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Varcaghaṭa iti 44
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 वर्चघट इति ४४
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhissārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅgho rājagṛhamupaniśritya viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe|| athāyuṣmānmahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ pūrvāhne nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat| rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyaḥ paścā
kiṃ tvayā prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yasya te īdṛśaṃ phalamiti||
pretī āha| prāgapakāriṇyahaṃ bhadatta mahāmaudgalyāyana etamarthaṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ pṛccha sa te 'smākīnāṃ karmaplotiṃ vyākariṣyatīti yāṃ śrutvānye 'pi sattvāḥ pāpakarmaṇaḥ prativiraṃsyattīti| athāyuṣmānmahāmaudgalyāyano yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāttaḥ||
tena khalu samayena bhagavānpratisaṃlayanādyutthāya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ deśayati kṣaudraṃ madhvivāneḍakamanekaśatā ca parṣadbhagavataḥ sakāśānmadhuraṃ dharmaṃ śṛṇotyanijyamānairindriyaiḥ| tato buddhā bhagavattaḥ pūrvālāpinaḥ priyālāpina ehītisvāgatavādinaḥ smitapūrvaṅgamāśca|
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ārtasvarā krandamānā duḥkhāṃ vindati vedanām||1
yena hi varcadhānāni tena dhāvati duḥkhitā|
varcaḥ pāsyāmi bhokṣye ca tacca duḥkhena labhyate|| 2
kiṃ tayā prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ martyaloke sudāruṇam|
yena evaṃvidhaṃ duḥkhamanubhavati bhayānakam|| 3
bhagavānāha| pāpakāriṇī maudgalyāyana sā pretī| icchasi tasyāḥ karmaplotiṃ śrotum|| evaṃ bhadatta|| tena hi maudgalyāyana śṛṇu sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuru bhāṣiṣye||
bhūtapūrvaṃ maudgalyāyana vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāmanyatamaḥ pratyekabuddho hīnadīnānukampī prāttaśayanāsanasevī ca| sa vyādhito vārāṇasīṃ piṇḍāya praviśati| yāvadasya vaidyena sāṃpreyaṃ bhojanamupadiṣṭam| sa yenānyatamasya śreṣṭhino niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāttaḥ|| tena ca śreṣṭhinā dṛṣṭaḥ pṛṣṭaśca kena te ārya prayojanamiti| tenoktaṃ kulasāṃpreyeṇa bhojaneneti|| tataḥ śreṣṭhinā vadhvā ājñā dattā āryāya sāṃpreyaṃ bhojanaṃ dātavyamiti|| atha tasyā vadhvā mātsaryamutpannaṃ yadyahamasmai adya bhojanaṃ pradāsyāmi śvo bhūya āgamiṣyatīti| tayā ekāttamapasṛtya varcasaḥ pātraṃ pūrayitvā upari bhaktena pracchādya tasmai pratyekabuddhāya dattam|| asamanvāhṛtya śrāvakapratyekabuddhānāṃ jñānadarśanaṃ na pravartate| tena pratigṛhītaṃ pratigṛhya saṃlakṣitaṃ yathaitaddurgandhaṃ nūnamanayā 'medhyasya pūritamiti| tato 'sau mahātmā tadekātte chorayitvā prakrāttaḥ||
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyase maudgalyāyana yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena śreṣṭhivadhukā iyaṃ sā pretī| yadupādāyā 'nayā tādṛkpāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti nityaṃ narakatiryakpreteṣūpapadyate nityaṃ ca varcāhārā|| tasmāttarhi te maudgalyāyana mātsaryaprahāṇāya vyāyattavyaṃ yathā ete doṣā na syurye tasyāḥ pretyā evaṃ maudgalyāyana śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanā āyuṣmānmaudgalyāyano 'nye ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādayo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
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