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sa bhagavān rājagṛhe viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho divyānāṃ mānuṣyāṇāṃ ca bhagavānanupalipto viharati padmapatramivāmbhasā |



tena khalu samayena rājagṛhe nagare ṣaṭ pūrṇādyāḥ śāstāro'sarvajñāḥ sarvajñamāninaḥ prativasanti sma | tadyathā-pūrṇaḥ kāśyapaḥ, maskarī gośālīputraḥ, saṃjayī vairaṭṭīputraḥ, ajitaḥ keśakambalaḥ, kakudaḥ kātyāyanaḥ, nirgrantho jñātiputraḥ | atha ṣaṇṇāṃ pūrṇādīnāṃ tīrthyānāṃ kutūhalaśālāyāṃ saṃniṣaṇṇānāṃ saṃnipatitānāmayamevaṃrūpo'bhūdantarākathāsamudāhāraḥ-yatkhalu bhavanto jānīran-yadā śramaṇo gautamo loke'nutpannaḥ, tadā vayaṃ satkṛtāścābhūvan gurukṛtāśca mānitāśca pūjitāśca rājñāṃ rājamātrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ gṛhapatīnāṃ naigamānāṃ jānapadānāṃ śreṣṭhināṃ sārthavāhānām | lābhinaścābhūvaṃścīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇām | yadā tu śramaṇo gautamo loke utpannaḥ, tadā śramaṇo gautamaḥ satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājñāṃ rājamātrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ gṛhapatīnāṃ janapadānāṃ dhanināṃ śreṣṭhināṃ sārthavāhānām | lābhī ca śramaṇo gautamaḥ saśrāvakasaṃghaścīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇām | asmākaṃ ca lābhasatkāraḥ sarveṇa sarvaṃ samucchinnaḥ | vayaṃ sma ṛddhimanto jñānavādinaḥ | śramaṇo'pi gautamo riddhimān jñānavādītyātmānaṃ pratijānīte | arhati jñānavādī jñānavādinā sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | yadyekaṃ śramaṇo gautamo'nuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ dve | dve śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ catvāri | catvāri śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayamaṣṭau | aṣṭau śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ ṣoḍaśa | ṣoḍaśa śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ dvātriṃśaditi yāvacchramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ taddviguṇaṃ tatrtriguṇaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmaḥ | upārdhaṃ mārgaṃ śramaṇo gautama āgacchatu, vayamapyupārdhaṃ mārgaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ | tatrāsmākaṃ bhavatu śramaṇena gautamena sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | atha mārasya pāpīyasa etadabhavat-asakṛdasakṛnmayā śramaṇasya gautamasya prākrāntam, na ca kadācidavatāro labdhaḥ | yannvahaṃ tīrthyānāṃ prahareyam | iti viditvā pūraṇavadātmānamabhinirmāya upari vihāyasamabhyudgamya jvalanatapanavarṣaṇavidyotanaprātihāryāṇi kṛtvā maskariṇaṃ gośālīputramāmantrayate-yatkhalu maskarin jānīyāḥ-ahaṃ riddhimān jñānavādī, śramaṇo gautamo riddhimān jñānavādītyātmānaṃ parijānīte | arhati jñānavādī jñānavādinā sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | yadyekaṃ śramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, ahaṃ dve | dve śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahaṃ catvāri| catvāri śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahamaṣṭau | aṣṭau śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahaṃ ṣoḍaśa | ṣoḍaśa śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahaṃ dvātriṃśaditi yāvacchramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ taddviguṇamuttaraṃ manuṣyadharmaṃ riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmaḥ | upārdhaṃ mārgaṃ śramaṇo gautama āgacchatu, ahamapyupārdhaṃ mārgaṃ gamiṣyāmi | tatrāsmākaṃ bhavatu śramaṇena gautamena sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | atha mārasya pāpīyasa etadabhavat-asakṛdasakṛnmayā śramaṇasya gautamasya parākrāntam, na ca kadācidavatāro labdhaḥ | yannvahaṃ tīrthyānāṃ prahareyam | iti viditvā maskarivadātmānamabhinirmāya upari vihāyasamabhyudgamya jvalanatapanavidyotanavarṣaṇaprātihāryāṇi kṛtvā saṃjayinaṃ vairaṭṭīputramāmantrayate-yatkhalu saṃjayin jānīyāḥ-ahaṃ riddhimān jñānavādī, śramaṇo gautamo riddhimān jñānavādītyātmānaṃ pratijānīte | arhati jñānavādī jñānavādinā sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | yadyekaṃ śramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, ahaṃ dve | dve śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahaṃ catvāri | catvāri śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahamaṣṭau | aṣṭau śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahaṃ ṣoḍaśa | ṣoḍaśa śramaṇo gautamaḥ, ahaṃ dvātriṃśaditi yāvacchramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, ahaṃ taddviguṇamuttaraṃ manuṣyadharmaprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmi | upārdhaṃ mārgaṃ śramaṇo gautama āgacchatu, ahamapyupārdhaṃ mārgaṃ gamiṣyāmi |tatra me bhavatu śramaṇena gautamena sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | evamanyonyaṃ sarve viheṭhitāḥ | ekaika evamāha- riddherlābhī nāhamiti ||



pūraṇādyāḥ ṣaṭ śāstāraḥ sarvajñajñānino yena rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisārastenopasaṃkrāman | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ māgadhaṃ śreṇyaṃ bimbisāramidamavocan-yatkhalu deva jānīyāḥ-vayaṃ ṛddhimanto jñānavādinaḥ | śramaṇo'pi gautamo riddhimān jñānavādītyātmānaṃ pratijānīte | arhati jñānavādī jñānavādinā sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | yadyekaṃ śramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ dve | dve śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ catvāri | catvāri śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayamaṣṭau | aṣṭau śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ ṣoḍaśa | ṣoḍaśa śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ dvātriṃśaditi yāvacchramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ taddviguṇaṃ tatrtriguṇaṃ riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmaḥ | upārdhaṃ mārgaṃ śramaṇo gautama āgacchatu, vayamapyupārdhaṃ mārgaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ | tatrāsmākaṃ bhavatu śramaṇena gautamena sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | evamukte rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisārastīrthyānidamavocat-yūyamapi śavā bhūtvā bhagavatā sārdhaṃ riddhiṃ prārabhadhve ? atha pūraṇādyāḥ ṣaṭ śāstāro'sarvajñāḥ sarvajñānajñānino'rdhamārge rājānaṃ māgadhaṃ śreṇyaṃ bimbisāraṃ vijñāpayanti-vayaṃ smo deva riddhimanto jñānavādinaḥ |śramaṇo'pi gautamo riddhimān jñānavādītyātmānaṃ pratijānīte | arhati jñānavādī jñānavādinā sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | yāvat tatrāsmākaṃ bhavatu śramaṇena gautamena sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | evamukte rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisārastāṃstīrthikaparivrājakānidamavocat-yadyevaṃ trirapyetamarthaṃ vijñāpayiṣyatha, nirviṣayān vaḥ kariṣyāmi | atha tīrthyānāmetadabhavat-ayaṃ rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisāraḥ śramaṇasya gautamasya śrāvakaḥ | bimbisārastiṣṭhatu | rājā prasenajit kauśalo madhyasthaḥ | yadā śramaṇo gautamaḥ śrāvastīṃ gamiṣyati, tatra vayaṃ gatvā śramaṇaṃ gautamamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihārye āhvayiṣyāmaḥ | ityuktvā prakrāntāḥ ||



atha rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisāro'nyatamaṃ puruṣamāmantrayate - gaccha tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa kṣipram | bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya, yatrāhamadhiruhya bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramiṣyāmi paryupāsanāyai | evaṃ deveti sa puruṣo rājño māgadhasya śreṇyasya bimbisārasya pratiśrutya kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojayitvā yena rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisārastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ māgadhaṃ śreṇyaṃ bimbisāramidamavocat-yuktaṃ devasya bhadraṃ yānaṃ yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyata iti | atha rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisāro bhadraṃ yānamabhiruhya rājagṛhānniryāti bhagavato'ntikaṃ bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramituṃ paryupāsanāya | tasya yāvatī yānasya bhūmistāvadyānena gatvā yānādavatīrya padbhyāmevārāmaṃ prāvikṣat | antarā rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisāro bhagavantamadrākṣīt | tadantarā pañca kakudānyapanīya tadyathā- uṣṇīṣaṃ chatraṃ khaṅgamaṇiṃ bālavyajanaṃ citre copānahau, sa pañca kakudānyapanīya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ viditvā rājānaṃ māgadhaṃ śreṇyaṃ bimbisāraṃ bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm | atha rājā māgadhaḥ śreṇyo bimbisāro bhagavantamabhyānandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato'ntikāt prakrāntaḥ ||



atha bhagavata etadabhavat-kutra pūrvakaiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairmahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ hitāya prāṇinām? devatā bhagavata ārocayanti-śrutapūrvaṃ bhadanta pūrvakaiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairmahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ hitāya prāṇināmiti | bhagavato jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate- śrāvastyāṃ pūrvakaiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairmahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ hitāya prāṇināmiti | tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayategaccha tvamānanda, bhikṣūṇāmārocaya | tathāgataḥ kośaleṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ cariṣyati | yo yuṣmākamutsahate tathāgatena sārdhaṃ kośaleṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ cartum, sa cīvarakāṇi dhāvatu sīvyatu rañjayatu| evaṃ bhadantetyāyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pratiśrutya bhikṣūṇāmārocayati-bhagavānāyuṣmantaḥ kośaleṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ cariṣyati | yo yuṣmākamutsahate tathāgatena sārdhaṃ kośaleṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ caritum, sa cīvarāṇi dhāvatu sīvyatu rañjayatu iti | te bhikṣava āyuṣmata ānandasya pratyaśrauṣuḥ | atha bhagavān dānto dāntaparivāraḥ śāntaḥ śāntaparivāro mukto muktaparivāra āśvasta āśvastaparivāro vinīto vinītaparivāro'rhannarhatparivāro vītarāgo vītarāgaparivāraḥ prāsādikaḥ prāsādikaparivāro vṛṣabha iva gogaṇaparivṛto gaja iva kalabhagaṇaparivṛtaḥ siṃha iva daṃṣṭṛgaṇaparivṛto rājahaṃsa iva haṃsagaṇaparivṛtaḥ suparṇīva pakṣigaṇaparivṛto vipra iva śiṣyagaṇaparivṛtaḥ suvaidya ivāturagaṇaparivṛtaḥ śūra iva yodhagaṇaparivṛto deśika ivādhvagaṇaparivṛtaḥ sārthavāha iva vaṇiggaṇaparivṛtaḥ śreṣṭhīva pauragaṇaparivṛtaḥ koṭṭarāja iva mantrigaṇaparivṛtaścakravartīva putrasahasraparivṛtaścandra iva nakṣatragaṇaparivṛtaḥ sūrya iva raśmisahasraparivṛto virūḍhaka iva kumbhāṇḍagaṇaparivṛto virūpākṣa iva nāgagaṇaparivṛto dhanada iva yakṣagaṇaparivṛto dhṛtarāṣṭra iva gandharvagaṇaparivṛto vemacitra ivāsuragaṇaparivṛtaḥ śakra iva tridaśagaṇaparivṛto brahmeva brahmakāyikagaṇaparivṛtaḥ stimiva iva jalanidhiḥ sajala iva jaladharo vimada iva gajapatiḥ sudāntairindriyairasaṃkṣobhiteryāpathapracāro'nekairāveṇikairbuddhadharmairmahatā bhikṣusaṃghena ca puraskṛto yena śrāvastī tena cārikāṃ prakrāntaḥ | anekaiśca devatāśatasahasrairanugamyamāno'nupūrveṇa cārikāṃ caran śrāvastīmanuprāptaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme ||



aśrauṣustīrthyāḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ śrāvastīṃ gata iti | śrutvā ca punaḥ śrāvastīṃ saṃprasthitāḥ | te śrāvastīṃ gatvā rājānaṃ prasenajitkauśalamidamavocan - yatkhalu deva jānīthāḥ-vayaṃ ṛddhimanto jñānavādinaḥ | śramaṇo gautamo ṛddhimān jñānavādītyātmānaṃ pratijānīte | arhati jñānavādī jñānavādinā sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme ṛddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | yadyekaṃ śramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme ṛddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ dve | dve śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ catvāri | catvāri śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayamaṣṭau | aṣṭau śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ ṣoḍaśa | ṣoḍaśa śramaṇo gautamaḥ, vayaṃ dvātriṃśaditi yāvacchramaṇo gautama uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati, vayaṃ taddviguṇaṃ tatrtriguṇamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmaḥ | upārdhaṃ mārgaṃ śramaṇo gautama āgacchatu, vayamapyupārdhaṃ mārgaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ | tatrāsmākaṃ bhavatu śramaṇena gautamena sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | evamukte rājā prasenajit kauśalastīrthyānidamavocat-āgamayantu tāvadbhavanto yāvadahaṃ bhagavantamavalokayāmi | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalo'nyatamaṃ puruṣamāmantrayate-gaccha tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa | kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojaya | ahamabhiruhya adyaiva bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkramiṣyāmi paryupāsanāyai | evaṃ deveti sa puruṣo rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya pratiśrutya kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojayitvā yena rājā prasenajit kauśalastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamidamavocat - yuktaṃ devasya bhadraṃ yānaṃ yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyate | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalo bhadraṃ yāna-mabhiruhya śrāvastyā niryāti bhagavato'ntikaṃ bhagavantaṃ darśanāya upasaṃkramituṃ paryupāsanāya | tasya yāvatī yānasya bhūmistāvadyānena gatvā yānādavatārya pādābhyāmeva ārāmaṃ praviśya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekānte niṣaṇṇo rājā prasenajit kauśalo bhagavantamidamavocat-ime bhadanta tīrthyā bhagavantamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryeṇāhvayante | vidarśayatu bhagavānuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ hitāya prāṇinām | nirbhartsayatu bhagavāṃstīrthyān | nandayatu devamanuṣyān | toṣayatu sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi | evamukte bhagavān rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamidamavocat -nāhaṃ mahārāja evaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ dharmaṃ deśayāmi evaṃ yūyaṃ bhikṣava āgatāgatānāṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāmuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayateti | api tu ahamevaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ dharmaṃ deśayāmi-praticchanna-kalyāṇā bhikṣavo viharata vivṛtapāpā iti | dvirapi trirapi rājā prasenajit kauśalo bhagavantamidamavocat-vidarśayatu bhagavānuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ hitāya prāṇinām | nirbhartsayatu tīrthyān | nandayatu bhagavān devamanuṣyān | toṣayatu sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ jīvatāṃ tiṣṭhatāṃ dhriyamāṇānāṃ yāpayatāṃ yaduta daśāvaśyakaraṇīyāni bhavanti | na tāvadbuddhā bhagavantaḥ parinirvānti yāvanna buddho buddhaṃ vyākaroti, yāvanna dvitīyena sattvenāparivartyamanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittamutpāditaṃ bhavati, sarvabuddhavaineyā vinītā bhavanti, tribhāga āyuṣa utsṛṣṭo bhavati, sīmābandhaḥ kṛto bhavati, śrāvakayugamagratāyāṃ nirdiṣṭaṃ bhavati, sāṃkāśye nagare devatāvataraṇaṃ vidarśitaṃ bhavati, anavatapte mahāsarasi śrāvakaiḥ sārdhaṃ pūrvikā karmaplotirvyākṛtā bhavati, mātāpitarau satyeṣu pratiṣṭhāpitau bhavataḥ, śrāvastyāṃ mahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ bhavati | atha bhagavata etadabhavat-avaśyakaraṇīyametattathāgateneti viditvā rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamāmantrayate-gaccha tvaṃ mahārāja | itaḥ saptame divase tathāgato mahājanapratyakṣamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati hitāya prāṇinām | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalo bhagavantamidamavocat-yadi bhagavānanujānīyāt, ahaṃ bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapaṃ kārayeyam | atha bhagavata etadabhavat-katarasmin pradeśe pūrvakaiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairmahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ hitāya prāṇināmiti? devatā bhagavata ārocayanti-antarā bhadanta śrāvastīmantarā ca jetavanamatrāntarāt pūrvakaiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhermahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ hitāya prāṇinām | bhagavato'pi jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate-antarā ca śrāvastīmantarā ca jetavanamatrāntarāt pūrvakaiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairmahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ hitāya prāṇinām | adhivāsayati bhagavān rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya tūṣṇībhāvena | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalo bhagavatastūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavantamidamavocat-katamasmin bhadanta pradeśe prātihāryamaṇḍapaṃ kārayāmi ? antarā ca mahārāja śrāvastīmantarā ca jetavanam | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhinandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato'ntikāt prakrāntaḥ ||



atha rājā prasenajit kauśalastīrthyānidamavocat-yatkhalu bhavanto jānīran -itaḥ saptame divase bhagavānuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyati | atha tīrthyānāmetadabhavat-kiṃ punaḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ saptabhirdivasairanadhigatamadhigamiṣyati, atha vā niṣpalāyiṣyati, atha vā pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kartukāmaḥ ? teṣāmetadabhavat- na hyeva śramaṇo gautamo niṣpalāyiṣyati, nāpyanadhigatamadhigamiṣyati | nūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kartukāmaḥ | vayamapi tāvat pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kariṣyāmaḥ | iti viditvā raktākṣo nāma parivrājaka indrajālābhijñaḥ sa āhūtaḥ | raktākṣasya parivrājakasyaitat prakaraṇaṃ vistareṇārocayanti, evaṃ cāhuḥ-yatkhalu raktākṣa jānīyāḥ-śramaṇo gautamo'smābhiriddhyā āhūtaḥ | sa kathayati- itaḥ saptame divasa uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmīti | nūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kartukāmaḥ | tvamapi tāvat sabrahmacāriṇāṃ pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kuruṣva | tena tatheti pratijñātam | atha raktākṣaḥ parivrājako yena nānātīrthikaśramaṇabrāhmaṇacarakaparivrājakāstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya nānātīrthikaśramaṇabrāhmaṇacarakaparivrājakānāmetatprakaraṇaṃ vistareṇārocayati, evaṃ cāha-yatkhalu bhavanto jānīran - śramaṇo gautamo'smābhiriddhyā āhūtaḥ | sa kathayati-itaḥ saptame divasa uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmīti | nūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kartukāmaḥ | bhavadbhirapi brahmacāriṇāṃ sāhāyyaṃ karaṇīyam | saptame divase yuṣmābhirbahiḥ śrāvastyā nirgantavyam | taistatheti pratijñātam | athānyatamasmin parvate pañcamātrāṇi ṛṣiśatāni prativasanti | atha raktākṣaḥ parivrājako yena te ṛṣayastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya teṣāmetatprakaraṇaṃ vistareṇārocayati, evaṃ cāha-yatkhalu bhavanto jānīran -śramaṇo gautama ṛddhyā āhūtaḥ | sa kathayati-itaḥ saptame divase uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmīti | nūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kartukāmaḥ | bhavadbhirapi sabrahmacāriṇāṃ sāhāyyaṃ karaṇīyam | saptame divase yuṣmābhiḥ śrāvastīmāgantavyam | taistatheti pratijñātam | tena khalu samayena subhadro nāma parivrājakaḥ pañcābhijñaḥ | tasya kuśinagaryāmāvasatho'nvatapte mahāsarasi divā vihāraḥ | atha raktākṣaḥ parivrājako yena subhadraḥ parivrājakastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya etatprakaraṇaṃ vistareṇārocayati, evaṃ cāha-yatkhalu subhadra jānīyāḥ-śramaṇo gautamo'smābhiḥ ṛddhyā āhūtaḥ | sa kathayati-itaḥ saptame divase uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmīti | nūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ pakṣaparyeṣaṇaṃ kartukāmaḥ | tvayā sabrahmacāriṇāṃ sāhāyyaṃ karaṇīyam | saptame divase tvayā śrāvastīmāgantavyam | subhadreṇābhihitam- na śobhanaṃ bhavadbhiḥ kṛtaṃ yadyuṣmābhiḥ śramaṇo gautamo riddhyā āhūtaḥ | tatkasya hetoḥ ? mama tāvat kuśinagaryāmāvāso'navatapte mahāsarasi divā vihāraḥ | śramaṇasya gautamasya śāriputro nāma śiṣyastasya cundo nāma śrāmaṇerakastasyāpi tatraivānavatapte mahāsarasi divā vihāraḥ | na tathānavataptakāyikā devatā api kārān kartavyān manyante yathā tasya | eko'yaṃ samayaḥ | ihāhaṃ kuśinagarīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā piṇḍapātamādāya anavataptaṃ mahāsarasaṃ gacchāmi| tasya mamānavataptakāyikā devatā anavataptānmahāsarasaḥ pānīyamuddhṛtya ekānte na prayacchati | cundaḥ śramaṇoddeśaḥ pāṃśukūlānyādāyānavataptaṃ mahāsaro gacchati | tasyānavataptakāyikā devatā pāṃśukūlāni dhāvayitvā tena pānīyenātmānaṃ siñcati | yasya tāvadvayaṃ śiṣyapratiśiṣyakayāpi na tulyāḥ, sa yuṣmābhiruttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryeṇāhūtaḥ | na śobhanaṃ bhavadbhiḥ kṛtaṃ yacchramaṇo gautamo riddhiprātihāryeṇāhūtaḥ | evamahaṃ jāne yathā maharddhikaḥ śramaṇo gautamo mahānubhāva iti | raktākṣeṇābhihitam-tvaṃ tāvacchramaṇasya gautamasya pakṣaṃ vadasi | tvayā tāvanna gantavyam | subhadreṇābhihitam-naiva gamiṣyāmīti ||



atha rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya kālo nāmnā bhrātā abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśayaḥ | sa rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya niveśanadvāreṇābhiniṣkrāmati | anyatamayā cāvaruddhikayā prāsādatalagatayā rājakumāraṃ dṛṣṭvā sragdāmaṃ kṣiptam | tat tasyopari nipatitam | mitrārimadhyamo lokaḥ | tai rājñe niveditam -yatkhalu deva jānīthāḥ-kālena devasyāntaḥpuraṃ prārthitam | rājā prasenajit kauśalaścaṇḍo rabhasaḥ karkaśaḥ | tenāparīkṣya pauruṣeyāṇāmājñā dattā-gacchantu bhavantaḥ | śīghraṃ kālasya hastapādān chindantu | evaṃ deveti pauruṣeyai rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya pratiśrutya kālasya vīthīmadhye hastapādāśchinnāḥ | sa ārtasvaraṃ krandate, duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāmamanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayate | kālaṃ rājakumāraṃ dṛṣṭvā mahājanakāyo vikroṣṭumārabdhaḥ | pūraṇādayaśca nirgranthāstaṃ pradeśamanuprāptāḥ | kālasya jñātibhirabhihitam-etamāryāḥ kālaṃ rājakumāraṃ satyābhiyācanayā yathāpaurāṇaṃ kurudhvamiti | pūraṇenābhihitam-eṣa śramaṇasya gautamasya śrāvakaḥ | śramaṇadharmeṇa gautamo yathāpaurāṇaṃ kariṣyati| atha kālasya rājakumārasyaitadabhavat-kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptaṃ māṃ bhagavān na samanvāharatīti viditvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



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asaṃmoṣadharmāṇo buddhā bhagavantaḥ | tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate sma - gaccha tvamānanda saṃghāṭimādāya anyatamena bhikṣuṇā paścācchramaṇena yena kālo rājabhrātā tenopasaṃkrāma | upasaṃkramya kālasya rājakumārasya hastapādān yathāsthāne sthāpayitvā evaṃ vada-ye kecit sattvā apadā vā dvipadā vā bahupadā vā arūpiṇo vā rūpiṇo vā saṃjñino vā asaṃjñino vā naivasaṃjñino vā nāsaṃjñinaḥ, tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhasteṣāṃ sattvānāmagra ākhyāyate | ye kecid dharmā asaṃskṛtā vā saṃskṛtā vā, virāgo dharmasteṣāmagra ākhyātaḥ | ye kecit saṃghā vā gaṇā vā pūgā vā parṣado va, tathāgataśrāvakasaṃghasteṣāmagra ākhyātaḥ | ye kecit saṃghā vā gaṇā vā pūgā vā parṣado vā , tathāgataśrāvakasaṃghasteṣāmagra ākhyātaḥ | anena satyena satyavākyena tava śarīraṃ yathāpaurāṇaṃ syāt | evaṃ bhadantetyāyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pratiśrutya saṃghāṭīmādāyānyatamena bhikṣuṇā paścācchramaṇena yena rājabhrātā kālastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya kālasya rājakumārasya hastapādān yathāsthāne sthāpayitvā evamāha-ye kecit sattvā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuṣpadā vā bahupadā vā yāvannaivasaṃjñino nāsaṃjñinaḥ, tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhasteṣāṃ sattvānāmagra ākhyātaḥ | ye keciddharmāḥ saṃskṛtā vā asaṃskṛtā vā, virāgo dharmasteṣāmagra ākhyātaḥ | ye kecit saṃghā vā gaṇā vā pūgā vā parṣado vā, tathāgataśrāvakasaṃghasteṣāmagra ākhyātaḥ | anena satyena satyavākyena tava śarīraṃ yathāpaurāṇaṃ bhavatu | sahābhidhānāt kālasya rājakumārasya śarīraṃ yathāpaurāṇaṃ saṃvṛttam, yathāpi tatra buddhasya buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena | kālena kumāreṇa tenaiva saṃvegena anāgāmiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtaṃ ṛddhiścāpi nirhṛtā | tena bhagavata ārāmo niryātitaḥ | sa bhagavata upasthānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ | yatrāsya śarīraṃ gaṇḍagaṇḍaṃ kṛtaṃ tasya gaṇḍaka ārāmika iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā | atha rājñā prasenajitā kauśalena sarvopakaraṇaiḥ sa pravāritaḥ | kālenābhihitam-na mama tvayā prayojanam | bhagavata evopasthānaṃ kariṣyāmīti ||



rājñā prasenajitā kauśalena antarā ca śrāvastīmantarā ca jetavanamatrāntarādbhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapaḥ kāritaḥ śatasahasrahastaḥ..... caturṇāṃ maṇḍapo vitataḥ | bhagavataḥ siṃhāsanaṃ prajñaptam | anyatīrthikaśrāvakairapi pūrṇādīnāṃ nirgranthānāṃ pratyekapratyekamaṇḍapaḥ kāritaḥ | rājñā prasenajitā kauśalena saptame divase yāvajjetavanaṃ yāvacca bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapo'ntarāt sarvo'sau pradeśo'pagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhalyo vyavasthitaḥ | dhūpacūrṇāndhakāraḥ kṛtaḥ | chatradhvajapatākāgandhodakapariṣikto nānāpuṣpābhikīrṇo ramaṇīyaḥ | antarāntarā ca puṣpamaṇḍapāḥ sajjīkṛtāḥ ||



atha bhagavān saptame divase pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat | śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyaḥ paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntaḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratiśrāmya bahirvihārasya pādau prakṣālya vihāraṃ praviṣṭaḥ pratisaṃlayanāya | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalo'nekaśataparivāro'nekasahasraparivāro'nekaśatasahasraparivāro yena bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | tīrthyā api mahājanakāyaparivṛtā yena maṇḍapastenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya pratyekapratyekasminnāsane niṣaṇṇāḥ | niṣadya rājānaṃ prasanejitaṃ kauśalamidamavocan-yatkhalu deva jānīyāḥ-ete vayamāgatāḥ | kutra etarhi śramaṇo gautamaḥ ? tena bhavanto muhūrtamāgamayata | eṣa idānīṃ bhagavānadhigamiṣyati| atha rājā prasenajit kauśala uttaraṃ māṇavamāmantrayate-ehi tvamuttara, yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāma | upasaṃkramyāsmākaṃ vacanena bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā alpābādhatāṃ ca pṛccha, alpātaṅkatāṃ ca laghūtthānatāṃ ca yātrāṃ ca balaṃ ca sukhaṃ ca anavadyatāṃ ca sparśavihāratāṃ ca | evaṃ ca vada-rājā bhadanta prasenajit kauśala evamāha-ime bhadanta tīrthyā āgatā yasyedānīṃ kālaṃ manyate | evaṃ devetyuttaro māṇavo rājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalasya pratiśrutya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavatā sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārya ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇa uttaro māṇavo bhagavantamidamavocat-rājā bhadanta prasenajit kauśalo bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vandate, alpābādhatāṃ ca pṛcchati alpātaṅkatāṃ ca laghūtthānatāṃ ca yātrāṃ ca balaṃ ca sukhaṃ ca anavadyatāṃ ca sparśavihāratāṃ ca | sukhī bhavatu māṇava rājā prasenajit kauśalastvaṃ ca | rājā bhadanta prasenajit kauśala evamāha-ime bhadanta tīrthyā āgatā yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyate | evamukte bhagavānuttaraṃ māṇavamidamavocat-māṇava eṣo'hamadyāgacchāmi | bhagavatā tathādhiṣṭhito yathottaro māṇavastata evoparivihāyasā prakrāntaḥ, yena rājā prasenajit kauśalastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | adrākṣīdrājā prasenajit kauśala uttaraṃ māṇavakamupari vihāyasā āgacchantam | dṛṣṭvā ca punastīrthyānidamavocat-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatottare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayata | tīrthyāḥ kathayanti- mahājanakāyo'tra mahārāja saṃnipatitaḥ | kiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi kenaitad vidarśitamasmābhirvā śramaṇena gautamena ? atha bhagavāṃstadrūpaṃ samādhiṃ samāpanno yathā samāhite citte'rgaḍacchidreṇārciṣo nirgatya bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍape nipatitāḥ, sarvaśca prātihāryamaṇḍapaḥ prajvalitaḥ| adrākṣustīrthyā bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapaṃ prajvalitam, dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamidamavocan - eṣa idānīṃ mahārāja śramaṇasya gautamasya prātihāryamaṇḍapaḥ prajvalitaḥ | gaccha idānīṃ nirvāpaya | atha so'gniraspṛṣṭa eva vāriṇā sarvaprātihāryamaṇḍapamadagdhvā svayameva nirvṛto yathāpi tadbuddhasya buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalastīrthyānidamavocat-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatottare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayata | tīrthyāḥ kathayanti-mahājanakāyo'tra mahārāja saṃnipatitaḥ | kiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi kena etadvidarśitamasmābhirvā śramaṇena gautamena ? bhagavatā kanakamarīcikāvabhāsā utsṛṣṭāḥ, yena sarvaloka udāreṇāvabhāsena sphuṭo'bhūt | adrākṣīdrājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ sarvalokamudāreṇāvabhāsena sphuṭam | dṛṣṭvā ca punastīrthyānāmantrayate-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatottare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayata | tīrthyāḥ kathayanti - mahājanakāyo'tra mahārāja saṃnipatitaḥ | kiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi kena etadvidarśitamasmābhirvā śramaṇena gautamena ? bhagavatā kanakamarīcikāvabhāsā utsṛṣṭā yena sarvaloka udāreṇāvabhāsena sphuṭo'bhūt | adrākṣīdrājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ sarvalokamudāreṇāvabhāsena sphuṭam | dṛṣṭvā ca punastīrthyānāmantrayate-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatottare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayata | tīrthyāḥ kathayanti-mahājanakāyo'tra mahārāja saṃnipatitaḥ | kiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi kena etadvidarśitamasmābhirvā śramaṇena vā gautamena ? gaṇḍakenārāmikeṇottarakauravād dvīpāt karṇikāravṛkṣamādāya bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapasyāgrataḥ sthāpitaḥ | ratnakenāpyārāmikena gandhamādanādaśokavṛkṣamānīya bhagavataḥ prātihāryamaṇḍapasya pṛṣṭhataḥ sthāpitaḥ | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalastīrthyānidamavocat-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatottare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayata | tīrthyāḥ kathayanti-mahājanakāyo'tra saṃnipatitaḥ | kiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi kena etadvidarśitamasmābhirvā śramaṇena vā gautamena ? bhagavatā sābhisaṃskāreṇa pṛthivyāṃ pādau nyastau | mahāpṛthivīcālaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | ayaṃ trisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhāturiyaṃ mahāpṛthivī ṣaḍvikāraṃ kampati prakampati saṃprakampati | calati saṃcalati saṃpracalati | vyathati saṃvyathati saṃpravyathati | pūrvāvanamati paścimonnamati | (pūrvonnamati paścimāvanamati |) dakṣiṇonnamati uttarāvanamati | uttaronnamati dakṣiṇāvanamati | madhye unnamati ante'vanamati | madhye'vanamati ante unnamati | imau sūryacandramasau bhāsatastapato virocataḥ | vicitrāṇi ca āścaryādbhutāni prādurbhūtāni | gaganatalasthā devatā bhagavata upariṣṭāddivyānyutpalāni kṣipanti padmāni kumudāni puṇḍarīkānyagarucūrṇāni candanacūrṇāni tagaracūrṇāni tamālapatrāṇi, divyāni māndārakāṇi puṣpāṇi kṣipanti, divyāni ca vāditrāṇi saṃpravādayanti, cailavikṣepaṃ cākārṣuḥ ||



atha teṣāṃ ṛṣīṇāmetadabhavat-kimarthaṃ mahāpṛthivīcālaḥ saṃvṛtta iti | teṣāmetadabhavat-nūnamasmākaṃ sabrahmacāribhiḥ śramaṇo gautamo riddhyā āhūto bhaviṣyatīti viditvā pañca ṛṣiśatāni śrāvastīṃ saṃprasthitāni | teṣāmāgacchatāṃ bhagavatā ekāyano mārgo'dhiṣṭhitaḥ | adrākṣuste ṛṣayo bhagavantaṃ dūrādeva dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaṃ mūrtimantamiva dharmaṃ havyāvasiktamiva hutavahaṃ kāñcanabhājanasthamiva pradīpaṃ jaṅgamamiva suvarṇaparvataṃ nānāratnavicitramiva suvarṇarūpaṃ sphuṭapaṭumahāvimalaviśuddhabuddhiṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantam | dṛṣṭvā ca punarna tathā dvādaśavarṣe'bhyastaśamatho yogācārasya cittasya kalyatāṃ janayati, aputrasya vā putraḥ pratilambho daridrasya vā nidhidarśanaṃ rājyābhinandino vā rājyābhiṣeko yathā tatprathamatapūrvabuddhāropitakuśalamūlānāṃ tatprathamato buddhadarśanam | atha te ṛṣayo yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte sthitāḥ | ekāntasthitāste ṛṣayo bhagavantamidamavocan-labhemahi vayaṃ bhadanta svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam | carema vayaṃ bhagavato'ntike pravrajya brahmacaryam | te bhagavatā brāhmeṇa svareṇāhūtāḥ-eta bhikṣavaścarata brahmacaryam | sahābhidhānānmuṇḍāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ saṃghāṭīprāvṛtāḥ pātrakaravyagrahastāḥ saptāhāvaropitakeśaśmaśravo varṣaśatopasaṃpannasya bhikṣorīryāpathenāvasthitāḥ |



ehīti coktāśca tathāgatena

muṇḍāśca saṃghāṭiparītadehāḥ |

satya (dyaḥ) praśāntendriyā eva tasthu-

revaṃ sthitā buddhamanorathena ||2||



atha bhagavān divyamānuṣyeṇa pūjāsatkāreṇa satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito'rhannarhatparivāro saptabhiśca nikāyaiḥ saṃpuraskṛto mahatā ca janaughena yena prātihāryamaṇḍapastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | bhagavataḥ kāyādraśmayo nirgatya sarvaṃ prātihāryamaṇḍapaṃ suvarṇavarṇāvabhāsaṃ kṛtavatyaḥ | atha lūhasudatto gṛhapatirutthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantamidamavocat-alpotsuko bhagavān bhavatu | ahaṃ tīrthyaiḥ sārdhamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmi | nirbhartsayiṣyāmi tīrthyān | saha dharmeṇa nandayiṣyāmi devamanuṣyān | toṣayiṣyāmi sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi | na tvaṃ gṛhapate ebhiḥ ṛddhyā āhūtaḥ, api tvahaṃ tīrthyaiḥ riddhyā āhūtaḥ | ahamuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmi | sthānametadvidyate yattīrthyā evaṃ vadeyuḥ- nāsti śramaṇasya gautamasyottare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | śrāvakasyaiṣā gṛhiṇo'vadātavasanasya ṛddhiriti | niṣīda tvaṃ gṛhapate yathāsvake āsane | niṣaṇṇo lūhasudatto gṛhapatiryathāsvake āsane | yathā lūhasudatto gṛhapatirevaṃ kālo rājabhrātā, rambhaka ārāmikaḥ, ṛddhilamātā upāsikā śramaṇoddeśikā, cundaḥ śramaṇoddaśaḥ, utpalavarṇā bhikṣuṇī | athāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyana utthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantamidamavocat-alpotsuko bhagavān bhavatu | ahaṃ tīrthyaiḥ sārdhamuttaṃre manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmi | tīrthyān nigṛhṇiṣyāmi | saha dharmeṇa nandayiṣyāmi devamanuṣyān | toṣayiṣyāmi sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi | pratibalastvaṃ maudgalyāyana tīrthyān sahadharmeṇa nigṛhītum | api tu na tvaṃ tīrthyai riddhyā āhūtaḥ | ahameṣāmuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayiṣyāmi hitāya prāṇinām | nirbhartsayiṣyāmi tīrthyān | nandayiṣyāmi devamanuṣyān | toṣayiṣyāmi sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi | niṣīda tvaṃ maudgalyāyana yathāsvake āsane | niṣaṇṇa āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyano yathāsvake āsane | tatra bhagavān rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamāmantrayate-ko mahārāja tathāgatamadhyeṣate uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ hitāya prāṇinām ? atha rājā prasenajit kauśala utthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantametadavocat-ahaṃ bhadanta bhagavantamadhyeṣe uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitum | bhagavānuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ (vidarśayatu) hitāya prāṇinām | nirbhartsayatu tīrthyān | nandayatu devamanuṣyān | toṣayatu sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi | atha bhagavāṃstadrūpaṃ samādhiṃ samāpanno yathā samāhite citte svasminnāsane'ntarhitaḥ pūrvasyāṃ diśi uparivihāyasamabhyudgamya caturvidhamīryāpathaṃ kalpayati tadyathā- caṃkramyate tiṣṭhati niṣīdati śayyāṃ kalpayati | tejodhātumapi saṃpadyate | tejodhātusamāpannasya buddhasya bhagavato vividhānyarcīṃṣi kāyānniścaranti tadyathā nīlapītāni lohitānyavadātāni mañjiṣṭhāni sphaṭikavarṇāni | anekānyapi prātihāryāṇi vidarśayati | adhaḥkāyaṃ prajvālayati, uparimāt kāyācchītalā vāridhārāḥ syandante | yathā pūrvasyāṃ diśi evaṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśīti caturdiśaṃ caturvidhaṃ ṝddhiprātihāryaṃ vidarśya tān ṛddhyabhisaṃskārān pratiprasrabhya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | niṣadya bhagavān rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamidamavocat-iyaṃ mahārāja tathāgatasya sarvaśrāvakasādhāraṇā ṛddhiḥ | tatra bhagavān dvirapi rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalamāmantrayate-ko mahārāja tathāgatamadhyeṣate'sādhāraṇāyāṃ ṛddhyāmuttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryaṃ hitāya prāṇinām ? atha rājā prasenajit kauśala utthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantamidamavocat-ahaṃ bhadanta bhagavantamadhyeṣe'sādhāraṇāyāṃ ṛddhyāmuttare manuṣyadharme ṛddhiprātihāryaṃ hitāya prāṇinām | nirbhartsayatu tīrthyān | nandayatu devamanuṣyān | toṣayatu sajjanahṛdayamanāṃsi ||



bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ yadi laukikaṃ cittamutpādayanti, antaśaḥ kuntapipīliko'pi prāṇī bhagavataḥ cetasi cittamājānanti | atha lokottaracittamutpādayanti, tatrāgatirbhavati pratyekabuddhānāmapi, kaḥ punarvādaḥ śrāvakāṇām ? atha śakrabrahmādīnāṃ devānāmetadabhavat-kimarthaṃ bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam ? teṣāmetadabhavat-śrāvastyāṃ mahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśayitukāmo hitāya prāṇinām | atha śakrabrahmādayo devā anekāni ca devatāśatasahasrāṇi bhagavataścetasā cittamājñāya tadyathā balavān puruṣaḥ saṃkuñcitaṃ vā bāhuṃ prasārayet, prasāritaṃ vā saṃkuñcayet, evameva śakrabrahmādayo devā anekāni ca devatāśatasahasrāṇi ca devaloke'ntarhitāni, bhagavataḥ puratastasthuḥ | atha brahmādayo devā bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvaṃ niśritya niṣaṇṇāḥ | śakrādayo devā bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā vāmaṃ pārścaṃ niśritya niṣaṇṇāḥ | nandopanandābhyāṃ nāgarājābhyāṃ bhagavata upanāmitaṃ nirmitaṃ sahasrapatraṃ śakaṭacakramātraṃ sarvasauvarṇaṃ ratnadaṇḍaṃ padmam | bhagavāṃśca padmakarṇikāyāṃ niṣaṇṇaḥ paryaṅkamābhujya ṛjuṃ kāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhaṃ smṛtimupasthāpya | padmasyopari padmaṃ nirmitam | tatrāpi bhagavān paryaṅkaniṣaṇṇaḥ | evamagrataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvataḥ | evaṃ bhagavatā buddhapiṇḍī nirmitā yāvadakaniṣṭhabhavanamupādāya buddhā bhagavanto parṣannirmitam (?) | kecidbuddhanirmāṇāścaṃkramyante, kecit tiṣṭhanti, kecinniṣīdanti, kecicchāyāṃ kalpayanti, tejodhātumapi samāpadyante, jvalanatapanavarṣaṇavidyotanaprātihāryāṇi kurvanti | anye praśnān pṛcchanti, anye visarjayanti | gāthādvayaṃ bhāṣante -



ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |

dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ ||3||



yo hyasmin dharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati |

prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati ||4||



bhagavatā tathā adhiṣṭhitaṃ yathā sarvaloko'nāvṛtamadrākṣīdbuddhāvataṃsakaṃ yāvadakaniṣṭhabhavanamupādāya antato bāladārakā api, yathāpi tadbuddhasya buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena ||



tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma-tāvat pratigṛhṇīta bhikṣavo'nupūrve sthitāyā buddhapiṇḍyā nimittam | ekapade'ntardhāsyanti | yāvadekapade'ntarhitā | atha bhagavāṃstaṃ ṛddhyabhisaṃskāraṃ pratiprasrabhya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | niṣadya bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



tāvadavabhāsate kṛmiryāvannodayate divākaraḥ |

virocana udgate tu vairavyārto (?) bhavati na cāvabhāsate ||5||



tāvadavabhāsitamāsa tārkikairyāvannoditavāṃstathāgataḥ |

saṃbuddhāvabhāsite tu loke na tārkiko bhāsate na cāsya śrāvakaḥ ||6||



atha rājā prasenajit kauśalastīrthyānidamavocat-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatā uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayadhvam | evamukte tīrthyāstūṣṇīṃbhūtā yāvat prayāṇaparamāḥ sthitāḥ | dvirapi rājā prasenajit kauśalastīrthyānidamavocat-vidarśitaṃ bhagavatā uttare manuṣyadharme riddhiprātihāryam | yūyamapi vidarśayadhvam | evamukte tīrthyā anyonyaṃ vighaṭṭayanta evāhuḥ-tvamuttiṣṭha tvamuttiṣṭheti | na kaścidapyuttiṣṭhati ||



tena khalu punaḥ samayena pāñciko mahāsenāpatistasyāmeva parṣadi saṃnipatito'bhūt saṃnipatitaḥ | atha pāñcikasya yakṣasenāpateretadabhavat-ciramapi te ime mohapuruṣā bhagavantaṃ biheṭhayiṣyanti bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ceti viditvā tumulaṃ vātavarṣaṃ saṃjanayya mahāntamutsṛṣṭavān | tumulena vātavarṣeṇa tīrthyāṇāṃ maṇḍapā adarśanapathe kṣiptāḥ | tīrthyā hyaśanivarṣeṇa bādhyamānā diśo digbhyo vicalanti | anekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇyativarṣeṇa bādhyamānāni yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇāni | bhagavatā tathā adhiṣṭhitaṃ yathā tasyāṃ parṣadyekavāribindurna patitaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇānyanekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇyudānamudānayanti-aho buddhaḥ, aho dharmaḥ, aho saṃghaḥ | aho dharmasya svākhyātatā | pāñcikena yakṣasenāpatinā tīrthyā abhihitāḥ-ete yūyaṃ mohapuruṣā bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchadhvaṃ dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca | te niṣpalāyamānāḥ kathayanti-ete vayaṃ parvataṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmaḥ, vṛkṣāṇāṃ kuḍyānāmārāmāṇāṃ ca śaraṇaṃ gacchāmaḥ ||



atha bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate -



bahavaḥ śaraṇaṃ yānti parvatāṃśca vanāni ca |

ārāmāṃścaityavṛkṣāṃśca manuṣyā bhayatarjitāḥ ||6||



na hyetaccharaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ naitaccharaṇamuttamam |

naitaccharaṇamāgamya sarvaduḥkhāt pramucyate || 7 ||



yastu buddhaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca saṃghaṃ ca śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |

āryasatyāni catvāri paśyati prajñayā yadā ||8||



duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamutpannaṃ nirodhaṃ samatikramam |

āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ kṣemaṃ nirvāṇagāminām ||9||



eta (dvai) śaraṇaṃ śreṣṭhametaccharaṇamuttamam |

etaccharaṇamāgamya sarvaduḥkhātpramucyate ||10 ||



atha pūraṇasyaitadabhavat-śramaṇo gautamo madīyān śrāvakānanvāvartayiṣyati | iti viditvā niṣpalāyan kathayati-ahaṃ yuṣmākaṃ śāsanasarvasvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi | yāvad dṛṣṭigatān grāhayitumārabdhaḥ | yaduta antavāṃllokaḥ, anantaḥ, antavāṃścānantavāṃśca, naivāntavānnānantavān, sa jīvastaccharīramanyo jīvo'nyaccharīramiti | te kalahajātā viharanti bhaṇḍanajātā vigṛhītā vivādamāpannāḥ | pūraṇo'pi bhīto niṣpalāyitumārabdhaḥ | sa niṣpalāyan paṇḍakena pratimārge dṛṣṭaḥ | paṇḍako dṛṣṭvā gāthāṃ bhāṣate -



kutastvamāgacchasi muktapāṇi

rathakārameṣa iva nikṛttaśṛṅgaḥ |

dharmaṃ hyabhijñāya jinapraśasta-

māhiṇḍase kolikagardabho yathā ||11||



pūraṇaḥ prāha-



gamanāya me samayaḥ pratyupasthitaḥ

kāyasya me balavīryaṃ (na?) kiṃcit |

spṛṣṭāśca bhāvāḥ sukhaduḥkhate me

anāvṛtaṃ jñānamihārhatām ||12||



dūrāpagato'smi- - -

paratimirāpanudaśca tṛṣaṃ patati|

ācakṣva me dūṣika etamarthaṃ

śītodakā kutra sā puṣkiriṇī ||13||



napuṃsakaḥ prāha-

eṣā khalu śītā puṣkiriṇī

nalinī ca virājati toyadhārā |

śramaṇādhama hīnāsatpuruṣa

tvamimāṃ nanu paśyasi puṣkariṇīm ||14||



pūraṇaḥ prāha-

na tvaṃ naro nāpi ca nārikā tvaṃ

śmaśrūṇi ca te nāsti na ca stanau tava |

bhinnasvaro'si na ca cakravākaḥ

evaṃ bhavān vātahato nirucyate ||15||



atha pūraṇo nirgrantho vālukāghaṭaṃ kaṇṭhe baddhvā śītikāyāṃ puṣkiriṇyāṃ patitaḥ | sa tatraiva kālagataḥ ||



atha te nirgranthāḥ pūraṇaṃ mṛgayamāṇāḥ pratimārge gaṇikāṃ dṛṣṭvā pṛcchanti-bhadre, kaṃcit tvamadrākṣīrgacchantamiha pūraṇaṃ dharmaśāṭapraticchannaṃ kaṭacchavratabhojanam ? gaṇikā prāha-



āpāyiko nairayiko muktahastāvacārakaḥ |

śvetābhyāṃ pāṇipādābhyāmeṣa dhvaṃsati pūraṇaḥ ||16 ||



bhadre maivaṃ vocastvaṃ naitattava subhāṣitam |

dharmaśāṭapraticchanno dharmaṃ saṃcarate (saṃśrayate ?) muniḥ ||17 ||



gaṇikā prāha-

kathaṃ sa buddhimān bhavati puruṣo vyañjanānvitaḥ |

lokasya paśyato yo'yaṃ grāme carati nagnakaḥ ||18 ||



yasyāyamīdṛśo dharmaḥ purastāllambate daśā |

tasya vai śravaṇau rājā kṣurapreṇāvakṛntatu ||19 ||



atha te nirgranthā yena śītikā puṣkiriṇī tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | adrākṣuste nirgranthāḥ pūraṇaṃ kāśyapaṃ puṣkiriṇyāṃ mṛtam | kālagataṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ puṣkiriṇyā uddhṛtya ekānte chorayitvā prakrāntāḥ ||



bhagavatā buddhanirmāṇo nirmito dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samanvāgato muṇḍaḥ saṃghāṭīprāvṛtaḥ | dharmatā khalu buddhā bhagavanto nirmitena sārdhaṃ niścayaṃ kurvanti | yaṃ khalu śrāvako nirmitamabhinirmimīte, yadi śrāvako bhāṣate, nirmito'pi bhāṣate | śrāvake tūṣṇībhūte nirmito'pi tūṣṇībhavati |



ekasya bhāṣamāṇasya sarve bhāṣanti nirmitāḥ |

ekasya tūṣṇībhūtasya sarve tūṣṇībhavanti te ||20 ||



bhagavān nirmitaṃ praśnaṃ pṛcchati, bhagavān vyākaroti | eṣā hi dharmatā tathāgatānāmarhatāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhānām |



bhagavatā tasya mahājanakāyasya tathā abhiprasannasya āśayaṃ cānuśayaṃ ca dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhakī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yathā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ śaraṇagamanaśikṣāpadāni kaiściduṣma (?) gatānyadhigatāni mūrdhānaḥ kṣāntayo laukikā agradharmāḥ | kaiścitsrotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtaṃ sakṛdāgāmiphalamanāgāmiphalam | kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam | kaiścicchrāvakamahābodhau bījānyavaropitāni | kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau bījānyavaropitāni | yadbhūyasā sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā | atha bhagavāṃstāṃ parṣadaṃ buddhanimnāṃ dharmapravaṇāṃ saṃghaprāgbhārāṃ vyavasthāpyotthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ ||



dhanyāste puruṣā loke ye buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ |

nirvṛtiṃ te gamiṣyanti buddhakārakṛtau janāḥ ||21||



ye'lpānapi jine kārān kariṣyanti vināyake |

vicitraṃ svargamāgamya te lapsyante'mṛtaṃ padam ||22|||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne prātihāryasūtraṃ dvādaśamam ||