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evaṃ mayā śrutam | ekasmin samaye bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairasurairyakṣairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃgho vaiśālyāṃ viharati sma markaṭahradatīre kūṭāgāraśālāyām | tena khalu samayena vaiśālikā licchavaya idamevaṃrūpaṃ kriyākāramakārṣuḥ-pañcadaśyāṃ bhavantaḥ pakṣasya aṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ ca prāṇino hantavyāḥ yatkāraṇameyurmanuṣyā māṃsamanveṣanta iti | tena khalu samayena anyatamo goghātako mahāntaṃ vṛṣabhamādāya nagarānniṣkramati praghātayitum | tamenaṃ mahājanakāyaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddho māṃsārthī kathayati- śīghramenaṃ vṛṣaṃ ghātaya, vayaṃ māṃsenārthina iti | sa kathayati - evaṃ kariṣyāmi, kiṃ tu muhūrtamudīkṣadhvamiti | tato vṛṣa īdṛśamanāryaṃ vaco duruktaṃ śrutvā bhītastrastaḥ saṃvigna āhṛṣṭaromakūpa itaścāmutaśca saṃbhrānto nirīkṣate, cintayati ca-ko māṃ kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptamatrāṇamaśaraṇamiṣṭena jīvitenācchādayediti | sa caivaṃ vihvalavadanastrāṇānveṣī tiṣṭhati | bhagavāṃśca pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto vaiśālīṃ piṇḍāya prāviśat | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam | sahadarśanaiścāsya bhagavato'ntike cittamabhiprasannam | prasannacittaśca saṃlakṣayati-prāsādiko'yaṃ sattvaviśeṣaḥ | śakṣyatyeṣo mama prāṇaparitrāṇaṃ kartum | yannvahamenamupasaṃkrameyamiti | atha sa vṛṣo bhagavatyavekṣāvān pratibaddhacittaḥ eṣo me śaraṇamiti sahasraiva tāni dṛḍhāni varatrakāṇi bandhanāni chittvā pradhāvan yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramyobhābhyāṃ jānubhyāṃ bhagavataḥ pādayornipatya pādau jihvayā nileḍhumārabdhaḥ | sa cāsya raudrakarmā goghātakaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddha eva śastravyagrahastaḥ | tato bhagavāṃstaṃ raudrakarmāṇaṃ goghātakamidamavocat -kuruṣva tvaṃ bhoḥ puruṣa anena govṛṣabheṇa sārdhaṃ sātmyam | jīvitenācchādayeti | sa kathayati- nāhaṃ bhadanta prabhavāmyenaṃ jīvitenācchādayitum | tatkasya hetoḥ ? mayā eṣa bahunā mūlyena krītaḥ | putradāraṃ ca me bahu poṣitavyamiti | bhagavānāha-yadi mūlyaṃ dīyate, pratimuñcasīti ? | sa kathayati-pratimokṣyāmi bhagavanniti | atha bhagavāṃllaukikacittamutpādayati-aho bata śakro devendrastrīṇi kārṣāpaṇasahasrāṇyādāyāgacchediti | sahacittotpādādbhagavataḥ śakro devendraḥ kārṣāpaṇasahasratrayamādāya bhagavataḥ purastādasthāt | atha bhagavān śakraṃ devendramidamavocat-anuprayaccha kauśika asya goghātakasya triguṇaṃ mūlyam | adācchakro devendrastasya goghātakasya kārṣāpaṇatrayasarasraṃ vṛṣamūlyam | atha goghātakaḥ kārṣāpaṇasahasratrayaṃ vṛṣamūlyaṃ gṛhītvā hṛṣṭastuṣṭaḥ pramudito bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā taṃ govṛṣaṃ bandhanānmuktvā prakrāntaḥ | śakro devendro bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā tatraivāntarhitaḥ ||



atha govṛṣo gatapratyāgataprāṇo bhūyasyā mātrayā bhagavatyabhiprasanno bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddho bhagavato mukhaṃ vyavalokayamāno'sthāt | atha bhagavān smitamakārṣīt | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti, tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātāḥ puṣpaparāgapadmarāgavajravaidūryamusāragalvārkalohitakādakṣiṇāvartaśaṅkhaśilāpravālajātarūparajatavarṇā arciṣo mukhānniścārya kāścidadhastādgacchanti, kāścidupariṣṭādgacchanti | yā adhastādgacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanamavīcimarbudaṃ nirarbudamaṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvamutpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaparyantān narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakāsteṣu śītībhūtvā nipatanti, ye śītanarakāsteṣūṣṇībhūtvā nipatanti | tena teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣāmevaṃ bhavati- kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaścyutāḥ, āhosvidanyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvā evaṃ bhavati - na hyeva vayaṃ bhavanta itaścyutāḥ, nāpyanyatropapannā iti| api tvayamapūrvadarśanaḥ sattvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittamabhiprasādya tannarakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisaṃdhiṃ gṛhṇanti yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭādgacchanti, tāścāturmahārājakāyikān devāṃstrāyastriṃśān yāmāṃstuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhānapramāṇābhānābhāsvarān parīttaśubhānapramāṇaśubhān śubhakṛtsnānanabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalānabṛhānatapān sudṛśān sudarśanānakaniṣṭhaparyantān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyamanātmetyuddhoṣayanti | gāthādvayaṃ bhāṣante-



ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |

dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ ||1||



yo hyasmin dharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati |

prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati ||2|| iti |



atha tā arciṣastrisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātumanvāhiṇḍya bhagavantameva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tadyadi bhagavānatītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastādantardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyāmantardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunorantardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyāmantardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye'ntardhīyante | pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyāmantardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe'ntardhīyante | atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūrṇāyāmantarhitāḥ ||



athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha-

nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro

vaktrāntarānniṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |

avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantā-

ddivākareṇodayatā yathaiva ||3||



gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate-

vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā

buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ |

nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ

smitamupadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ ||4||



tatkālaṃ svayamadhigamya dhīra buddhyā

śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām |

dhīrābhirmunivṛṣa vāgbhiruttamābhi-

rutpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ ||5||



nākasmāllavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ

saṃbuddhāḥ smitamupadarśayanti nāthāḥ |

yasyārthe smitamupadarśayanti dhīrā-

staṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ ||6|| iti ||



bhagavānāha -evametadānanda, evametat | nāhetvapratyayamānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | dṛṣṭaste ānanda ayaṃ govṛṣaḥ ? dṛṣṭo bhadanta | eṣa ānanda govṛṣastathāgatasyāntike prasannacittaḥ saptame divase kālaṃ kṛtvā cāturmahārājikeṣu deveṣūpapatsyate | vaiśravaṇasya mahārājasya putro bhaviṣyati | tataścyutvā trāyastriṃśeṣu deveṣūpapatsyate | śakrasya devendrasya putro bhaviṣyati | tataścyutvā yāmeṣu deveṣūpapatsyate | yāmasya devasya putro bhaviṣyati | tataścyutvā tuṣiteṣu deveṣūpapatsyate | sa tuṣitasya devasya putro bhaviṣyati | tataścyutvā nirmāṇaratiṣu deveṣūpapatsyate | sunirmitasya devaputrasya putro bhaviṣyati| tataścyutvā paranirmitavaśavartiṣu deveṣūpapatsyate| vaśavartino devaputrasya putro bhaviṣyati | tadanayā saṃtatyā navanavatikalpasahasrāṇi vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati | tataḥ kāmāvacareṣu deveṣu divyaṃ sukhamanubhūya paścime bhave paścime nikete samucchraye paścime ātmabhāvapratilambhe manuṣyatvaṃ pratilabhya rājā bhaviṣyati aśokavarṇo nāma cakravartī caturarṇavāntavijetā dhārmiko dharmarājaḥ saptaratnasamanvāgataḥ| tasyemānyevaṃrūpāṇi sapta ratnāni bhaviṣyanti | tadyathā-cakraratnaṃ hastiratnamaśvaratnaṃ maṇiratnaṃ strīratnaṃ gṛhapatiratnaṃ pariṇāyakaratnameva saptamam | pūrṇaṃ cāsya bhaviṣyati sahasraṃ putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarūpiṇā parasainyapramardakānām | sa imāmeva samudraparyantāṃ mahāpṛthivīmakhilāmakaṇṭakāmanutpīḍāmadaṇḍenāśastreṇa dharmyeṇa samayenābhinirjitya adhyāvatsyati | so'pareṇa samayena dānāni datvā cakravartirājyamapahāya keśaśmaśrūṇyavatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇi ...samyageva śraddhayā agārādanagārikāṃ pravrajya pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ sākṣātkariṣyati, aśokavarṇo nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati | athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha-kiṃ bhadanta anena govṛṣeṇa karma kṛtaṃ yena tiryagyonāvupapannaḥ, kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena divyamānuṣasukhamanubhūya pratyekāṃ bodhimadhigamiṣyati ? bhagavānāha - anenaiva ānanda govṛṣeṇa karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyaṃbhāvīni | govṛṣeṇa karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni | ko'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati ? na hyānanda karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāśubhāni ca |



na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi api kalpaśatairapi |

sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām ||7||



bhūtapūrvamānanda atīte'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīmupaniśritya viharati, anyatamasmin vanaṣaṇḍe | tasya nātidūre ṣaṣṭibhikṣavaḥ prativasantyāraṇyakāḥ piṇḍapātikāḥ | sarve ca vītarāgā vigatadveṣā vigatamohā yāvat pañcamātrāṇi dhūrtakaśatāni tena tenāhiṇḍyamānāni taṃ pradeśamanuprāptāni | teṣāmetadabhavat-ete hi pravrajitā mahātmānaḥ īdṛśeṣu sthāneṣvabhiramante | yadyeṣāṃ jīvitopacchedaṃ na kariṣyāmaḥ, na bhūya etasmin pradeśe svasthairvihartavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | yadyapyete mahātmānaḥ sarvasattvahitodayapravṛttā na pareṣāmārocayiṣyanti, tathāpyeṣāṃ pradhānapuruṣā upasaṃkramiṣyanti | te'smākaṃ rājñaḥ samarpayiṣyanti | tatrāsmābhiścārakāvaruddhairmartavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | kathamatra pratipattavyamiti ? ekastatraiva nirghṛṇahṛdayastyaktaparalokaḥ | sa kathayati-aghātayitvā etān kutaḥ kṣema iti ? taiste jīvitādvyaparopitāḥ | te caitatkarma kṛtvā pāpakamakuśalamekanavatikalpānapāyeṣūpapannāḥ | yadbhūyasā tu narakeṣu tiryagyonau upapannāśca santo nityaṃ śastreṇa praghātitāḥ | tatra yo'sau caurasteṣāṃ samādāpakaḥ, sa evāyaṃ govṛṣaḥ | tasya karmaṇo vipākena iyantaṃ kālaṃ na kadācit sugatau upapannaḥ | yatpunaridānīṃ mamāntike cittaṃ prasāditam , tasya karmaṇo vipākena divyaṃ mānuṣaṃ sukhamanubhūya pratyekāṃ bodhimadhigamiṣyati | evaṃ hi ānanda tathāgatānāṃ cittaprasādo'pyacintyavipākaḥ, kiṃ punaḥ praṇidhānam | tasmāttarhi ānanda evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yatstokastokaṃ muhūrtamuhūrtamantato'cchaṭāsaṃghātamātramapi tathāgatamākārataḥ samanusmariṣyāmītyevaṃ te ānanda śikṣitavyam |



athāyuṣmān ānando bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyānandyānumodya bhikṣūṇāṃ purastādgāthā bhāṣate-

aho nāthasya kāruṇyaṃ sarvajñasya hitaiṣiṇaḥ |

sukṛtenaiva vātsalyaṃ yasyedṛśamahādbhutam || 8 ||



āpanno hi paraṃ kṛcchraṃ govṛṣo yena mocitaḥ |

vyākṛtaśca bhave divye pratyekaśca jino hyasau || 9 || iti ||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhāṣitamabhyanandan |

iti śrīdivyāvadāne'śokavarṇāvadānamekādaśamam ||