nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvāṇaṃ bhaviṣyatīti| evaṃ bhadattetyāyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pratiśrutyāttareṇa yamakaśālayorutarāśirasaṃ mañcaṃ prajñāpya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikātte 'sthāt| ekāttasthita āyuṣmānānando bhagavattamidamavocat| prajñapto bhadatta tathāgatasyāttareṇa yamakaśālayoruttarāśirā mañcaḥ|| atha bhagavānyena mañcastenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya dakṣiṇena pārśvena śayyāṃ kalpayati pāde pādamādhāyālokasaṃjñī smṛtaḥ saṃprajānannirvāṇasaṃjñāmeva manasi kurvan||
tena khalu samayena kuśinagaryāṃ subhadraḥ parivrājakaḥ prativasati jīrṇavṛddho mahallakaḥ| sa viṃśatiśatavayaskaḥ kauśināgarāṇāṃ mallānāṃ satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito 'rhansaṃmataḥ| aśraupītsubhadraḥ parivrājako 'tra śramaṇasya gautamasya rātryā madhyame yāme anupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvāṇaṃ bhaviṣyatyasti ca dharmeṣu kāṅkṣāyitatvamāśā ca me saṃtiṣṭhate pratibalaśca me sa bhagavāngautamaḥ tatkāṅkṣāyitatvaṃ prativinodayitum| śrutvā ca punaḥ kuśinagaryā niṣkramya yena yamakaśālavanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ||
tena khalu samayenāyuṣmānānando bahirvihārasyā 'bhyavakāśe caṅkame caṅkamyate| adrākṣītsubhadraḥ parivrājaka āyuṣmattamānandaṃ dūrādeva dṛṣṭvā ca punaryenāyuṣmānānandastenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramyāyuṣmatānandena sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisāryaikātte 'sthāt| ekāttasthitaḥ subhadraḥ parivrājaka āyuṣmattamānandamidamavocat| śrutaṃ me bho ānandādya śramaṇasya gautamasya rātryāṃ madhyame yāme nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvāṇaṃ bhaviṣyatyasti ca me dharmeṣu kāṅkṣāyitatvamāśā ca me saṃtiṣṭhate pratibalaśca me sa bhagavāngautamastatkāṅkṣāyitatvaṃ prativinodayitum| sacedbha
imāṃ ca punarāyuṣmata ānandasya subhadreṇa parivrājakena sārdhamattarākathāṃ viprakṛtāmaśrauṣodbhagavāndivyena śrotreṇa viśuddhenātikrāttamānuṣeṇa śrutvā ca punarāyuṣmattamānandamidamavocat| alamānanda mā subhadraṃ parivrājakaṃ vāraya praviśatu pṛcchatu yadyadevākāṅkṣati| ayaṃ me paścimo bhaviṣyati anyatīrthikaparivrājakaiḥ sārdhamattarākathāsamudāhāraḥ ayañca me caramo bhaviṣyati sākṣācchrāvakāṇāmehibhikṣukayā pravrajitānāṃ yaduta subhadraḥ parivrājakaḥ|| atha subhadraḥ parivrājako bhagavatā kṛtāvakāśo hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramudita udagraprītisaumanasyajāto yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya bhagavatā sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisāryaikātte niṣaṇaḥ|
atha bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate|
ekānnatriṃśatko vayasā subhadra yatprāvrajaṃ kiṃ kuśalaṃ gaveṣī|
pañcāśadvarṣāṇi samādhikāni yasmā
śīlaṃ samādhiścaraṇaṃ ca vidyā caikāgratā cetaso bhāvitā me|
āryasya dharmasya pradeśavaktā ito bahirvai śramaṇo 'sti nānyaḥ||
yasya subhadra dharmavinaye āryāṣṭāṅgo mārgo nopalabhyate prathamaḥ śramaṇastatra nopalabhyate dvitīyastṛtīyaścaturthaḥ śramaṇastatra nopalabhyate| yasmiṃstu subhadra dharmavinaye āryāṣṭāṅgo mārga upalabhyate prathamaḥ śramaṇastatropalabhyate dvitīyastṛtīyaścaturthaḥ śramaṇastatropalabhyate| asmiṃstu subhadra dharmavinaye āryāṣṭāṅgo mārga upalabhyate| iha prathamaḥ śramaṇa upalabhyate iha dvitīya iha tṛtīya iha caturtho na sattīto bahiḥ śramaṇā vā brāhmaṇā
asminkhalu dharmaparyāye bhāṣyamāṇe subhadrasya parivrājakasya virajo vigatamalaṃ dharmeṣu dharmacakṣurutpannam|| atha subhadraḥ parivrājako dṛṣṭadharmā prāptadharmā paryavagāḍhadharmā tīrṇakāṅkṣastīrṇavicikitso 'parapratyayo 'nanyaneyaḥ śāstuḥ śāsa
evaṃ pravrajitaḥ sa āyuṣmāneko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā vyahārṣīt| eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā viharanyadarthaṃ kulaputrāḥ keśaśmaśru avatārya kāṣāpāṇi vastrāṇyācchādya samyageva śraddhayā agārādanāgārikāṃ pravrajatti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacaryaparyavasānaṃ dṛṣṭa eva dharme svayamabhijñayā sākṣātkṛtyopasaṃpadya pravedayate| kṣīṇā me jātiruṣitaṃ brahmacaryaṃ kṛtaṃ karaṇīyaṃ nānyamasmādbhavaṃ prajānāmi| ājātavānāyuṣmānarhanbabhūva subimuktaḥ|| athāyuṣmataḥ subhadrasyārhattvaprāptasya vimuktisukhaṃ pratisaṃvedayata etadabhavat| na mama pratinūpaṃ syādyadahaṃ śāstāraṃ parinirvāpayattaṃ paśyeyaṃ yannvahaṃ tatprathamataraṃ parinirvāpayeyamiti|| tatrāyuṣmānsubhadraḥ prathamataraṃ parinirvṛtaḥ tataḥ paścādbhagavān||
yadā bhagavatā paścimaśayanopagatena dharmoparodhikāyāṃ vedanāyāṃ vartamānāyāṃ chidyamāneṣu dharmeṣu mucyamāneṣu saṃdhiṣu subhadro 'rhattve pratiṣṭhāpito bahavaśca kauśīnāgarā mallādharme niyuktā tadā bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| āścaryaṃ bhadatta yadayaṃ subhadraḥ parivrājako bhagavatā chidyamāneṣu dharmeṣu mucyamānāsu saṃdhiṣu saṃsāravāgurāyā mocayitvā yāvadatyattaniṣṭhe nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpita iti|| bhagavānāha| kimatra bhikṣava āścaryaṃ yadidānīṃ mayā vigatarāgeṇa vigatadveṣeṇa vigatamohena parimuktena jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaiḥ subhadraḥ parivrājakaḥ saṃsāravāgurāyā mocayitvā yāvadatyattaniṣṭhe nirvāṇe pratiṣṭhāpito yattu mayātīte 'dhvani sarāgeṇa sadveṣeṇa samohenāparimuktena jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsainūhāpohavirahite
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani anyatarasyāṃ parvatadaryāṃ mṛgayūtha
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena mṛgapatirāsīdahaṃ saḥ| mṛgā ime kauśīnāgarā mallā mṛgaśāvako 'yameva subhadraḥ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddha bhagavattaṃ papracchaḥ| kāni bhadatta subhadreṇa karmāṇi kṛtāni yena paścimaḥ sākṣācchrāvakāṇāmiti|| bhagavānāha| subhadreṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni na bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyatte nābdhātau na tejodhātau na vāyudhātāvapi tūpātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyate śubhānyaśubhāni ca|
na praṇaśyatti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatairapi|
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalatti khalu dehinām||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani asminneva bhadrake kalpe viṃśatisahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ
tataḥ sā devatā āyuṣmato 'śokasya parinirvāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā prītimutpādayāmāsa cittayati ca| yaḥ kaścidanenāyuṣmatā viśeṣo 'dhigataḥ sarvaḥ sa mā
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāsau devatāyaṃ sa subhadraḥ| tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yatkalyāṇamitrā vihariṣyāmaḥ kalyāṇasahāyāḥ kalyāṇāsaṃparkā na pāpamitrā na pāpasahāyā na pāpasaṃparkā ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||
athāyuṣmānānando bhagavattamidamavocat| iha mama bhadattaikākino rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasyaivaṃ cetasi cetaḥparivitarka udapādi| upārdhamidaṃ brahmacaryasya yaduta kalyāṇamitratā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasaṃparko na pāpamitratā na pāpasahāyatā na pāpasaṃparka iti|| mā tvamānandaivaṃ voca upārdhamidaṃ brahmacaryasya yaduta kalyāṇamitratā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasaṃparko na pāpamitratā na pāpasahāyatā na pāpasaṃparka iti| sakalamidamānanda kevalaṃ paripūrṇaṃ pariśuddhaṃ paryavadātaṃ brahmacaryaṃ yaduta kalyāṇamitratā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasaṃparko na pāpamitratā na pāpasahāyatā na pāpasaṃparkaḥ| tatkasya hetoḥ| māṃ hyānanda kalyāṇamitramāgamya jātidharmāṇaḥ sattvā jātidharmatāyāḥ parimucyatte jarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsadharmāṇaḥ sattvā upāyāsadharmatāyāḥ parimucyatte| tadanenaiva te ānanda paryāyeṇa veditavyaṃ yatsakalamidaṃ kevalaṃ paripūrṇaṃ pariśuddhaṃ paryavadātaṃ brahmacaryaṃ yaduta kalyāṇamitratā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasaṃparko na pāpasahāyatā na pāpamitratā na pāpasaṃparka ityevaṃ te ānanda śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
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