṃ samyag gṛhaṇīyād rajanam | apaśyat alabhata ca phalaṃ pūrṇaṃ abhayaṃ amṛṣādvāreṇa |
atha te'vadan buddhaṃ ca idaṃ vacanaṃ-
"icchāmo vayaṃ tathāgatasya supariśuddhe dharmavinaye brahmacaryaṃ caritum | "
buddha uvāca - "sādhu,eta bhikṣavaḥ,mama dharme ātmasthitāḥ carata (brahmacaryaṃ)samyagduḥkhakṣayāya |"
atha caturāśītijanasahastraṃ alabhata upasaṃpadam | upasaṃpādya ca tathāgato nacireṇa paryapūrayat bhagavataḥ trivastukāṃ śikṣāṃ,tatra prathama ucyate ṛddhipādaḥ,dvitīyaṃ ucyate paracittajñānaṃ,tṛtīyamucyate śikṣāśīlam | atha te'labhanta anāstravāṃ cetovimuktiṃ avicikitsaprajñāṃ caturāśītisahastraṃ janāḥ |
atha aśrṛṇvan baṃdhumatījanāḥ - "buddho (bhagavān)mṛgadāve prāvarttayad anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ kenāpi śramaṇenabrāhmaṇena devena māreṇa ca aprāvartyam |"
tadā baṃdhumatīvāsina upasaṃcakramuḥ tat sthānaṃ,yatra bhagavān sthitaḥ | upasaṃkramya ca śirasā vaṃditvā (bhagavataḥ)pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdan | tadā buddho gāthayā'bhāṣata-
yathā yācante śaraṇāt pradīpāt śīghraṃ kāmayanto nirodhasthānam |
eva janā,api śīghraṃ upajammuḥ taṃ tathāgatam ||164||
api caivaṃ ,tasmin kāle baṃdhumatyāṃ abhavat triśatāṣṭacatvāriṃśatsahastraṃ mahābhikṣusaṃghaḥ | yaśo bhikṣustiṣyo bhikṣuśca tasmin saṃghe udgamya ākāśakāyāt niṣkāsayāmāsatuḥ jalaṃ agniṃ (yamakaprātihāryaṃ),adarśayatāṃ ca ṛddhiṃ mahājanāya,deśayāṃcakraturaṇuṃ dharmam |
tasmin kāle tathāgataḥ tūṣṇīṃ svacitta uvāca- "asmin nagare ca bhavati triśatāṣṭacatvāriṃśatsahastraṃ mahābhikṣusaṃghaḥ,yannu ahaṃ preṣayeyaṃ dvau dvau pratyekaṃ sthānaṃ ṣaṣṭhe saṃvatsare ca pratyāvarttanaṃ nagare teṣāṃ,deśayaṃtu ca te paripūrṇaṃ śīlam |"
ājñāsīt ca tathāgatasya cittaṃ sahāṃpatiḥ brahmā (si-tu-brahma-devo),atha yathā balavān puruṣaḥ samiṃjiṃta bāhuṃ prasārayet,tathā tasmād devalokāt niṣkramya upākramat ihātra bhagavataḥ puraḥ śirasā vaṃditvā ekamantaṃ atiṣṭhat | ekamantaṃ sthitvā ca uvāca buddhaṃ -
"evameva bhagavān,asmin baṃdhumatīnagare bahubhikṣusaṃghaḥ,yuktaḥ sarveṣāṃ saṃvibhāgaḥ sarvatra cārikā ca,ṣaṭasu saṃvatsareṣu pratyāvarttanaṃ cāsmin nagare | deśayaṃtu te paripūrṇaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ārakṣiṣyāmi ca tatra chidraṃ na lābhaṃ gaveṣayet |"
tadā tathāgato devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tūṣṇīṃ anvajñāsīt | dṛṣṭvā anujānanaṃ buddhasya sahāṃpatirdevo vaṃditvā buddhasya pādau tat kṣaṇaṃ antardhāya ūrdhvaṃ devalokaṃ pratyāvarttata |
na cireṇa tasya gamanāda buddhastān bhikṣūn uvāca-
idānīṃ asmin nagare bahubhikṣusaṃghaḥ,parito gacchata cārikārthaṃ,ṣaṇṇāṃ saṃvatsarāṇāṃ paścād āgacchata śīlaṃ (prātimokṣaṃ)uddeṣṭum |"
tadā te bhikṣava udgṛhya buddhasya vacanaṃ pātra-cīvaraṃ ādāya vaṃditvā ca buddhaṃ agaman |
tasmin kāle buddho gāthayā uvāca -
prāhiṇod buddhaḥ saṃghaṃ vītamohaṃ vītalobhaṃ ca |
yathā dṛḍhaḥ suvarṇapakṣaḥ haṃso nipatet riktapuṣkariṇyāḥ ||165||
atha sahāṃpati deva ekaṃ saṃvatsara vihāya uvāca tān bhikṣūn-
"niṣṭhitaṃ ekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yuṣmākaṃ (cārikāṃ)caramāṇānāṃ,avaśiṣyaṃte paṃca saṃvatsarāṇati jānīta | yaṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ saṃvatsarāṇāṃ atyayena pratyāvartya uddiśata prātimokṣam |"
evaṃ yāvat ṣaḍ varṣaṃ devaḥ punaruvāca vacanam |
evaṃ yāvat ṣaṣṭhe saṃvatsare devaḥ punaruvāca vacanam-
"paripūrṇāni ṣaṭ saṃvatsarāṇi,pratyāvarttadhvaṃ prātimokṣaṃ uddeṣṭum |"
atha te bhikṣavaḥ pratiśrutya devasya vacanaṃ pātracīvaraṃ ādāya pratyāgaman baṃdhumatīnagare,gatāśca mṛgadāve (yatra)viharaṃti vipaśyī buddhaḥ | śirasā vaṃditvā buddhasya pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdan | tasmin kāle buddho gāthayā'dhyabhāṣata-
yathā hastī suvinītaḥ kāmanāṃ nānugacchati |
evaṃ saṃghaḥ (suvinītaḥ)śikṣāṃ anupratyāvarttate ||166||
tasmin kāle tathāgato mahataḥ saṃghasya purata ūrdhva vāte paryaṃkaṃ ābhujya nyaṣīdat adiśacca prātimokṣasūtraṃ kṣāṃtiṃ prathamaṃ adiśad buddho nirvāṇaṃ- na bhavati keśa-śmaśravavahāreṇa muṃḍo'thaśramaṇaḥ |
tasmin kāle sahāṃpati rdeva upāgamya buddhasya nātidūre gāthābhirabhāṣat stomanavacanaṃ-
tathāgato mahāprājñaḥ sūkṣmādbhutakevalottamaḥ |
samyagbhāvanā paripūrṇo'bhavat samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ ||167||
satveṣvanukaṃpayā loke paripūrṇaṃ mārgam |
caturṇāṃ āryasatyānāṃ śrāvakebhyaḥ sādiśat ||168||
duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamudayaṃ ca duḥkhanirodha-satyaṃ (ca)|
āryāṣṭāgikaṃ mārgaṃ prāpya sthānaṃ surakṣitam ||169||
vipaśyī buddhaḥ prādurbhuya loke saṃghamadhye
sūryo yathā prabhayā prabhāsate ||170||
imāṃ gāthāṃ uktvā (sa)tatraivāntaradhāt |
tasmin kāle bhagavān uvāca tān bhikṣūn -
pūrvaṃ ekadā rājagṛhe gṛddhakūṭapavarte'bhūvam | tadā mama citta idaṃ abhūt- yaḥ ko'pi mama upasthānaṃ ṛcchati sahāṃpatidevaṃ parivarjya,sa ceda jāyate deveṣu,na punarāgamiṣyatīha | punarapi bhikṣavaḥ,tadā mama citta idaṃ abhūt-icchāmi ahaṃ yāvat deveṣu upari gantum | atha ahaṃ yathā valavān puruṣaḥ sammiṃjitaṃ bāhuṃ prasārayet (prasāritaṃ vā samiṃjet,tasmineṣa)kāle ito nirgamya prādurabhūtaṃ teṣu deveṣu | atha te sarve devā māṃ draṣṭuṃ āgatāstatra | (āgamya)ca śirasā vaṃditvā ekamantaṃ sthitā ūcuśca idaṃ vacanaṃvayaṃ sarve śrāvakā vipaśyinam tathāgatasya,tasmād buddhadeśanā (śravaṇārthaṃ)āgatā iha | (atha)ādiśad buddho hetuṃ pratyayaṃ sādyantaṃ punaḥ (bhaviṣyati)śikhī buddhaḥ,viśvabhūḥ buddhaḥ,krakusacchanda,konāgamano buddhaḥ,kāśyapo buddhaḥ,śākyamunirbuddhaḥ | sarva ime bhavanti śāstāraḥ | ahaṃ etaddeśanārthaṃ āgata iha avadaṃśca te buddhāḥ sahetu-pratyayaṃ sādyantaṃ,jātā ca akaniṣṭhaloke evam |
tasmin kāle buddho gāthāmirabhāṣata-
puruṣo yathā balavān bāhuṃ samiṃjeta prasārayet |
ahaṃ akaravaṃ ṛddhividhaṃ gantuṃ akaniṣṭhadeveṣu ||171||
saptame mahāsvarge?jitvā ubhayaṃ māram |
apaśyan anantā devā avadan kṛtvāṃ'jalim ||172||
yathā śa-tu-vṛkṣaḥ śakraḥ śāstāramaśruṇot |
sulakṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sudarśanaṃ devāḥ ||173||
padmapuṣpaṃ yathā nolipyate jalena |
tathā bhagavān anāstravo gataḥ sudarśanai ||174||
sūryo yathā prathama udgataḥ pariśuddho'nāvilaḥ |
prabhā yathā śaradindoḥ prāptaṃ paramamanuttamaṃ ekam ||175||
imeṣu paṃcasvāvasatheṣu sarve jāyante śuddhakarmāṇaḥ |
śuddhacittāḥ tata āgatya na kleśaṃ prāpnuvaṃti te ||176||
pariśuddhaṃ cittamāgamya bhūtvā buddhasya śrāvakāḥ |
parihāya kleśopādānaṃ santuṣṭā anupādānāt ||177||
dṛṣṭvā dharmaṃ niścitaṃ vipaśyinaḥ sutaḥ |
śuddhacittaḥ samāgataḥ saṃgamya maharṣiṇā ||178||
śikhibuddhasya suto virajaḥ (ca-)saṃskṛtaḥ |
cittaṃ saṃśodhya gato nirgamya bhava svāminaḥ ||179||
viśvabhū (buddhasya)sutaḥ sarvendriyaparipūrṇaḥ |
śuddhacittaḥ samāgataḥ sūryasyeva prabhā nabhasi ||180||
krakucchandasya putraḥ sarvān parihāya kāmān |
śuddhacitto'gamat pūrṇacandraprabhāsvaraḥ ||181||
koṇāgamanasya putraḥ virajaḥ (ca-)saṃskṛtaḥ |
śuddhacittato'gamat māṃ anuttaradeva iva cintayan ||182||
aśaknot maharṣiḥ prathamaṃ ṛddhipādam |
upāyuṃktātibalaṃ cittaṃ bhavituṃ buddhasya śrāvakaḥ ||183||
śuddhacittasya saṃjāto bhavituṃ buddhasya śrāvakaḥ |
vaṃditvā tathāgataṃ avocat puruṣottamam ||184||
prāpto mārga iha janmani nāmagotraṃ (ca)|
samyagdṛṣṭiṃ dharmaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ prāpto'nuttaraṃ mārgam ||185||
viviktasthāpito bhikṣavo vigatāntārajomalāḥ |
akusīti-vīryā raṃbhiṇaḥ chetsyaṃti bhavapāśam ||186||
ime santi sarve buddhā sādyantahetupratyayāḥ |
saktāstathāgatāstena (diśanti)deśanāḥ ||187||
buddho'vocadidaṃ mahāvadānasūtraṃ atha te bhikṣavaḥ śrutvā buddhasya bhāṣitaṃ āttamanasaḥ samanvamodantta ||
|| (iti)buddhabhāṣite dīrghāgamasūtre prathamaḥ bhāgaḥ ||