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evaṃ mayā śrutam | ekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhamardhatrayodaśabhirbhikṣuśataiḥ | satkṛto bhagavān gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito bhikṣubhirbhikṣuṇībhirupāsakairupāsikābhī rājabhī rājamātrairnānātīrthikaśramaṇabrāhmaṇacarakaparivrājakairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgarūḍairgandharvaiḥ kinnarairmahoragaiḥ | lābhī bhagavān prabhūtānāṃ praṇītānāṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ divyānāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca | taiśca bhagavānanupaliptaḥ padmamiva vāriṇā | bhagavataścāyamevaṃrūpo digvidikṣu udārakalyāṇakīrtiśabdaśloko'bhyudgataḥ-ityapi sa bhagavāṃstathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān | sa imaṃ sadevakaṃ lokaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ saśramaṇabrāhmaṇīṃ prajāṃ sadevamānuṣīṃ dṛṣṭa eva dharme svayamabhijñāya sākṣātkṛtvopasaṃpadya pravedayate | sa dharmaṃ deśayati ādau kalyāṇaṃ madhye kalyāṇaṃ paryavasāne kalyāṇam | svarthaṃ suvyañjanaṃ kevalaṃ paripūrṇaṃ pariśuddhaṃ paryavadātaṃ brahmacaryaṃ saṃprakāśayati | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma-sacedbhikṣavaḥ sattvā jānīyurdānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākaṃ yathāhaṃ jānāmi dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam, apīdānīṃ yo'sau apaścimaḥ kavalaścarama ālopaḥ, tato'pyadatvā asaṃvibhajya na paribhuñjīran, sacellabheran dakṣiṇīyaṃ pratigrāhakam | na caiṣāmutpannaṃ mātsaryaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhet | yasmāt tarhi bhikṣavaḥ sattvā na jānante dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākaṃ yathāhaṃ jānāmi dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam, tasmāddhetoradattvā asaṃvibhajya paribhujyante āgṛhītena cetasā | utpannaṃ caiṣā mātsaryaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhati | tatkasya hetoḥ ?



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvani rājābhūt kanakavarṇo nāma abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ paramayā suvarṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgataḥ | rājā bhikṣavaḥ kanakavarṇa āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogaḥ | prabhūtasattvasvāpateyaḥ prabhūtavittopakaraṇaḥ prabhūtadhanadhānyahiraṇyasuvarṇamaṇimuktāvaiḍūryaśaṅkhaśilāpravālarajatajātarūpaḥ prabhūtahastyaśvagaveḍakaḥ paripūrṇakośakoṣṭhāgāraḥ | rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya khalu bhikṣavaḥ kanakāvatī nāma rājadhānī babhūva pūrveṇa paścimena ca dvādaśa yojayānyāyāmena, dakṣiṇenottareṇa ca sapta yojanāni ca vistāreṇa | ṛddhā ca sphītā ca kṣemā ca subhikṣā ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyā ca ramaṇīyā ca | rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyāśītirnagarasahasrāṇyabhūvan | aṣṭādaśa kulakoṭī ṛddhāni sphītāni kṣemāṇi subhikṣāṇyākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāṇi | saptapañcāśadgrāmakoṭya ṛddhāḥ sphītāḥ kṣemāḥ subhikṣā ramaṇīyā mahājanākīrṇamanuṣyāḥ | ṣaṣṭiḥ karvaṭasahasrāṇyabhūvan ṛddhāni sphītāni kṣemāṇi subhikṣāṇyākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāṇi | rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyāṣṭādaśāmātyasahasrāṇyabhūvan | viṃśatistrīsahasrāṇyantaḥpuramabhūt | rājā bhikṣavaḥ kanakavarṇo dhārmiko babhūva | dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati |



athāpareṇa samayena rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya ekākino rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasya evaṃ cetasi cetaḥparivitarkamudapādi -yannvahaṃ sarvavaṇijo'śulkānagulmān muñceyam | sarvajāmbudvīpakān manuṣyānakārānagulmān muñceyamiti | atha rājā kanakavarṇo gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyānāmantrayate-adyāgreṇa vo grāmaṇyaḥ sarvavaṇijo'śulkān muñcāmi, sarvajāmbudvīpakān manuṣyānakārānaśulkān muñcāmi | tasyānenopāyena bahūni varṣāṇi rājyaṃ kārayato'pareṇa samayena nakṣatraṃ viṣamībhūtam, dvādaśa varṣāṇi devo na varṣati | atha brāhmaṇā lakṣaṇajñā naimittikā bhūmyantarikṣamantrakuśalā nakṣatraśukragrahacariteṣu tat saṃlakṣayitvā yena rājā kanakavarṇaḥ, tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ kanakavarṇamidamavocan -yatkhalu devo jānīyāt-nakṣatraṃ viṣamībhūtam, dvādaśa varṣāṇi devo na varṣiṣyati | atha rājā kanakavarṇa idamevaṃrūpaṃ nirghoṣaṃ śrutvā aśrūṇi pravartayati-aho bata me jāmbudvīpakā manuṣyāḥ, aho bata me jambudvīpaḥ ṛddhaḥ sphītaḥ kṣemaḥ subhikṣo ramaṇīyo bahujanākīrṇamanuṣyo nacirādeva śūnyo bhaviṣyati rahitamanuṣyaḥ | atha rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya muhūrtaṃ śocitvā etadabhavat-ya ime āḍhyā mahādhanā mahābhogāḥ, te śakṣyanti yāpayitum | ya ime daridrā alpadhanā alpānnapānabhogāḥ, te kathaṃ yāpayiṣyanti ? tasyaitadabhavat-yannvahaṃ jambudvīpādannādyaṃ saṃhareyam, sarvajāmbudvīpān sattvān gaṇayeyam | atha gaṇayitvā māpayeyam, māpayitvā sarvagrāmanagaranigamakarvaṭarājadhānīṣvekaṃ koṣṭhāgāraṃ kārayeyam | ekaṃ koṣṭhāgāraṃ kārayitvā sarvajāmbudvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ samaṃ bhaktaṃ pratyarpayeyamiti | atha kanakavarṇo rājā gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyānāmantrayate-gacchata yūyaṃ grāmaṇyaḥ, sarvajambudvīpādannādyaṃ saṃhṛtya gaṇayata, gaṇayitvā māpayata, māpayitvā sarvagrāmanagaranigamakarvaṭarājadhānīṣvekaṃ koṣṭhāgāraṃ sthāpayata | paraṃ deveti gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyā rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya pratiśrutya sarvajambudvīpādannādyaṃ gaṇayanti, gaṇayitvā māpayanti, māpayitvā sarvagrāmanagaranigamakarvaṭarājadhānīṣvekasmin koṣṭhāgāre sthāpayanti | ekasmin koṣṭhāgāre sthāpayitvā yena rājā kanakavarṇaḥ, tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ kanakavarṇamidamavocan-yat khalu deva jānīyāḥ-sarvagrāmanagaranigamakarvaṭarājadhānīṣvannādyaṃ saṃhṛtam, saṃhṛtya gaṇitam, gaṇayitvā māpitam, māpayitvā sarvagrāmanagaranigamarājadhānīṣvekasmin koṣṭhāgāre sthāpitaṃ yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyate | atha rājā kanakavarṇaḥ saṃkhyāgaṇakalipikapauruṣeyānāmantrayitvā etadavocat-gacchata yūyaṃ grāmaṇyaḥ, sarvajāmbudvīpakān manuṣyān gaṇayata, gaṇayitvā grāmaṇyaḥ sarvajāmbudvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ samaṃ bhaktaṃ prayacchata | paraṃ deveti saṃkhyāgaṇakalipikapauruṣeyā rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya pratiśrutya sarvajāmbudvīpakān manuṣyān gaṇayanti, saṃgaṇya rājānaṃ kanakavarṇamādau kṛtvā sarvajāmbudvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ samaṃ bhaktaṃ prajñapayanti | te yāpayantyekādaśavarṣāṇi, dvādaśavarṣaṃ na yāpayanti | nirgato dvādaśasya varṣasyaiko māso yāvadbahavaḥ strīpuruṣadārakadārikā jighatsitāḥ pipāsitāḥ kālaṃ kurvanti | tena khalu punaḥ samayena sarvajambudvīpādannādyaṃ parikṣīṇamanyatra rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyaikā mānikā bhaktasyāvaśiṣṭā ||



tena khalu samayena anyatamaścatvāriṃśatkalpasaṃprasthito bodhisattva imāṃ sahālokadhātumanuprāpto babhūva | adrākṣīd bodhisattvo'nyatarasmin vanaṣaṇḍe putraṃ mātrā sārdhaṃ vipratipadyamānam | dṛṣṭvā ca punarasyaitadabhavat-kliśyanti bateme sattvāḥ, saṃkliśyanti bateme sattvāḥ, yatra hi nāma asyāmeva nava māsān kukṣau uṣitvā, asyā eva stanau pītvā, atraiva kālaṃ kariṣyati iti | alaṃ me īdṛśaiḥ sattvairadhārmikairadharmarāgaraktairmithyādṛṣṭakairviṣamalobhābhibhūtairamātṛrajñaiśrāmaṇyaraibrāhmaṇyairakule jyeṣṭhāpacāyakaiḥ | ka utsahata īdṛśānāṃ sattvānāmarthāya bodhisattvacaryāṃ caritum ? yannvahaṃ svake kārye pratipadyeyam | atha bodhisattvo yenānyataradvṛkṣamūlaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya tasmin vṛkṣamūle niṣaṇṇaḥ | paryaṅkamābhujya ṛjukāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhaṃ smṛtimupasthāpya pañcasūpādānaskandheṣūdayavyayānudarśī viharati yadutedaṃ rūpam, ayaṃ rūpasamudayaḥ, ayaṃ rūpasyāstaṃgamaḥ, iyaṃ vedanā, iyaṃ saṃjñā, ime saṃskārāḥ, idaṃ vijñānam, ayaṃ vijñānasamudayaḥ, ayaṃ vijñānasyāstaṃgama iti | sa evaṃ pañcasūpādānaskandheṣūdayavyayānudarśī viharannacirādeva yatkiṃcit samudayadharmakaṃ tat sarvaṃ nirodhadharmakamiti viditvā tatraiva pratyekāṃ bodhimadhigatavān | atha bhagavān pratyekabuddho yathāprāptānavalokya tasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



saṃsevamānasya bhavanti snehāḥ

snehānvayaṃ saṃbhavatīha duḥkham |

ādīnavaṃ snehagataṃ viditvā

ekaścaret khaṅgaviṣāṇakalpaḥ ||1|| iti ||



atha tasya bhagavataḥ pratyekabuddhasyaitadabhavat-bahūnāṃ me sattvānāmarthāya duṣkarāṇi cīrṇāni, na ca kasyacit sattvasya hitaṃ kṛtam | kamadyāhamanukampeyam, kasyāhamadya piṇḍapātamāhṛtya paribhuñcīya ? atha bhagavān pratyekabuddho divyena cakṣuṣā viśuddhenātikrāntamānuṣeṇa sarvāvantamimaṃ jambudvīpaṃ samantādanuvilokayannadrākṣīt sa bhagavān pratyekabuddhaḥ sarvajambudvīpādannādyaṃ parikṣīṇam, anyatra rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyaikā mānikā bhaktasyāvaśiṣṭā | tasyaitadabhavat-yannvahaṃ rājānaṃ kanakavarṇamanukampeyam | yannvahaṃ rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya niveśanāt piṇḍapātamapahṛtya paribhuñjīya | atha bhagavān pratyekabuddhastata eva ṛddhyā vihāyasamabhyudgamya dṛśyatā kāyena śakuniriva ṛddhyā yena kanakāvatī rājadhānī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | tena khalu samayena rājā kanakavarṇa upariprāsādatalagato'bhut pañcamātrairamātyasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ | adrākṣīdanyatamo mahāmātrastaṃ bhagavantaṃ pratyekabuddhaṃ dūrata evāgacchantam | dṛṣṭvā ca punarmahāmātrānāmantrayate-paśyata paśyata grāmaṇyaḥ | dūrata eva lohitapakṣaḥ śakunta ihāgacchati | dvitīyo mahāmātra evamāha-naiṣa grāmaṇyo lohitapakṣaḥ śakuntaḥ, rākṣasa eva ojohāra ihāgacchati | eṣo'smākaṃ bhakṣayiṣyati | atha rājā kanakavarṇa ubhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ mukhaṃ saṃparimārjya mahāmātrānāmantrayate-naiṣa grāmaṇyo lohitapakṣaḥ śakuntaḥ, na ca rākṣasa ojohāraḥ | ṛṣireṣo'smākamanukampayehāgacchati | atha sa bhagavān pratyekabuddho rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya prāsāde pratyaṣṭhāt ||



atha rājā kanakavarṇastaṃ bhagavantaṃ pratyekabuddhamutthāyāsanāt pratyudgamya pādau śirasā vanditvā prajñapta evāsane niṣīdayati | atha rājā kanakavarṇastaṃ bhagavantaṃ pratyekabuddhamidamavocat-kimartham ṛṣe ihābhyāgamanam ? bhojanārthaṃ mahārāja | evamukte rājā kanakavarṇaḥ prārodīt | aśrūṇi pravartayannevamāha-aho me dāridyram, aho dāridyram, yatra hi nāma jambudvīpaiścaryādhipatyaṃ kārayitvā ekasyāpi ṛṣerasamarthaḥ piṇḍapātaṃ pratipādayitum | atha yā kanakāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāmadhyuṣitā devatā, sā rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya purastādgāthāṃ bhāṣate -



kiṃ duḥkhaṃ dāridyraṃ kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ tadeva dāridyram |

maraṇasamaṃ dāridyram ||2||



atha rājā kanakavarṇaḥ koṣṭhāgārikaṃ puruṣamāmantrayate-asti bhoḥ puruṣa, mama niveśane kiṃcidbhaktam, yadahamasya ṛṣeḥ pradāsyāmi ? sa evamāha-yat khalu deva jānīyāḥ-sarvajambudvīpādannādyaṃ parikṣīṇam, anyatra devasyaikā mānikā bhaktasyāvaśiṣṭā | atha rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyaitadabhavat-sacet paribhuñje, jīviṣye | atha na paribhokṣye, mariṣye | tasyaitadabhavat-yadi paribhokṣye, yadi vā na paribhokṣye, avaśyaṃ mayā kālaḥ kartavyaḥ | alaṃ me jīvitena | kathaṃ nāmehedṛśa ṛṣiḥ śīlavān kalyāṇadharmā mama niveśane'dya yathādhautena pātreṇa nirgamiṣyati ? atha rājā kanakavarṇo gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyān saṃnipātyaiovamavocat-anumodata yūyaṃ grāmaṇyaḥ, ayaṃ rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyāpaścima odanātisargaḥ | anena kuśalamūlena sarvajāmbudvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ dāridyrasamucchedaḥ syāt | atha rājā kanakavarṇastasya maharṣestat pātraṃ gṛhītvā ekāṃ mānikāṃ bhaktasya pātre prakṣipya ubhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ pātraṃ gṛhītvā jānubhyāṃ nipatya tasya bhagavataḥ pratyekabuddhasya dakṣiṇe pāṇau pātraṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati | dharmatā punarbhagavatāṃ pratyekabuddhānāṃ kāyikī dharmadeśanā na vācikī | atha bhagavān pratyekabuddho rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyāntikāt piṇḍapātramādāya tata eva ṛddhyā uparivihāyasā prakrāntaḥ | atha rājā kanakavarṇaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā tāvadanimiṣaṃ prekṣamāṇo'sthāt, yāvaccakṣuṣpathādatikrānta iti | atha rājā kanakavarṇo gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyānāmantrayate-gacchata grāmaṇyaḥ svakasvakāni niveśanāni | mā ihaiva prāsāde jighatsāpipāsābhyāṃ sarva eva kālaṃ kariṣyatha | ta evamāhuḥ-yadā devasya śrīsaubhāgyasaṃpadāsīt, tadā vayaṃ devena sārdhaṃ krīḍatā ramatā kathaṃ punarvayamidānīṃ devaṃ paścime kāle paścime samaye parityakṣyāma iti | atha rājā kanakavarṇaḥ prārodīt | aśrūṇi pravartayati | aśrūṇi saṃparimārjya gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyānidamavocat-gacchata grāmaṇyo yathāsvakasvakāni niveśanāni | mā ihaiva prāsāde jighatsāpipāsābhyāṃ sarva eva kālaṃ kariṣyatha | evamuktā gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapāriṣadyāḥ prarudanto'śrūṇi pravartayanto'śrūṇi saṃparimārjya yena rājā kanakavarṇastenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasya pādau śirasā vanditvā añjaliṃ kṛtvā rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyaitadūcuḥ-kṣantavyaṃ te yadasmābhiḥ kiṃcidaparāddham | adyāsmākaṃ devasyāpaścimaṃ darśanam ||



tadyathā tena bhagavatā pratyekabuddhena sa piṇḍapātraḥ paribhuktaḥ, atha tasminneva kṣaṇe samantāccatasṛṣu dikṣu catvāryabhrapaṭalāni vyutthitāni, śītalāśca vāyavo vātumārabdhāḥ, ye jambūdvīpādaśuciṃ vyapanayanti, meghāśca pravarṣayantaḥ pāṃśūn śamayanti | atha tasminneva divase dvitīye'rdhabhāge vividhasya khādanīyabhojanīyasya varṣaṃ pravarṣati | idamevaṃrūpaṃ bhojanamodanasaktavaḥ kulmāṣamatsyamāṃsam, idamevaṃrūpaṃ khādanīyaṃ mūlakhādanīyaṃ skandhakhādanīyaṃ patrakhādanīyaṃ puṣpakhādanīyaṃ phalakhādanīyaṃ tilakhādanīyaṃ khaṇḍaśarkaraguḍakhādanīyaṃ piṣṭakhādanīyam | atha rājā kanakavarṇo hṛṣṭatuṣṭaḥ udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajāto gaṇakamahāmātrāmātyadauvārikapārṣadyānāmantrayate-paśyatha yūyaṃ grāmaṇyaḥ, adyaiva tasyaikapiṇḍapātadānasyāṅkuraḥ prādurbhūtaḥ | phalamanyadbhaviṣyati ||



atha dvitīye divase saptāhaṃ dhānyavarṣaṃ pravarṣanti, tadyathā-tilataṇḍulā mudgamāṣā yavā godhūmamasūrāḥ śālayaḥ | saptāhaṃ sarpivarṣaṃ pravarṣanti, saptāhaṃ karpāsavarṣaṃ pravarṣanti, saptāhaṃ nānāvidhadūṣyavarṣaṃ pravarṣanti, saptāhaṃ saptaratnānāṃ varṣaṃ pravarṣanti, suvarṇasya rūpyasya vaiḍūryasya sphaṭikasya lohitamukteraśmagarbhasya musāragalvasya | sarvamasya rājñaḥ kanakavarṇasyānubhāvena jāmbudvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ dāridyrasamucchedo babhūva ||



syāt khalu bhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ kāṅkṣā vimatirvā anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena rājā kanakavarṇo babhūva | na khalvevaṃ draṣṭavyam | ahaṃ sa tena kālena tena samayena rājā kanakavarṇo babhūva | tadanena bhikṣavaḥ paryāyeṇa veditavyam | sacedbhikṣavaḥ sattvā jānīyurdānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam-apīdānīṃ yo'sau apaścimakaḥ kavalaścarama ālopaḥ, tato'pyadattvā asaṃvibhajya na paribhuñjīran, sacellabheran dakṣiṇīyaṃ pratigrāhakam | na caiṣāmutpannaṃ mātsaryaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhati | yasmāt tarhi bhikṣavaḥ sattvā na jānate dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam-yathā ahaṃ jāne dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam, tasmātte'dattvā asaṃvibhajya paribhuñjate āgṛhītena cetasā, utpannaṃ caiṣāṃ mātsaryaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhati |



na naśyate pūrvakṛtaṃ śubhāśubhaṃ

na naśyate sevanaṃ paṇḍitānām |

na naśyate āryajaneṣu bhāṣitaṃ

kṛtaṃ kṛtajñeṣu na jātu naśyati || 3||



sukṛtaṃ śobhanaṃ karma duṣkṛtaṃ vāpyaśobhanam |

asti caitasya vipāko avaśyaṃ dāsyate phalam ||4||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhikṣuṇyupāsakopāsikādevanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādayaḥ sarvāvatī ca parṣadbhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne kanakavarṇāvadānaṃ viṃśatimam ||