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 Mahāvadānasūtram

 

evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ-ekasmin samaye buddhaḥ śrāvasthyāṃ (deśe)viharati,puṣpavanaśālāyāṃ mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena ca sārddhaṃ ardhadvādaśajanaśatena |

 

tasmin samaye saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ piṇḍacārāt pratikrāntāḥ,puṣpavanaśālāyāṃ anyonyaṃ kathāṃ saṃvadanti,eke hi āryā bhikṣavaḥ-(yāḥ)anuttarā praṇītā bhavanti atyāścaryakarā ṛddhayaḥ,duraṃgamāni vīryāṇi balāni udārāṇi mahānti,atītāni anekavidhāni jānāti buddho,nirvāṇapraviṣṭānāṃ chinnadṛṣṭisaṃyojanabaṃdhanānāṃ akathaṃkathīnāṃ,  jānāti ca teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ saṃkhyāpramāṇaṃ nāma-gotra-śabdaṃ,jātiṃ,vaṃśaṃ,kulaṃ,teṣāṃ pānaṃ bhojanaṃ,dīrgha alpaṃ āyuḥ,sukhāṃ duḥkhā(ca)vedanām | tathā ca te buddhā evaṃśīlā evaṃdharmā evaprajñā evaṃpratibhā evaṃsthitikāḥ yathā ta āryāstathāgatā abhavan kuśalā vyākṛtadharmasvabhāvā (iti)yathāryaṃ jānāti | devā āgatya vadanti (tena)jānāti imaṃ artham |

 

tasmin kāle bhagavān pratisallayane sthitaḥ divyena śrotreṇa viśuddhena paryavadātenāśrauṣīt teṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ evaṃ saṃvādam | athāsanādutthāya upasaṃkramya puṣpavanaśālāṃ nyaṣīdat ca prajñapta āsane | tasmikāle jānan api arthaṃ vacanaṃ aprākṣīt tān bhikṣūn-

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,yūyaṃ kasyāṃ kathāyāṃ iha sannipatitāḥ ?"

 

tadā te bhikṣava 'idaṃ vastvabhūda'(iti)avocan | tadā bhagavān avocattān bhikṣūn-

 

sādhu,sādhu,yūyaṃ śraddhayā āgāraṃ vihāya mārgaṃ bhāvayatha,sarvaṃ karaṇīyam | tatra vo dve karaṇīye | prathamaṃ nāma āryā dharma-kathā,  dvitīyaṃ nāma āryaḥ tūṣṇībhāvaḥ | yujyate yuṣmākaṃ evaṃ saṃvādaḥ- 'tathāgata audārikena mahatā ṛddhyanubhāvabalena jānāti sarvaṃ atītānekakalpavastu | śakyaḥ saṃjānītuṃ dharmasvabhāvaḥ,tasmāt jānāti | yataśca devā āgatya vadaṃti tato jānāti |

 

buddhastadā gāthābhiravocat-

bhikṣavo dharmaśālāyāṃ sannipatitāḥ samūcurāryakathāsaṃvādam |

pratisaṃllayanagarme sthitastathāgato divyena śrotreṇājñāsīt sarvam ||1||

sūryaprabho lokāloko buddhaḥ saṃvivicya dharmadhātvartham |

jānāti atītamapyarthaṃ trayaṃ parinivṛtānāṃ buddhānām ||2||

 

nāmagotraṃ jñāti-kulaṃ,saṃvedanaṃ,janma,bhogaṃ ca jānāti |

āśritya tāni tāni sthānāni,pariśuddhena cakṣuṣā pravedayati sarvamatha ||3||

nānā devā mahāvīryabalāḥ,atyudāramukhākārāḥ |

āgatya pravadanti māṃ trayāṇāṃ,  buddhānāṃ parivirvṛtānām ||4||

pravedayanti kulaṃ nāma gotraṃ duḥkhitaṃ śakunisvaraṃ sarvaṃ jānāti |

deva-manuṣyāṇāṃ anuttaraḥ śreṣṭaḥ saṃjānāti atītān buddhān ||5||

 

uvāca ca tān bhikṣūn-

 

"icchatha yūyaṃ śrotuṃ tathāgato jānāti atītaṃ jīvitaṃ,jānāti atītānāṃ buddhānāṃ nānāhetupratyayān na (vaiti),bhāṣiṣye tad aham |"

 

tadā te bhikṣavo buddhaṃ (idaṃ)vacanaṃ ūcuḥ-

 

"bhagavan,ayaṃ eva etasya kālaḥ,icchāmaḥ sukhaṃ prārthayāma ākarṇitum | sādhu,bhagavān bhāṣatāṃ idānīṃ kathāṃ,udgṛhīṣyāma ācariṣyāmo (vayaṃ)tām |"

 

buddha uvāca tān bhikṣūn -

 

"śrṛṇuta,śrṛṇuta,suṣṭu manasikuruta idaṃ,ahaṃ vo bhāṣiṣye,pṛthak vyākhyāsyāmi |"

atha te bhikṣavaḥ samanvamanyanta avavādaṃ śrotum |

buddhaḥ pratyuvāca tān bhikṣūn -

"atīta ekanavatitame kalpe tadā'bhūt vipaśyī nāma buddhaḥ tathāgato'rhan,prādurabhūt loke | punaścāparaṃ bhikṣavaḥ,atīta ekartriṃśe kalpe'bhūt śikhī nāma buddhaḥ tathāgato'rhan,prādurabhūt loke | punaścāparaṃ bhikṣavaḥ,  tatraikatriṃśe kalpe'bhūt viśvabhūrnāma buddhaḥ tathāgato'rhan,prādurabhūt loke | asmin bhadrakalpe'bhūta krakucchando nāma buddhaḥ,konāgamano nāma ca buddhaḥ,  kāśyapo nāma ca buddhaḥ | asminneva bhadrakalpe'haṃ utpannaḥ samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ |"

 

buddho'tha gāthābhiruvāca-

ekanavatitame'tīte kalpe'bhūt vipaśyī buddhaḥ |

tata ekatriṃśe kalpe'bhūt buddhaḥ śikhī nāma ||6||

 

tatrāsmin kalpa āgāt viśvabhūstathāgataḥ |

ihāsmin bhadrakalpe'nekāsaṃkhyeye ||7||

 

abhūvan catvāro maharṣayaḥ satvān hyanukampya āgatāḥ |

krakucchandaḥ konāgamanaḥ kāśyapaḥ śākyamuniḥ ||8||

 

jānīta yūyaṃ,vipaśyino buddhasya kāle manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ aśītivarṣasahastram | śikhino buddhasya kāle manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ saptativarṣasahastram | viśvabhvo buddhasya kāle manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ viṃśativarṣasahastram | etarhi mayyāgate loke manuṣyāṇāṃ āyuḥ varṣaśataṃ alpatāṃgataṃ bhūyaḥ prakṣīya |"

 

tadā buddho gāthābhiradhyuvāca-

 

vipaśyikāle narāṇāṃ āyuḥ caturāśītisahastram |

śikhibuddhasya kāle manuṣyāyuḥ saptativarṣasahasram ||9||

 

viśvabhūkāle manuṣyāyuḥ ṣaṣṭhivarṣasahastram |

krakucchandakāle manuṣyāyuḥ catvāriṃśadvarṣasahasram ||10||

 

konāgamasya kāle manuṣyāyuḥ triṃśadvarṣasahasram |

kāśyapabuddhakāle manuṣyāyuḥ viṃśadvarṣasahasram |

 

kāśyapabuddhakāle manuṣyāyuḥ nādhikaṃ śatāt ||11||

 

tathaitarhi mama kāle manuṣyāyuḥ nādhikaṃ śatāt ||

 

"vipaśyī buddha āgāt kṣatriyaḥ gotreṇa kauṃḍinyaḥ | śikhī buddhaḥ,viśvabhū buddho'pi gotreṇa tathā | krakucchando buddha āsīd brāhmaṇaḥ gotreṇa kāśyapaḥ | konāgamano buddhaḥ,  kāśyapo buddhaḥ api kulena gotreṇa tathā | ahaṃ etarhi tathāgato'rhan asmin kulena kṣatriyaḥ,gotranāmnā ca ucyate gautamaḥ |"

 

buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-

vipaśyī tathāgataḥ,śikhī,viśvabhūḥ ||12||

ime trayaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā āsan gotreṇa kauṇḍinyāḥ ||

anye trayaḥ tathāgatā āsan gotreṇā kāśyapāḥ ||13||

ahaṃ idānīṃ anuttaraḥ śreṣṭhaḥ śāstā sarveṣāṃ satvānām ||

deva-manuṣyādīnāṃ vaśī gautamo nāma ||14||

prathame trayaḥ samyak-saṃbuddhā āsan vaṃśena kṣatriyāḥ ||

antyāḥ trayaḥ tathāgatāḥ āsan vaṃśena brāhmaṇāḥ||15||

ahamidānīmanuttaraḥ śreṣṭho'smi vaśī kṣatriyaḥ ||

 

"vipaśyī buddhaḥ pāṭalīvṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ | śikhī buddho niṣadya puṃḍarīkavṛkṣasyāśro'bhūta samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ | viśvabhūḥbuddho niṣadya śālavṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ | krakucchando niṣadya śirīṣavṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ | konāgamano buddho niṣadyodumbaravṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ | kāśyapo buddho niṣadya nyagrodhavṛkṣasyādho'bhūt samyak-saṃbuddhaḥ |

 

buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-

"vipaśyī tathāgata ājagāma pāṭalivṛkṣe ||16||

tadā tasmin sthāne prāpa saṃbodhimanuttarām |

śikhī puṇḍarīkavṛkṣe prāpa mārgaṃ nirodhaṃ sasamudayam ||17||

viśvabhūḥ tathāgato niṣadya śālavṛkṣādhaḥ |

lebhe vimokṣajñānaṃ ṛddhimapratihatām ||18||

krakucchandastathāgato niṣadya śirīṣavṛkṣādhaḥ |

sarve viśuddhaprajñā vigatakleśā vigatagrāhāḥ ||19||

konāgamo muniḥ niṣadyodumbaravṛkṣasyādhaḥ |

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buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

vipaśyinaḥ pitā bandhuḥ,mātā bandhumatī (tathā)|

bandhumannagaraṃ tatra buddho dharmaṃ samādiśat ||44||

 

"śikhibuddhasya pitā'ruṇo nāma kṣatriyo rājavaṃśikaḥ,mātā prabhāvatī nāma,rājadhānī aruṇavatī nāma | "

 

buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

 

"śikhino janako'ruṇo mātā nāma prabhāvatī |

aruṇavatī nagaraṃ śīlabalena paraśatrujit ||45||

"viśvabhūbuddhasya pitā suprīto nāma kṣatriyo rājavaṃśikaḥ,mātā yaśovatī nāma,nagaraṃ anupamaṃ nāma |"

 

buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

viśvabhūbuddhajanakaḥ suprītaḥ kṣatravaṃśikaḥ |

mātā yaśovatī (nāma)nagaraṃ nāmānūpamam ||46||

krakucchandabuddhasya pitā maṃjuśīlo nāma,brāhmaṇavaṃśikaḥ,mātā viśākhā nāma,kṣemo nāma rājā'nugato rājā,kṣemavatī nāma hi nagaram |

 

buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

maṃjuśīlo dvijaḥ (tātaḥ)viśākhā nāma jananī |

kṣemo nāma rājā vasati kṣemavatīpure ||47||

"konāgamabuddhasya pitā mahāśīlo nāma brāhmaṇaḥ,mātā vijayā nāma,tadā rājā śubho nāma upasthāko rājanāmato nāma nagaram |"

 

buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

"vijayā jananī nāma mahāśīlo dvijaḥ (pitā)|

śubho nāma (tadā)rājā vasati śubhavatīpure ||48||

kāśyapabuddhasya pitā brahmaśīlo nāma,  brāhmaṇavaṃśikaḥ mātā dhanavatī nāma | tasmin kāle kikī nāma rājā (upasthākaḥ)rājadhānī vārāṇasī nāma nagaram |"

 

buddhastasmin kāle gāthayovāca-

"mātā dhanavatī nāma brahmaśīlo dvijaḥ (pitā)|

tadā rājā kikī nāma purī vārāṇasī (tathā)||49||

mama pitā śuddhodano nāma kṣatriyo rājavaṃśikaḥ,mātā mahāmāyā nāma,rājadhānī kapilavastu nāma nagaram |

 

buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

"mahāmāyeti jananī pitā śuddhodano nṛpaḥ |

bahudhanajane deśe vā tābhyāṃ jātohaṃ (ātmajaḥ)||50||

 

"ime te santi buddhāḥ | (te)hetuprayatyataḥ nāma-gotra-kulānāṃ gatyāyuḥsthānataḥ kathaṃ abhavan (iti)idaṃ śrutvā vijñaḥ puruṣo hetupratyayataśca (bhavati)suprītiprāmodyaprāptaḥ sukhasaumanasyacittaḥ |

 

tasmin kāle bhagavān provāca tān bhikṣūn-

"abhilaṣāmyahaṃ idānīṃ pūrvanivāsajñānaṃ vaktuṃ atītānāṃ buddhānāṃ viṣaye,icchatha yūyaṃ śrotuṃ na (veti)"?

 

te bhikṣavaḥ pratyūcuḥ-

 

"etasyeva idānīṃ kālaḥ | sukhenecchāmaḥ śrotum |"

 

buddha uvāca tān -

 

"sādhu,sādhu,  bhikṣavaḥ,suṣṭhu manasi kuruta,tad ahaṃ vo vibhajya bhāṣiṣye | bhikṣavaḥ,vijñātavyā teṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tuṣitadeva-lokāt cyuto 'vākramat mātṛkukṣau,dakṣiṇapārśvato praviśya saṃprajānan amūḍhaḥ | tatra tadā pṛthvī samakaṃpata,mahānto'vabhāsāḥ prākāśanta,sarvaṃ lokadhātuṃ avabhāsayantaḥ,yatra candrasūryau na prāpnutaḥ,(tat)sarvaṃ sthānaṃ ācchādayanta udāreṇa avabhāsena | niraya-satvā (api)ekaikasyānyonyaṃ paśyanti,saṃjānanti svakīyāṃ sthitiṃ tadā'smin avabhāse | punaścāparaṃ dṛśyante māraprāsādāḥ sarve devāḥ śakro brahmā śramaṇā brāhmaṇāścānye satvāḥ sarve ācchāditā udāreṇāvabhāsena | sarve devalokāḥ svabhāvato'darśanā avabhāsante | buddhastadā gāthābhyāmuvāca-

 

nabhasyālambate megho bhāti vidyud adhodivi |

vipaśyī bhāsayan bhāsā kukṣau cāpi samāviśat ||51||

sūryendvanupagatamapyanāvṛtaṃ na prabhāsā |

kukṣau tiṣṭhati viśado mrakṣita iti dharmatā sarvabuddhānām ||52||

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,sarvairvijñeyā sarvabuddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī,bodhisatvaḥ tadā smaran saṃprajānan amūḍho mātṛkukṣau avākramat | catvāro devaputrāḥ khaṅgaṃ haste gahītvā rakṣaṃti tasya mātaram | manuṣyā amanuṣyāśca na prabhavanti vihiṃsitum | ayamasti śāśvato dharmaḥ (dharmatā)|"

 

buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-

 

caturdiśaṃ catvāro devaputrā īśvarā vaśinaḥ |

devānāmiṃdreṇa śakreṇa preṣitā arakṣan bodhisatvam ||53||

karāsidhāriṇo nityaṃ anirgacchanto rakṣanti |

manuṣyā,amanuṣyā na hiṃsanti,iyaṃ sarveṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā ||54||

devā avabhāsamānā rakṣanti,devakanyā yathā rakṣyaṃtedeveṣu |

sukhasampanne kule,iyaṃ sarveṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā ||55||

 

uvāca ca -

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,sarveṣāṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā (eṣā)| vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tuṣitāt devalokāt mātṛkukṣau vijñānaṃ avākramata smaran saṃprajānan asaṃmūḍhaḥ | mātuḥ kāyaḥ (tadā)kṣemasurakṣito'saṃbādhitaḥ prajñā barddhate| mātāvalokayaṃtī svayaṃ paśyati garbham | bodhisatvasya kāyaḥ sarvendriyaparipūrṇaḥ,yathālohitaṃ suvarṇacūrṇaṃ mala-rajovirahitaṃ,cakṣuṣmantaḥ puruṣāstat tathā paśyanti pariśuddhe sphaṭike antarvahiḥ pariśuddhaṃ,sarvāvaraṇakaluṣavirahitam | bhikṣavaḥ,sarvaṃ idaṃ asti buddhānāṃ dharmatā |"

 

tasmin kāle bhagavān gāthābhyāṃ uvāca-

 

"yathā śubho vaidūryamaṇiḥ sūryacaṃdra prabheva svayaṃ |

jātimān (tathā)tiṣṭhati mātṛkukṣau,tasya mātā'saṃbādhā ||56||

prajñayā bhavati varddhamānā,suvarṇaviṃvaṃ garbhaṃ paśyati |

mātā garbhiṇī susukhinī,iyaṃ buddhānāṃ dharmatā ||57||

 

buddha uvāca -

 

bhikṣavaḥ,vipaśyini bodhisatve tuṣitād devalokāt cyavitvā mātṛ kukṣiṃ avakramati smarati saṃprajānati amūḍhe,māturmano'sarvarāgacittaṃ,na rāgā'gninā tat paridagdhaṃ (bhavati)| iyaṃ asti sarvabuddhānāṃ dharmatā |"

 

tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthābhyāṃ uvāca-

 

"bodhisatve tiṣṭhati mātṛkukṣiṃ devadeve puṇyasaṃyute |

tanmātuścinttaṃ suci nirmala sarvarāgacintāvirahitam ||58||

sarvakāmarāgecchayā malinamasamupagatam |

na bhavati kāmāgninā dahyamānā sarvabuddhānāṃ mātā nityaṃ pariśuddhā ||59||

 

buddha uvāca-

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,buddhānāṃ dharmatā (eṣā)| (yadā)vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ prathamaṃ tuṣitadevalokāt cyavitvā'vākramat mātṛkukṣau smaran saṃprajānan amūḍhaḥ | tasya mātā samācarati paṃcaśīlaṃ,brahmacaryaṃ pūrṇaśuddhanirmalaṃ gṛhṇāti | atiśraddhā dayāpannā'nukaṃpikā sarvakuśalakāriṇī sukhinī nirbhayā,kāyaṃ vihāya jīvitāt cyavitvā utpadyate tuṣiteṣu deveṣu | iyaṃ asti dharmatā |"

 

tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthayovāca-

 

"samācarati mānuṣa uttame kāye vīrya-śīlaparipūrṇā |

paścāta gṛhṇāti devakāyaṃ idaṃ pratyayā nāma buddhamātā ||60||

 

buddha uvāca-

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,eṣā buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścakrāma | pṛthivikaṃpo'bhūta | avabhāsena sarvaṃ avabhāsitam | prathama-garbhapraveśakāle tamomayaṃ sthānaṃ (api)na (kimapi)avabhāsena anācchāditam | eṣā'sti dharmatā |

 

tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthābhyāṃ uvāca-

 

rājaputropapattau pṛthivī ca kaṃpe mahadavabhāsena na kimapyanācchāditam |

ayaṃ dhātuśca paro dhātuḥ ūrdhvamadhaśca sarvā diśaḥ ||61||

bhāsamāno prabhāṃ dadāti śuddhena hetunā,paripūrṇo devakāyaḥ |

praśāṃto bhavati śuddhavāk ucyate bodhisatvo nāma"||62||

 

buddha uvāca-

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,(eṣā)buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tatra svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścakrāma smaran amūḍhaḥ | tadā bodhisatvamātā (abhūt)haste vṛkṣaśākhāṃ gṛhītvā'viṣaṇṇā'nipannā | atha catvāro devaputrā haste gṛhītvā gaṃdhajalaṃ,tatra mātuḥ purastāt asthuḥ vadantaḥ "sādhu,devamātaḥ,idānīṃ upapanna āryaputraḥ,mā dhāraya durmanaskatām | eṣā'sti dharmatā |"

 

tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthayovāca-

 

"buddhamātā aniṣaṇṇā'nipannā śīlasaṃpannā brahmacaryacāriṇī |

prasavati varaṃ niralasaṃ devamanuṣyair niṣevitaṃ (putram)||63||

 

buddha uvāca- "bhikṣavaḥ (eṣā)buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tatra svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścakrāma,smaran saṃprajānan amūḍhaḥ | tasya kāyaḥ pariśuddho'mrakṣitaḥ malena śleṣmaṇā (vā)| yathā bhavati himajalam (?)- pariśodhitā prabhāsvarā muktā śveta kauṣeyopari nikṣiptā na mrakṣate ubhayataḥ śuddhatvāt,bodhisatvo'pi garbhe evam | iyaṃ asti dharmatā |"

 

tasmin kāle ca bhagavān gāthayovāca-

 

"yatha śuddhā prabhāsvarā muktā kauṣeye nikṣiptā'mrakṣitā |

bodhisatvo garbhaniṣkrāṃtikāle (tathā)pariśuddho'mrakṣitaḥ ||64||

 

buddha uvāca-

 

bhikṣavaḥ,eṣā buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ tatra svopapattikāle dakṣiṇapārśvato niścikrāma smaran saṃprajānana amūḍhaḥ | dakṣiṇāpārśvato niṣkramya bhūmau nipatyāgamat sapta padāni | amanuṣyā agṛhīṣuḥ tadā | sarvato vilokya caturdiśaṃ,utthāpya hastaṃ cābhāṣata- ūrdhva devāt adho devāt ahameva asmi agra icchāmi vimocayituṃ satvān jāti-jarāvyādhi-maraṇataḥ | eṣā dharmatā"

 

tasmin kāle bhagavān gāthābhiruvāca-

 

"siṃho yathā gacchati vilokayan sarvataḥ caturdiśam |

nipatya bhūmau narasiṃho'pyevaṃ sapta padāni agamat ||65||

mahānāgo yathā gacchati vilokayan sarvataścaturdiśam |

nipatya bhūmau naranāgo'pyevaṃ sapta padānyagamat ||66||

dvipadottama upapattikāle sukhaṃ agamat sapta padāni |

vilokya caturdiśaṃ nanāda 'nāśayiṣyāmi jāti-mṛtyu-duḥkham'||67||

prathamopapattikāle svataḥ na uttamaṃ (na)uttamaṃ (na)uttamaṃ ca |

paśyāmi,jātimṛtyumūlaṃ ayaṃ sarvāntimaḥ kāyaḥ ||68||

 

bhagavānuvāca-

 

"bhikṣavaḥ,eṣā buddhānāṃ dharmatā | vipaśyino bodhisatvasya smarataḥ saṃprajānato'mūḍhasya dakṣiṇa pārśvataḥ,niṣkrāṃtasya svopapattikāle dve srotasī prādurabhūtāṃ,ekaṃ śītalaṃ ekaṃ uṣṇaṃ,tasya snapanārtham | eṣā dharmatā |"

 

tasmin kāle bhagavān gāthābhyāmuvāca-

 

dvipadottamasyopapattikāle svayaṃ niścakramatuḥ srotasī dve |

bodhisatvopayogārthaṃ sarvanetramasnapayat pariśuddham ||69||

dve srotasī svayamudbhinne,tatra jalaṃ supariśuddhaṃ nirmalam |

ekaṃ uṣṇaṃ ekaṃ śuddhaśītalaṃ sarvaprajñaṃ (tataḥ)asnapayan ||70||

 

"prathamo rājakumāro jāta"(iti)bandhumān rājā naimittikān sarvavidyā-(maṃtrā)- cāryāna āmaṃtrya ājñāpayāṃcakāra- "paśyata rājakumāraṃ,budhyata tasya bhāgyaṃ daurbhāgyaṃ |"tadā te naimittikācāryāḥ prāpya ājñāṃ (tasmin)kṣaṇe upasṛtya avatārya vastraṃ,apaśyan saṃpūrṇāni lakṣaṇāni | (atha)vyācakruḥ vacanaṃ-'yasya bhavanti imāni lakṣaṇāni,dve eva gatī (tasya)hi yukkte,nissaṃśayam | sa cet āgāre vasati rājā bhaviṣyati cakravartī caturṇāṃ lokānāṃ,caturaṃgasenāsaṃpanno kariṣyati saddharmeṇa rājyaṃ,na anyāyena,lokaṃ anukaṃpamānaḥ | tasya sapta ratnāni (nighayaḥ)āgacchanti | (paraḥ)sahasraṃ putrāḥ śūrā balinaḥ bāhyaśatrujaye samarthāḥ | senāṃ daṃḍaṃ anupayujya pṛthvīṃ śamena (śāsti)| sa cet abhiniṣkramya āgārāt,śikṣate mārgaṃ,saṃbuddho bhaviṣyati daśabalaḥ paripūrṇaḥ | tadā te naimittikā ācāryā rājānaṃ evaṃ vacanaṃ ūcuḥ- "(mahā)rāja,utpannaste putro dvātriṃśallakṣaṇa-sahitaḥ dve gatī (asya)yukte avaśyaṃ nissaṃśayaṃ | (ayaṃ cet )āgāre vasati bhaviṣyati cakravartī āryarājā | sa cet āgārāt niṣkrāmati avaśyaṃ bhaviṣyati saṃbuddho daśabalaparipūrṇaḥ |"

 

buddhastadā gāthābhiruvāca-

 

"śatapuṇyo rājasutaḥ prasūtaḥ,nimittācāryaṃ ūcuretat |

yathedaṃ bhavati graṃthe,gatī dve yukte nissaṃśayam ||71||

sa cedayaṃ icchati geha(vāsaṃ)rājā bhaviṣyati cakravartī |

saptaratnalābhī ratnāni svayaṃ rājānaṃ upagamiṣyanti ||72||

satsuvarṇa(mayaṃ)sahastrārasaṃpūrṇaṃ,paritaḥ suvarṇajāladharam |

cakraṃ ḍayanasamarthaṃ sarvaṃga tasmāt divyacakraṃ nāmāsti ||73||

susaṃhataḥ saptapakṣānukūla ucco viśālaḥ śveto yathā himaḥ |

kāmaṃ ākāśa utpatanasamarthaḥ dvitīyaṃ nāma hastiratnam ||74||

aśvena parigacchati lokaṃ prātargatvā sāyamāyāti khāditum |

mayūralomā muktādhararāgaḥ (iva)tṛtīyaṃ ratnaṃ ucyate ||75||

pariśuddho vaidūryamaṇiḥ prabhāsata ekaṃ yojanam |

rātrau bhāsā bhāsate dinaṃ yathā,(idaṃ)caturthaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||76||

rūpaṃ śabdaḥ gaṃdhau rasaḥ sparśo na (asti)samo'syāḥ kiṃcid |

sarvāṃganānāṃ prathamā saiṣā (idaṃ)paṃcamaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||77||

labhate rājā vaiduryaratnaṃ muktāṃ haritapāṣāṇāṃ ca sarvaratnam |

santuṣṭaśca labhate (idaṃ)ṣaṣṭhaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||78||

rājā cakravartī yathecchati senā drutaṃ (tathā)yātyāyāti |

rājā cakravartī tathādrutaṃ icchati senā (patiḥ)yātyāyāti |

rājecchānusāraṃ drutaṃ (idaṃ)saptamaṃ ratnaṃ samucyate ||79|| 

 

imāni sapta ratnāni yāni cakraṃ hastī śuddhaśveto'śvaḥ (ca)|

vaidūryamaṇiḥ muktā strī (ca)senāpati ratnaṃ bhavati saptamam ||80||

tān paśyatyaklāntaḥ paṃcakāmaguṇān svayaṃ bhuṃjamānaḥ |

gaja iva khaṃḍitarajjubaṃdhano niṣkramyāgārāt bhavati buddhaḥ ||81||

rājño bhavati tādṛśaḥ putro dvipadottamaḥ naro (ttama)ḥ |

tiṣṭhati loke pravartya dharmacakraṃ mārgaguṇeṣvapramādī ||82||

 

tasmin kāle pitā rājā sāgrahaṃ bhūyaḥ triḥpunaḥ aprākṣīt lakṣaṇācāryān- "yūyaṃ punarapi paśyata kumārasya dvātriṃśat lakṣaṇāni | teṣā nāmādi kim ?"

 

tadā sarve lakṣaṇācāryāṃ ekavāraṃ vivṛtya kumārasya vastraṃ avādiṣuḥ-

 

"dvātriṃśat lakṣāṇāni(imāni)-(1)prathamaṃ-pādaḥ samaḥ sukhakaraḥ,pādatalaṃ samaṃ paripūrṇaṃ bhūmau sukhaṃgamam | (2)dvitīyaṃ-pādatalaṃ lāṃchitaṃ cakreṇa sahasrāreṇa paripūrṇena,dīpyamānamanyo'nyam | (3)tṛtīyaṃ-hasta-pādāṃgulayo rājahaṃsasyemāḥ | (4)caturthaṃ ca-hasta-pādau mṛdukī  divyavastrasyeva | (5)paṃcamaṃ-hastapādāṃgulayo dīrghāḥ sūkṣmā (līnā)apratimāḥ | (6)ṣaṣṭhaṃ-pādapārṣṇirāyatā dṛsyate klāṃtā | (7)saptamaṃ-eṇijaṃgha ūrdhvamadhaḥ ṛjuḥ | aṣṭamaṃ- kuṃcitanaddhaṃ asthi,asthisaṃdhiranyonya-saṃyuktā argalayojanasyeva | (9)navamaṃ-koṣāvahitaṃ vasti-guhyaṃ aṃgajātaṃ aśva(sya)iva guhyam | (10)daśamaṃ- sthitakaḥ parimṛśati pāṇinā jānukaṃ upari | (11)ekādaśaṃ-ekaikalomakūpa ekaikāni lomāni jātāni,asya lomāni dakṣiṇāvartīni aṃjananīla-varṇāni | (12)dvādaśaṃ-keśā dakṣiṇāvartakajātāḥ suvarṇavarṇāḥ kuṃḍalitāḥ | (13)trayodaśaṃkāyaḥ  suvarṇavarṇaḥ (14)caturdaśaṃ-chaviḥ sūkṣmā mṛdukā nopalipyate rajojalyena | (15)paṃcadaśaṃ-ubhayaskaṃdhaḥ samavartaḥ suparimaṃḍalaḥ | (16)ṣoḍaśaṃ-vakṣo bhavati svastikākṣaram | (17)saptadaśaṃkāyo dīrghaḥ puruṣadviguṇaḥ | (18)aṣṭādaśaṃ-saptasu sthāneṣu sama-paripūrṇaḥ | (19)ūnaviṃśaṃ- kāyo dīrgha āyāmasamāno nyagrodhavṛkṣasyeva | (20)viṃśaṃ-siṃhapūrvāṃga kāyaḥ | (21)ekaviṃśaṃ-samavakṣo bhāgaḥ siṃhasyeva | (22)dvāviṃśaṃ-mukhe catvāriṃśaddantāḥ | (23)trayoviṃśaṃ-samanaddhasamasamaḥ |(24)caturviṃśaṃ-lagnadanto'vivaradantaḥ |(25)paṃcaviṃśaṃ-śuddhaśvetābhāsvarā dantāḥ | (26)ṣaḍviṃśaṃ-supariśuddhakaṃṭhaḥ,yannānārase bhukte na kimapi aprāśu | (27)saptaviṃśaṃ- prabhūtajihvo vāmaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ karṇaṃ (jihvayā)leḍhi | (28)aṣṭāviṃśaṃ-svacchavispaṣṭa-brahmasvaraḥ | (29)ūnatriṃśaṃ-abhinīlavarṇanetraḥ | (30)triṃśaṃ-vṛṣabharājasyeva ūrdhvamadha ubhayato dīrghanetraḥ | (31)ekatriṃśaṃ-keśā viśālāḥ svacchāḥ bhāsvarāḥ mṛdusnigdhasūkṣmā ekavitastidīrghāyatāḥ,muktāstadā dakṣiṇāvartāḥ karavikāyāḥ sanmuktāyā iva | (32)dvātriṃśaṃ-śīrṣe bhavati māṃsapuṃjaṃ (uṣṇīṣam)|"

 

tathā gāthābhiruvāca vacanam |

 

supratiṣṭhitamṛdupādau na gate bhuvi cihnadarśanam |

sahastrāra(cakra)lakṣaṇālaṃkṛtaṃ ujvalavarṇaṃ na kiṃcit aparipūrṇam ||83||

nyagrodhavṛkṣa iva dīrghāyatasamasamaḥ |

tathāgatasya bhavati gopanīyaṃ vastiguhyam ||84||

maṇisuvarṇabhūṣitakāyaḥ sarvalakṣaṇaiḥ parasparamujvalaḥ |

svedasamaṃgato'pyevaṃ na (jātu)malinaḥ ||85||

divyavarṇo'timṛdurdivyacchatreṇa prakṛtyācchāditaḥ |

brahmasvaro raktasuvarṇakāyaḥ puṣkariṇyāṃ prathamaniṣkrāṃtapuṣpamiva ||86||

 

rājā tān lakṣaṇācāryān papraccha | lakṣaṇācāryāḥ sagauravaṃ ūcuḥ,prabhāparipūrṇa kāyaṃ utthāpya bodhisatvasya lakṣaṇaṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ -

 

hastapādayoḥ sarvāṃgasaṃdhiṣu na dṛśyate ko'pi doṣaḥ |

sarvvabhojanarasaparipūrṇaḥ,ṛjuḥ kāyo na vakrakaḥ ||88||

pādatale dṛśyate cakralakṣaṇaṃ,tatsvaro yathā karavīkūjanam |

jānvākṛtiḥ lakṣaṇasaṃyutā pūrvakarmabhirnirmitā ||89||

hastaḥ parimaṃḍalapūrṇasuṃdaraḥ bhrū-netre samucite viśāle |

puruṣasiṃha uttamabalānubhāvo'gratamaḥ ||90||

tasya hanuḥ rathacaturasrasuṃdaraḥ siṃhasyeva kalpate śayyām |

catvāriṃśad daṃtā caturastrāḥ samucitāḥ saṃsaktā madhye'nantarālāḥ ||91||

brahmasvaro'nanyasaṃgataḥ pratyayānugo dūrāntikāt āyāti |

samasthito na vakrakāyaḥ,hastābhyāṃ parimṛśati jānum ||92||

hastaḥ sama-samucito mṛdusulakṣaṇapūrṇasya narottamasya |

ekaikacchidra ekaloma jātaṃ,hastapādau salakṣaṇau ||93||

māṃsajūṭaḥ,abhinīlanetraḥ,ūrdhvamadha ubhayato netreṃ'janam |

ubhau skaṃdhau samavartapūrṇau,dvātriṃśat lakṣaṇāni pūrṇāni ||94||

pādāpirṣṇarnoccanīcā,eṇījaṃghaḥ suṃdaraḥ ṛjuḥ |

devadeva āgata iha gaja iva chinnarajjubaṃdhanaḥ ||95||

duḥkhād vimoktuṃ satvān jāti-jarāvyādhimaraṇasthānāt |

tena karuṇācittenāto vakṣyati satyaṃ catuṣṭayam ||96||

diśan dharmapadasyārthaṃ sattvānāṃ sevāṃ karotyanuttamam |

 

buddha uvāca-"bhikṣavaḥ,vipaśyibodhisatvasya upapattikāle śītoṣṇa-vāta-varṣāta ārakṣārtha evaṃ haste śvetacchatraṃ gṛhītvā devā ākāśopari sthitāḥ |"

 

buddhastadā gāthayovāca-

 

"nareṣvabhūto bhavatīha jāto dvipadānāmuttamaḥ ||97||

sarve devā gauravacittayuktā upasthānaṃ upāsthuḥ ratnacchatravyajanaiḥ |"

 

tasmin kāle pitā rājā'dāt catastro dhātrīḥ- prathamā kṣīrapāyikā,dvitīyā snāpikā,tṛtīyā gaṃdhalepikā,caturthī krīḍāpikā | sukhena saha (tāḥ)poṣayaṃti apramādam | 

 

tathā gāthayovāca-

 

"kṣīrapāyikā karuṇāsnehasānvitā jātaṃ putraṃ atha poṣayanti ||98||

ekā kṣīraṃ pāyayati snapayaṃtyekā,dvegaṃdhavilepikā krīḍāyikā ca |

loke (cā)nuttamo gaṃdhaḥ (tena)liṃpati narottamam ||99||

(yadā)daharo'bhūt deśajanā vilokayaṃti (taṃ)atṛptabhāvena |

 

tadā gāthayovāca-

 

bahujanairmānito lālitaḥ pratyagrakṛtaḥ svarṇapratimā yathā |

puruṣāḥ striyaḥ sarve'tṛptadṛśā taṃ vilokayaṃti ||100||

 

bālyakāle deśajanāḥ sarva ekataḥ samādāya mahārdhaṃ puṣpaṃ iva vilokayanti |

 

tathā gāthayovāca-

 

"dvipadottamasya jātakāle bahujanānāṃ mānito manaāpaḥ |

ādāya sarve vāreṇa dhārayanti vilokayanti mahārghasugaṃdhapuṣpamiva ||101||

bodhisatvo janmakāle trāyastriṃśaiḥ devairiva svanetraṃ na nimiṣati | yasmāt vigatanimeṣaṃ paśyati,tasmāt vipaśyī iti nāma prāpa |

tathā gāthayovāca-

"devānāṃ devo na nimiṣati devāḥ trāyastriṃśā yathā |

paśyan rūpaṃ samyak vipaśyati tasmāt vipaśyī nāma ||102||

bodhisatvasya janmakāle tasya svaraḥ śuddhaḥ,mṛduḥ,gaṃbhīraḥ,yathā kalaviṃkapakṣisvaraḥ |

 

tathā gāthayovāca-

 

"himagiripakṣī yathā nipīya puṣparasaṃ ca gāyati |

tasya  dvipadottamasyā'pi svaraḥ (tathā)spaṣṭaḥ ||103||

 

bodhisatvasya janmakāle (tasya)dūraṃ bilokane netraṃ ekaṃ yojanaṃ paśyati |

 

tathā gāthayovāca-

 

śuddhakarmavipākena prāpya vidyayojjvalaṃ uttamam |

bodhisatvo (hi)netreṇa paripaśyatyekayojanam ||104||

bodhisatvasyopapattikālād āyuḥ śanairvardhate,mahāpraṇīta śālāyāṃ karoti mārgaśikṣāṃ jane'nukampakaḥ guṇakīrtito dūrajanmā |

 

tadā (buddhaḥ)gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-

 

śiśubhāve'vasat praṇītaśālāyāṃ akarot mārga prabhavan sa lokam |

paśyati sarvān vyavahārān tato vipaśyī nāma (saḥ)||105||

vipulaviśālaviśuddhaprajño'tigaṃbhīro yathā samudraḥ |

hṛṣṭastatra sa kurvan prajñāvivṛddhim ||106||

 

tasmin kāle bodhisatva aicchad vahirgantuṃ darśanāthārya avocat (ca)sārathiṃ-"yojaya aśvaṃ,ratnamaye rathe,gacchāmo'tha caṃkramituṃ udyānaṃ draṣṭum |"bhṛtyo'tha tvaritaṃ upayojanaṃ samāpya pratyāvartya avocat-"idānīṃ (yasya)samyak kālo'sti |"kumāraḥ 

 

tadā ratnarathaṃ ārūḍhaḥ tadudyānagehaṃ gacchan antarā mārge'paśyat ekaṃ jīrṇaṃ puruṣaṃ galitasitadantaṃ,valitamukhaṃ,vakrakāyaṃ,daṃḍaparāyaṇaṃ,durbalaṃ,pravepamānaṃ (pathi)gacchantam | (dṛṣṭvā ca )kumāro'pṛcchad bhṛtyaṃ,-"koyaṃ asti puruṣaḥ?"

 

sa pratyuvāca-"ayamasti jīrṇo manuṣyaḥ |"

punaḥ apṛcchat-"kimiti jarā asti?"

pratyuvāca-"jīrṇaṃ āyuḥ jātaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ āyuḥ,(anena)na bahu jīvitavyaṃ,tasmāducyata eṣa jīrṇaḥ |"

 

punarapi kumāro'pṛchat-"(kaccid)ahamapi bhaviṣyāmi etasmād duḥkhādanatītaḥ ?

pratyuvāca- "āma,jātasya bhavati dhruvaṃ jarā,na (tāṃ)vinā(ke'pi)hīnā vā praṇītāḥ |"

tadā duḥkhī durmanā kumāraḥ tvaritamuvāca bhṛtyaṃ,-"nīyāhi paścād rathaṃ prāsādam |"

(atha kumāraḥ)tūṣṇīṃ pradhyāyamāno'cintayat-"idaṃ jarāduḥkhaṃ prāpsyate mām |"

 

buddhastadā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-

 

dṛṣṭvā jarā jīvitaṃ samāpayiṣyati (iti)durbalasya daṇḍena gacchataḥ |

bodhisatvo'ciṃtayadātmani nātīto 'haṃ imāmāpadam ||107||

tasmin kāle pitrā rājñā'laṃkṛte prāsāde punaḥ sundaryaḥ kumāryaḥ (preṣitāḥ taṃ)prasādayitum | bodhisattvastadā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-

 

"pitā rājā śrutvā tad vacanaṃ upāyato'laṃkārayāmāsa prāsādabhavanam |

vardhayāmāsa paṃca kāmaguṇān,icchāṃ na kuryāṃ niṣkramaṇasya gehāt"||108||

punaśca paścāt kumāra ājñāpayāmāsa sārathiṃ -

"yojaya rathaṃ niṣkramiṣyāmi vihārāya |"

atha tasya mārge samagacchad eko vyādhitaḥ puruṣaḥ kāyena śithilo mahodaraḥ kṛṣṇamukhaḥ (sva-)mūtrapurīṣe śayānaḥ | na puruṣāḥ prekṣaṃte tam | (sa hi)atiglānaḥ mukhato bhāṣituṃ na samarthaḥ | (dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ kumāraḥ)papraccha sārathiṃ-"ko'yamasti puruṣaḥ ?

pratyuvāca -"ayamasti vyādhitaḥ puruṣaḥ |"

-"vada kimiti vyādhitaḥ?"

pratyuvāca- "vyādhitaḥ (sa)yaḥ pīḍitaḥ duḥkhitaḥ | mariṣyati na cireṇa,tasmāducyate'sau vyādhita iti |"

punaruvāca-"kaccidahaṃ api nāsmād duḥkhādanatītaḥ ?"

pratyuvāca-"āma,jātasya bhavati vyādhiḥ,na tāṃ vinā (ke'pi)hīnā vā praṇītāḥ |"

tataḥ kumāra uvāca durmanāḥ- "evaṃ vadasi cet sārathe,nīyāhi paścāt rathaṃ prāsāde tūṣṇīm |"

(atha)dhyāyamāno'ciṃtayat-"ayaṃ vyādhito duḥkhī,ahamapi bhaviṣyāmi (tathā)|"

bodhisatvaḥ tadā gāthayā'bhāṣata-

apaśyaṃ taṃ ciravyādhitaṃ naraṃ varṇaṃ tasya pītaṃ kṣatam |

mūkaḥ tūṣṇīmacintayaṃ ahaṃ ca nātīta etāmāpadam ||109||

 

pitā rājā tadā punarapṛcchat sārathiṃ- "kaccid vihārāya niṣkrāṃtaḥ kumāro na ātamanāḥ ?"punaścāpṛcchat tasya kāraṇam |

 

sa covāca-"(yāna-)rūḍhaḥ samāgacchat vyādhitena nareṇa,tasmāt na āttamanāḥ |

atha pitā rājā''tmani tūṣṇīṃ acintayat- "ekadā lakṣaṇaciṃtakā vyācakruḥ-niṣkramiṣyati (kumāraḥ)gehāt | adya na sumanāḥ,kimetad evaṃ bhaviṣyati | punarapi karomi upāyam | vardhayāmi kanyāḥ,yathā tāsāṃ gītena prasannacittau'sau na niṣkramed gṛhāt |'atha punarapi alaṃkṛte prāsādabhavane taṃ prasādituṃ suṃdaryaḥ kumāryā niyuktāḥ |

 

tadā bodhisatvo gāthayovācaḥ -

 

rūpa-śabda-gaṃdha-rasa-spraṣṭavyān praṇītān prāsādikān |

tathā upabhuṃkte bodhisatvaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛtapuṇyo yasmāt ||110||

 

atha punarapi anyasmin kāle kumāra ājñāpayat sārathiṃ-

 

"yojaya rathaṃ,nirgamiṣyāmi vihārāya |"

athāsya mārge samāpatat eko mṛtaḥ puruṣaḥ nānāvarṇābhiḥ patākābhiḥ purataḥ paścācca nīyamānaḥ | saṃbaṃdhino jñātayaḥ grāmavāsinaśca atikaruṇaṃ kraṃdaṃtaḥ paridevayantaḥ nayanti taṃ bahirnagaram |

 

kumāraḥ punarapṛcchat-"ko'yamasti puruṣaḥ?"

pratyuvāca-"ayamasti mṛtaḥ puruṣaḥ |"

apṛcchat- "ko'sti mṛto nāma?"

pratyuvāca- "mṛto'sau niruddho loke | vātaḥ prathamaṃ,agniḥ paścāt,sarvāṇi indriyāṇi tyajaṃti mṛtaṃ,anyadā kulāt nirgamayanti | tasmāducyate'sau mṛta iti |"

punarapi kumāraḥ papraccha sāriṃtha- "ahaṃ api (evaṃ)bhaviṣyāmi ?kaccid anatīto'haṃ imāṃ āpadam ?"

pratyuvāca- "āma,jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyuḥ na (taṃ vinā)bhavati hīnaḥ praṇīto (vā)| "

tataḥ kumāraḥ anāttamanā asumanā uvāca sārathiṃ-

"nīyāhiṃ rathaṃ paścāt prāsādaṃ |

śāṃtaḥ tūṣṇībhūto'cintayat cintayan saḥ- "ayaṃ mṛtyurduḥkhaṃ,ahamapi bhaviṣyāmi (evaṃ)|

 

tasmin kāle buddho'dhyabhāṣata gāthayā -

prathamaṃ apaśyat naraṃ mriyamāṇaṃ,ajñāsīt sa punarjāyata iti

tūṣṇīṃ śāṃto'cintayat ātmani 'ahaṃ (api)anatīta imāṃ āpadami'ti ||111||

tadā punapṛcchat pitā rājā sārathiṃ- "kaccit ca kumāra āttamanā vahirgataḥ ?"

pratyuvāca- "nāttamanāḥ |"

punarapṛcchat tasya kāraṇam | (sa)pratyuvāca-

 

"mārge samāgāt mṛtaḥ puruṣaḥ,tasmānnāttamanā | "

atha pitā rājā tūṣṇīṃ ātmani aciṃtayat-"ekadā lakṣaṇācāryā vyācakruḥ lakṣaṇaṃ kumārasya (yena)niṣkramiṣyati gṛhāt | adya na sumanāḥ,ahaṃ punarapi vidhāsye'syo pāyam | vardhayāṃcakāra tāḥ kanyāḥ,prasādayantu tasya cittamiti,yathā na niṣkramet gehāt |

atha punarapi alaṃkārayāmāsa prāsādabhavanaṃ,niyojayāmāsa kanyāḥ taṃ prasādayitum |

buddhastatra gāthayovāca-

kaumārye bhavati suṃdarībhiḥ kumārībhiḥ parivāritaḥ |

paṃca bhogān bhuṃjānaḥ śakro yathā devendro'sau ||112||

athānyedyuḥ punarājñāpayat sārathiṃ (kumāraḥ)-

"yojaya rathaṃ bahirgamanāya |"

antarāmārge samāgamat apaśyat cāsau ekaṃ śramaṇaṃ paridhāya cīvaraṃ ādāya pātraṃ bhūmau carantam | athā'pṛcchat sa sārathiṃ-

-"ko'yamasti puruṣaḥ ?"

pratyuvāca-"ayaṃ asti śramaṇaḥ |

punaḥ papraccha- "ko'yamucyate śramaṇaḥ ?"

pratyuvāca- "śramaṇo'sau (yaḥ)pravrajati vihāya priyaṃ,niṣkramya gehād anuyuṃkte mārge damayati iṃdriyāṇi,na rajate vāhyeṣu kāmeṣu,anukaṃpakaḥ sarveṣu avihiṃsakaḥ,duḥkheṣu na durmanāḥ,sukheṣu na sumanāḥ,sahate sarvaṃ pṛthivīmiva | tasmāducyate śramaṇa iti |"

kumāro'vadat-"sādhu,ayaṃ mārgaḥ satyaṃ viṣayeṣu samyag bhayadarśaka uttamaḥ praṇītaḥ pariśuddho'karkaśaḥ | atrāsti ānandaḥ |"athāsau ājñāpayat sārathiṃ -

"upanaya rathaṃ tasyopakaṃṭham |

tadā kumāraḥ śramaṇaṃ apṛcchat- "avahārya keśaśmaśu,cīvaraṃvasāna ādāya pātraṃ kiṃ prārthayase?

śramaṇaḥ pratyuvāca- "yaḥ pravrajati gehāt sa icchati damayituṃ cittaṃ caitasikaṃ,sadā virataḥ viṣayarāgāt,sarveṣu satveṣu karuṇāyamāno'vihiṃsamānaḥ,śāṃtacittaḥ śāṃta eva mārge bhavati sāvadhānaḥ |"

kumāra uvāca -"sādhu,ayaṃ paramaḥ satyamārgaḥ "

athājñāpayat sārathiṃ tvaritaṃ (kumāraḥ)-

-ādāya me mahārghaṃ vastraṃ rathaṃ ca pratinīyāhi mahārājasya (antikama)| ahaṃ idāniṃ avahārya keśaśmaśru,parivāsya tricīvaraṃ pravrajya āgārād anuyuṃje (ca)mārgam | tat kiṃniḥśritya ?icchāmi damayituṃ citaṃ cetasikaṃ,pariharāmi dūrato viṣayarajaḥ pariśuddhena ātmanā vasan paryeṣya mārgavidyām |"

tadā sārathiḥ śīgramagacchat pitū rājñaḥ (antikaṃ)pratyāvartayituṃ kumārasya ārohaṇarathaṃ vastraṃ ca ādāya | tataḥ paścāt kumāro'vahārya keśaśmaśru parivāsya tricīvaraṃ prāvrajat āgārāt anvayuṃjata mārgam |

"buddha uvāca- sa ced bhikṣavaḥ,kumāro dṛṣṭvā jīrṇaṃ vyādhitaṃ puruṣaṃ,ajñāsīd

 

 (asti)loke duḥkhaṃ,dṛṣṭvā ca mṛtaṃ puruṣaṃ,(tasya)loke cittarāgaḥ praśrabdhaḥ,dṛṣṭvā ca śramaṇaṃ sarvaśo mahājāgṛto'vātarat rathāt | tasmin kāle pade pade tatra sukhābhibhūtaḥ dūraṃ (akṣipad)baṃdhanam | idamasti satyaṃ gṛhāt pravrajyā,asti satyaṃ niṣkramaṇam |

 

aśruṇvan deśe manuṣyāḥ - "kumāro'vahārya keśaśmaśu dharma(cīvaraṃ)āchādya ādāya pātraṃ āgārāt pravrajito'nuyukto mārgam |"sarve'nyamanyaṃ avadan - "addhā,ayaṃ mārgaḥ satyaṃ syāt (yathā)kumāraḥ pravrājat paryavarjayat ca rājyasammānapadaṃ viśeṣataḥ |"

 

atha caturāśītīsahastraṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ deśasya gatvā kumārasyāntika ayācanta śrāvakā bhavituṃ āgārāt pravrajituṃ,anuyoktuṃ mārge | tadā buddho gāthayā'bhāṣata

pratinivṛto'bhyupāgamat gaṃbhīraṃ dharmamuttamaṃ te śrutvā'nujagmuḥ |

pravrajituṃ dūraṃ hi rāgasnehabaṃdhanāgārāt rahitāḥ sarvabaṃdhanaiḥ ||113||

 

atha kumārastadā yathāvidhaṃ anvajānata | taiḥ sārdhaṃ carati sarvatra grāmād grāmaṃ janapadād janapadaṃ sarvatra (dharma)deśayan | sa prāpya tat sthānaṃ na kimapi gauravaṃ (abhikāṃkṣate)manuṣyāśca,pratyayacatuṣṭayena upatiṣṭhaṃti | bodhisatvo'cintayat-'ahaṃ hi pariṣadā biharan sarvatra janapade manuṣyairākīrṇaḥ,idaṃ na me pratirūpam | yannu ahaṃ vihāya imāṃ pariṣadaṃ pravivikte sthāne viharāmi,tatra mārgaṃ pūrayiṣyāmi vāṃchitam | atha pravivikte sthāna ekākī annvayuṃjata mārge | akarot ca cintāṃ (kṛccha vata re)satvā anukaṃpanīyāḥ,sadā tapaḥparāyaṇā labdhvā kāyaṃ sātaṃkaṃ bhaṃguraṃ,jāyaṃte jīryante vyādhimantaścyavante,sarva duḥkhaṃ upapadyante | cyutā ito jāyaṃte tatra tato jāyaṃte'tra | etatpratyayāt ayaṃ duḥkhaskandhaḥ | (etasmin)saṃsaramāṇaḥ saṃdhāvamānaḥ anaṃta(kālaṃ)kadāhaṃ sākṣātkariṣyāmi duḥkhaskandhaṃ,nirudhyeta (me)jāti-jarā-maraṇam |"

 

atha tasya,manasi abhavat "jātimaraṇaṃ kutaḥ kiṃpratyayaṃ ca bhavati ?"tataḥ prajñāya apaśyat kutaḥ | jātito bhavati jarāmaraṇaṃ,jātirasti jarāmaraṇasya pratyayaḥ | jātirupapadyate bhavataḥ | upādānaṃ tṛṣṇāyā upapadyate,tṛṣṇā'sti upādānasya pratyayaḥ | tṛṣṇā vedanāt upapadyate,vedanā'sti tṛṣṇāyāḥ pratyayaḥ | vedanā sparśataḥ upapadyate,sparśo'sti vedanāyāḥ pratyayaḥ | sparśaḥ ṣaḍāyatanataḥ upapadyate,ṣaḍāyatanaṃ asti sparśasya pratyayaḥ | ṣaḍāyatanaṃ nāmarūpata upapadyate,nāmarūpaṃ asti ṣaḍāyatanasya pratyayaḥ | nāmarūpaṃ vijñānata upapadyate,vijñānaṃ asti nāmarūpasya pratyayaḥ | vijñānaṃ saṃskārata upapadyate,saṃskāro'sti vijñānasya pratyayaḥ | saṃskāro'vidyāta upapadyate,avidyāsti saṃkārasya pratyayaḥ | idaṃ bhavati avidyāpratyayāt saṃskārāḥ saṃskārapratyayād bhavati vijñānaṃ,vijñānapratyāt nāmarūpaṃ,nāmarūpapratyayāt ṣaḍāyatanaṃ,ṣaḍāyatanapratyayāt sparśaḥ,sparśapratyayāt vedanā,vedanāpratyayāt tṛṣṇā,tṛṣṇāpratyayād upādānaṃ,upādanapratyayād bhavaḥ,bhavapratyayād jātiḥ,jātipratyayād jarāvyādhi-maraṇaśoka-paridevaduḥkhadaurmanasyam |

 

ayaṃ kevalo duḥkhaskandhaḥ,| jātipratyayācca bhavaḥ,ayamasti duḥkhasya samudayaḥ |

 

duḥkhaskaṃdhasamudaye samādhīyamāne bodhisatvasya udapādi jñānaṃ,udapādi cakṣuḥ,udapādi vidyā,udapādi āloka,udapādi ṛddhiḥ,udapādi sākṣātkāraḥ | tasmin kāle bodhisatvaḥ punarātmani samādhāt,yoniśo'cintayat- 'kasya abhāve na jarāmaraṇaṃ,kasya nirodhād jarāmaraṇanirodhaḥ?'

 

tataḥ prajñayā'bhisamāyāt jāterabhāve na jarāmaraṇaṃ,jātinirodhād jarāmaraṇanirodhaḥ | bhavasyābhāve na jātiḥ,bhavanirodhād jātinirodhaḥ | upādānasyābhāve na bhavaḥ,upādānanirodhād bhavanirodhaḥ | tṛṣṇāyā abhāve na upādānaṃ,tṛṣṇānirodhād  upādānanirodhaḥ | vedanāyā abhāve na tṛṣṇā,vedanānirodhāt tṛṣṇānirodhaḥ | sparśasya abhāve na vedanā,sparśanirodhād vedanānirodhaḥ | ṣaḍāyatanasyābhāve na sparśaḥ,ṣaḍāyatananirodhāt sparśanirodhaḥ | nāmarūpasyābhāve na ṣaḍāyatanaṃ,ṣaḍāyatana0 nāmarūpanirodhaḥ | saṃskārasyābhāve na vijñānaṃ,saṃskāranirodhaḥ nāmarūpanirodhaḥ - saṃskārasyābhāve na vijñānaṃ,saṃskāranirodhād vijñānananirodhaḥ | avidyāyā abhāve na saṃskāraḥ,avidyānirodhāt saṃskāranirodhaḥ |

 

ayaṃ asti avidyānirodhāt saṃskāranirodhaḥ ,saṃskāranirodhād vijñānanirodhaḥ vijñānanirodhāt nāmarūpanirodhaḥ,nāmarūpanirodhāt ṣaḍāyatananirodhaḥ,ṣaḍāyatananirodhāt sparśanirodhaḥ,sparśanirodhād vedanānirodhaḥ,vedanānirodhāt tṛṣṇānirodhaḥ,tṛṣṇānirodhād upādānanirodhaḥ,upādānanirodhād bhavanirodhaḥ,bhavanirodhād jātinirodhaḥ,jātinirodhād jarāmaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyanirodhaḥ |

 

bodhisatvaḥ samādhāt | duḥkhaskandhanirodhakāle udapādi jñānaṃ udapādi cakṣuḥ,udapādi vidyā,udapādi ālokaḥ,udapādi ṛddhiḥ,udapādi prajñā,udapādi sākṣātkāraḥ |

 

tasmin kāle bodhisatvaḥ pratilomakrameṇa abhisamāyāt,dvādaśa hetupratyayān yathābhūtaṃ ajñāsīt | yathābhūtaṃ jñātvā tatraiva tasmin āsane abhūt anuttaraḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ |

 

tasmin kāle buddho gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-

 

idaṃ baco'vocad gaṇe,śrṛṇuta yūyaṃ kuśalāḥ |

atīte'paśyan bodhisatvaḥ pūrvāśrutaṃ dharmam ||114||

kasya pratyayād jarāmaraṇaṃ kasya hetośca bhavati |

evaṃ samyag dṛṣṭvā jānīta tasya samudayo jātitaḥ ||115||

kasya pratyayād jātisamudayaḥ kasya hetośca bhavatīdaṃ vastu |

evaṃ manasi kṛtvā jānīta,bhavād jātisamudayaḥ ||116||

tattad upādānaṃ upādāya paryāyeṇa punaḥ vardhate |

tasmāt tathāgatā avadan 'upādānaṃ asti bhavasya hetupratyayaḥ'|117||

gaṃbhīramalākuśalanikāyo vāto vahati yathā na pariśuddhaḥ |

evaṃ upādānalakṣaṇa-hetureṣā jāyate tṛṣṇā ||118||

tato vedanā jāyate,upapadyate duḥkhasamudayo yataḥ |

rāgasya hetupratyayād,sukhaduḥkhamanyonyasaṃgatam ||119||

vedanāsamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād hetuḥ kaśca bhavati vedanāyāḥ|

evaṃ ciṃtayitvā'jñāsīd vedanā jāyate sparśataḥ ||120||

sparśasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād,hetuḥ kaśca bhavati sparśasya |

evaṃ ciṃtayitvā'jñāsīd sparśaḥ jāyate ṣaḍāyatanataḥ ||121||

ṣaḍāyatanasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād,hetuḥ kaśca bhavati ṣaḍāyatanasya

evaṃ ciṃtayitvā'jñāsīt ṣaḍāyatanaṃ jñāyate nāmarūpataḥ ||122||

nāmarūpasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayād hetuḥ kaśca bhavati nāmarūpasya |

evaṃ 0 ........................nāmarūpaṃ jāyate vijñānataḥ ||123||

 

vijñānasamudayaḥ kasya pratyayāt 0 ...........................|

evaṃ0........................vijñānaṃ jāyate saṃskārataḥ ||124||

saṃskārasamudayaḥ0.........................................|

evaṃ.................................saṃskāro jāyate'vidyātaḥ ||125||

evaṃ hetupratyaye sati asti satyārthahetuḥ |

āryaprajñayā'bhisamayo dṛṣṭihetupratyayamūlasya ||126||

duḥkhaṃ na āryakṛtaṃ,na cāpi bhavati apratyayaḥ |

tasmād anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ paṃḍitairūpacchedanāt ||127||

sa cedavidyā nirudhyati tadā na bhavati saṃskāraḥ |

sa ced na bhavati saṃskāraḥ,na bhavati vijñānaṃ tadā ||128

vijñānasya nityarodhaścet na bhavati nāmarūpakam |

nāmarūpaṃ niruddhaṃ cet,na bhavati sarvamāyatanam ||129||

āyatanānāṃ nityanirodhe na bhavati sparśaḥ tadā |

sparśasya nityanirodhe tu na bhavati vedanā tadā ||130||

vedanā nityarodhe tu,na bhavati tṛṣṇā tadā |

tṛṣṇā nityarodhe tu,na bhavati upādānaṃ tadā |131||

upādānanityarodhe tu,na bhavati bhavastadā |

bhavanityanirodhe tu na bhavati jātistadā ||132||

jāternityanirodhe tu,na jarā-vyādhi-duḥkhakam |

sarveṣāṃ sarvathā kṣaye paṃḍitastena ucyate ||133||

dvādaśapratyayā atigaṃbhīrā durdarśāḥ (ca)vijñātum |

buddhā evālaṃ saṃboddhuṃ heturasti nāsti vā ||134||

ātmanā jñāyamāne tu nāyatanāni bhavaṃti (hi)|

gaṃbhīraṃ hetupratyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā naro na paraṃ spṛhayatyācāryam ||135||

śaktaḥ skandha-dhātvāyatane vahiḥ kāmī na rāgavān |

lābhī sarvadānānāṃ pariśuddhaṃ pratiphalaṃ dāyakasya ||136||

labdhaṃ cet caturbhāṇakaṃ labhate tatra dhruvaṃ prativedanam |

śaktaḥ baṃdhanagraṃthīnāṃ skaṃdhānāṃ chettumapramādataḥ ||137||

rūpa-vedanā-saṃjñā-saṃskāra-vijñānāni jīrṇapurāṇaratho yathā |

satyaṃ imaṃ dharmaṃ paśyati cet tadā bhavati samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ ||138||

śakuno yathā uḍḍayate nabhasi śaknoti pūrvaṃ paraṃ cānuvātam |

chittvā pāśān bodhisatvo guruvastramiva ḍayate'nuvātam ||139||

vipaśyī tatropaśāntaḥ abhisamabudhyata tatra sarvadharmān |

jarāmaraṇaṃ kiṃpratyayo bhavati,tat kena nirudhyati ||140||

sa idaṃ sākṣātkṛtya jātaḥ śuddhanirmalaprajño'jñāsīt |

jarāmaraṇaṃ jāteḥ jarāmaraṇanirodho jātinirodhataḥ ||141||

vipaśyī buddhaḥ prathamābhisaṃbuddhaḥ tasmin kāle prāyeṇa dvābhyāṃ vihārābhyāṃ viharati | 

 

maitrī vihāreṇa upekṣāvihāreṇa vā | buddhastadā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-

 

tathāgato'samasamaḥ prāyeṇānvayuṃjata dviyorvihārayoḥ |

maitryā copekṣayā ca ṛṣirmuktaḥ pāraṃgataḥ ||142||

tasya cittamalabhata svasya bhāvaṃ chitvā sarvapāśān |

āruhya śailaṃ paśyati caturdiśaṃ,tasmād vipaśyī samucyate ||143||

mahājñānālokena tamo vināśya yathā svaccha ādarśaḥ |

lokasyānāśayat mohāntarāyaṃ kṣīṇaṃ jātijarāmaraṇaduḥkham ||144||

 

vipaśyī buddhaḥ pravivikte sthāne punaridaṃ acintayat-"prāpto mayā'tigaṃbhīro'dbhuto durjñeyo durdṛśo'nuttaro dharmaḥ prahāṇaṃ nirodhaḥ antarāyopaśāmakaḥ paṃḍitairvedanīyaḥ na pṛthagjanairlabhyaḥ | yataḥ sattvā nānādhimuktikā nānādṛṣṭikā nānāgrāhiṇo nānāśikṣāstataste nānādṛṣṭayaḥ | pratyekaṃ te sukhaviṣayasamanvāgatāḥ pratyekaṃ te caryācittāḥ,tasmāt te na jñātuṃ śaknuvaṃti imaṃ atigaṃbhīraṃ hetupratyayaṃ,bhūyo durjñeyaṃ tṛṣṇākṣayaṃ nirvāṇam | ahaṃ cet teṣāṃ deśeyaṃ,te nūnaṃ na jñāsyaṃti,(evaṃ)bhaviṣyati ca me kevalaṃ klamatho vihiṃsā |"evaṃ cintayitvā tūṣṇībhūto na uvāda dharmam | atha brahmā devarājo'jñāsīt vipaśyitathāgatasya cittaṃ acintayat ca-

 

"naśyati vata re,ayaṃ lokaḥ,vinaśyati vata re,śīgraṃ ayaṃ lokaḥ | (sa)ced vipaśyī buddho labdhvā gaṃbhīraṃ aṇuṃ etaṃ dharmaṃ necchati deśitum (atha)yathā balavān puruṣaḥ bāhudvayaṃ saṃkocayet evaṃ sa brahmā devaprāsādataḥ tat kṣaṇaṃ (antardhāyaṃ)āgamyāvātiṣṭhad buddhasya saṃmukhe,śirasā pādau vaṃditvā'tiṣṭhat ekamantam | atha brahmā devarājo dakṣiṇaṃ jānu pṛthivyāṃ sthāpayitvāṃ'jaliṃ badhvā'vocad buddham -

 

"icchatu bhagavān karotu etarhi dharmadeśanām | saṃti idānīṃ ime satvā alpakleśāḥ tīkṣṇabalendriyā sagauravacittāḥ sukhena ājñātāro vibhyati paralokād amuktaghoṣāḥ śaktā niroddhuṃ akuśalaṃ,dharmaṃ,kuśalāt mārgād bahiḥ |"

 

(atha)buddha uvāca mahābrahmāṇaṃ - "evameva etad yathā tvaṃ vadasi | ahaṃ punaḥ vivikte sthā ātmani acintayaṃ - atigaṃbhīro'ṇubhuta eṣa saddharmaḥ,ahaṃ ca teṣā deśeyaṃ te ca na ājānīyuḥ,tacca meṃ bhavet klamatho vihiṃsā | tasmādahaṃ tūṣṇīṃ notsuko deśayitu dharmam | ahamito'saṃkhyeyakalpapūrvaṃ ātāpī prahitātmā'pramatto vyaharaṃ anuttaraṃ (brahma-)caryaṃ,athādhyagacchaṃ durlabhametaṃ dharmam | sa ced vadeyaṃ krodhanāyānyasmai satvāya  tannūnaṃ,anudgṛhītaṃ bhavet | (tacca)bhavet me klamatho vihiṃsā | ayaṃ dharmo'ṇurabhutaḥ,lokato vipratīpaḥ | satvāḥ kāmaratā ajñā avāṭā,nālaṃ jñātuṃ deśanāṃ (me)| brahmarāja,-evaṃ paśyāmi ahamatra tena tūṣṇīṃ,necchāmi dharma deśituṃ |"

 

atha brahmā devarājaṃ punaryayāce hṛdayāt prārthayan sakaruṇaṃ yāvat tṛtīyaṃ- "sa ced bhagavān na diśati dharmaṃ,naśyati vata re ayaṃ lokaḥ | kṛcchaṃ vata re,necchati bhagavān akāle deśayitum,atha satvā'dho gamiṣyaṃti aparāṃgatim |"

 

tadā bhagavān śrutvā'bhiprārthayamānasya brahmarājasya triryācanāṃ,buddhacakṣuṣā'paśyat- "loke satvāḥ samanvāgatāḥ kleśena sthūlena aṇunā,tīkṣṇamaṃdendriyāḥ sukhena duḥkhena vā vineyāḥ | 

 

sukhavineyā ye vibhyati paralokād | tasmādalaṃte nirodadhuṃ akuśalaṃ dharmaṃ utpannakuśalagatikāḥ | yathā (punaḥ)utpalinyaḥ padminyo vā kumudinyaḥ puṃḍarīkiṇyo (vā sarasi)bhavaṃti maline paṃke jāyamānāḥ | (tatrekatyā)na yāvad jalaṃ,anyā tiṣṭhaṃti abhyudgamya jalena,anyā vā bhavaṃti apsuloka evam |"

 

atha bhagavān uvāca brahmarājaṃ - "anukaṃpāṃ upādāya te deśayiṣyāmi idānīṃ amṛtadharmadvāraṃ,dharmamati gaṃbhīraṃ adbhutaṃ duvijñeyam | idānīṃ ye śrāddhāḥ,prasannāḥ,teṣāṃ,deśayāmi,na tu vivadamānebhyā udapratebhyaḥ | anupakārakaṃ tebhyāṃ deśanam | "

 

atha brahmarājo 'buddhenopagṛhītā prārthanā ma'iti saṃtuṣṭa utthāya pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā buddhasya pādau tribāraṃ śirasā vaṃditvā tatkṣaṇaṃ antaradhāt | aciraprakrānte tasmin atha tathāgataḥ tūṣṇīṃ ātmanyacintayat- 'kaṃ prathamaṃ deśayaṃ dharmam'| athācintayadātmani 'prativasataśca baṃdhumatīnagare kumāro yaśaḥ mahāmātyaputraḥ tiṣyaśca | tābhyo vivṛṇuyāṃ amṛtadharmadvāram |" 

 

atha bhagavān yathā balavān puruṣaḥ samaṃjite vimiṃjeta vā (prasāritaṃ)bāhuṃ,tathā tatkṣaṇaṃ mārga vṛkṣe antardhāya yatra baṃdhumatīnagare baṃdhu (mato)rājño mṛgadāvavanaṃ tatra prajñapta āsane nyaṣīdat | atha buddho gāthayā'bhāṣata-

 

siṃho yathā svacchandaḥ  parikramate vane |

evaṃ buddho'pi parikramate'vyāhatagatiḥ ||145||

 

(atha)vipaśyī buddha āmaṃtrayate sma udyānapālaṃ -"praviśya nagaraṃ vada rājaputraṃ yaśasaṃ (khaṃḍaṃ)mahāmātyaputraṃ tiṣyaṃ ca kaccit na jānāti (bhavān)vipaśyī buddha idānīṃ vasati mṛgadāvavane,iccheḥ draṣṭum | (yasya idānīṃ )kālo manyate (svāmī)|"

 

atha udyānapāla ādeśaṃ gṛhītvā yatra tayordvayoḥ puruṣayoḥ sthānaṃ tatrā'gamat,avocacca buddhasyādeśam | tacchrutvā ubhau upasamakratāṃ buddhasya sthānam | (upasaṃkramya ca)śirasā baṃditvā (buddhasya)pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdtām | tayorbuddho'nupūrvyeṇa dharmaṃ prathamaṃ prakāśayāmāsa sukhena udagrāhayituṃ,tad yathā dānakathāṃ,śīlakathāṃ svargopapattikathāṃ,kāmānāṃ,apakāraṃ saṃkleśasya ūrdhvāśravabhūmyantarāyasya prajñānaṃ vinirgamaṃ atyaṃtaṃ suṃdaraṃ pariśuddham | yadā bhagavān apaśyat tayorubhayoḥ cittacaittaṃ mṛdu udagraṃ prasannaṃ hṛṣṭaṃ saddharmagrahaṇasamarthaṃ,atha tābhyāṃ deśayāmāsa duḥkhaṃ āryasatyaṃ,vyācakāra ghoṣayāṃcalāra duḥkhasamudayāryasatyaṃ,duḥkhanirodhārya satyaṃ duḥkhanirodhāgāminīpratipadāryasatyaṃ ca | atha rājaputrasya yaśasaḥ tiṣyasya ca mahāmātyaputrasya tasminnevāsane vītamalaṃ birajaṃ pariśuddhaṃ dharmacakṣurudayādi,tadyathā śuddhaṃ vastraṃ sukhena gṛhṇīyād rajanam |

 

tasmin kāle bhaumā devā tatrāgāyanta idaṃ vacanaṃ - "vipaśyī tathāgataḥ baṃdhumatīnagare mṛgadāvodyāne pravartayāṃcakāra anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ,(kenāpi)śramaṇena brāhmaṇena sarvairdevaiḥ mārabrahmaṇā cānyena lokajanena apravartyam | evaṃ pravarttitaḥ śabda upari (yāvat)caturo devarājān yāvacca parinirmmitavaśavattidevaṃ,kṣaṇena prāpto brahmadeva lokam |

 

bhagavān (tasmin)samaye gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata-

 

tuṣṭacittaḥ samutthāya prāśaṃsata tathāgatam |

vipaśyī bhūtvā buddho'nuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ prāvarttayat ||146||

totirāja upapanna upākramad baṃdhupurīm |

yaśastiṣyayoḥ kṛte prāvarttayata catuḥsatyadharmacakram ||147||

atha labdhvā yaśastiṣyau buddhasya deśanām |

pariśuddhaṃ dharmacakraṃ brahmacaryamanuttaram ||148||

atha devāḥ trāyastriṃśāḥ śakraśca devānāmiṃdraḥ |

hṛṣṭatuṣṭā mitha ūcuḥ sarvairdevai raśrutam ||149||

buddho jāto loke prāvartayad dharmacakramanuttaram |

vṛddhirdevānāṃ sarveṣāmasurāṇāṃ ca parihāṇiḥ ||150||

utthāya viśvaśravā nāma ṛṣiduḥkhe jñānaṃ lokato virāgaḥ |

sarveṣu dharmeṣvātmasthitaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||151||

abhāvayat samasamaiḥ dharmairavaśiṣṭhaiḥ cittaṃ nirmalam |

parijñātuṃ jātimaraṇāntarāyaṃ prāvarttayat prajñāyā dharmacakram ||152||

nirodhāya duḥkhasya virāgāya ca sarvadoṣāṇām |

niṣkāmo'labhata ātmasthitim |

rāga-lobha-saumanasyavarjitaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||153||

śreṣṭho narāṇāṃ saṃbuddho dvipadāmuttamo vaśī|

sarvavaṃdhivarnimuktaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||154||

deśayan kuśalaṃ nānā''cāryakaṃ māraśatro rvijetā |

vigataḥ sarvairakuśalaiḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||155||

nirāstravo mārajit sarvendriyeṣvapariśrāntaḥ |

kṣīṇāstravo vigatamārapāśaḥ prāvarttayat prajñayā dharmacakram ||156||

sa cet śikṣeta niścinuyāt sarvān dharmān anātmataḥ |

ayamasti dharmeṣūttaraḥ prāvarttayat 0 ||157||

necchati yata ājīvalābhaṃ api na yācate yaśaḥ |

satveṣu teṣu karuṇāyamānaḥ prāvarttayat 0 ||158||

dṛṣṭvā satvān dukhāntarāyamagnān jarāvyādhi-mṛtyubhiḥ pīḍitān |

etābhiḥ tisṛbhiḥ durgatibhiḥ prāvarttayat 0 ||159||

kṣīṇarāgadveṣamohaḥ prahīṇatṛṣṇāmūlaḥ |

acalaśca vimuktau prāvarttayat 0 ||160||

ātmā (hi)jetuṃ durjayo'karod jina ātmajayam |

duḥkhaṃ jetuṃ ajayat māraṃ prāvarttayat || 161||

anuttaraṃ dharmacakramidaṃ buddha eva tadā pravarttayitumalam |

sarvairdevaśatrumārabrahmabhirnālaṃ,duṣpravartyam ||162||

saṃbuddhapravartitaṃ dharmacakraṃ hitāya deva-manuṣyāṇām |

etān deva-manuṣyān śāstā'tārayat paraṃpāram ||163||

 

tadā rājaputro yaśo mahāmātyaputraḥ tiṣyaścāpaśyatāṃ dharmaṃ,alabhatāṃ phalaṃ amṛṣābhūtaṃ paripūrṇaṃ abhayam | atha tau ūcatuḥ buddhaṃ etad vacanaṃ- "icchāvaḥ tathāgatasya supariśuddhe dharmavinaye brahmacaryaṃ caritum |"

 

buddha uvāca- "sādhu,etāṃ bhikṣū,mama dharme pariśuddhe ātmanisthito caratāṃ (brahmacaryaṃ)samyagduḥkhakṣayāya |"

 

tasmin kāle dvau janau alabhatāṃ upasaṃpadam | upasampādya tathāgato nacireṇa prādurakarot nirmāya trīṇi vastūni,tadyathā prathamaṃ ṛddhipāda iti,dvitīyaṃ paracittajñānaṃ iti,tṛtīya ca śikṣā-śīlaṃ iti | tadā alabhatāṃ anāstravāṃ cetovimuktiṃ avicikitsataprajñatām |

 

tasmin kāle baṃdhumatīnagare'śrṛṇot mahājanaḥ -

 

"dvau janau prabrajya āgārāt śikṣete (bodhi-)mārgaṃ,ādāya cīvaraṃ pariśuddhaṃ pātraṃ ca bhāvayato brahmacaryam | (atha)te sarve parasparaṃ ūcuḥ - "addhā,satya eṣa mārgaḥ yata etau cakratuḥ paritatyajatuḥ lokasatkāram |"

 

atha nagarāt caturaśītisahastra manuṣyāḥ jagmuḥ mṛgadāve,yatra vipaśyī buddhaḥ sthitaḥ | baṃditvā ca (buddhasya)pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdan | deśayāmāsa buddha ānupūrvyeṇa dharmyāṃ (kathāṃ),tadyathā dānakathāṃ,śīlakathāṃ,svargakathāṃ,kāmānāṃ ādinavaṃ apariśuddhatāṃ hīnānāṃ āstravāṇāṃ,sabhayatāṃ,prāśaṃsacca naiṣkarmyasya bhāvam atisūkṣmaṃ pariśuddhaṃ anuttaram | yadā bhagavān apaśyat taṃ mahājanaṃ mṛducittaṃ śrāddhaṃ prasannaṃ hṛṣṭatuṣṭaṃ bhavyaṃ saddharmalābhāya | atha taṃ adeśayat dukhaṃ ārya satyaṃ saṃvadamānaḥ saṃvibhajamānaḥ,prākāśayat,vyākarocca duḥkhasamudayaṃ āryasatyaṃ,duḥkhanirodhaṃ āryasatyaṃ,duḥkhanirodhagāminīpratipadaṃ āryasatyam | atha tat caturāśīti janasahastraṃ tasminevāsane'labhata pariśuddhaṃ dharmacakṣuḥ,tadyathā'vadātaṃ vastraṃ samyag gṛhaṇīyād rajanam | apaśyat alabhata ca phalaṃ pūrṇaṃ abhayaṃ amṛṣādvāreṇa |

 

atha te'vadan buddhaṃ ca idaṃ vacanaṃ-

"icchāmo vayaṃ tathāgatasya supariśuddhe dharmavinaye brahmacaryaṃ caritum | "

 

buddha uvāca - "sādhu,eta bhikṣavaḥ,mama dharme ātmasthitāḥ carata (brahmacaryaṃ)samyagduḥkhakṣayāya |"

 

atha caturāśītijanasahastraṃ alabhata upasaṃpadam | upasaṃpādya ca tathāgato nacireṇa paryapūrayat bhagavataḥ trivastukāṃ śikṣāṃ,tatra prathama  ucyate ṛddhipādaḥ,dvitīyaṃ ucyate paracittajñānaṃ,tṛtīyamucyate śikṣāśīlam | atha te'labhanta anāstravāṃ cetovimuktiṃ avicikitsaprajñāṃ caturāśītisahastraṃ janāḥ |

 

atha aśrṛṇvan baṃdhumatījanāḥ - "buddho (bhagavān)mṛgadāve prāvarttayad anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ kenāpi śramaṇenabrāhmaṇena devena māreṇa ca aprāvartyam |"

 

tadā baṃdhumatīvāsina upasaṃcakramuḥ tat sthānaṃ,yatra bhagavān sthitaḥ | upasaṃkramya ca śirasā vaṃditvā (bhagavataḥ)pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdan | tadā buddho gāthayā'bhāṣata-

 

yathā yācante śaraṇāt pradīpāt śīghraṃ kāmayanto nirodhasthānam |

eva janā,api śīghraṃ upajammuḥ taṃ tathāgatam ||164||

 

api caivaṃ ,tasmin kāle baṃdhumatyāṃ abhavat triśatāṣṭacatvāriṃśatsahastraṃ  mahābhikṣusaṃghaḥ | yaśo bhikṣustiṣyo bhikṣuśca tasmin saṃghe udgamya ākāśakāyāt niṣkāsayāmāsatuḥ jalaṃ agniṃ (yamakaprātihāryaṃ),adarśayatāṃ ca ṛddhiṃ mahājanāya,deśayāṃcakraturaṇuṃ dharmam |

tasmin kāle tathāgataḥ tūṣṇīṃ svacitta uvāca- "asmin nagare ca bhavati triśatāṣṭacatvāriṃśatsahastraṃ mahābhikṣusaṃghaḥ,yannu ahaṃ preṣayeyaṃ dvau dvau pratyekaṃ sthānaṃ ṣaṣṭhe saṃvatsare ca pratyāvarttanaṃ nagare teṣāṃ,deśayaṃtu ca te paripūrṇaṃ śīlam |"

 

ājñāsīt ca tathāgatasya cittaṃ sahāṃpatiḥ brahmā (si-tu-brahma-devo),atha yathā balavān puruṣaḥ samiṃjiṃta bāhuṃ prasārayet,tathā tasmād devalokāt niṣkramya upākramat ihātra bhagavataḥ puraḥ śirasā vaṃditvā ekamantaṃ atiṣṭhat | ekamantaṃ sthitvā ca uvāca buddhaṃ -

 

"evameva bhagavān,asmin baṃdhumatīnagare bahubhikṣusaṃghaḥ,yuktaḥ sarveṣāṃ saṃvibhāgaḥ sarvatra cārikā ca,ṣaṭasu saṃvatsareṣu pratyāvarttanaṃ cāsmin nagare | deśayaṃtu te paripūrṇaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ārakṣiṣyāmi ca tatra chidraṃ na lābhaṃ gaveṣayet |"

 

tadā tathāgato devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tūṣṇīṃ anvajñāsīt | dṛṣṭvā anujānanaṃ buddhasya sahāṃpatirdevo vaṃditvā buddhasya pādau tat kṣaṇaṃ antardhāya ūrdhvaṃ devalokaṃ pratyāvarttata |

 

na cireṇa tasya gamanāda buddhastān bhikṣūn uvāca-

idānīṃ asmin nagare bahubhikṣusaṃghaḥ,parito gacchata cārikārthaṃ,ṣaṇṇāṃ saṃvatsarāṇāṃ paścād āgacchata śīlaṃ (prātimokṣaṃ)uddeṣṭum |"

 

tadā te bhikṣava udgṛhya buddhasya vacanaṃ pātra-cīvaraṃ ādāya vaṃditvā ca buddhaṃ agaman |

tasmin kāle buddho gāthayā uvāca -

prāhiṇod buddhaḥ saṃghaṃ vītamohaṃ vītalobhaṃ ca |

yathā dṛḍhaḥ suvarṇapakṣaḥ haṃso nipatet riktapuṣkariṇyāḥ ||165||

atha sahāṃpati deva ekaṃ saṃvatsara vihāya uvāca tān bhikṣūn-

"niṣṭhitaṃ ekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yuṣmākaṃ (cārikāṃ)caramāṇānāṃ,avaśiṣyaṃte paṃca saṃvatsarāṇati jānīta | yaṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ saṃvatsarāṇāṃ atyayena pratyāvartya uddiśata prātimokṣam |"

 

evaṃ yāvat ṣaḍ varṣaṃ devaḥ punaruvāca vacanam |

evaṃ yāvat ṣaṣṭhe saṃvatsare devaḥ punaruvāca vacanam-

"paripūrṇāni ṣaṭ saṃvatsarāṇi,pratyāvarttadhvaṃ prātimokṣaṃ uddeṣṭum |"

atha te bhikṣavaḥ pratiśrutya devasya vacanaṃ pātracīvaraṃ ādāya pratyāgaman baṃdhumatīnagare,gatāśca mṛgadāve (yatra)viharaṃti vipaśyī buddhaḥ | śirasā vaṃditvā buddhasya pādau ekamantaṃ nyaṣīdan | tasmin kāle buddho gāthayā'dhyabhāṣata-

yathā hastī suvinītaḥ kāmanāṃ nānugacchati |

evaṃ saṃghaḥ (suvinītaḥ)śikṣāṃ anupratyāvarttate ||166||

 

tasmin kāle tathāgato mahataḥ saṃghasya purata ūrdhva vāte paryaṃkaṃ ābhujya nyaṣīdat adiśacca prātimokṣasūtraṃ kṣāṃtiṃ prathamaṃ adiśad buddho nirvāṇaṃ- na bhavati keśa-śmaśravavahāreṇa muṃḍo'thaśramaṇaḥ |

 

tasmin kāle sahāṃpati rdeva upāgamya buddhasya nātidūre gāthābhirabhāṣat stomanavacanaṃ-

 

tathāgato mahāprājñaḥ sūkṣmādbhutakevalottamaḥ |

samyagbhāvanā paripūrṇo'bhavat samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ ||167||

satveṣvanukaṃpayā loke paripūrṇaṃ mārgam |

caturṇāṃ āryasatyānāṃ śrāvakebhyaḥ sādiśat ||168||

duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamudayaṃ ca duḥkhanirodha-satyaṃ (ca)|

āryāṣṭāgikaṃ mārgaṃ prāpya sthānaṃ surakṣitam ||169||

vipaśyī buddhaḥ prādurbhuya loke saṃghamadhye 

 sūryo yathā prabhayā prabhāsate ||170||

imāṃ gāthāṃ uktvā (sa)tatraivāntaradhāt |

 

tasmin kāle bhagavān uvāca tān bhikṣūn -

 

pūrvaṃ ekadā rājagṛhe gṛddhakūṭapavarte'bhūvam | tadā mama citta idaṃ abhūt- yaḥ ko'pi mama upasthānaṃ ṛcchati sahāṃpatidevaṃ parivarjya,sa ceda jāyate deveṣu,na punarāgamiṣyatīha | punarapi bhikṣavaḥ,tadā mama citta idaṃ abhūt-icchāmi ahaṃ yāvat deveṣu upari gantum | atha ahaṃ yathā valavān puruṣaḥ sammiṃjitaṃ bāhuṃ prasārayet (prasāritaṃ vā samiṃjet,tasmineṣa)kāle ito nirgamya prādurabhūtaṃ teṣu deveṣu | atha te sarve devā māṃ draṣṭuṃ āgatāstatra | (āgamya)ca śirasā vaṃditvā ekamantaṃ sthitā ūcuśca idaṃ vacanaṃvayaṃ sarve śrāvakā vipaśyinam tathāgatasya,tasmād buddhadeśanā (śravaṇārthaṃ)āgatā iha | (atha)ādiśad buddho hetuṃ pratyayaṃ sādyantaṃ punaḥ (bhaviṣyati)śikhī buddhaḥ,viśvabhūḥ buddhaḥ,krakusacchanda,konāgamano buddhaḥ,kāśyapo buddhaḥ,śākyamunirbuddhaḥ | sarva ime bhavanti śāstāraḥ | ahaṃ etaddeśanārthaṃ āgata iha avadaṃśca te buddhāḥ sahetu-pratyayaṃ sādyantaṃ,jātā ca akaniṣṭhaloke evam |

 

tasmin kāle buddho gāthāmirabhāṣata-

puruṣo yathā balavān bāhuṃ samiṃjeta prasārayet |

ahaṃ akaravaṃ ṛddhividhaṃ gantuṃ akaniṣṭhadeveṣu ||171||

saptame mahāsvarge?jitvā ubhayaṃ māram |

apaśyan anantā devā avadan kṛtvāṃ'jalim ||172||

yathā śa-tu-vṛkṣaḥ śakraḥ śāstāramaśruṇot |

sulakṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sudarśanaṃ devāḥ ||173||

padmapuṣpaṃ yathā nolipyate jalena |

tathā bhagavān anāstravo gataḥ sudarśanai ||174||

sūryo yathā prathama udgataḥ pariśuddho'nāvilaḥ |

prabhā yathā śaradindoḥ prāptaṃ paramamanuttamaṃ ekam ||175||

imeṣu paṃcasvāvasatheṣu sarve jāyante śuddhakarmāṇaḥ |

śuddhacittāḥ tata āgatya na kleśaṃ prāpnuvaṃti te ||176||

pariśuddhaṃ cittamāgamya bhūtvā buddhasya śrāvakāḥ |

parihāya kleśopādānaṃ santuṣṭā anupādānāt ||177||

 

dṛṣṭvā dharmaṃ niścitaṃ vipaśyinaḥ sutaḥ |

śuddhacittaḥ samāgataḥ saṃgamya maharṣiṇā ||178||

śikhibuddhasya suto virajaḥ (ca-)saṃskṛtaḥ |

cittaṃ saṃśodhya gato nirgamya bhava svāminaḥ ||179||

viśvabhū (buddhasya)sutaḥ sarvendriyaparipūrṇaḥ |

śuddhacittaḥ samāgataḥ sūryasyeva prabhā nabhasi ||180||

krakucchandasya putraḥ sarvān parihāya kāmān |

śuddhacitto'gamat pūrṇacandraprabhāsvaraḥ ||181||

koṇāgamanasya putraḥ virajaḥ (ca-)saṃskṛtaḥ |

śuddhacittato'gamat māṃ anuttaradeva iva cintayan ||182||

aśaknot maharṣiḥ prathamaṃ ṛddhipādam |

upāyuṃktātibalaṃ cittaṃ bhavituṃ buddhasya śrāvakaḥ ||183||

śuddhacittasya saṃjāto bhavituṃ buddhasya śrāvakaḥ |

vaṃditvā tathāgataṃ avocat  puruṣottamam ||184||

prāpto mārga iha janmani nāmagotraṃ (ca)|

samyagdṛṣṭiṃ dharmaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ prāpto'nuttaraṃ mārgam ||185||

viviktasthāpito bhikṣavo vigatāntārajomalāḥ |

akusīti-vīryā raṃbhiṇaḥ chetsyaṃti bhavapāśam ||186||

ime santi sarve buddhā sādyantahetupratyayāḥ |

saktāstathāgatāstena (diśanti)deśanāḥ ||187||

 

buddho'vocadidaṃ mahāvadānasūtraṃ atha te bhikṣavaḥ śrutvā buddhasya bhāṣitaṃ āttamanasaḥ samanvamodantta ||

 

|| (iti)buddhabhāṣite dīrghāgamasūtre prathamaḥ bhāgaḥ ||