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Siṃhalabhramaṇaṃ caturdaśaṃ prakaraṇam

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siṃhalabhramaṇaṃ caturdaśaṃ prakaraṇam |



atha sa brāhmaṇaḥ tasmāddevanikāyādavatīrya siṃhaladvīpaṃ pratyudgataḥ | gatvā ca rākṣasīnāṃ purato vyavasthitaḥ kāmarūpamātmānamabhinirmāya prāsādikam | atha tā rākṣasyo'nyonyamevamāhuḥ–ayamīdṛśaṃ paramakāmarūpī puruṣo dṛśyate | atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca tadā tāsāṃ rākṣasīnāṃ kāmacittamutpannam | tadā tasya sakāśamupasaṃkramyaitadavocan–bhavāṃstvaṃ bhajasva asmākaṃ kumārīyauvanam, na cāsmākaṃ svāmī saṃvidyate | tvaṃ ca bho puruṣa, asvāmikānāṃ svāmī bhava | agatikānāṃ gatirbhava | aparāyaṇānāṃ parayāṇo bhava | atrāṇānāṃ trāṇaṃ bhava | advīpānāṃ dvīpo bhava | andhānāmāloko bhava | imāni te'nnagṛhāṇi pānagṛhāṇi vastragṛhāṇi vividhāni vicitrāṇi śayanāni udyānaramaṇīyāni puṣkiriṇīramayāṇi ||



sa kathayati–madīyamājñaptaṃ yadi kurute, tatsarvaṃ yuṣmākaṃ yathābhiprāyaṃ kariṣyāmi | tāśca tamāhuḥ–kathaṃ vayaṃ tavājñāṃ na kariṣyāmaḥ ? tena tāsāmāryāṣṭāṅgikamārgamupadarśitam | daśa kuśalāni karmapathānyupadarśitāni | āgamacatuṣṭayaṃ cādhītam | atha tā rākṣasyastasyapuruṣasyāntikādāryāṣṭāṅgikamārgaṃ gṛhītvā daśa kuśalāni ca saṃsmarya, satyacatuṣṭayaṃ prāptvā, āgamasatyacatuṣṭayādhītāḥ, kāścitsrotāpattiphalamanuprāptāḥ, sakṛdāgāmiphalaṃ cānuprāptāḥ, anāgāmiphalaṃ cānuprāptāḥ, yāvatkāścidarhattvaṃ kāścitpratyekabodhimanuprāptāḥ, tadā tāsāṃ rākṣasīnāṃ rāgaduḥkhaṃ na bādhate | dveṣaduḥkhaṃ na bādhate | mohaduḥkhaṃ na bādhate | āghātacittaṃ na bhavati | na ca kasyacijjīvitāntarāyaṃ kurvanti | abhiratā dharmeṣu vyavasthitāḥ, śikṣāsaṃvaramupagṛhītāḥ | evaṃ cāhuḥ–punarapi na prāṇātipātaṃ kurvāmaḥ | yādṛśena jāmbudvīpakā manuṣyā jīvanti annena pānena, tādṛśajīvikayā vayaṃ jīvāmaḥ | punarapi rākṣasīvṛttiṃ na kurvāmaḥ | upāsakasaṃvaraṃ dhārayiṣyāma iti | tādṛśaṃ śikṣāsaṃvaramupagṛhītvā tasyaiva puruṣasya purato'nimiṣairnayanaiḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ prasthitāḥ ||



iti siṃhalabhramaṇaṃ nāma caturdaśaṃ prakaraṇam ||