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5 stutibrāhmaṇāvadānam |



atha bhagavān hastināpuramanuprāptaḥ | anyatamo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ dūrādeva dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva parvataṃ samantato bhadrakaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhagavantamabhigamya gāthābhiḥ stotumārabdhaḥ -



suvarṇavarṇo nayanābhirāmaḥ

prītyākaraḥ sarvaguṇairupetaḥ |

devātidevo naradamyasārathiḥ

tīrṇo'si pāraṃ bhavasāgarasya ||1|| iti ||



tato bhagavatā smitamupadarśitam | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti, pūrvavad yāvad bhagavata ūrṇāyāmantarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha -



nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro

vaktrāntarānniṣkramitaḥ kalāpaḥ |

avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantā -

ddivākareṇodayatā yathaiva ||2||



gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate -



vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā

buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ |

nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ

smitamupadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ ||3||



tatkālaṃ svayamadhigamya dhīra buddhyā

śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām |

dhīrābhirmunivṛṣa vāgbhiruttamābhi-

rutpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ ||4||



nākasmāllavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ

saṃbuddhāḥ smitamupadarśayanti nāthāḥ |

yasyārthe smitamupadarśayanti dhīrā-

staṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ ||5|| iti ||



bhagavānāha - evametadānanda, evametat | nāhetupratyayamānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | dṛṣṭaste ānanda brāhmaṇo yena tathāgato gāthayā abhiṣṭutaḥ ? duṣṭo bhadanta | asau anena kuśalamūlena viṃśatikalpaṃ vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati | kiṃ tu devāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca gatvā saṃsṛtya paścime nikete paścime samucchraye paścime ātmabhāvapratilambhe stavārho nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ pṛcchanti- paśya bhadanta anena brāhmaṇena bhagavānekayā gāthayā stuto bhagavatā ca pratyekāyāṃ bodhau vyākṛta iti | bhagavānāha - na bhikṣava etarhi, yathā atīte'dhvani anenāhamekayā gāthayā stutaḥ, mayā ca pañcasu grāmavareṣu pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ | tacchṛṇu (ta), sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuru(ta), bhāṣiṣye ||



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca | sa cātīva kavipriyaḥ | vārāṇasyāmanyatamo brāhmaṇaḥ kaviḥ | sa brāhmaṇyocyate-brāhmaṇa śītakālo vartate | gaccha, asya rājñaḥ kaccidanukūlaṃ bhāṣitaṃ kṛtvā kadācit kiṃcit śītatrāṇaṃ saṃpadyata iti | sa saṃprasthitaḥ | yāvadrājā hastiskandhārūḍho nirgacchati | sa brāhmaṇaḥ saṃlakṣayati- kiṃ tāvadrājānaṃ stunomi āhosvid hastināgamiti | tasyaitadabhavat-ayaṃ hastināgaḥ sarvalokasya priyo manāpaśca | tiṣṭhatu tāvadrājā, hastināgaṃ tāvadabhiṣṭaumīti | gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate-



airāvaṇasyākṛtitulyadeho

rūpopapanno varalakṣaṇaiśca |

lakṣe praśasto'si mahāgajendra

varṇapramāṇena surūparūpa || 6 || iti ||



tato rājā abhiprasanno gāthāṃ bhāṣate-

yo me gajendro dayito manāpaḥ

prītiprado dṛṣṭiharo narāṇām |

tvaṃ bhāṣase varṇapadāni tasya

dadāmi te grāmavarāṇi pañca ||7|| iti ||



kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau hastināgaḥ, ahameva tena kālena tena samayena | tadāpyahamanenaikayā gāthayā stutaḥ, mayā cāyaṃ pañcagrāmavareṣu pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ | etarhi anenaikagāthayā stutaḥ, mayāpi cāyaṃ pratyekabodhau vyākṛta iti ||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaḥ te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne stutibrāhmaṇāvadānaṃ pañcamam ||