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10 meṇḍhakāvadānam |



bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchruḥ-kiṃ bhadanta meṇḍhakena meṇḍhakapatnyā meṇḍhakaputreṇa meṇḍhakasnuṣayā meṇḍhakadāsena meṇḍhakadāsyā karma kṛtaṃ yena ṣaḍabhijñātā mahāpuṇyāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ, bhagavato'ntike satyāni dṛṣṭāni, bhagavāṃścaibhirārāgino na virāgita iti ? bhagavānāha-ebhireva bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyaṃbhāvīni | ebhiḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni | ko'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati ? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhānyaśubhāni ca ||



na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatairapi |

sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām ||1||



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamarataskarogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannamakhilamakaṇṭakam | ekaputramiva rājyaṃ pālayati | tena khalu samayena vārāṇasyāṃ naimittikairdvādaśavarṣikā anāvṛṣṭirvyākṛtā | trividhaṃ durbhikṣaṃ bhaviṣyati-cañcu śvetāsthi śalākāvṛtti ca | tatra cañcu ucyate-samudgake tasmin manuṣyā bījāni prakṣipya anāgate sattvāpekṣayā sthāpayanti | mṛtā nāma anena te bījakāyaṃ kariṣyantīti | idaṃ samudgakaṃ buddhvā cañcu ucyate | śvetāsthi nāma durbhikṣam-tasmin kāle manuṣyā asthīnyupasaṃhṛtya tāvat kkāthayanti, yāvat tānyasthīni śvetāni saṃvṛttānīti | tatastatkkāthaṃ pibanti | idaṃ śvetāsthi durbhikṣamityucyate | śalākāvṛttirnāma-tasmin kāle manuṣyāḥ khalu bilebhyo dhānyaguḍakāni śalākayā ākṛṣya bahūdakasthālyāṃ kkāthayitvā pibanti| iyaṃ śalākāsaṃbaddhatvācchalākāvṛttirityucyate | tato rājñā brahmadattena vārāṇasyāṃ ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kāritam-śṛṇvantu bhavanto vārāṇasīnivāsinaḥ paurāḥ | naimittikairdvādaśavarṣikā anāvṛṣṭirvyākṛtā śalākāvṛtti durbhikṣaṃ cañcu śvetāsthi ca | yeṣāṃ vo dvādaśavārṣikaṃ bhaktamasti, taiḥ sthātavyam | teṣāṃ nāsti, te yatheṣṭaṃ gacchantu | vigatadurbhikṣabhayāḥ subhikṣe punarapyupāgamiṣyanti | tasmiṃśca samaye vārāṇasyāmanyatamo gṛhapatirāḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaparivāraḥ | tena koṣṭhāgārika āhūya uktaḥ-bhoḥ puruṣa, bhaviṣyati me saparivārāṇāṃ dvādaśa varṣāṇi bhaktamiti ? sa kathayati- ārya bhaviṣyatīti | sa tatraivāvasthitaḥ | samanantarānubaddhaṃ caitat durbhikṣam | tasya kośakoṣṭhāgārāḥ parikṣīṇāḥ | sarvaśca parijanaḥ kālagataḥ | ātmanā ṣaṣṭho vyavasthitaḥ | tatastena gṛhapatinā kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇi śodhayitvā dhānyaprastha upasaṃhṛtaḥ | so'sya patnyā sthālyāṃ prakṣipya sādhitaḥ| asati buddhānāmutpāde pratyekabuddhā loka utpadyante hīnadīnānukampakāḥ prāntaśayanabhaktā ekadakṣiṇīyā lokasya | yāvadanyatamaḥ pratyekabuddho janapadacārikāṃ caran vārāṇasīmanuprāptaḥ| sa pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya vārāṇasīṃ piṇḍāya praviṣṭaḥ | sa ca gṛhapatirātmanā ṣaṣṭho'vasthito bhoktum | sa ca pratyekabuddho'nupūrveṇa piṇḍapātamaṭan tasya gṛhapaterniveśanamanuprāptaḥ | sa tena gṛhapatinā dṛṣṭaścittaprāsādikaḥ kāyaprāsādikaśca | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ saṃlakṣayati-etadapyahaṃ parityajya niyataṃ prāṇairviyokṣye | yannvahaṃ svapratyaṃśamasmai pravrajitāya dadyāmiti | tena bhāryā abhihitā-bhadre, yo mama pratyaṃśastamahamasmai pravrajitāyānuprayacchāmīti | sā saṃlakṣayati- mama svāmī na paribhūṅkte, kathamahaṃ paribhokṣya iti | sā kathayati-āryaputra, ahamapi pratyaṃśamasmai prayacchāmi | evaṃ putreṇa snuṣayā dāsena dāsyā ca vicārya svasvapratyaṃśāḥ parityaktāḥ | tatastaiḥ sarvaiḥ saṃbhūya pratyekabuddhaḥ piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ | kāyikī teṣāṃ mahātmanāṃ dharmadeśanā, na vācikī | sa vitatapakṣa iva haṃsarāja upari vihāyasamudgamya jvalanatapanavarṣaṇavidyotanaprātihāryāṇi kartumārabdhaḥ | āśu pṛthagjanāvarjanakarī ṛddhiḥ | te mūlanikṛttā iva drumāḥ pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhāḥ |gṛhapatiḥ praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ-yanmayā evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kāraḥ kṛtaḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yadi riktakāni kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇi sahadarśanānme pūrṇāni syuḥ-evaṃvidhānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ lābhī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti | patnī praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhā-yanmayā evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kāraḥ kṛtaḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yadyekasyārthāya sthālīṃ paceyam, sā śatenāpi paribhujyeta, sahasreṇāpi, na parikṣayaṃ gacchet, yāvanmayā prayogo'pratipraśrabdhaḥ, ityevaṃvidhānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ lābhinī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti | putraḥ praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ -yanmayā evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kāraḥ kṛtaḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena pañcaśatiko nakulakaḥ kaṭyāmuparibaddhastiṣṭhet, yadi ca śataṃ vā sahasraṃ vā tato vyayaṃ kuryāt, pūrṇa eva tiṣṭhet, mā parikṣayaṃ gacchet-evaṃvidhānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ lābhī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti | snuṣā praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhā-yanmayā evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kāraḥ kṛtaḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yadyekasya gandhaṃ yojayeyam, śataṃ vā sahasraṃ vā gandhaṃ ghrāsyati, taṃ na ca parikṣayaṃ gaccheyuryāvanmayā apratipraśrabdham-evaṃvidhānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ lābhinī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti | dāsaḥ praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ-yanmayā evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kāraḥ kṛtaḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yadyekahalasīraṃ kṛṣeyam, sapta sīrāḥ kṛṣṭāḥ syuḥ-evaṃvidhānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca lābhī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti | dāsī praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhā-evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kāraḥ kṛtaḥ, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yadyekāṃ mātrāmārabheyam, sapta mātrāḥ saṃpadyeran-evaṃvidhānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca lābhinī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti | taiścaivaṃ praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam | sa ca mahātmā pratyekabuddhasteṣāmanukampayā ṛddhyā upari vihāyasā rājakulasyopariṣṭāt saṃprasthitaḥ ||



tena khalu samayena rājā brahmadatta upariprāsādatalagatastiṣṭhati | tasya ṛddhyā gacchato rājño brahmadattasyopari chāyā nipatitā | sa ūrdhvamukho nirīkṣitumārabdhaḥ | paśyati taṃ pratyekabuddham | tasyaitadabhavat-kasyāpyanena mahātmanā ṛddhimahālāṅgalairdāridryaramūlānyutpāṭitāni | balavatī āśā | tato'sau gṛhapatiḥ kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇi pratyavekṣitumārabdho yāvatpūrṇāni paśyati | sa patnīmāmantrayate-mama tāvat praṇidhānaṃ pūrṇam, yuṣmākamapīdānīṃ paśyāma iti | tato dāsyā dhānyānāmekāṃ mātrāmārabdhā parikarmayitum, sapta mātrāḥ saṃpannāḥ | patnyā ekasyārthāya sthālī sādhitā, sarvaistaiḥ paribhuktam, tathaivāvasthitā | prātiveśyairanekaiśca prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ paribhuktam, tathaivāvasthitā | tathaiva putrasya snuṣāyā dāsasya praṇidhiḥ siddhā | tato gṛhapatinā ghaṇṭāvaghoṣaṇaṃ kāritaṃ vārāṇasyām-yo bhavanto'nnenārthī, sa āgacchatu iti| vārāṇasyāmuccaśabdo mahāśabdo jātaḥ | rājñā śrutam | kathayati- kimeṣa bhavanta uccaśabdo mahāśabda iti ? amātyaiḥ samākhyātam-deva, amukena gṛhapatinā kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇi uddhāṭitānīti | rājā tamāhūya kathayati-yadā sarva eva lokaḥ kālagataḥ, tadā tvayā kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇyuddhāṭitānīti | deva, kasya kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇyuddhāṭitāni? api tu adyaiva me bījamuptamadyaiva phaladāyakamiti | rājā pṛcchati-yathā katham? sa etat prakaraṇaṃ vistareṇārocayati | rājā kathayati-gṛhapate, tvayā asau mahātmā piṇḍakena pratipāditaḥ ? deva mayaiva pratipāditaḥ | so'bhiprasanno gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



aho guṇamayaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam |

yatroptaṃ bījamadyaiva adyaiva phaladāyakam ||2|| iti ||



kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau gṛhapatirgṛhapatipatnī gṛhapatiputro gṛhapatisnuṣā gṛhapatidāso gṛhapatidāsī, ayameva meṇḍhako gṛhapatiḥ meṇḍhakapatnī meṇḍhakaputro meṇḍhakasnuṣā meṇḍhakadāso meṇḍhakadāsī ca | yadebhiḥ pratyekabuddhe kārān kṛtvā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam, tasya karmaṇo vipākena ṣaḍ mahāpuṇyā jātāḥ, mamāntike dṛṣṭasatyāni | ahaṃ caibhiḥ pratyekabuddhakoṭīśatasahasrebhyaḥ prativiśiṣṭaḥ śāstā ārāgito na virāgitaḥ | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇāmekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānāṃ karmaṇāmekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāttarhi evaṃ śikṣitavyam, yadekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇyapāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣveva karmasvābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam ||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne meṇḍhakāvadānaṃ daśamam ||