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śrāvastyāṃ nidānam | tena khalu samayena anāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā dvau śukaśāvakau pratilabdhau | tena niveśanaṃ nītvā ālāpitau poṣitau saṃvardhitau mānuṣālāpaṃ ca śikṣāpitau | tayoścāyuṣmānānando'bhīkṣṇamāgatya caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ karoti-yaduta idaṃ duḥkham, ayaṃ duḥkhasamudayaḥ, ayaṃ duḥkhanirodhaḥ, iyaṃ duḥkhanirodhagāminī pratipaditi | sthavirasthavirā api bhikṣavo'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapaterniveśanamupasaṃkrāmanti śāriputramaudgalyāyanakāśyapānandaraivataprabhṛtayaḥ | teṣāṃ kālānukālamupasaṃkrāmatāṃ tābhyāṃ śukaśāvakābhyāṃ nāmāni parijñātāni | yāvadapareṇa samayenāyuṣmān śāriputro'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapaterniveśanamanuprāptaḥ | adrāṣṭāṃ tau śukaśāvakau āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputram | dṛṣṭvā antarjanamāmantrayataḥ-eṣa bhadantaḥ sthaviraḥ śāriputra āgacchati, āsanamasya prajñāpayateti | evamāyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanaṃ kāśyapaṃ raivatamāyuṣmantamānandaṃ dṛṣṭvā kathayataḥ-eṣo'smākamācāryānanda āgacchati, āsanamasya prajñāpayateti | yāvadapareṇa samayena bhagavānanāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapaterniveśanamanuprāptaḥ | adrāṣṭāṃ tau śukaśāvakau bhagavantaṃ dūrādevāgacchantaṃ prāsādikaṃ prasādanīyaṃ śāntendriyaṃ śāntamānasaṃ parameṇa cittamatyupaśamena samanvāgataṃ suvarṇayūpamiva śriyā jvalantam | dṛṣṭvā ca punastvaritatvaritamantarjanamāmantrayataḥ-eṣa bhadanto bhagavānāgacchati, āsanamasya prajñāpayateti hṛṣṭamadhurasvareṇa nikūjataḥ | atha bhagavāṃstayoranugrahārthaṃ praviśya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | niṣadya bhagavatā śukaśāvakau caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikayā dharmadeśanayā śaraṇagamanaśikṣāpadeṣu pratiṣṭhāpitau | atha bhagavān śukaśāvakau antarjanaṃ ca dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣyotthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ | tau cāntarjanasya viharataḥ pramādavihāriṇau biḍālena prāṇinā gṛhītau | vihvalavadanau chidyamāneṣu marmasu mucyamāneṣu saṃdhiṣu namo buddhāya, namo dharmāya, namaḥ saṃghāyetyuktvā kālagatau cāturmahārājakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapannau ||



atha bhagavānanyatamasmin pradeśe smitamakārṣīt | adrākṣīdāyuṣmānānando bhagavantaṃ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvantam | dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhagavantamidamavocat-nāhetupratyayaṃ bhadanta tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | ko bhadanta hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ smitasya prāviṣkaraṇe ? evametadānanda, evametat | nāhetupratyayaṃ tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | dṛṣṭau tvayā ānanda tau śukaśāvakau ? dṛṣṭau bhadanta | tau ānanda śukaśāvakau mama samanantaraprakrāntasya biḍālena prāṇinā jīvitād vyaparopitau | tau buddhadharmasaṃghāvalambanayā smṛtyā kālagatau cāturmahārājakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapannau ||



atha saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣan | aśrauṣuḥ saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya pracaranto'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapaterniveśane śukaśāvakau-namo buddhāya, namo dharmāya, namaḥ saṃghāyeti kurvāṇau biḍālena prāṇinā vyaparopitau iti | śrutvā ca punaḥ śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyāḥ paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntāḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratisāmayya pādau prakṣālya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇāḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇāḥ saṃbahulā bhikṣavo bhagavantamidamavocan-iha vayaṃ bhadanta saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ pūrvavad yāvadanāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapaterniveśane dvau śukaśāvakau-namo buddhāya, namo dharmāya, namaḥ saṃghāyeti kurvāṇau biḍālena prāṇinā jīvitādvyaparopitau iti | tayorbhadanta kā gatiḥ, kopapattiḥ, ko'bhisaṃparāyaḥ ? bhagavānāha-tau bhikṣavaḥ śukaśāvakau tasya śaraṇagamanasya vipākena ṣaṭtriṃśatkṛtvaścāturmahārājakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapatsyete, ṣaṭtriṃśatkṛtvastrāyastriṃśeṣu, yāmeṣu, tuṣiteṣu, nirmāṇaratiṣu, paranirmitavaśavartiṣu deveṣūpapatsyete | tatastāvat ṣaṭsu kāmāvacareṣu deveṣu sattvā vyapasaṃsṛtya paścime bhave paścime nikete paścima ātmabhāvapratilambhe manuṣyapratilābhaṃ labdhvā pratyekāṃ bodhimabhisaṃbhotsyete, dharmaśca sudharmaśca pratyekabuddhau bhaviṣyataḥ | evaṃ hi bhikṣavo mahāphalaṃ dharmaśravaṇaṃ mahānuśaṃsakam, kaḥ punarvādo dharmadeśanā dharmābhisamayo vā | tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yanno dharmaśravaṇābhiratā bhaviṣyāmaḥ | ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam ||



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



iti śrīdivyāvadāne śukapotakāvadānaṃ ṣoḍaśam||