Sunūpa iti 35
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sunūpa iti 35|
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavahairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme| yadā bhagavānpratisaṃlayanādyutthāya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ deśayati kṣaudraṃ madhvivāneḍakarmanekaśatā
parṣadbhagavataḥ sakāśānmadhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ śṛṇotyaniñjamānairindriyaistadā bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| paśya bhadatta yāvaddharmaratnasyāmī bhājanabhūtāḥ sattvā ādareṇa śrotavyaṃ manyatta iti|| bhagavānāha| yathā tathāgatena bhikṣava ādarajātena dharmaḥ śrutaścodgṛhītaśca tacchṛṇuta sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta bhāṣiṣye|
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ sunūpo nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ cākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāttakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannamakhilamakaṇṭhakamekaputrakamiva rājyaṃ pālayati| sa ca rājā śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalaḥ sarvapradaḥ sarvaparityāgī niḥsaṅgaparityāgī ca mahati tyāge vartate| tasya ca rājñaḥ sundarikā nāma devī abhinūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetā sundarakaśca nāmnā ekaputra iṣṭaḥ kāttaḥ priyo manāpaḥ kṣātto 'pratikūlaḥ|| athāpareṇa samayena rājñaḥ sunūpasya dharme 'bhilāṣa utpannaḥ| tena sarve 'mātyāḥ saṃnipātyoktāḥ paryeṣata me grāmaṇyo dharmāndharmo me rocata iti| tataste 'mātyāḥ kṛtakarapuṭā rājānaṃ vijñāpayatti| durlabho mahārāja dharmaḥ| śrūyate mahārāja buddhānāṃ loke utpādāddharmasyotpādo bhavatīti|| tato rājñā suvarṇapiṭakaṃ dhvajāgre baddhvā sarvavijite ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kāritaṃ yo me dharmaṃ vakṣyati tasyemaṃ suvarṇapiṭakaṃ dāsyāmi mahatā ca satkāreṇa satkariṣyāmīti|| tato bahavaḥ kālā atikrāttā na ca kaściddharmadeśaka upalabhyate| tataḥ sa rājā dharmahetorutkaṇṭhati paritapyati||
śakrasya ca devānāmindrasyādhastājjñānadarśanaṃ pravartate| sa paśyati rājānaṃ dharmahetorvihanyamānan| tasyaitadabhavat| yannvahaṃ sunūpaṃ rājānaṃ mīmāṃseyeti|| tato yakṣanūpamātmānamabhinirmāya vikṛtakaracaraṇanayano 'nekapariṣanmadhyagataṃ rājānametadavocat| nanu dharmābhilāṣī bhavānahaṃ te dharmaṃ vakṣyāmīti|| tato dharmaśravaṇātprītiprāmodyajāto rājā yakṣametaduvāca| brūhi guhyaka dharmānśroṣyāmīti|| guhyaka uvāca| sukhitasya bata mahārāja dharmā abhilasatti bubhukṣito 'smi bhojanaṃ tāvanme prayaccheti|| tacchrutvā rājā pauruṣeyānāmantrayāmāsa| ānīyattāmasya bhakṣyabhojyaprakārā iti|| yakṣa āha| sadyohatarudhiramāṃsabhakṣyo 'hametaṃ me sundaramekaputrakaṃ prayaccheti| śrutvā rājā paraṃ viṣādamāpannaḥ kadācitkarhicinme 'dya dharmaśabda āsāditaḥ so 'pyanardheṇa mūlyeneti|| tataḥ sundaraḥ kumārastadupaśrutya pituḥ pādayornipatya rājānaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa| marṣaya deva pūryatāṃ devasyābhiprāyaṃ prayaccha māṃ guhyakāyāhārārthamiti|| tato rājā tamekaputrakamiṣṭaṃ kāttaṃ priyaṃ manāpaṃ kṣāttamapratikūlaṃ dharmasyārthe yakṣāya dattavān||
tato yakṣeṇarddhibalādhānādrājñaḥ parṣadaśca tathā darśito yathāṅgapratyaṅgāni pṛthagvikṛtya vikṛtya bhakṣitāni rudhiraṃ ca pīyamānaṃ* * *dṛṣṭvā rājā dharmābhilāṣī na viṣādamāpannaḥ|| sa guhyako rājānamuvāca| atṛpto 'smi bhoḥ pārthiva bhūyo me prayaccheti|| tato rājā tasmai dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ dattavān| sāpi tenaivākāreṇa darśitā|| tato bhūyo rājānamuvāca| bhoḥ pārthivādyāpi tṛptirna labhyata iti|| tato rājā yakṣamuvāca| vatsa datto me ekaputrako bhāryā ca dayitā kiṃ bhūyaḥ prārthayasa iti|| guhyaka uvāca| svaśarīraṃ me prayacchānena tṛptimupayāsyāmīti|| rājovāca| yadi svaśarīraṃ te pradāsyāmi kathaṃ punardharmaṃ śroṣyāmi kiṃ nu pūrvaṃ me dharmaṃ vada paścādgṛhītadharmā śarīraṃ parityakṣyāmīti|| tato guhyakena rājānaṃ pratijñāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpyānekaśatāyāḥ pariṣadaḥ purastāddharmo deśitaḥ|
priyebhyo jāyate śokaḥ priyebhyo jāyate bhayam|
priyebhyo vipramuktānāṃ nāsti śokaḥ kuto bhayamiti||
tato rājā asyā gāthāyāḥ sahaśravaṇātprahlāditamanāḥ prītisaumanasyendriyajāto yakṣamuvāca| idaṃ guhyaka śarīraṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kriyatāmiti||
tataḥ śakro devendro rājānaṃ meruvadakampyamanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau viditvā yakṣanūpamattardhāpya svanūpeṇa sthitvā prasādavikasitābhyāṃ nayanābhyāmekena pāṇinā putraṃ gṛhītvā dvitīyena ca bhāryāṃ rājānamabhyutsāhayannuvāca| sādhu sādhu satpuruṣa dṛḍhasaṃnāhastvaṃ nacirādanena vyavasāyena anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbhotsyase ayaṃ ca te iṣṭajanasamāgama iti|| tato rājā śakraṃ devendramidamavocat| sādhu sādhu kauśika kṛto 'smākaṃ dharmābhiprāyaḥ pūritaśceti||
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena sunūpo nāma rājā babhūvāhaṃ saḥ| sundaraḥ kumāra ānandaḥ| mundarikā eṣā eva yaśodharā| tadāpi me bhikṣavo dharmahetoriṣṭhabandhuparityāgaḥ svajīvitaparityāgaśca kṛtaḥ prāgevedānīm| tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yaddharmaṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmo dharmaṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāma ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||