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buddho bhagavān rājagṛhe viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | ācaritamāyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya kālena kālaṃ narakacārikāṃ carituṃ tiryakracārikāṃ carituṃ pretacārikāṃ devacārikāṃ manuṣyacārikāṃ caritum | sa yāni tāni nārakāṇāṃ sattvānāmutpāṭānupāṭanacchedanabhedanādīni duḥkhāni, tiraścāmanyonyabhakṣaṇādīni, pretānāṃ kṣuttṛṣādīni, devānāṃ cyavanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanādīni, manuṣyāṇāṃ paryeṣṭivyasanādīni duḥkhāni, tāni dṛṣṭvā jambudvīpamāgatya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāmārocayati | yasya kasyacit sārdhaṃvihārī antevāsī vā anabhirato brahmacaryaṃ carati, sa tamādāya yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanastenopasaṃkrāmati, āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyana enaṃ samyagavavadiṣyati, anuśāsiṣyatīti | tamāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ samyagavavadati samyaganuśāsti | evamaparamaparaṃ te āyuṣmatā mahāmaudgalyāyanena samyagavavāditāḥ samyaganuśiṣṭā abhiratā brahmacaryaṃ caranti, uttare ca viśeṣamadhigacchanti | tena khalu samayenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaścatasṛbhiḥ parṣadbhirākīrṇo viharati bhikṣubhirbhikṣuṇībhirupāsakai-rupāsikābhiśca | jānakāḥ pṛcchakā buddhā bhagavantaḥ | pṛcchati buddho bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandam | sa kathayati-ācaritaṃ bhadanta āyuṣmato mahāmaudgalyāyanasya kālena kālaṃ narakacārikāṃ carituṃ tiryakcārikāṃ pretacārikāṃ devacārikāṃ manuṣyacārikāṃ caritum | sa yāni tāni nārakāṇāṃ sattvānāmutpāṭānupāṭanacchedanabhedanādīni duḥkhāni, tiryaścāmanyonyabhakṣaṇādīni, pretānāṃ kṣuttṛṣādīni, devānāṃ cyavanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanādīni, manuṣyāṇāṃ paryeṣṭivyasanādīni duḥkhāni, tāni dṛṣṭvā jambudvīpamāgatya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāmārocayati | yasya kasyacit sārdhaṃvihārī antevāsī vā anabhirato brahmacaryaṃ carati, sa tamādāya yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanastenopasaṃkrāmati, āyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyana eva samyagavavadiṣyati samyaganuśāsiṣyatīti, tamāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaḥ samyagavavadati samyaganuśāsti | evamaparamaparaṃ te āyuṣmatā mahāmaudgalyāyanena samyagavavāditāḥ samyaganuśiṣṭā abhiratā brahmacaryaṃ caranti, uttare ca viśeṣamadhigacchanti | ayaṃ bhadanta heturayaṃ pratyayo yenāyuṣmān mahāmaudgalyāyanaścatasṛbhiḥ parṣadbhirākīrṇo viharati bhikṣubhikṣuṇyupāsakopāsikābhiḥ | na sarvatra ānanda maudgalyāyano bhikṣurbhaviṣyati maudgalyāyanasadṛśo vā | tasmād dvārakoṣṭhake pañcagaṇḍakaṃ cakraṃ kārayitavyam | uktaṃ bhagavatā dvārakoṣṭhake pañcagaṇḍakaṃ cakraṃ kārayitavyamiti | bhikṣavo na jānate kīdṛśaṃ kārayitavyamiti | bhagavānāha-pañca gatayaḥ kartavyā narakāstiryañcaḥ pretā devā manuṣyāśca | tatrādhastāt narakāḥ kartavyāḥ, tiryañcaḥ pretāśca, upariṣṭāt devā manuṣyāśca | catvāro dvīpāḥ kartavyāḥ pūrvavideho'paragodānīya uttarakururjambudvīpaśca | madhye rāgadveṣamohāḥ kartavyāḥ, rāgaḥ pārāvatākāreṇa, dveṣo bhujaṅgākāreṇa, mohaḥ sūkarākāreṇa | buddhapratimāścaitannirvāṇamaṇḍalamupadarśayantyaḥ kartavyāḥ | anupapādukāḥ sattvā ghaṭīyantraprayogeṇa cyavamānā upapadyamānāśca kartavyāḥ | sāmantakena dvādaśāṅgaḥ pratītyasamutpādo'nulomapratilomaḥ kartavyaḥ | sarvamanityatayā grastaṃ kartavyam, gāthādvayaṃ ca lekhayitavyam -



ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |

dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ ||1||



yo hyasmin dharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati |

prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati ||2|| iti |



uktaṃ bhagavatā dvārakoṣṭhake pañcagaṇḍakaṃ cakraṃ kārayitavyamiti bhikṣubhiḥ kāritam | brāhmaṇagṛhapataya āgatya pṛcchanti-ārya, kimidaṃ likhitamiti ? te kathayanti-bhadramukhāḥ, vayamapi na jānīma iti | bhagavānāha-dvārakoṣṭhake bhikṣuruddeṣṭavyo ya āgatāgatānāṃ brāhmaṇagṛha patīnāṃ darśayati | uktaṃ bhagavatā bhikṣuruddeṣṭavya iti | te aviśeṣeṇoddiśanti bālānapi mūḍhānapi avyaktānapi akuśalānapi | te ātmanā na jānate, kutaḥ punarāgatānāṃ brāhmaṇagṛhapatīnāṃ darśayiṣyanti ? bhagavānāha- pratibalo bhikṣuruddeṣṭavya iti ||



rājagṛhe'nyatamo gṛhapatiḥ prativasati | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatramānītam | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jātaḥ | tasya trīṇi saptakānyekaviṃśatidivasān vistareṇa jātasya jātimahaṃ kṛtvā kulasadṛśaṃ nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam | sa patnīmāmantrayate-bhadre, jāto'smākaṃ ṛṇaharo dhanaharaḥ | tadgacchāmi, paṇyamādāya mahāsamudramavatarāmīti | sā kathayati-āryaputra, evaṃ kuruṣveti | sa suhṛtsaṃbandhipaṇyamādāya mahāsamudramavatarāmīti | sā kathayati-āryaputra, evaṃ kuruṣveti | sa suhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavānāmantrayitvā antarjanaṃ ca samāśvāsya mahāsamudragamanīyaṃ paṇyamādāya divasatithimuhūrtena mahāsamudramavatīrṇaḥ | tatraiva ca nidhanamupayātaḥ | tasya patnyā sa dārako jñātibalena hastabalena pālitaḥ poṣitaḥ saṃvardhito lipyāmupanyasto lipyakṣareṣu ca kṛtāvī saṃvṛttaḥ | sa vayaskareṇa sārdhaṃ veṇuvanaṃ gato vihāraṃ praviṣṭaḥ paśyati dvārakoṣṭhake pañcagaṇḍakaṃ cakramabhilikhitam | sa pṛcchati-ārya, kimidamabhilikhitamiti ? bhikṣuḥ kathayati-bhadramukha, etāḥ pañca gatayo narakāstiryañcaḥ pretā devā manuṣyāśca | ārya, kimebhiḥ karma kṛtaṃ yenaivaṃvidhāni duḥkhāni pratyanubhavantīti ? sa kathayati-ete prāṇātipātikā adattādāyikāḥ kāmamithyācārikā mṛṣāvādikāḥ paiśunikāḥ pāruṣikāḥ saṃbhinnapralāpikā abhidhyālavo vyāpannacittā mithyādṛṣṭikāḥ | tadebhirete daśākuśalāḥ karmapathā atyarthamāsevitā bhāvitā bahulīkṛtāḥ, yena evaṃvidhāni duḥkhānyutpāṭānupāṭacchedanabhedanādīni pratyanubhavanti | ārya, gatametat | ebhiranyaiḥ kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena evaṃvidhāni duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanti ? bhadramukha, ebhirapi daśākuśalāḥ karmapathā āsevitā bhāvitā bahulīkṛtāḥ, yena evaṃvidhāni duḥkhānyanyonyabhakṣaṇādīni pratyanubhavanti | ārya, etadapi gatam | ebhiranyaiḥ kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena evaṃvidhāni duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanti ? bhadramukha, ete'pi matsariṇa āsan kuṭukuñcakā āgṛhītapariṣkārāḥ | tattena mātsaryeṇāsecitena bhāvitena bahulīkṛtena evaṃvidhāni duḥkhāni kṣuttṛṣādīni duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanti | ārya, etadapi gatam | ebhiranyaiḥ kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena evaṃvidhāni sukhāni pratyanubhavanti ? bhadramukha, ete prāṇātipātāt prativiratā adattādānāt kāmamithyācārānmṛṣāvādāt paiśunyāt pāruṣyāt saṃbhinnapralāpādanabhidhyālavo'vyāpannacittāḥ samyadgṛṣṭayaḥ | tadebhirete daśa kuśalāḥ karmapathā atyarthamāsevitā bhāvitā bahulīkṛtāḥ, yena evaṃvidhāni divyastrīlalitavimānodyānasukhāni pratyanubhavanti | ārya, etadapi gatam | ebhiranyaiḥ kiṃ karma kṛtaṃ yena evaṃvidhāni sukhāni pratyanubhavanti ? bhadramukha, ebhirapi daśa kuśalāḥ karmapathāstanutarā mṛdutarāścāsevitā bhāvitā bahulīkṛtāḥ, yena evaṃvidhāni hastyaśvarathānnapānaśayanāsanastrīlalitodyānasukhāni pratyanubhavanti | ārya, āsāṃ pañcānāṃ gatīnāṃ yā etāstisro gatayo narakāstiryañcaḥ pretāśca, etā mahyaṃ na rocante | ye tu ete devā manuṣyāśca ete rocete | tatkathamete daśa kuśalāḥ karmapathāḥ samādāya vartayitavyāḥ ? bhadramukha, svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajya saced dṛṣṭa eva dharme ājñāmārāgayiṣyasi, eṣa eva te'nto duḥkhasya | atha sāvaśeṣasaṃyojanaḥ kālaṃ kariṣyasi, deveṣūpapatsyate | uktaṃ hi bhagavatā-pañcānuśaṃsān samanupaśyatā paṇḍitenālameva pravrajyādhimuktena bhavitum | katamāni pañca ? āveṇikā ime svārthā anuprāpto bhaviṣyāmīti saṃpaśyatā paṇḍitenālameva pravrajyādhimuktena bhavitum | yeṣāmahaṃ dāsaḥ preṣyo nirdeśyo bhujiṣyo nayena kāmaṃgamaḥ, teṣāṃ pūjyaśca bhaviṣyāmi praśaṃsyaśceti saṃpaśyatā paṇḍitena alameva pravrajyādhimuktena bhavitum | anuttaraṃ yogakṣemaṃ nirvāṇamanuprāpsyāmīti saṃpaśyatā paṇḍitena alameva pravrajyādhimuktena bhavitum | anuttaraṃ vā yogakṣemaṃ nirvāṇamanuprāpnuvato'nāpattikasya sato deveṣūpapattirbhaviṣyatīti saṃpaśyatā paṇḍitena alameva pravrajyādhimuktena bhavitum | anekaparyāyeṇa pravrajyā varṇitā buddhaiśca buddhaśrāvakaiśca | ārya, śobhanam | kiṃ tatra pravrajyāyāṃ kriyate ? bhadramukha, yāvajjīvaṃ brahmacaryaṃ caryate | ārya, na śakyametat | anyo'sti upāyaḥ ? bhadramukha, asti, upāsako bhava | ārya, kiṃ tatra kriyate ? bhadramukha, yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇātipātāt prativiratiḥ saṃrakṣyā, adattādānāt kāmamithyācārāt surāmaireyamadyapramādasthānāt prativiratiḥ saṃrakṣyā | ārya, etadapi na śakyate | anyamupāyaṃ kathayeti | bhadramukha, buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojaya | ārya, kiyadbhiḥ kārṣāpaṇairbuddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃgho bhojyate ? bhadramukha, pañcabhiḥ kārṣāpaṇaśataiḥ | ārya, śakyametat | sa tasya pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā prakrāntaḥ | yena svaṃ niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya mātaramidamavocat-amba, adyāhaṃ veṇuvanaṃ gataḥ | tatra mayā dvārakoṣṭhake pañcagaṇḍakaṃ cakramabhilikhitaṃ dṛṣṭam | tatra pañca gatayo narakāstiryañcaḥ pretā devā manuṣyāśca | tatra nārakā utpāṭānupāṭanacchedanabhedanādīni duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanti | tiryañcaścānyonyabhakṣaṇādīni | pretāḥ kṣuttṛṣādīni | devā divyastrīlalitodyānavimānasukhāni pratyanubhavanti | manuṣyā hastyaśvarathānnapānaśayanāsanastrīlalitodyānāni pratyanubhavanti | āsāṃ mama tisro gatayo nābhipretāḥ, dve abhiprete | tatkimicchasi tvaṃ māṃ deveṣūpapadyamānam ? putra, sarvasattvānicchāmi deveṣūpapadyamānān prāgeva tvām | amba, yadyevam, prayaccha pañca kārṣāpaṇaśatāni | buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayāmi | putra, mayā tvaṃ jñātibalena hastabalena cāpyāyitaḥ poṣitaḥ saṃvardhitaḥ | kuto me pañcānāṃ kāṣārpaṇaśatānāṃ vibhavaḥ ? amba, yadi nāsti, bhṛtikayā karma karomi | putra, tvaṃ sukumāraḥ | na śakyasi bhṛtikayā karma kartum | amba gacchāmi, śakṣyāmi | putra, yadi śakto'si, gaccha | sa tayā anujñāto bhṛtakavīthīṃ gatvā avasthitaḥ | brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo'nyān bhṛtakapuruṣān gṛhṇanti, taṃ na kaścit pṛcchati | sa tatra divasamatināmya vikāle gṛhaṃ gataḥ | sa mātrā pṛṣṭaḥ-putra, kṛtaṃ te bhṛtikayā karma ? amba, kiṃ karomi ? na māṃ kaścit pṛcchati | putra, na evaṃvidhā bhṛtakapuruṣā bhavanti | putra, sphaṭitaparuṣā rūkṣakeśā malinavastranivasanāḥ | yadyavaśyaṃ tvayā bhṛtikayā karma kartavyam, īdṛśaṃ veṣamāsthāya bhṛtakavīthīṃ gatvā tiṣṭha | amba, śobhanam | evaṃ karomi | so'parasmin divase tādṛśaṃ veṣamāsthāya bhṛtakavīthīṃ gatvā avasthitaḥ | yāvadanyatarasya gṛhapatergṛhamuttiṣṭhate | sa bhṛtakānāmarthe vīthīṃ gataḥ | tena taṃ pratyākhyāya anye bhṛtakapuruṣā gṛhītāḥ | sa kathayati-gṛhapate, ahamapi bhṛtikayā karma karomīti | gṛhapatiḥ kathayati-putra, tvaṃ sukumāraḥ, na śakṣyasi bhṛtikayā karma kartum | tāta, kiṃ tvaṃ pūrvaṃ bhṛtiṃ dadāsi, āhosvit paścāt ? putra paścāt | tāta, adya tāvat karma karomi | yadi toṣayiṣyāmi, dāsyasi bhṛtimiti | sa saṃlakṣayati - śobhanameṣa kathayati | adya tāvat jijñāsyāmi yadi śakṣyati karma kartum, dāsyāmi | na śakṣyati, na dāsyāmīti viditvā kathayati-putra āgaccha, gacchāma iti | sa tena gṛhaṃ nītaḥ | te'nyabhṛtakāḥ śāṭhyena karma kurvanti | sa tvaritatvaritaṃ karma karoti | tāṃśca bhṛtakān samanuśāsti | vayaṃ tāvat pūrvakeṇa duścaritena daridragṛheṣūpapannāḥ | tadyadi śāṭhyena karma kariṣyāmaḥ, itaścyutānāṃ kā gatirbhaviṣyati ? te kathayanti-bhāgineya, tvaṃ navadāntaḥ | sthānametadvidyate yadasmākaṃ pṛṣṭhato gamiṣyasi | āgaccha paśyāmaḥ | sa lokākhyāyikāyāṃ kuśalaḥ | tena teṣāṃ tādṛśī lokākhyānakathā prastutā, yāṃ śrutvā te bhṛtakapuruṣā ākṣiptāḥ | tasyātisvareṇa gacchato'nupadaṃ gacchanti, mā lokākhyāyikāṃ na śroṣyāma iti | tasmin divase tairbhṛtakapuruṣaistaddviguṇaṃ karma kṛtam | gṛhapatiḥ karmāntān pratyavekṣamāṇastaṃ pradeśamāgato yāvaddviguṇaṃ karma kṛtam | so'dhiṣṭhāyakapuruṣaṃ pṛcchati- bhoḥ puruṣa, kiṃ tvayā apare bhṛtakā gṛhītāḥ ? ārya, na gṛhītāḥ | atha kasmādadya dviguṇaṃ karma kṛtam ? tena yathāvṛttamārocitam | śrutvā gṛhapatistasya dārakasya dviguṇāṃ bhṛtiṃ dātumārabdhaḥ | sa kathayati-tāta, kiṃ dvidaivasikāṃ bhṛtiṃ dadāsīti ? sa kathayati-putra, na dvidaivasikāṃ dadāmi, api tu prasanno'haṃ prasannādhikāraṃ karomīti | sa kathayati-tāta, yadi tvaṃ mamābhiprasannaḥ, yāvat tava gṛhe karma kartavyaṃ tāvat tavaiva haste tiṣṭhatu | putra evaṃ bhavatu | yadā tasya gṛhapatestadgṛhaṃ parisamāptam, tadā asau dārako bhṛtiṃ gaṇayitumārabdho yāvat pañca kārṣāpaṇaśatāni na paripūryante | sa roditumārabdhaḥ | sa gṛhapatiḥ kathayati-putra, kiṃ rodiṣi ? māsi mayā kiṃcit vyaṃsitaḥ | tāta, mahātmā tvam, kiṃ māṃ vyaṃsayiṣyasi ? api tu ahameva mandabhāgyaḥ | mayā pañcānāṃ kārṣāpaṇaśatānāmarthāya bhṛtikayā karma prārabdhaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayiṣyāmi, tato deveṣūpapatsyāmīti | tāni na paripūrṇāni | punarapi mayā anyatra bhṛtikayā karma kartavyamiti | sa gṛhapatirbhūyasā mātrayā atiprasannaḥ | sa kathayati-putra, yadyevam, ahaṃ pūrayāmi | tāta, mā deveṣūpapatsye | putra, abhiśraddadhāsi tvaṃ bhagavataḥ? tāta abhiśraddadhe | putra gaccha, bhagavantaṃ pṛccha | yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | sa gṛhapatiputro bhagavantamidamavocat-bhagavan, mayā pañcānāṃ kārṣāpaṇaśatānāmarthāya bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ bhojayiṣyāmītyamukasya gṛhapaterbhṛtikayā karma kṛtam | tāni mama na paripūrṇāni | sa gṛhapatiḥ paripūrayati | bhagavan kim ? āha-vatsa gṛhāṇa, śrāddhaḥ sa gṛhapatiḥ | bhagavan, mā deveṣu nopapatsye ? vatsa upapatsyase, gṛhāṇa | sa parituṣṭo bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato'ntikāt prakrānto yena sa gṛhapatistenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya gṛhapaterantikāt pañca kārṣāpaṇaśatāni gṛhītvā mātuḥ sakāśaṃ gataḥ | kathayati-amba, etāni pañca kārṣāpaṇaśatāni | bhaktaṃ sajjīkuru | buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayiṣyāmīti | sā kathayati-putra, na mama bhāṇḍopaskaro na śayanāsanam | sa eva gṛhapatirvistīrṇabhāṇḍopaskaraḥ śrāddhaśca | tameva gatvā prārthaya | śaknotyasau saṃpādayitumiti | sa tasya sakāśaṃ gataḥ śiraḥpraṇāmaṃ kṛtvā kathayati-tvayaiva etāni pañca kārṣāpaṇaśatāni dattāni | asmākaṃ gṛhe na bhāṇḍopaskaro nāpi śayanāsanam | tadarhasi mamānukampayā bhaktaṃ sajjīkartum | ahamāgatya svahastena buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayiṣyāmīti | gṛhapatiḥ saṃlakṣayati-mamedaṃ gṛhamacirotthitaṃ buddhapramukhena bhikṣusaṃghena paribhuktaṃ bhaviṣyati, pratijāgarbhi | iti viditvā kathayati-putra, śobhanam | sthāpayitvā kārṣāpaṇān gaccha, śvo buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghamupanimantraya | ahamāhāraṃ sajjīkaromīti | sa saṃjātasaumanasyaḥ śiraḥpraṇāmaṃ kṛtvā prakrānto yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya vṛddhānte sthitvā kathayati-so'haṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghamupanimantrayāmīti | adhivāsayati bhagavāṃstasya gṛhapatiputrasya tūṣṇībhāvena | atha sa gṛhapatiputro bhagavatastūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavato'ntikāt prakrāntaḥ ||



tenāpi gṛhapatinā tāmeva rātriṃ śuciṃ praṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyamevotthāya gṛhaṃ saṃmārjitam | sukumārī gomayakārṣī dattā, āsanaprajñaptiḥ kāritā, udakamaṇayaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ | tenāpi gṛhapatiputreṇa gatvā bhagavata ārocitam-samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyate iti | atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena tasya gṛhapaterniveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | ṣaḍvargīyāḥ pṛcchanti-kenāyaṃ buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃgha upanimantrita iti ? apare kathayanti-amukena gṛhapati-putreṇeti | te parasparaṃ saṃjalpaṃ kurvanti-nandopananda, bhṛtakapuruṣaḥ saḥ | kimasau dāsyati ? gacchāma kulopakagṛheṣu gatvā purobhaktakāṃ kurma iti | te kulopakagṛhāṇyupasaṃkrāntāḥ | tairūktāḥ-ārya, purobhaktakāṃ kuruteti | te kathayanti-evaṃ kurma iti | taiḥ purobhaktakā kṛtā | bhagavāṃstasya gṛhapaterniveśane purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | ṣaḍvargīyā api purobhaktakāṃ kṛtvā saṃghamadhye niṣaṇṇāḥ | atha sa gṛhapatiputraḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyabhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | satatapariveṣaṇaṃ kurvāṇaḥ paśyati ṣaḍvargīyān na satkṛtya paribhuñjānān | dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhagavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastamapanītapātraṃ bhagavataḥ purastāt sthitvā kathayati-bhagavan, kaiścidatrāryakairna satkṛtya paribhuktamāhāram | deveṣu nopapatsye iti ? bhagavānāha-vatsa, śayanāsanaparibhogena tāvat tvaṃ deveṣūpapadyethāḥ prāgevānnapānaparibhogeneti | atha bhagavāṃstaṃ gṛhapatiputraṃ ca dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣyotthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ ||



atrāntare pañcamātrāṇi vaṇikśatāni mahāsamudrāt saṃsiddhayānapātrāṇi rājagṛhamanuprāptāni | rājagṛhe ca parva pratyupasthitamiti na kiṃcit krayeṇāpi labhyate | tatraiko vaṇigbhikṣugocarikaḥ | sa kathayati-bhavantaḥ, āgamayata kasyādya gṛhe buddhapramukhena bhikṣusaṃghena bhaktam, tatrāvaśyaṃ kiṃcidutsadanadharmakaṃ bhavatīti | te śravaṇaparaṃparayā cānveṣamāṇāstasya gṛhapateḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntāḥ | kathayanti-gṛhapate, tavādya buddhapramukhena bhikṣusaṃghena bhukte iha parva pratyupasthitamiti na kiṃcit krayeṇāpi labhyate | yadi kiṃcidutsadanadharmakamasti, mūlyena dīyatāmiti | na mamaitadbhaktam, api tu tasyaitadgṛhapatiputrasya bhaktam | enaṃ yācadhvamiti | te tasya sakāśamupasaṃkramya kathayanti-gṛhapatiputra, dīyatāmasmākaṃ bhuktaśeṣaṃ yadasti | mūlyaṃ prayacchāma iti | sa kathayati- nāhaṃ mūlyenānuprayacchāmi | api tu evameva prayacchāmīti | te tenānnapānena saṃtarpitā gṛhapatergatvā kathayanti-tasya te gṛhapate lābhāḥ sulabdhā yasya te niveśane buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃgho'nnapānena saṃtarpitaḥ, imāni ca pañca vaṇikśatānīti | sa kathayati-anena gṛhapatiputreṇa lābhāḥ sulabdhāḥ | anena buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃgho'nnapānena saṃtarpito na mayeti | te pṛcchanti-katarasyāyaṃ gṛhapateḥ putraḥ ? amukasya sārthavāhasya | sārthavāhaḥ kathayati-bhavantaḥ, mamaiṣa vayasyaputro bhavati | tasya pitā mahāsamudramavatīrṇo'nayena vyasanamāpannaḥ | śakyaṃ bahubhirekaḥ samuddhartum, na tveva ekena bahavaḥ | tadayaṃ paṭakaḥ prajñapto yena vo yat parityaktam, so'smin paṭake'nuprayacchatviti | te pūrvamevābhiprasannāḥ sārthavāhena ca protsāhitā iti tairyathāsaṃbhāvyena maṇimuktādīni ratnāni dattāni | mahān rāśiḥ saṃpannaḥ | sārthavāhaḥ kathayati-putra, gṛhāṇeti | sa kathayati-tāta, na mayā mūlyena dattamiti | sārthavāhaḥ kathayati-putra, na vayaṃ tava mūlyaṃ prayacchāmaḥ | yadi ca mūlyaṃ gaṇyate, ekena ratnenedṛśānāṃ bhaktānāmanekāni śatāni saṃvidyante | kiṃ tu vayaṃ tavābhiprasannāḥ prasannādhikāraṃ kurmaḥ, gṛhāṇeti | sa kathayati-tāta, mayā buddhapramukho bhikṣusaṃgho bhojito deveṣūpapatsye iti | tasmādavaśiṣṭaṃ yuṣmabhyaṃ dattam | yadi grahīṣyāmi, sthānametadvidyate yaddeveṣu nopapatsye ? sārthavāhaḥ kathayati- putra, abhiśraddadhāsi tvaṃ bhagavataḥ ? tāta, abhiśraddadhe | gaccha, bhagavantaṃ pṛccha | sa yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | sa gṛhapatiputro bhagavantamidamavocat-bhagavan, mayā buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ bhojayitvā yadannapānamavaśiṣṭaṃ tadvaṇijāṃ dattam | te mama prasannāḥ prasannādhikāraṃ kurvanti | kiṃ kalpate tanmama grahītumāhosvinna kalpata iti ? bhagavānāha-yadi prasannāḥ prasannādhikāraṃ kurvanti, gṛhāṇa | bhagavan, mā deveṣu nopapatsye ? bhagavānāha- vatsa, puṣpametat, phalamanyadbhaviṣyati | tena bhagavadvacanābhisaṃpratyayāt parituṣṭena gatvā ratnāni gṛhītāni ||



atrāntare rājagṛhe'putraḥ śreṣṭhī kālagataḥ | tato rājagṛhanivāsinaḥ paurāḥ saṃnipatya saṃjalpaṃ kurvanti -bhavantaḥ, śreṣṭhī kālagataḥ | kaṃ śreṣṭhinamabhiṣiñcāma iti ? tatraike kathayanti-yaḥ puṇyamaheśākhya iti | apare kathayanti-kathamasmābhirjñātavyamiti ? te kathayanti-nānāvarṇāni bījāni pakkakumbhe prakṣipāmaḥ, ya ekavarṇānyuddhariṣyati, taṃ śreṣṭhinamabhiṣiñcāma iti | tairnānāvarṇāni bījāni pakkakumbhe prakṣiptāni | ārocitaṃ ca-bhavantaḥ, ya ekavarṇāni bījāni etasmāt kumbhāduddharet, sa śreṣṭhyabhiṣicyate | yasya vaḥ śreṣṭhitvamabhipretaṃ ca, uddharatu iti | ta uddhartumārabdhāḥ | sarvairnānāvarṇānyuddhṛtāni | tena tu gṛhapatiputreṇaikavarṇānyuddhṛtāni | paurajānapadāḥ kathayanti-bhavantaḥ, ayaṃ puṇyamaheśākhyaḥ | sarva enaṃ śreṣṭhinamabhiṣiñcāmaḥ | tatraike kathayanti-bhavantaḥ, ayaṃ bhṛtakapuruṣaḥ | kathamenaṃ śreṣṭhinamabhiṣiñcāma iti ? apare kathayanti-punarapi tāvat jijñāsāmaḥ | tena yāvat trirapyekavarṇānyuddhṛtāni | te kathayanti-bhavantaḥ, manuṣyakā apyasya sākṣepamanuprayacchanti | āgacchata, enamevābhiṣiñcāma iti | sa taiḥ śreṣṭhī abhiṣiktaḥ | sa gṛhapatiḥ saṃlakṣayati-yadapyanena mama bhṛtikayā karma kṛtam, tathāpyayaṃ puṇyamaheśākhyaḥ sattvaḥ | saṃgraho'sya kartavya iti | tena tasya sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitā duhitā bhāryārthaṃ dattā | tacca gṛham, prabhūtaṃ svāpateyam | sahasaivaṃ bhogairabhyudgata iti tasya sahasodgato gṛhapatiḥ sahasodgato gṛhapatiriti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā ||



sa saṃlakṣayati-yā kācidasmākaṃ śrīsaubhāgyasaṃpat, sarvāsau buddhaṃ bhagavantamāgamya | yannvahaṃ punarapi buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghamantargṛhe upanimantrya bhojayeyam | iti viditvā yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ sahasodgataṃ gṛhapatiṃ bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm | atha sahasodgato gṛhapatirutthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantamidamavocat-adhivāsayatu bhagavān śvo'ntargṛhe bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃgheneti | adhivāsayati bhagavān sahasodgatasya gṛhapatestūṣṇībhāvena | atha sahasodgato gṛhapatirbhagavatastūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato'ntikāt prakrāntaḥ | atha sahasodgato gṛhapatistāmeva rātriṃ śuciṃ praṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyamevotthāya āsanāni prajñapyodakamaṇīn pratiṣṭhāpya bhagavato dūtena kālamārocayati-samayo bhadanta, sajjaṃ bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyata iti | atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto yena sahasodgatasya gṛhapaterniveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | atha sahasodgato gṛhapatiḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | anekaparyāyeṇa śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastamapanītapātraṃ nīcataramāsanaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastāt niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā sahasodgatena gṛhapatinā viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam | sa dṛṣṭasatyastrirudānamudānayati-idamasmākaṃ bhadanta na mātrā kṛtaṃ na pitrā neṣṭena na svajanabandhuvargeṇa na rājñā na devatābhirna pūrvapretairna śramaṇabrāhmaṇairyadbhagavatā asmākaṃ kṛtam | ucchoṣitā rudhirāśrusamudrāḥ, laṅghitā asthiparvatāḥ, pihitānyapāyadvārāṇi, vivṛtāni svargamokṣadvārāṇi, pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ smo devamanuṣyeṣu | abhikrānto'haṃ bhadanta abhikrāntaḥ | eṣo'haṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca | upāsakaṃ ca māṃ dhāraya adyāgreṇa yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇopetamabhiprasannamiti | atha bhagavān sahasodgataṃ gṛhapatiṃ dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣyotthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ ||



bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ-kiṃ bhadanta sahasodgatena gṛhapatinā karma kṛtaṃ yena bhṛtikayā karma kṛtam, yena sahasā bhogairabhivṛddhaḥ, satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtamiti ? bhagavānāha-sahasodgatenaiva bhikṣavo gṛhapatinā karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyabhāvīni | sahasodgatena gṛhapatinā karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni | ko'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati ? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tu upātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni vipacyante śubhānyaśubhāni ca |



na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatairapi |

sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām ||3||



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'nyatarasmin karvaṭake gṛhapatiḥ prativasati āuḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatramānītam | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasattvā saṃvṛttā | sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānāmatyayāt prasūtā | dārako jātaḥ | tasya trīṇi saptakānyekaviṃśatidivasāni vistareṇa jātasya jātimahaṃ kṛtvā kulasadṛśaṃ nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpitam | sa unnīto vardhito mahān saṃvṛttaḥ | yāvadapareṇa samayena sa gṛhapatiḥ saṃprāpte vasantakālasamaye saṃpuṣpiteṣu pādapeṣu haṃsakrauñcamayūraśukaśārikākokilajīvaṃjīvakonnāditaṃ vanakhaṇḍamantarjanasahāya udyānabhūmiṃ nirgataḥ | asati buddhānāmutpāde pratyekabuddhā loka utpadyante hīnadīnānukampakāḥ prāntaśayanāsanabhaktā ekadakṣiṇīyā lokasya | yāvadanyatamaḥ pratyekabuddho janapadacārikāṃ caraṃstaṃ karvaṭakamanuprāptaḥ | prāntaśayanāsanasevinaste na | so'praviśyaiva karvaṭakaṃ yena tadudyānaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | adrākṣīt sa gṛhapatistaṃ pratyekabuddhaṃ kāyaprāsādikaṃ ca śānteneryāpathenodyānaṃ praviśantam | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ prītiprāmodyajātastvaritatvaritaṃ pratyudgataḥ | pratyekabuddhaḥ saṃlakṣayati-ākīrṇamida-mudyānam | anyatra gacche | iti viditvā pratinivartitumārabdhaḥ | sa gṛhapatiḥ pādayornipatya kathayati-ārya, kiṃ nivartase tvam ? piṇḍakenārthī | ahamapi puṇyena | asminnevodyāne vihara, piṇḍakenāvighātaṃ karomīti | parānugrahapravṛttāste mahātmānaḥ | sa tasyānukampācittamupasthāpya tasminnevodyāne vihartumārabdhaḥ | so'pi tasya piṇḍakena yogodvahanaṃ kartuṃ pravṛttaḥ | yāvadapareṇa samayena tasya gṛhapateranyatarakarvaṭake kiṃcit karaṇīyamutpannam | sa patnīmāmantrayate- bhadre, mamāmuṣmin karvaṭake kiṃcit karaṇīyamutpannam | tatrāhaṃ gacchāmi | tvayā tasya mahātmanaḥ pravrajitasyānnapānenāvighātaḥ kartavyaḥ | ityuktvā prakrāntaḥ | aparasmin divase sā gṛhapatnī kālyamevotthāya tadarthamannapānaṃ sādhayitumārabdhā | sā putreṇocyate-amba, kasyārthe'nnapānaṃ sādhyata iti ? sā kathayati-putra, yo'sau udyāne śāntātmā pravrajitastiṣṭhati, tasyārthe sādhyata iti | sa ruṣitaḥ kathayati-amba, kimarthaṃ bhṛtikayā karma kṛtvā na bhuṅkta iti ? sā kathayati-putra, mā evaṃ vocaḥ | aniṣṭo'sya karmaṇo vipāka iti | sa nivāryamāṇo'pi nāvatiṣṭhate | yāvadasau gṛhapatirāgataḥ | patnīmāmantrayate-bhadre, kṛtaste tasya piṇḍakenāvighātaḥ ? āryaputra kṛtaḥ | kiṃ tu anena dārakeṇa tasyāntike kharā vāgniścāritā | sa kathayati-bhadre, kiṃ kathayati ? tayā vistareṇa samākhyātam | sa saṃlakṣayati-kṣamo'yaṃ tapasvī | gacchāmi, taṃ mahātmānaṃ kṣamāpayāmi-mā atyantameva kṣato bhaviṣyati | iti viditvā taṃ dārakamādāya yena pratyekabuddhastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | adrākṣīt sa pratyekabuddhastaṃ gṛhapatimātmanā dvitīyamāgacchantam | sa saṃlakṣayati-na kadācidayaṃ gṛhapatirātmanā dvitīyamāgacchati | tat kimatra kāraṇamiti ? asamanvāhṛtya śrāvakapratyekabuddhānāṃ jñānadarśanaṃ na pravartate | sa samanvāhartuṃ pravṛttaḥ | tena samanvāhṛtya vijñātam | kāyikī teṣāṃ mahātmanāṃ dharmadeśanā na vācikī | sa tasyānukampārthaṃ vitatapakṣa hava haṃsarāja uparivihāyasamabhyudgamya jvalanatapanavarṣaṇavidyotanaprātihāryāṇi kartumārabdhaḥ | āśu pṛthagjanasya ṛddhirāvarjanakarī | sa mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ saputraḥ pādayornipatitaḥ | tataḥ sa dāraka āhṛṣṭaromakūpaḥ kathayati-avatara avatara sadbhūtadakṣiṇīya, mama kāmapaṅkanimagnasya hastoddhāramanuprayaccheti | sa tasyānukampārthamavatīrṇaḥ | sa gṛhapatiputrastīvreṇāśayena pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ-yanmayā evaṃvidhe sadbhūtadakṣiṇīye kharā vāgniścāritā, mā tasya karmaṇo bhāgī syām | yattu idānīṃ cittamabhiprasāditam, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlenāḍhye mahādhane mahābhoge kule jāyeyam, evaṃvidhānāṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ lābhī syām, prativiśiṣṭataraṃ cātaḥ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti ||



kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ ? yo'sau gṛhapatiputraḥ, eṣa evāsau sahasodgato gṛhapatiḥ | yadanena pratyekabuddhasyāntike kharā vāgniścāritā, tena pañca janmaśatāni bhṛtakapuruṣo jātaḥ | yāvadetarhyapi bhṛtikayā karma kṛtam | yat punastasyaivāntike cittamabhiprasādya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam, tena sahasaiva bhogairabhivṛddhaḥ | mamāntike satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam | ahaṃ cānena pratyekabuddhakoṭiśatasahasrebhyaḥ prativiśiṣṭataraḥ śāstā ārāgito na virāgitaḥ | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇāmekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānāmekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāttarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇyapāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣveva karmasvābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam || (iyaṃ tāvadutpattirna tāvat buddho bhagavān śrāvakāṇāṃ vinaye śikṣāpadam | ?)



idamavocadbhagavān | āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||



sahasodgata(sya prakaraṇā) vadānamekaviṃśatimam ||