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yadā rājñā'śokena bhagavacchāsane śraddhā pratilabdhā sa bhikṣūn uvāca| kena bhagavacchāsane prabhūtaṃ dānaṃ dattaṃ| bhikṣava ūcuḥ| anāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā| rājā'ha| kiyattena bhagavacchāsane dānaṃ dattaṃ| bhikṣava ūcuḥ| koṭiśataṃ tena bhagavacchāsane dānaṃ dattaṃ| śrutvā ca rājā'śokaścintayati| tena gṛhapatinā bhūtvā koṭiśataṃ bhagavacchāsane dānaṃ dattaṃ| tenābhihitaṃ| ahamapi koṭīśataṃ bhagacchāsane dānaṃ dāsyāmi|



tena yāvac caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpitaṃ| sarvatra ca śatasahasrāṇi dattāni| jātau bodhau dharmacakre parinirvāṇe ca sarvatra śatasahasraṃ dattaṃ| pañcavārṣikaṃ kṛtaṃ| tatra ca catvāri śatasahasrāṇi dattāni| trīṇi śatasahasrāṇi bhikṣūṇāṃ bhojitāni| yatraikamarhatāṃ dve śaikṣāṇāṃ pṛthagjanakalyāṇakānāṃ ca| koṣaṃ sthāpayitvā mahāpṛthivīmantaḥpurāmātyagaṇamātmānaṃ kunālaṃ cāryasaṅghe niryātayitvā catvāri śatasahasrāṇi dattvā niṣkrītavān| ṣaṇṇavatikoṭyo bhagavacchāsane dānaṃ dattaṃ| sa yāvad glānībhūtaḥ| atha rājā idānīṃ na bhaviṣyāmīti viklavībhūtaḥ|



tasya rādhagupto nāmāmātyo yena saha pāṃśudānaṃ dattaṃ| tadā sa rājānamaśokaṃ viklavībhūtamavekṣya pādayornipatya kṛtāñjaliruvāca|



yacchatrusaṅghaiḥ prabalaiḥ sametya

nodvīkṣitaṃ caṇḍadivākarābhaṃ|

padmānanaśrīśatasaṃprapītaṃ

kasmāt savāṣpaṃ tava deva vaktraṃ||



rājā'ha| rādhagupta, nāhaṃ dravyavināśaṃ na rājyanāśanaṃ na cāśrayaviyogaṃ śocāmi| kintu śocāmi, āryairyad, viprayokṣyāmi|



nāhaṃ punaḥ sarvaguṇopapannaṃ

saṅghaṃ samakṣaṃ naradevapūjitaṃ|

saṃpūjayiṣyāmi varānnapānair

etad vicintyāśruvimokṣaṇaṃ me||



api ca rādhagupta, ayaṃ me manoratho babhūva, koṭīśataṃ bhagavacchāsane dānaṃ dāsyāmīti| sa ca me'bhiprāyo na paripūrṇaḥ|



tato rājñā'śokena catasraḥ koṭīḥ paripurayiṣyāmīti hiraṇyasuvarṇaṃ kukkuṭārāmaṃ preṣayitumārabdhaḥ|



tasmiṃśca samaye kunālasya saṃpadī nāma putro yuvarājye pravartate| tasyāmātyair abhihitaṃ| kumāra aśoko rājā svalpakālavasthāyī| idaṃ ca dravyaṃ kukkuṭārāmaṃ preṣyate| kośabalinaśca rājānaḥ| nivārayitavyaḥ|



yāvatkumāreṇa bhāṇḍāgārikaḥ pratiṣiddhaḥ| yadā rājño'śokasyāpratiṣiddhā [sampat] tasya suvarṇabhājane āhāramupanāmyate| bhuktvā tāni suvarṇabhājanāni kukkuṭārāmaṃ preṣayati|



tasya suvarṇabhājanaṃ pratiṣiddhaṃ| rūpyabhājane āhāramupanāmyate| tānyapi kukkuṭārāmaṃ preṣayati| tato rūpyabhājanamapi pratiṣiddhaṃ| tasya yāvan mṛbhdājana āhāramupanāmyate|



tasmiṃśca samaye rājño'śokasyārdhāmalakaṃ karāntaragataṃ| atha rājā'śokaḥ saṃvignaḥ amātyān paurāṃśca saṃnipātya kathayati| kaḥ sāmprataṃ pṛthivyāmīśvaraḥ|



tato'mātyā utthāyāsanād yena rājā'śokastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya ūcuḥ| deva pṛthivyāmīśvaraḥ| atha rājā aśokaḥ sāśrudurdinanayanavadano'mātyān uvāca|



dākṣiṇyādanṛtaṃ hi kiṃ kathayatha bhraṣṭādhirājyā vayaṃ

śeṣaṃ tvāmalakārdhamityavasitaṃ yatra prabhutvaṃ mama|

aiśvaryaṃ dhiganāryamuddhatanadītoyapraveśopamaṃ

martyendrasya mamāpi yat pratibhayaṃ dāridryamabhyāgataṃ||



athavā ko bhagavato vākyamanyathā kariṣyati| sampattayo hi sarvā vipattinidānā iti pratijñātaṃ yadavitathavādinā gautamena na hi tad visaṃvadati| pratiśiṣyate'smannacirā'jñā mama yāvatithā manasā sā'dya mahādriśilātale vihatāvan nadī pratinivṛttā|



ājñāpya vyavadhūtaḍimbaḍamarām ekātapatrāṃ mahīṃ

utpāṭya pratigarvitānarigaṇān āśvāsya dīnāturān|

bhraṣṭā'sthā'yatano na bhāṭi kṛpaṇaḥ saṃpratyaśoko nṛpaś

chinnamlānaviśīrṇapatrakusumaḥ śuṣyatyaśoko yathā||



tato rājā'śokaḥ samīpagataṃ puruṣamāhūyovāca| bhadramukha pūrvaguṇānurāgād bhraṣṭaiśvaryasyāpi mama imaṃ tāvad apaścimaṃ vyāpāraṃ kuru| idaṃ mamārdhāmalakaṃ grahāya kukkuṭārāmaṃ gatvā saṅghe niryātaya| madvacanācca saṅghasya pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā vaktavyaṃ|



jambudvīpaiśvaryasya rājña eṣa sāmprataṃ vibhava iti| idaṃ tāvad apaścimaṃ dānaṃ tathā paribhoktavyaṃ yathā me saṅghagatā dakṣiṇā vistīrṇā syāditi| āha ca|



idaṃ pradānaṃ caramaṃ mamādya

rājyaṃ ca taccaiva gataṃ svabhāvaṃ|

ārogyavaidyoṣadhivarjitasya

trātā na me'styāryagaṇād bahirdhā||



tattathā bhujyatāṃ yena pradānaṃ mama paścimaṃ|

yathā saṅghagatā me'dya vistīrṇā dakṣiṇā bhavet||



evaṃ deveti sa puruṣo rājño'śokasya pratiśrutya tadardhāmalakaṃ gṛhya kukkuṭārāmaṃ gatvā vṛddhānte sthitvā kṛtāñjalistadardhāmalakaṃ saṅghe niryātayannuvāca|



ekacchatrasamucchrayāṃ vasumatīmājñāpayan yaḥ purā

lokaṃ tāpayati sma madhyadivasaprāpto divā bhāskaraḥ|

bhāgyacchidramavekṣya so'dya nṛpatiḥ svaiḥ karmabhirvañcitaḥ

saṃprāpte divasakṣaye raviriva bhraṣṭaprabhāvaḥ sthitaḥ||



bhaktyāvanatena śirasā praṇamya saṅghāya tena khalu dattamidamāmalakasyārdhaṃ lakṣmīcāpalyacinhitaṃ| tataḥ saṅghasthaviro bhikṣūnuvāca| bhadantā bhavabhdiḥ śakyamidānīṃ saṃvegamutpādayituṃ| kutaḥ| evaṃ hyuktaṃ bhagavatā-paravipattiḥ saṃvejanīyaṃ sthānamiti| kasyedānīṃ sahṛdayasya saṃvego notpādyate| kutaḥ|



tyāgaśūro narendro'sau aśoko moryakuñjaraḥ|

janbudvipeśvaro bhūtvā jāto'rdhāmalakeśvaraḥ||

bhṛtyaiḥ sa bhūmipatiradya hṛtādhikāro

dānaṃ prayacchati kilāmalakārdhametat|

śrībhogavistaramadairatigarvitānāṃ

pratyādiśanniva manāṃsi pṛthagjanānāṃ||



yāvad tadardhāmalakaṃ curṇayitvā yūṣe prakṣipya saṅghe cāritaṃ|

tato rājā'śoko rādhaguptamuvāca| kathaya rādhagupta kaḥ sāmprataṃ pṛthivyāmīśvaraḥ|



atha rādhagupto'śokasya pādayornipatya kṛtāñjalir uvāca| devaḥ pṛthivyāmīśvaraḥ|

atha rājā'śokaḥ kathaṃcidutthāya caturdiśamavalokya saṅghāyāñjaliṃ kṛtvovāca|



eṣa idānīṃ mahat kośaṃ sthāpayitvā imāṃ samudraparyantāṃ mahāpṛthivīṃ bhagavacchrāvakasaṅghe niryātayāmi|



āha ca|

imāṃ samudrottamanīlakañcukā-

manekaratnākarabhūṣitānanāṃ|

dadāmyahaṃ bhutadharāṃ samandarāṃ

saṅghāya tasmai hyupabhujyatāṃ phalaṃ||



api ca|

dānenāhamanena nendrabhavanaṃ na brahmaloke phalaṃ

kāṅkṣāmi drutavārivegacapalāṃ prāgeva rājaśriyaṃ|

dānasyāsya phalaṃ tu bhaktimahitaṃ yanme'sti tenāpnuyāṃ

cittaiśvaryamaharyamāryamahitaṃ nāyāti yad vikriyāṃ||



yāvat patrābhilikhitaṃ kṛtvā dantamudrayā mudritaṃ| tato rājā mahāpṛthivīṃ saṅghe dattvā kālagataḥ| yāvadamātyairnīlapītābhiḥ śivikābhirnirharitvā śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā dhmāpayitvā rājānaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayiṣyāma iti [uktam]| yāvad rādhaguptenābhihitaṃ| rājñā'śokena mahāpṛthivī saṅghe niryātitā iti| tato'mātyairabhihitaṃ kimarthamiti|



rādhagupta uvāca| eṣa rājño'śokasya manoratho babhūva koṭīśataṃ bhagavacchāsane dānaṃ dāsyāmīti| tena ṣaṇṇvatikoṭyo dattāḥ| yāvad ājñā pratiṣiddhā| tadabhiprāyeṇa rājñā mahāpṛthivī saṅghe dattā|



yāvadamātyaiścatasraḥ koṭīr bhagavacchāsane dattvā pṛthivīṃ niṣkrīya saṃpadī rājye pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ|



saṃpadino bṛhaspati putro bṛhaspate'rvṛṣaseno vṛṣasenasya puṣyadharmā puṣyadharmaṇaḥ puṣyamitraḥ| so'mātyānāmantrayate| ka upāyaḥ syād yadasmākaṃ nāma ciraṃ tiṣṭhed|



tairabhihitaṃ| devasya ca vaṃśād aśoko nāmnā rājā babhūveti| tena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpitaṃ yāvad bhagavacchāsanaṃ prāpyate tāvat tasya yaśaḥ sthāsyati| devo'pi caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpayatu|



rājā'ha| maheśākhyo rājā'śoko babhūva| anyaḥ kaścidupāya iti| tasya brāhmaṇapurohitaḥ pṛthagjano'śrāddhaḥ| tenābhihitaṃ| deva, dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāṃ nāma ciraṃ sthāsyati| rājñāśokena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ sthāpitamatastasya nāma ciraṃ tiṣṭhati| bhavāṃścet tāni nāśayed bhavato nāma cirataraṃ sthāsyatīti|



yāvad rājā puṣyamitraścaturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnāhayitvā bhagavacchāsanaṃ vināśayiṣyāmīti kukkuṭārāmaṃ nirgataḥ| dvāre ca siṃhanādo muktaḥ| yāvat sa rājā bhītaḥ pāṭaliputraṃ praviṣṭaḥ| evaṃ dvirapi trirapi| yāvad bhikṣūṃśca saṅghamāhūya kathayati| bhagavacchāsanaṃ nāśayiṣyāmīti| kim icchatha stūpaṃ saṅghārāmān vā| stūpāḥ bhikṣubhiḥ parigṛhītāḥ| yāvat puṣyamitro yāvat saṅghārāmaṃ [nāśayan] bhikṣūṃśca praghātayan prasthitaḥ|



sa yāvac chākalamanuprāptaḥ| tenābhihitaṃ| yo me śramaṇaśiro dāsyati tasyāhaṃ dīnāraśataṃ dāsyāmi| [tatra ekaḥ] dharmarājikāvāsya'rhad ṛddhyā śiro dātumārabdhaḥ| śrutvā ca rājā'rhantaṃ praghātayitumārabdhaḥ| sa ca nirodhaṃ samāpannaḥ| tasya paropakramo na kramate| sa taṃ samutsṛjya yāvat koṣṭhakaṃ gataḥ|



daṃṣṭrānivāsī yakṣaścintayati| idaṃ bhagavacchāsanaṃ vinaśyati| ahaṃ ca śikṣāṃ dhārayāni| na mayā śakyaṃ kasyacidapriyaṃ kartuṃ| tasya duhitā kṛmiśena yakṣeṇa yācyate| na cānuprayacchati tvaṃ pāpakarmakārīti| yāvat sā duhitā tena kṛmiśasya dattā| bhagavacchāsanaparitrāṇārthaṃ parigrahaparipālanārthaṃ ca|



puṣyamitrasya rājñaḥ pṛṣṭhato yakṣo mahāpramāṇo'nubaddhaḥ| tasyānubhāvāt sa rājā na pratihanyate| yāvad daṃṣṭrānivāsī yakṣastaṃ puṣyamitrānubaddhaṃ yakṣaṃ grahāya parvatacarye'carat| yāvad dakṣiṇaṃ mahāsamudraṃ gataḥ| kṛmiśena ca yakṣeṇa mahāntaṃ parvatamānayitvā puṣyamitro rājā sabalavāhano'vaṣṭabdhaḥ| tasya sunihita iti saṃjñā vyavasthāpitā| yadā puṣyamitro rājā praghātatastadā mauryavaṃśaḥ samucchinnaḥ|



iti śrīdivyāvadāne'śokāvadānaṃ samāptaṃ||