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25 adhyeṣaṇāparivartaḥ pañcaviṃśaḥ|



iti hi bhikṣavastathāgatasya tārāyaṇamūle viharataḥ prathamābhisaṃbuddhasyaikasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasya lokānuvartanāṃ pratyetadabhavat-gambhīro batāyaṃ mayā dharmo'dhigato'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ śāntaḥ praśānta upaśāntaḥ praṇīto durdṛśo duranubodho'tarko'vitarkāvacaraḥ| alamāryaḥ paṇḍitavijñavedanīyo yaduta sarvopadhiniḥsargo'vedito'niveditaḥ sarvaveditanirodhaḥ paramārtho'nālayaḥ| śītībhāvo'nādāno'nupādāno'vijñapto'vijñāpanīyo'saṃskṛtaḥ ṣaḍviṣayasamatikrāntaḥ| akalpo'vikalpo'nabhilāpyaḥ| aruto'ghoṣo'nudāhāraḥ| anidarśano'pratighaḥ sarvālambanasamatikāntaḥ śamathadharmopacchedaḥ| śūnyatānupalambhaḥ| tṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam| ahaṃ cedimaṃ parebhyo dharmaṃ deśayeyam, te cennājānīyuḥ, sa me syātklamatho mithyāvyāyāmo'kṣaṇadharmadeśanatā ca| yannvahamalpotsukastūṣṇībhāvena vihareyam| tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata—



gambhīra śānto virajaḥ prabhāsvaraḥ

prāpto mi dharmo hyamṛto'saṃskṛtaḥ|

deśeya cāhaṃ na parasya jāne

yannūna tūṣṇī pavane vaseyam||1||



apagatagirivākpatho hyalipto

yatha gaganaṃ tathā svabhāvadharmam|

cittamana vicāravipramuktaṃ

paramasuāścariyaṃ paro vijāne||2||



na ca punarayu śakya akṣarebhiḥ

praviśatu anarthayogavipraveśaḥ|

purimajinakṛtādhikārasattvāḥ

te imu śruṇitva hi dharmu śraddadhanti||3||



na ca punariha kaścidasti dharmaḥ

so pi na vidyate yasya nāstibhāvāḥ|

hetukriyaparaṃparā ya jāne

tasya na bhotiha astināstibhāvāḥ||4||



kalpaśatasahasra aprameyā

ahu caritaḥ purime jinasakāśe|

na ca maya pratilabdha eṣa kṣāntī

yatra na ātma na sattva naiva jīvaḥ||5||



yada maya pratilabdha eṣa kṣāntī

mriyati na ceha na kaści jāyate vā|

prakṛti imi nirātma sarvadharmāḥ

tada māṃ vyākari buddha dīpanāmā||6||



karuṇa mama ananta sarvaloke

paratu na cārthanatāmahaṃ pratīkṣe|

yada puna janatā prasanna brahme

tena adhīṣṭu pravartayiṣya cakram||7||



eva ca ayu dharma grāhyu me syāt

saci mama brahma krame nipatya yācet|

pravadahi virajā praṇītu dharmaṃ

santi vijānaka sattva svākarāśca||8||



iti hi bhikṣavastathāgatastasmin samaye ūrṇākośātprabhāmutsṛjati sma yayā prabhayā trisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhāturmahatā suvarṇavarṇāvabhāsena sphuṭo'bhūt||



atha khalu daśatrisāhasramahāsāhasrādhipatiḥ śikhī mahābrahmā buddhānubhāvenaiva tathāgatasya cetasaiva cetaḥparivitarkamājñāsīt-alpotsukatāyai bhagavataścittamabhinataṃ na dharmadeśanāyāmiti| tasyaitadabhavat-yannvahamupasaṃkramya tathāgatamadhyeṣyeyaṃ dharmacakrapravartanatāyai||



atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tasyāṃ velāyāṃ tadanyān brahmakāyikān devaputrānāmantrayate sma— naśyati batāyaṃ mārṣā loko vinaśyati, yatra hi nāma tathāgato'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyālpotsukatāyai cittamabhināmayati na dharmadeśanāyām| yannu vayamupasaṃkramya tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamadhyeṣyemahi dharmacakrapravartanāya||



atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā aṣṭaṣaṣṭyā brāhmaṇaśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāmat| upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandya prāñjalistathāgatametadavocat naśyati batāyaṃ bhagavan lokaḥ, praṇaśyati batāyaṃ bhagavan lokaḥ, yatra hi nāma tathāgato'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyālpotsukatāyai cittamabhināmayati na dharmadeśanāyām| tatsādhu deśayatu bhagavān dharmam, deśayatu sugato dharmam| santi sattvāḥ svākārāḥ suvijñāpakāḥ śaktā bhavyāḥ pratibalāḥ bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājñātum| tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata—



samudāniya jñānamahāgramaṇḍalaṃ

visṛjya raśmīn daśadikṣu caiva|

tadañja jñānāṃśu nṛpadmabodhakā

upekṣakastiṣṭhasi vādibhāskaraḥ||9||



nimantrayitvāryadhanena sattvāṃ

āśvāsayitvā bahuprāṇakoṭyaḥ|

na yuktametattava lokabandho

yaṃ tūṣṇibhāvena upekṣase jagat||10||



parāhanasvottamadharmadundubhiṃ

saddharmaśaṅkhaṃ ca prapūrayāśu|

ucchrepayasva mahadharmayūpaṃ

prajvālayasva mahadharmadīpam||11||



pravarṣa vai dharmajalaṃ pradhānaṃ

pratārayemāṃ bhavasāgarasthāṃ|

pramocayemāṃ mahavyādhikliṣṭāṃ

kleśāgnitapte praśamaṃ kuruṣva||12||



nidarśaya tvaṃ khalu śāntimārgaṃ

kṣemaṃ śivaṃ nirjaratāmaśokam|

nirvāṇamārgāgamanādanāthe

vipathasthite nātha kṛpāṃ kuruṣva||13||



vimokṣadvārāṇi apāvṛṇiṣva

pracakṣva taṃ dharmanayaṃ hyakopyam|

jātyandhabhūtasya janasya nātha

tvamuttamaṃ śodhaya dharmacakṣuḥ||14||



na brahmaloke na ca devaloke

na yakṣagandharvamanuṣyaloke|

lokasya yo jātijarāpanetā

nānyo'sti tvatto hi manuṣyacandraḥ||15||



adhyeṣako'haṃ tava dharmarāja

adhyācarākṛtvana sarvadevān|

anena puṇyena ahaṃ pi kṣipraṃ

pravartayeyaṃ varadharmacakram||16||



adhivāsayati sma bhikṣavastathāgataḥ śikhino brahmaṇastūṣṇībhāvena sadevamānuṣāsurasya lokasyānugrahārthamanukampāmupādāya||



atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā divyaiścandanacūrṇairagurucūrṇaiśca tathāgatamabhyavakīrya prītiprāmodyajātastatraivāntaradhāt||



atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgatasya dharmālokasyādarotpādanārthaṃ śikhinaśca mahābrahmaṇaḥ punaḥ punastathāgatādhyeṣaṇayā kuśalamūlavivṛddhyarthaṃ dharmasya cātigambhīrodāratāmupādāya punarapyekasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasyāyamevaṃrūpaṃ cetovitarko'bhūt-gambhīraḥ khalvayaṃ mayā dharmo'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ sūkṣmo nipuṇo duranubodhaḥ atarko'tarkāvacaraḥ paṇḍitavijñavedanīyaḥ sarvalokavipratyanīko durdṛśaḥ sarvopadhiniḥsargaḥ sarvasaṃskāropaśamaḥ sarvatamopacchedaḥ śūnyatānupalambhastṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam| ahaṃ cedidaṃ dharmaṃ deśayeyam, pare ca me na vibhāvayeyuḥ, sā me paramā viheṭhā bhavet| yannvahamalpotsukavihāreṇaiva vihareyam||



atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā buddhānubhāvena punarapi tathāgatasyetadamevaṃrūpeṇa cetaḥ-parivitarkamājñāya yena śakro devānāmindrastenopasaṃkrāmat| upasaṃkramya śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-yatkhalu kauśika jānīyāstathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ nataṃ na dharmadeśanāyām| nakṣyate batāyaṃ kauśika lokaḥ, vinakṣyate batāyaṃ kauśika lokaḥ, mahāvidyāndhakārakṣipto batāyaṃ kauśika loko bhaviṣyati, yatra hi nāma tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ nataṃ na dharmasaṃprakāśanāyām| kasmādvayaṃ na gacchāmastathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dharmacakrapravartanāyādhyeṣitum? tatkasmāt? na hyanadhyeṣitāstathāgatā dharmacakraṃ pravartayanti| sādhu mārṣeti śakro brahmā bhaumāśca devā antarīkṣāścāturmahārājakāyikāstrāyatriṃśā yāmāstuṣitā nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikā ābhāsvarā bṛhatphalā śubhakṛtsnā saṃbahulāni ca śuddhāvāsakāyika devaputraśatasahasrāṇyatikrāntavarṇā atikrāntāyāṃ rātrau kevalaṃ tārāyaṇamūlaṃ divyena varṇena divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāman| upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya caikānte tasthuḥ||



atha khalu śakro devānāmindro yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthayābhituṣṭāva—



uttiṣṭha vijitasaṃgrāma prajñākārā timisrā vivara loke|

cittaṃ hi te vimuktaṃ śaśiriva pūrṇo grahavimuktaḥ||17||



evamukte tathāgatastūṣṇīmevāsthāt||



atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-naiva kauśika tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā adhyeṣyante dharmacakrapravartanatāyai yathā tvamadhyeṣase||



atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā ekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇajānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣata—



uttiṣṭha vijitasaṃgrāma prajñākārā timisrā vivara loke|

deśaya tvaṃ mune dharmaṃ ājñātāro bhaviṣyanti||18||



evamukte bhikṣavastathāgataḥ śikhinaṃ mahābrahmāṇametadavocat-gambhīraḥ khalvayaṃ mahābrahman mayā dharmo'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ sūkṣmo nipuṇaḥ peyālaṃ yāvatsā me syātparamā viheṭhā| api ca me brahmannime gāthe'bhīkṣṇaṃ pratibhāsaḥ—



pratisrotagāmi mārgo gambhīro durdṛśo mama|

na taṃ drakṣyanti rāgāndhā alaṃ tasmātprakāśitum||19||



anusrotaṃ pravāhyante kāmeṣu patitā prajāḥ|

kṛcchreṇa me'yaṃ saṃprāptaṃ alaṃ tasmātprakāśitum||20||



atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā śakraśca devānāmindrastathāgataṃ tūṣṇībhūtaṃ viditvā sārdhaṃ tairdevaputrairduḥkhitā durmanāstatraivāntaradhāyiṣuḥ||



trirapi ca tathāgatasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ namayati sma||



tena khalu punarbhikṣavaḥ samayena māgadhakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāmimānyevaṃrūpāṇi pāpakāni akuśalāni dṛṣṭigatānyutpannānyabhūvan| tadyathā| kecidevamāhuḥ-vātā na vāsyanti| kecidevamāhuḥ-agnirna jvaliṣyati| kecidāhuḥ-devo na varṣiṣyati| kecidāhuḥ-nadyo na vahyanti| kecidāhuḥ-śasyāni na prajāsyanti| kecidāhu-pakṣiṇa ākāśe na kramiṣyanti| kecidāhuḥ-gurviṇyo nārogyeṇa prasaviṣyanti||



atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasyaivamevaṃrūpaṃ cittavitarkamājñāya māgadhakānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāmimāni dṛṣṭigatāni viditvā atikrāntāyāṃ rātrāvabhisaṃkrāntena varṇena sarvāvantaṃ tārāyaṇamūlaṃ divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāmat| upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandyaikāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata—



vādo babhūva samalairvicintito

dharmo'viśuddho magadheṣu pūrvam|

amṛtaṃ mune tadvivṛṇīṣva dvāraṃ

śṛṇvanti dharmaṃ vimalena buddham||21||



kṛtasvakārtho'si bhujiṣyatāṃ gato

duḥkhābhisaṃskāramalāpakṛṣṭaḥ|

na hānivṛddhī kuśalasya te'sti

tvamagradharmeṣviha pāramiṃ gataḥ||22||



na te mune sadṛśa ihāsti loke

kuto'dhikaḥ syādiha te maharṣe|

bhavānihāgrastribhave virocate

giriryathā'sāvasurālayasthaḥ||23||



mahākṛpāṃ jānaya duḥkhite jane

na tvādṛśā jātu bhavantyupekṣakāḥ|

bhavān viśāradyabalaiḥ samanvitaḥ

tvameva śakto janatāṃ pratāritum||24||



iyaṃ suśalyā sucirāturā prajā

sadevakā saśramaṇā dvijākhilā|

āroginī bhotu nirāturajvarā

na cāparaḥ śaraṇamihāsya vidyate||25||



cirānubaddhāstava devamānuṣāḥ

kalyāṇacittā amṛtārthinaśca|

dharmaṃ yamevādhigamiṣyate jino

yathāvadanyūnamudāhariṣyati||26||



tasmāddhiyā cāmisu vikrama tvāṃ

vinayasva sattvāṃ ciranaṣṭamārgāṃ|

aviśrutārthā śamanāya kāṅkṣitāḥ

sudurbalā bṛṃhaṇakāṅkṣiṇo vā||27||



iyaṃ tṛṣārtā janatā mahāmune

udīkṣate dharmajalaṃ tavāntike|

megho yathā saṃtṛṣitāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ

kuru tarpaṇāṃ nāyaka dharmavṛṣṭyā||28||



cirapraṇaṣṭā vicaranti mānavā

bhave kudṛṣṭīgahane sakaṇṭake|

akaṇṭakaṃ mārgamṛjuṃ pracakṣva taṃ

yaṃ bhāvayitvā hyamṛtaṃ labheyam||29||



andhāprapāte patitā hyanāyakā

noddhartumanyairiha śakyamete|

mahāprapāte patitāṃ samuddhara

chandaṃ samutpādya vṛṣo'si buddhimān||30||



na saṃgatiste'sti sadā mune ciraṃ

kadācidaudumbarapuṣpasaṃnibhāḥ|

jināḥ pṛthivyāṃ prabhavanti nāyakāḥ

prāptākṣaṇo mocaya nātha sattvāṃ||31||



abhūcca te pūrvabhaveṣviyaṃ matiḥ

tīrṇaḥ svayaṃ tārayitā bhaveyam|

asaṃśayaṃ pāragato'si sāṃprataṃ

satyāṃ pratijñāṃ kuru satyavikramaḥ||32||



dharmolkayā vidhama mune'ndhakārā

ucchrepaya tvaṃ hi tathāgatadhvajam|

ayaṃ sa kālaḥ pratilābhyudīraṇe

mṛgādhipo vā nada dundubhisvaraḥ||33||



atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgataḥ sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ buddhacakṣuṣā vyavalokayan sattvān paśyati sma hīnamadhyapraṇītānuccanīcamadhyamān svākārān suviśodhakān durākārān durviśodhakānuddhāṭitajñānavipañcijñān padaparamāṃstrīn sattvarāśīnekaṃ mithyatvaniyatamekaṃ samyaktvaniyatamekamaniyatam| tadyathāpi nāma bhikṣavaḥ puruṣaḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre sthitaḥ paśyati jalaruhāṇi kānicidudakāntargatāni kānicidudakasamāni kānicidudakābhyudgatāni, evameva bhikṣavastathāgataḥ sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ buddhacakṣuṣā vyavalokayan paśyati sma sattvāṃstriṣu rāśiṣu vyavasthitān||



atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgatasyaitadabhavat-deśayeyaṃ cāhaṃ dharmaṃ na vā deśayeyam| sa eṣa mithyatvaniyato rāśirnaivāyaṃ dharmamājānīyāt| deśayeyaṃ cāhaṃ vā dharmaṃ na vā deśayeyam| yo'yaṃ samyaktvaniyato rāśirājñāsyatyevaiṣa dharmam| (yatkhalu punarayamaniyato rāśirājñāsyatyevaiṣa dharmam|) yatkhalu punarayamaniyato rāśiḥ, tasmai saceddharmaṃ deśayiṣyāmi, ājñāsyati| uta na deśayiṣyāmi, nājñāsyate||



atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgato'niyatarāśivyavasthitān sattvānārabhya mahākaruṇāmavakrāmayati sma||



atha khalu tathāgata ātmanaścemaṃ samyagjñānamadhikṛtya śikhinaśca mahābrahmaṇo'dhyeṣaṇāṃ viditvā śikhinaṃ mahābrahmāṇaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata—



apāvṛtāsteṣāmamṛtasya dvārā

brahman ti satataṃ ye śrotavantaḥ|

praviśanti śraddhā naviheṭhasaṃjñāḥ

śṛṇvanti dharmaṃ magadheṣu sattvāḥ||34||



atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasyādhivāsanāṃ viditvā tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātastathāgatasya pādau śirasā vanditvā tatraivāntaradhāt||



atha khalu bhikṣavo bhaumā devāstasyāṃ velāyāmantarīkṣebhyo devebhyo ghoṣamudīrayanti sma, śabdamanuśrāvayanti sma-adya mārṣā tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutam| tadbhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca| parihāsyante bata bho mārṣā asurāḥ kāyāḥ| divyāḥ kāyāḥ paripūriṃ gabhiṣyanti| bahavaśca sattvā loke parinirvāsyanti| evamevāntarīkṣā devā bhaumebhyo devebhyaḥ pratiśratya cāturmahārājikānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣamudīrayanti sma| cāturmahārājikāstrāyatriṃśānām, trāyatriṃśā yāmānām, yāmā tuṣitanirmāṇaratīnām, nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartinām, te'pi brahmakāyikānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣamudīrayanti sma, śabdamanuśrāvayanti sma-adya mārṣāstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutam| tadbhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca| parihāsyante bata bho mārṣā asurāḥ kāyāḥ| divyāḥ kāyā vivardhiṣyante| bahavaśca sattvā loke parinirvāsyantīte||



iti hi bhikṣavastatkṣaṇaṃ tanmuhurtaṃ tallavaṃ yāvadbahmakāyikā devāstasmādbhaumādārabhya ekavāgekanirnāda ekanirghoṣo'bhyudgato'bhūt-adya mārṣāstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutamiti||



atha khalu bhikṣavo dharmaruciśca nāmā bodhivṛkṣadevatā dharmakāyaśca dharmamatiśca dharmacārī ca, ete catvāro bodhivṛkṣadevatāstathāgatasya caraṇayornipatyaivamāhuḥ-kva bhagavān dharmacakraṃ pravartiṣyatīti? evamukte bhikṣavastathāgatastān devatānetadavocat-vārāṇasyāmṛṣipatane mṛgadāve| te āhuḥ-parīttajanakāyā bhagavan vārāṇasī mahānagarī, parīttadrumachāyaśca mṛgadāvaḥ| santyanyāni bhagavan mahānagarāṇi ṛddhāni sphītāni kṣemāni subhikṣāṇi ramaṇīyāni ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāṇi udyānavanaparvatapratimaṇḍitāni| teṣāṃ bhagavānanyatame dharmacakraṃ pravartayatu| tathāgato'vocatmaivaṃ bhadramukhāḥ|| tatkasmāt?



ṣaṣṭiṃ yajñasahasrakoṭinayutā ye tatra yaṣṭā mayā

ṣaṣṭiṃ buddhasahasrakoṭinayutā ye tatra saṃpūjitā|

paurāṇāmṛṣiṇāmihālayu varo vārāṇasī nāmavā

devānāgamabhiṣṭuto mahitalo dharmābhinimnaḥ sadā||35||



buddhā koṭisahasra naikanavatiḥ pūrve smarāmī aha

ye tasminnṛṣisāhvaye vanavare vartīsu cakrottamam|

śāntaṃ cāpyupaśāntadhyānabhimukhaṃ nityaṃ mṛgaiḥ sevitaṃ

ityarthe ṛṣisāhvaye vanavare vartiṣyi cakrottamam||36||iti||



||iti śrīlalitavistare'dhyeṣaṇāparivarto nāma pañcaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ||