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yadā rājñā māgadhena ajātaśatruṇā vaidehīputreṇa naukramo mātāpitrormāpitastadā vaiśālakairlicchavibhirbhagavato'rthe naukramo māpitaḥ | nāgāḥ saṃlakṣayanti- vayaṃ vinipatitaśarīrā yannu vayaṃ phaṇasaṃkrameṇa bhagavantaṃ nadī(dīṃ)gaṅgāmuttārayema iti| taiḥ phaṇasaṃkramo māpitaḥ | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma - rājagṛhāt śrāvastīṃ gantuṃ yo yuṣmākaṃ bhikṣava utsahate rājño māgadhasyājātaśatrorvaidehīputrasya nausaṃkrameṇa nadīgaṅgāmuttartum, sa tena taratu, yo vā bhikṣavo vaiśālakānāṃ licchavīnāṃ nausaṃkrameṇa, so'pi tenottaratu | ahamapi āyuṣmatā ānandena bhikṣuṇā sārdhaṃ nāgānāṃ phaṇasaṃkrameṇa nadīṃ gaṅgāmuttariṣyāmi | tatra kecit rājño māgadhasyājātaśatrorvaidehīputrasya nausaṃkrameṇottīrṇāḥ, kecit vaiśālikānāṃ licchavīnāṃ nausaṃkrameṇa | bhagavānapi āyuṣmatā ānandena sārdhaṃ nāgānāṃ phaṇasaṃkrameṇottīrṇaḥ | athānyatamopāsakastasyāṃ velāyāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



ye tarantyarṇavaṃ saraḥ setuṃ kṛtvā visṛjya palvalāni |

kolaṃ hi janāḥ prabandhitā uttīrṇā medhāvino janāḥ ||1||



uttīrṇo bhagavān buddho brāhmaṇastiṣṭhati sthale |

bhikṣavo'tra parisnānti kolaṃ badhnanti śrāvakāḥ || 2||



kiṃ kuryādudapānena āpaścet sarvato yadi |

chittveha mūlaṃ tṛṣṇāyāḥ kasya paryeṣaṇāṃ caret ||3|| iti ||



adrākṣīdbhagavānanyatamasmin bhūbhāge unnatonnataṃ pṛthivīpradeśam | dṛṣṭvā ca punarāyuṣmantamāmantrayate-icchasi tvamānanda yo'sau yūpa ūrdhvaṃ vyāmasahasraṃ tiryak ṣoḍaśapravedho nānāratnavicitro divyaḥ sarvasauvarṇo rājñā mahāpraṇādena dānāni dattvā puṇyāni kṛtvā nadyāṃ gaṅgāyāmāplāvitaḥ, taṃ draṣṭum ? etasya bhagavan kālaḥ, etasya sugatasamayaḥ, yo'yaṃ bhagavān yūpamucchrāpayet, bhikṣavaḥ paśyeyuḥ | tato bhagavatā cakrasvastikanandyāvartena jālāvanaddhenānekapuṇyaśatanirjātena bhītānāmāśvāsanakareṇa pṛthivī parāmṛṣṭā | nāgāḥ saṃlakṣayanti-kimarthaṃ bhagavatā pṛthivī parāmṛṣṭeti ? yāvat paśyanti yūpaṃ draṣṭukāmāḥ | tatastairucchrāpitaḥ | bhikṣavo yūpaṃ draṣṭumārabdhāḥ | āyuṣmānapi bhaddālī alpotsukaḥ pāṃsukūlaṃ sīvyati | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma- ārohapariṇāhaṃ nimittaṃ bhikṣavo yūpasya gṛhṇīta, antardhāsyatīti | antarhitaḥ | bhikṣavo buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ- paśya bhadanta bhikṣavo yūpaṃ paśyanti | āyuṣmānapi bhaddālī alpotsukaḥ pāṃsukūlaṃ sīvyati | kiṃ tāvat vītarāgatvādāhosvit paryupāsitapūrvatvāt ? tadyadi tāvad vītarāgatvāt, santyanye'pi vītarāgāḥ | atha paryupāsitapūrvatvāt, kutra kena paryupāsitamiti | bhagavānāha-api bhikṣavo vītarāgatvādapi paryupāsitapūrvatvāt | kutrānena paryupāsitam ?



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo rājābhūt praṇādo nāma śakrasya devendrasya vayasyakaḥ| so'putraḥ putrābhinandī kare kapolaṃ dattvā cintāparo vyavasthitaḥ-anekadhanasamudito'hamaputraśca | mamātyayād rājavaṃśasamucchedo bhaviṣyatīti | tataḥ śakreṇa dṛṣṭaḥ pṛṣṭaśca- mārṣa, kasmāt tvaṃ kare kapolaṃ dattvā cintāparastiṣṭhasīti ? sa kathayati-kauśika, anekadhanasamudito'hamaputraśca | mamātyayād rājavaṃśasyocchedo bhaviṣyati | śakraḥ kathayati-mārṣa, mā tvaṃ cintāparastiṣṭha | yadi kaścit cyavanadharmā devaputro bhaviṣyati, tatte putratve samādāpayiṣyāmīti | dharmatā khalu cyavanadharmaṇo devaputrasya pañca pūrvanimittāni prādurbhavanti-akliṣṭāni vāsāṃsi saṃkliśyanti, amlānāni mālyāni mlāyante, daurgandhaṃ mukhānniścarati, ubhābhyāṃ kakṣābhyāṃ svedaḥ pragharati, sve cāsane dhṛtiṃ na labhate| yāvadanyatamasya devaputrasya pañca pūrvanimittāni prādurbhūtāni| sa śakreṇa devendreṇoktaḥ - mārṣa, praṇādasya rājño'gramahiṣyāḥ kukṣau pratisaṃdhiṃ gṛhāṇeti| sa kathayati-pramādasthānaṃ kauśika| bahukilbiṣakāriṇo hi kauśika rājānaḥ| mā adharmeṇa rājyaṃ kṛtvā narakaparāyaṇo bhaviṣyāmīti | śakraḥ kathayati - mārṣa, ahaṃ te smārayiṣyāmi| pramattāḥ kauśika devā ratibahulāḥ| evametanmārṣa| tathāpi tvahaṃ bhavantaṃ smārayāmi| tena praṇādasya rājño'gramahiṣyāḥ kukṣau pratisaṃghirgṛhītā | yasminneva divase pratisaṃdhirgṛhītā, tasmin divase mahājanakāyena praṇādo muktaḥ | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānāmatyayāt prasūtā | dārako jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaśchatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhurvistīrṇalalāṭaḥ saṃgatabhrūstuṅganāsaḥ | tasya jñātayaḥ saṃgamya samāgamya nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpayanti - kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ - yasminneva divase'yaṃ dārako mātuḥ kukṣimavakrāntaḥ, tasminneva divase mahājanakāyena nādo muktaḥ | yasminneva divase jātastasminneva divase mahājanakāyena nādo muktaḥ | tasmāt bhavatu dārakasya mahāpraṇāda iti nāma | tasya mahāpraṇāda iti nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam | mahāpraṇādo dārako'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo'nupradatto dvābhyāmaṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyām| so'ṣṭābhirdhātrībhirunnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam | yadā mahān saṃvṛttastadā lipyāmupanyastaḥ | saṃkhyāyāṃ gaṇanāyāṃ mudrāyāmuddhāre nyāse nikṣepe vastuparīkṣāyāṃ dāruparīkṣāyāṃ ratnaparīkṣāyāṃ hastiparīkṣāyāmaśvaparīkṣāyāṃ kumāraparīkṣāyāṃ kumārīparīkṣāyām | so'ṣṭāsu parīkṣāsūddhaṭṭako vācakaḥ paṭupracāraḥ paṇḍitaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | sa yāni tāni rājñāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mūrdhnābhiṣiktānāṃ janapadaiśvaryasthāmavīryamanuprāptānāṃ mahāntaṃ pṛthivīmaṇḍalamabhinirjityādhyāsatāṃ pṛthag bhavanti śilpasthānakarmasthānāni, tadyathā- hastiśikṣāyāmaśvapṛṣṭhe rathe śare dhanuṣi prayāṇe niryāṇe'ṅkuśagrahe pāśagrahe tomaragrahe yaṣṭibandhe muṣṭibandhe padabandhe śikhābandhe dūravedhe marmavedhe'kṣuṇṇavedhe dṛḍhaprahāritāyāṃ pañcasu sthāneṣu kṛtāvī saṃvṛttaḥ ||



dharmatā khalu na tāvat putrasya nāma prajñāyate yāvat tāto jīvati | apareṇa samayena praṇādo rājā kālagataḥ | mahāpraṇādo rājye pratiṣṭhitaḥ | sa yāvattāvad dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayitvā adharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayituṃ pravṛttaḥ | tataḥ śakreṇa devendreṇoktaḥ-mārṣa, mayā tvaṃ praṇādasya rājñaḥ putratve samādāpitaḥ | mā adharmeṇa rājyaṃ kāraya, mā narakaparāyaṇo bhaviṣyasīti | sa yāvattāvad dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayitvā punarapi adharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayituṃ pravṛttaḥ | dvirapi śakreṇoktaḥ -mārṣa, mayā tvaṃ praṇādasya rājñaḥ putratve samādāpitaḥ | mā adharmeṇa rājyaṃ kāraya, mā narakaparāyaṇo bhaviṣyasīti | sa kathayati- kauśika, vayaṃ rājānaḥ pramattā iti ratibahulāḥ kṣaṇād vismarāmaḥ | kiṃcittvamasmākaṃ cihnaṃ sthāpaya, yaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānāni dāsyāmaḥ, puṇyāni kārayiṣyāma iti | na ca śakyate vinā nimittena puṇyaṃ kartum | tataḥ śakreṇa devendreṇa viśvakarmaṇo devaputrasyājñā dattā- gaccha tvaṃ viśvakarman rājño mahāpraṇādasya niveśane | divyaṃ maṇḍalavāṭaṃ nirmiṇu, yūpaṃ cocchrāpaya | ūrdhvaṃ vyāmasahasreṇa tiryak ṣoḍaśapravedhaṃ nānāratnavicitraṃ sarvasauvarṇamiti | tato viśvakarmaṇā devaputreṇa mahāpraṇādasya rājño niveśane divyo maṇḍalavāṭo nirmito yūpaścocchritaḥ| ūrdhvaṃ vyāmasahasraṃ nānāratnavicitro divyaḥ sarvasauvarṇaḥ | tato mahāpraṇādena rājñā dānaśālā māpitā | tasya mātulo'śoko nāma yūpasya paricārako vyavasthitaḥ| tato yūpadarśanodyuktaḥ sarva eva jambudvīpanivāsī janakāya āgatya bhuktvā yūpaṃ paśyati, svakarmānuṣṭhānaṃ na karoti | tataḥ kṛṣikarmāntāḥ samucchinnāḥ | rājñaḥ karapratyāyā nottiṣṭhante | amātyaiḥ stokāḥ karapratyāyā upanītāḥ | mahāpraṇādo rājā pṛcchati- bhavantaḥ , kasmāt stokāḥ karapratyāyā upanītāḥ ? deva, jambudvīpanivāsī janakāya āgatya bhuktvā yūpaṃ paśyati, svakarmānuṣṭhānaṃ na karoti | kṛṣikarmāntāḥ samucchinnāḥ | rājñaḥ karapratyāyā nottiṣṭhanta iti | rājā kathayati- samucchidyatāṃ dānaśāleti | taiḥ samucchinnā | tato'pyasau janakāyaḥ svapathyadanamādāya bhukvā yūpaṃ nirīkṣamāṇastiṣṭhati, svakarmānuṣṭhānaṃ na karoti | kṛṣikarmāntāḥ samucchinnāḥ | tathāpi karapratyāyā nottiṣṭhante | rājā pṛcchati - bhavantaḥ, dānaśālāḥ samucchinnāḥ | idānīṃ karapratyāyā nottiṣṭhanta iti | amātyāḥ kathayanti- deva, janakāyaḥ svapathyadanamādāya bhuktvā yūpaṃ nirīkṣamāṇastiṣṭhati, svakarmānuṣṭhānaṃ na karoti | kṛṣikarmāntāḥ samucchinnāḥ, yataḥ karapratyāyā nottiṣṭhante | tato rājñā mahāpraṇādena dānāni dattvā puṇyāni kṛtvā sa yūpo nadyāṃ gaṅgāyāmāplāvitaḥ | kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau rājño mahāpraṇādasyāśoko nāma mātulaḥ, eṣa evāsau bhaddālī bhikṣuḥ | tatrānena paryupāsitapūrvaḥ ||



kutra bhadanta asau yūpo vilayaṃ gamiṣyati ? bhaviṣyanti bhikṣavo'nāgate'dhvani aśītivarṣasahasrāyuṣo manuṣyāḥ | aśītivarṣasahasrāyuṣāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ śaṅkho nāma rājā bhaviṣyati saṃyamanī cakravartīṃ caturantavijetā dhārmiko dharmarājā saptaratnasamanvāgataḥ| tasyemānyevaṃ rūpāṇi sapta ratnāni bhaviṣyanti | tadyathā-cakraratnaṃ hastiratnamaśvaratnaṃ maṇiratnaṃ strīratnaṃ gṛhapatiratnaṃ pariṇāyakaratnameva saptamam| pūrṇaṃ cāsya bhaviṣyati sahasraṃ putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarūpiṇāṃ parasainyapramardakānām | sa imāmeva samudraparyantāṃ pṛthivīmakhilāmakaṇṭakāmanutpīḍāmadaṇḍenāśastreṇa dharmeṇa samayena abhinirjityādhyāvasiṣyati | śaṅkhasya rājño brahmāyurnāma brāhmaṇaḥ purohito bhaviṣyati | tasya brahmavatī nāma patnī bhaviṣyati | sā maitreyāṃśena sphuritvā putraṃ janayiṣyati maitreyaṃ nāma | brahmāyurmāṇavo'śītimāṇavakaśatāni brāhmaṇakān mantrān vācayiṣyati | sa tān māṇavakān maitreyāya anupradāsyati | maitreyo māṇavo'śītimāṇavakasahasrāṇi brāhmaṇakān mantrān vācayiṣyati | atha catvāro mahārājāścaturmahānidhisthāḥ-



piṅgalaśca kaliṅgeṣu mithilāyāṃ ca pāṇḍukaḥ |

elāpatraśca gāndhāre śaṅkho vārāṇasīpure ||4||



enaṃ ca yūpamādāya śaṅkhasya rājña upanāmayiṣyanti | śaṅkho'pi rājā brahmāyuṣe brāhmaṇāyānupradāsyati | brahmāyurapi brāhmaṇo maitreyāya māṇavāyānupradāsyati | maitreyo'pi māṇavasteṣāṃ māṇavakānāmanupradāsyati | tataste māṇavakāstaṃ yūpaṃ khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ chittvā bhājayiṣyanti | tato maitreyo māṇavakastasya yūpasyānityatāṃ dṛṣṭvā tenaiva saṃvegena vanaṃ saṃśrayiṣyati | yasminneva divase vanaṃ saṃśrayiṣyati, tasminneva divase maitreyāṃśena sphuritvā anuttaraṃ jñānamadhigamiṣyati | tasya maitreyaḥ samyaksaṃbuddha iti saṃjñā bhaviṣyati | yasminneva divase maitreyaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho'nuttarajñānamadhigamiṣyati, tasminneva divase śaṅkhasya rājñaḥ saptaratnānyantardhāsyante | śaṅkho'pi rājā aśītikoṭṭarājasahasraparivāro maitreyaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ pravrajitamanupravrajiṣyati | yadapyasya strīratnaṃ viśākhā nāma, sāpi aśītistrīsahasraparivārā maitreyaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ pravrajitamanupravrajiṣyati | tato maitreyaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho'śītibhikṣukoṭiparivāro yena gurupādakaḥ parvatastenopasaṃkramiṣyati, yatra kāśyapasya bhikṣorasthisaṃghāto'vikopitastiṣṭhati| gurupādakaparvato maitreyāya samyaksaṃbuddhāya vivaramanupradāsyati | yato maitreyaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ kāśyapasya bhikṣoravikopitamasthisaṃghātaṃ dakṣiṇena pāṇinā gṛhītvā vāme pāṇau pratiṣṭhāpya evaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati-yo'sau bhikṣavo varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śākyamunirnāma śāstā loka utpannastasyāyaṃ śrāvakaḥ kāśyapo nāmnā alpecchānāṃ saṃtuṣṭānāṃ dhūtaguṇavādināmagro nirdiṣṭaḥ | śākyamuneḥ parinirvṛtasyānena śāsanasaṃgītiḥ kṛtā iti | te dṛṣṭvā saṃvegamāpatsyante-kathamidānīmīdṛśenātmabhāvenedṛśā guṇagaṇā adhigatā iti | te tenaiva saṃvegenārhattvaṃ sākṣātkariṣyanti | ṣaṇṇavatikoṭyo'rhatāṃ bhaviṣyanti dhūtaguṇasākṣātkṛtāḥ | yaṃ ca saṃvegamāpatsyante, tatrāsau yūpo vilayaṃ gamiṣyati ||



ko bhadanta hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayo dvayo ratnayoryugapalloke prādurbhāvāya ? bhagavānāha-praṇidhānavaśāt | kutra bhagavan praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam?



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvani madhyadeśe vāsavo nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca | tasya sadāpuṣpaphalā vṛkṣāḥ | devaḥ kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhārāmanuprayacchati | atīva śasyasaṃpattirbhavati | uttarāpathe dhanasaṃmato nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca | tasyāpi sadāpuṣpaphalā vṛkṣāḥ | devaḥ kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhārāmanuprayacchatīti | atīva śasyasaṃpattirbhavati | yāvadapareṇa samayena vāsavasya rājñaḥ putro jāto ratnapratyuptayā śikhayā | tasya vistareṇa jātimahaṃ kṛtvā ratnaśikhīti nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam | so'pareṇa samayena jīrṇāturamṛtaṃsaṃdarśanādudvigno vanaṃ saṃśritaḥ | yasminneva divase vanaṃ saṃśritastasminneva divase'nuttaraṃ jñānamadhigatam | tasya ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddha iti saṃjñodapādi | athāpareṇa samayena dhanasaṃmato rājā upariprāsādatalagato'mātyagaṇaparivṛtastiṣṭhati | so'mātyānāmantrayate-bhavantaḥ, kasyacidanyasyāpi rājño rājyamevamṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca | sadāpuṣpaphalā vṛkṣāḥ | devaḥ kālena kālaṃ samyagvāridhārāmanuprayacchatīti | atīva śasyasaṃpattirbhavati yathā asmākamiti ? madhyadeśād vaṇijaḥ paṇyamādāyottarāpathaṃ gatāḥ | te kathayanti-asti deva madhyadeśe vāsavo nāma rājā iti | sahaśravaṇādeva dhanasaṃmatasya rājño'marṣa utpannaḥ | sa saṃjātāmarṣo'mātyānāmantrayate-saṃnāhayantu bhavantaścaturaṅgaṃ balakāyam | rāṣṭrāpamardanamasya kariṣyāma iti | tato dhanasaṃmato rājā caturaṅgaṃ balakāyaṃ saṃnāhya hastikāyamaśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ madhyadeśamāgatya gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe kūle'vasthitaḥ | aśrauṣīdvāsavo rājā-dhanasaṃmato rājā caturaṅgaṃ balakāyaṃ saṃnāhya hastikāyamaśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ madhyadeśamāgatya gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe kūle'vasthita iti | śrutvā ca punaḥ so'pi caturaṅgaṃ balakāyaṃ saṃnāhya hastikāyamaśvakāyaṃ rathakāyaṃ pattikāyaṃ gaṅgāyā uttare kūle'vasthitaḥ | atha ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhastayorvinayakālaṃ jñātvā nadyā gaṅgāyāstīre rātriṃ vāsamupagataḥ | tato ratnaśikhinā samyaksaṃbuddhena laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam | dharmatā khalu yadā buddhā bhagavanto laukikaṃ cittamutpādayanti, tasmin samaye śakrabrahmādayo devā bhagavataścetasā cittamājānanti | atha śakrabrahmādayo devā yena ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇāḥ | teṣāṃ varṇānubhāvena mahānudārāvabhāsaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ| dhanasaṃmatena rājñā dṛṣṭaḥ | dṛṣṭvā ca punaramātyān pṛcchati-kimayaṃ bhavanto vāsavasya rājño vijite mahānudārāvabhāsaḥ ? te kathayanti-deva, vāsavasya rājño vijite ratnaśikhī nāma samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ utpannaḥ | tasya śakrabrahmādayo devā darśanāyopasaṃkramanti | tenaivodārāvabhāsaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | maharddhiko'sau mahānubhāvaḥ | tasyāyamanubhāva iti | dhanasaṃmato rājā kathayati- bhavantaḥ , yasya vijite īdṛśaṃ dvipādakaṃ puṇyakṣetramutpannam, yaṃ śakrabrahmādayo'pi devā darśanāyopasaṃkrāmanti, tasyāhaṃ kīdṛśamanarthaṃ kariṣyāmi ? tena tasya dūto'nupreṣitaḥ | vayasya, āgaccha | na te'haṃ kiṃcit kariṣyāmi iti | puṇyamaheśākhyastvam, yasya vijite dvipādakaṃ puṇyakṣetraṃ ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddho'yam | śakrabrahmādayo devā darśanāyopasaṃkrāmanti | kiṃ tu kaṇṭhāśleṣaṃ te datvā gamiṣyāmi| evamāvayoḥ parasparaṃ cittasaumanasyaṃ bhavatīti | vāsavo rājā viśvāsaṃ na gacchati | sa yena ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya ratnaśikhīnaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā banditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇo vāsavo rājā ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamidamavocat-mama bhadanta dhanasaṃmatena rājñā saṃdiṣṭam- priyavayasya āgaccha, na te'haṃ kiṃcit kariṣyāmi | kaṇṭhā kaṇṭhāśleṣaṃ śleṣaṃ datvā gamiṣyāmi | evamāvayoḥ parasparaṃ cittasaumanasyaṃ bhavatīti | tatra mayā kathaṃ pratipattavyam ? ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ kathayati-gaccha mahārāja, śobhanaṃ bhaviṣyati | bhagavan, kiṃ mayā tasya pādayornipatitavyam ? mahārāja, balaśreṣṭhā hi rājānaḥ | nipatitavyam | atha vāsavo rājā ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvā utthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ | yena dhanasaṃmato rājā tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya dhanasaṃmatasya rājñaḥ pādayornipatitaḥ | tato dhanasaṃmatena rājñā kaṇṭhe śleṣaṃ dattvā viśvāsamutpādya preṣitaḥ ||



atha vāsavo rājā yena ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇo vāsavo rājā ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamidamavocat- kasya bhadanta sarve rājānaḥ pādayornipatanti ? rājño mahārāja cakravartinaḥ | atha vāsavo rājā utthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena ratnaśikhī tathāgataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamidamavocat-adhivāsayatu me bhagavān śvo'ntargṛhe bhakrena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena | atha vāsavo rājā tāmeva rātriṃ śuci praṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyamevotthāya āsanāni prajñāpya udakamaṇīn pratiṣṭhāpya ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya dūtena kālamārocayati-samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktam, yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyate iti | atha ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya bhikṣusaṃghaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena rājño vāsavasya bhaktābhisārastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | atha rājā vāsavo ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | anekaparyāyeṇa śucinā khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastamapanītapātraṃ pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ-anenāhaṃ bhadanta kuśalamūlena rājā syāṃ cakravartīti | tatsamanantaraṃ ca śaṅkha āpūritaḥ | tato ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddho vāsavaṃ rājānamidamavocat- bhaviṣyasi mahārāja aśītivarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śaṅkho nāma rājā cakravartīti | tata uccaśabdo mahāśabdo jātaḥ | dhanasaṃmato rājā kolāhalaśabdaṃ śrutvā amātyān pṛcchatikimeṣa bhavanto vāsavasya rājño vijite kolāhalaśabdaḥ śrūyate iti ? tairāgamya niveditam- deva, ratnaśikhinā samyaksaṃbuddhena vāsavo rājā cakravartirājye vyākṛta iti janakāyo hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditaḥ | tena kolāhalaśabdo jāta iti | atha dhanasaṃmato rājā yena ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇo dhanasaṃmato rājā ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamidamavocat-kasya bhadanta sarve cakravartinaḥ pādayornipatanti ? tathāgatasya mahārāja arhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya | atha dhanasaṃmato rājā utthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamidamavocat-adhivāsayatu me bhagavān śvo'ntargṛhe bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena | adhivāsayati ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddho dhanasaṃmatasya rājño'pi tūṣṇībhāvena | atha dhanasaṃmato rājā ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanaṃ viditvā ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvā ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyāntikāt prakrāntaḥ ||



atha dhanasaṃmato rājā tāmeva rātriṃ śuci praṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyamevotthāya āsanāni prajñapya udakamaṇīn pratiṣṭhāpya ratnaśikhinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya dūtena kālamārocayati - samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktam, yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyate iti | atha ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena dhanasaṃmatasya rājño bhaktābhisārastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | atha dhanasaṃmato rājā sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ tatpramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastena saṃtarpayatio saṃpravārayati| anekaparyāyeṇa śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastena saṃtarpya saṃpravārya ratnaśikhinaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastamapanītapātraṃ pādayornipatya sarvamimaṃ lokaṃ maitreṇāṃśena sphuritvā praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ - anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena śāstā loke bhaveyaṃ tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha iti | ratnaśikhī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ kathayati- bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ mahārāja aśītivarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ maitreyo nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha iti | tatpraṇidhānavaśād dvayo ratnayorloke prādurbhāvo bhaviṣyati ||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne maitreyāvadānaṃ tṛtīyam ||