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14 sūkarikāvadānam |
dharmatā khalu cyavanadharmaṇo devaputrasya pañca pūrvanimittāni prādurbhavanti-akliṣṭāni vāsāṃsi kliśyanti, amlānāni mālyāni mlāyanti, daurgandhaṃ kāyena niṣkrāmati, ubhābhyāṃ kakṣābhyāṃ khedaḥ prādurbhavati, cyavanadharmā devaputraḥ sva āsane dhṛtiṃ na labhate | athānyatamaścyavanadharmā devaputraḥ pṛthivyāmāvartate, saṃparivartyaivaṃ cāha-hā mandākinī, hā puṣkiriṇī, hā vāpī, hā caitraratha, hā pāruṣyaka, hā nandanavana, hā miśrakāvana, hā pāriyātraka, hā pāṇḍukambalaśilā, hā devasabhā, hā sudarśana, iti karuṇakaruṇaṃ paridevate sma | adrākṣīcchakro devānāmindrastaṃ devaputramatyarthaṃ pṛthivyāmāvartantaṃ parivartantam | dṛṣṭvā punaryena sa devaputrastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya taṃ devaputramidamavocat-kasmāt tvaṃ mārṣa atyarthaṃ pṛthivyāmāvartase, saṃparivartase, karuṇakarūṇaṃ paridevase-hā mandākinī, hā puṣkiriṇī, hā vāpī, hā caitraratha, hā pāruṣyaka, hā nandanavana, hā miśrakāvana, hā pāriyātraka, hā pāṇḍukambalaśilā, hā devasabhā, hā sudarśana iti karuṇakaruṇaṃ paridevase ? evamukte devaputraḥ śakraṃ devānāmindramidamavocat-eṣo'haṃ kauśika divyaṃ sukhamanubhūya itaḥ saptame divase rājagṛhe nagare sūkaryāḥ kukṣau upapatsyāmi | tatra mayā bahūni varṣāṇyuccāraprasrāvaḥ paribhoktavya iti | atha śakro devānāmindraḥ kāruṇyatayā taṃ devaputramidamavocat- ehi tvaṃ mārṣa, buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha gaṇānāmagryamiti | atha sa devaputrastiryagyonyupapattibhayabhīto maraṇabhayabhītaśca śakraṃ devānāmindramidamavocat-eṣo'haṃ kauśika buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi gaṇānāmagryam | atha sa devaputrastriśaraṇaparigṛhīto bhūtvā cyutaḥ kālagatastuṣite devanikāye upapannaḥ ||
dharmatā khalu adhastāddevānāṃ jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate nordhvam | atha śakro devānāmindrastaṃ devaputramavalokayati-kimasau devaputraḥ sūkarikāyāḥ kukṣau upapanno na veti | yāvat paśyatinopapannastiryakpreteṣu | narakeṣūpapanna iti paśyati | nopapannaḥ | manuṣyāṇāṃ sabhāgatāyāmupapanna iti paśyati | nopapannaḥ | cāturmahārājakāyikān devāṃstrāyastriṃśāṃścāvalokayitumārabdhaḥ | tatrāpi nādrākṣīt | atha śakro devānāmindraḥ kutūhalajāto yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaḥ śakro devānāmindro bhagavantamidamavocat-ihāhaṃ bhadanta adrākṣamanyatamaṃ devaputraṃ cyavanadharmāṇaṃ pṛthivyāmāvartamānaṃ karuṇakaruṇaṃ ca paridevamānam-hā mandākini, hā puṣkiriṇi, hā vāpi, hā caitraratha, hā pāruṣyaka, hā nandanavana, hā miśrakāvana, hā pāriyātraka, hā pāṇḍukambalāśilā, hā devasabhā, hā sudarśana iti | tamenamevaṃ vadāmi-kasmāt tvaṃ mārṣa atyarthaṃ śocasi paridevase krandasi urasi tāḍayasi saṃmohamāpadyasa iti ? sa evamāha-eṣo'haṃ kauśika divyaṃ sukhamapahāya itaḥ saptame divase rājagṛhe nagaere sūkarikāyāḥ kukṣau upapatsyāmi | tatra mayā bahūni varṣāṇi uccāraprasrāvaḥ paribhoktavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | tamenamevaṃ vadāmi-ehi tvaṃ mārṣa buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha gaṇānāmagryamiti | sa evamāha-eṣo'haṃ kauśika buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi gaṇānāmagryam | ityuktvā sa devaputraḥ kālagataḥ | kutrāsau bhadanta devaputra upapannaḥ ? bhagavānāha-tuṣitā nāma kauśika devāḥ sarvakāmasamṛddhayaḥ | tatrāsau modate devo gatveha śaraṇatrayam | atha śakro devānāmindra āttamanāstasyāṃ velāyāmimāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate -
ye buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yānti na te gacchanti durgatim |
prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate ||1||
ye dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ yānti na te gacchanti durgatim |
prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate ||2||
ye saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ yānti na te gacchanti durgatim |
prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate ||3||
atha bhagavān śakrasya devānāmindrasya bhāṣitamanusaṃvarṇayannevamāha-evametat kauśika, evametat |
ye buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yānti na te gacchanti durgatim |
prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate ||4||
ye dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ yānti na te gacchanti durgatim |
prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate ||5||
ye saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ yānti na te gacchanti durgatim |
prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate ||6||
atha śakro devānāmindro bhagavato bhāṣitamabhinandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya prāñjalikṛtasaṃpuṭo bhagavantaṃ namasyamānastatraivāntarhitaḥ ||
idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo'bhyanandan ||
iti śrīdivyāvadāne sūkarikāvadānaṃ caturdaśamam ||