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6 indranāmabrāhmaṇāvadānam |



bhagavān śrughnāmanuprāptaḥ | śrughnāyāmindro nāma brāhmaṇaḥ prativasati | sa ca rūpayauvanaśrutamanuprāpto na mamāsti kaścit tulya ityatīva vikatthate | bhagavāṃścānyatamasmin pradeśe purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇo dharmaṃ deśayati | aśrauṣīdindro nāma brāhmaṇaḥ-śramaṇo gautamaḥ śrughnāmanuprāpta iti | tasyaitadabhavat-śramaṇo gautamaḥ śrūyate'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādika iti | gacchāmi paśyāmi kiṃ mamāntikādabhirūpatara āhosvinneti | sa nirgato yāvat paśyati bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam | dṛṣṭvā ca punarasyaitadabhavat - kiṃ cāpi śramaṇo gautamo mamāntikādabhirūpataraḥ, noccatara iti | sa bhagavato mūrdhānamavalokayitumārabdho yāvanna paśyati | sa ūrdhvataraṃ pradeśamārūḍhaḥ | tatra bhagavānindraṃ brāhmaṇamāmantrayate- alaṃ brāhmaṇa, khedamāpatsyase | yadi sumerumūrdhānamapi abhirūhya tathāgatasya mūrdhānamavalokayasi, tathā sutarāṃ khedamāpatsyase, na ca drakṣyasi | api tu na tvayā śrutaṃ sasurāsurajagadanavalokitamūrdhāno buddhā bhagavanta iti ? api tu yadīpsasi tathāgatasya śarīrapramāṇaṃ draṣṭum, tava gṛhe'gnihotrakuṇḍaṃ tasyādhastādgośīrṣacandanamayī yaṣṭirupatiṣṭhate, tāmuddhṛtya māpaya | tattathāgatamātāpaitṛkasyāśrayasya pramāṇamiti | indro brāhmaṇaḥ saṃlakṣayati- etadasyāścaryaṃ na kadācinmayā śrutam, gacchāmi paśyāmīti | tvaritatvaritagato'gnihotrakuṇḍakasyādhastāt khanitumārabdhaḥ | sarvaṃ tathaiva | so'bhiprasannaḥ | sa saṃlakṣayatinūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ sarvajñaḥ | gacchāmi paryupāsitumiti | sa prasādajāto yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavatā sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārya ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | tato bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yathendreṇa brāhmaṇena viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam | sa dṛṣṭasatyaḥ kathayati- atikrānto'haṃ bhadanta, atikrāntaḥ | eṣo'haṃ bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca| upāsakaṃ ca māṃ dhāraya adyāgreṇa yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇopetaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatam | abhiprasanno'thendro brāhmaṇa utthāyāsanāt ekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantamidamavocat -yadi bhagavānanujānīyāt, ahaṃ gośīrṣacandanamayyā yaṣṭyā mahaṃ prajñāpayeyamiti | bhagavānāha- gaccha brāhmaṇa anujñātaṃ prajñapayasi | tatastena viviktāvakāśe mahatā satkāreṇāsau yaṣṭirucchrāpitā, mahaśca prajñapitaḥ | anyairapi brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhiḥ kuśalamadhiṣṭhānāya bhavatviti viditvā kulā baddhā (?) | indreṇa brāhmaṇena yaṣṭyā mahaḥ prajñapita iti indramaha indramaha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā ||



tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmanrayate- āgamaya ānanda yena toyikā | evaṃ bhadanteti āyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣīt | atha bhagavāṃstoyikāmanuprāptaḥ | tasmiṃśca pradeśe brāhmaṇo lāṅgalaṃ vāhayati | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam | dṛṣṭvā saṃlakṣayati- yadi bhagavantaṃ gautamamupetyābhivādayiṣyāmi, karmaparihāṇirme bhaviṣyatīti | atha nopetyābhivādayiṣyāmi, puṇyaparihāṇirbhaviṣyati | tat ko'sau upāyaḥ syāt yena me karmaparihāṇirna syānnāpi puṇyaparihāṇiriti | tasya buddhirutpannā - atrastha evābhivādanaṃ karomi | evaṃ na karmaparihāṇirna puṇyaparihāṇiriti | tena yathāgṛhītayaiva pratodayaṣṭyā tatrasthenaivābhivādanaṃ kṛtam-abhivādaye buddhaṃ bhagavantamiti |tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate -bhavakṣayakaraḥ kṣaṇaḥ | eṣa brāhmaṇaḥ | sacedasyaivaṃ samyakpratyayajñānadarśanaṃ pravartate, etasmin pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopito'sthisaṃghātastiṣṭhatīti ahamanenopakrameṇa vandito bhaveyam, evamanena dvābhyāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhābhyāṃ vandanā kṛtā bhavet | tatkasya hetoḥ ? asminnānanda pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopito'sthisaṃghātastiṣṭhati | athāyuṣmānānando laghuladhveva caturguṇamuttarāsaṅgaṃ prajñapya bhagavantamidamavocat-niṣīdatu bhagavān prajñapta evāsane | evamayaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo dvābhyāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhābhyāṃ paribhukto bhaviṣyati, yacca kāśyapena samyaksaṃbuddhena, yaccaitarhi bhagavatā iti | niṣaṇṇo bhagavān prajñapta evāsane | niṣadya bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma - icchatha yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātamavikopitaṃ draṣṭum ? etasya bhagavan kālaḥ, etasya sugata samayaḥ, yaṃ bhagavān bhikṣūṇāṃ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopitaṃ śarīrasaṃghātamupadarśayet | dṛṣṭvā bhikṣavaścittamabhiprasādayiṣyanti | tato bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavanto laukikaṃ cittamutpādayanti, tasmin samaye kuntapipīlikā api prāṇino bhagavataścetasā cittamājānanti | nāgāḥ saṃlakṣayanti- kiṃ kāraṇaṃ bhagavatā laukikacittamutpāditamiti ? paśyanti- kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātamavikopitaṃ draṣṭukāma iti | tatastaiḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopitaśarīrasaṃghāta ucchrāpitaḥ | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma- udgṛhṇīta bhikṣavo nimittam | antardhāsyati | antarhitaḥ ||



rājñā prasenajitā śrutaṃ bhagavatā śrāvakāṇāṃ darśanāyāvikopitaṃ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātaṃ samucchritamiti | śrutvā ca punaḥ kutūhalajātaḥ sahāntaḥpureṇa kumārairamātyairbhaṭabalāgrairnaigamajānapadaiśca draṣṭuṃ saṃprasthitaḥ | evaṃ virūḍhakaḥ, anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatiḥ, ṛṣidattaḥ purāṇasthapatiḥ, viśākhā mṛgāramātā, anekāni ca prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kutūhalajātāni draṣṭuṃ saṃprasthitāni pūrvakaiśca kuśalamūlaiḥ saṃcodyamānāni | yāvadasau antarhitaḥ | taiḥ śrutam-antarhito'sau bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātadhāturavikopita iti | śrutvā ca punasteṣāṃ duḥkhadaurmanasyamutpannam -vṛthā asmākamāgamanaṃ jātamiti | athānyatamena copāsakena sa pradeśaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtaḥ | evaṃ ca cetasā cittamabhisaṃskṛtam-asmānme padāvihārāt kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti | atha bhagavāṃstasya mahājanakāyasyāvipratisārasaṃjananārthaṃ tasya copāsakasya cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti |

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ

padāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān ||1||



anyatamena upāsakena tasmin pradeśe mṛttikāpiṇḍo dattaḥ | evaṃ ca cittamabhisaṃskṛtampadāvihārasya tāvadiyat puṇyamākhyātaṃ bhagavatā anyatra | mṛttikāpiṇḍasya kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃstasyāpi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate -



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti |

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta

āropayenmṛttikapiṇḍamekam ||2||



tataḥ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmṛttikāpiṇḍasamāropaṇaṃ kṛtam | aparaistatra muktapuṣpāṇyavakṣiptāni, evaṃ ca cittamabhisaṃskṛtam - padāvihārasya mṛttikāpiṇḍasya ceyat puṇyamuktaṃ bhagavatā, asmākaṃ tu muktapuṣpāṇāṃ kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti |

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ

āropayenmuktasupuṣparāśim || 3||



aparaistatra mālāvihāraḥ kṛtaḥ, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam - muktapuṣpāṇāṃ bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam | asmākaṃ mālāvihārasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate -



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇavāhā

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti |

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto

mālāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān ||4||



aparaistatra pradīpamālā dattā, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam-mālāvihārasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam | asmākaṃ pradīpadānasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate -



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇakoṭyo

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti |

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ

pradīpadānaṃ prakaroti vidvān || 5||



aparaistatra gandhābhiṣeko dattaḥ | evaṃ cetasā cittamabhisaṃskṛtam - pradīpasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam | asmākaṃ gandhābhiṣekasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇarāśayo

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti |

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto

gandhābhiṣekaṃ prakaroti vidvān ||6||



aparaistatra chatradhvajapatākāropaṇaṃ kṛtam | evaṃ ca cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



tiṣṭhantaṃ pūjayedyacca yaccāpi parinirvṛtam |

samaṃ cittaṃ prasādyeha nāsti puṇyaviśeṣatā ||7||



evaṃ hyacintiyā buddhā buddhadharmā'pyacintiyā |

acintiye prasannānāṃ vipāko'pi acintiyaḥ ||8||



teṣāmacintiyānāmapratihatadharmacakravartinām |

samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ nālaṃ guṇapāramadhigantum ||9|| iti ||



tato bhagavatā tasya mahājanakāyasya tathāvidhā dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmahān viśeṣo'dhitagaḥ | kaiścicchrāvakabodhau cittānyutpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekabodhau, kaiścidanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau, kaiścinmūrdhāgatāni, kaiścinmūrdhānaḥ, kaiściduṣṇagatānyāsāditāni, kaiścit satyānulomāḥ kṣāntayaḥ, kaiścitsrotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam, kaiścit sakṛdāgamiphalam, kaiścit sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam | yadbhūyasā buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇāḥ saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthāpitāḥ ||



atha anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatirbhagavantamidamavocat-yadi bhagavānanujānīyāt, atra mahaṃ prajñāpayeyam | anujānāmi gṛhapate, prajñāpayitavyam | tato'nāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā mahaḥ prajñāpitaḥ | toyikāmaha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā ||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaḥ te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne indranāmabrāhmaṇāvadānaṃ ṣaṣṭham ||