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Dharmapāla iti 33
Technical Details
- Text Version:
Romanized
- Input Personnel:
DSBC Staff
- Input Date:
2008
- Proof Reader:
Milan Shakya
- Supplier:
Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods
- Sponsor:
University of the West
- Parallel Devanāgarī version धर्मपाल इति ३३
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅgho rājagṛhe viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe|| yadā devadattena mohapuruṣeṇa bhagavato vadhārthena dhaṇapālako hastināga utsṛṣṭa
bhagavānāha| kimatra bhikṣava āścarya yadidānīṃ tathāgato vigatarāgo vigaradveṣo vigatamohaḥ parimukto jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsebhyaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvākārajñaḥ sarvajñānajñeyavaśiprāpto yattu mayātīte 'dhvani sarāgeṇa sadveṣeṇa samohena daharakavayasyavasthitena vadhāya parākrāttasyāsyāttike naivaṃ cittaṃ dūṣitaṃ tacchṛṇuta sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta bhāṣijye 'ham||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryā brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ cākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāttakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannamakhilamakaṇṭhakamekaputramiva rājyaṃ pālayati| sa ca rājā śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ sarvapradaḥ sarvaparityāgī niḥsaṅgaparityāgī ca mahati tyāge vartate| tasya ca rājño durmatirnāma devī caṇḍā roṣaṇī sāhasikā ekaputraśca dharmapālo nāmnā tasyā eva durmatyāḥ sakāśājjātaḥ| sa ca dharmapālo dayāvān śrāddho bhadraḥkalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ sarveṣāṃ ca vārāṇaseyānāṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāmiṣṭaḥ kāttaḥ priyo manāpo darśanena| sa copādhyāpasakāśaṃ gatvā dārakaiḥ saha lipiṃ paṭhati||
yāvadrājāpareṇa samayena vasattakālasamaye saṃpuṣpiteṣu pādapeṣu haṃsakrauñcamayūraśukaśārikākokilajīvañjīvakanirghoṣite vanaṣaṇḍe devyā sahāttaḥpuraparivṛta udyānabhūmiṃ nirgataḥ| tatra ca rājña udyāne 'ttaḥpurajanena saha krīḍata īrṣyāroṣaparītā dūrmatirdevī kupitā rājñā cāsyā ardhaṃ pītakaṃ varjitam| tayā kupitayā rājñaḥ saṃdeśo visarjitaḥ putrasyāhaṃ rudhiraṃ pibeyaṃ yadyahaṃ tavārdhaṃ pītakaṃ pibeyamiti|| kāmānkhalu pratisevamānasya nāsti kiñcitpāpakaṃ karmākaraṇīyamiti|| tato rājā brahmadatto dhārmiko 'pi sankāmarāgaparyavasānavigamādattaḥpurajanena sāttvyamāno 'pi krodhāgninā prajvalitaḥ||
tatastena saṃpravṛddhakrodhenājñā dattā gatchata dharmapālasya galaṃ chittvā rudhiraṃ pāyayataināmiti||
tato dārakaśālāvasthito dharmapālaḥ kumāraḥ śrutvā rodituṃ pravṛtta evaṃ cāha| dhik sattvasabhāgatāṃ saṃsāre yatra nāma krodhavaśādaṅganiḥsṛtamapi sutaṃ parityajattīti| tato dharmapālaḥ sarvālaṅkāravibhūṣitaḥ pituḥ pādayornipatya kathayati| sādhu tāta prasīda niraparādhaṃ mā māṃ parityākṣīḥ iṣṭāśca sarveṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ putrā iti|| rājā kathayati| putraka yadi te mātā kṣamate ahamapi kṣame iti|| tato dharmapālaḥ prarudanmātuḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāttaḥ pādayornipatya kṛtakarapuṭa uvāca| amba kṣamasva mā māṃ jīvitādyaparopayeti|| sā evaṃ karuṇadīnavilambitairakṣarairucyamānā na kṣamate|| tato vadhyaghātaistīkṣṇena śastreṇa dharmapālasya kumārasya galaṃ chittvā durmatirdevī rudhiraṃ pāyitā na ca durmatyā vipratisāro jñātaḥ dharmapālo 'pi kumāro mātāpitṛvadhyaghāteṣu cittaṃ prasādya kālagataḥ||
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena dharmapālo nāma kumāro babhūvāhaṃ saḥ sā durmatirdevī eṣa devadattaḥ| tadāpi me vadhakahastagatenāsya maitraṃ cittamutpāditamidānīmapyahamasya badhāyodyatasya maitracitto hitacitto 'nukampācittaḥ| tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yatsarvasattveṣu maitraṃ cittaṃ bhāvayiṣyāma ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
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