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kiṃ mahallenādhigatam ? ekottarikā | ayaṃ tāvat khustikayā ekottarikayā dharmaṃ deśayati-amī bhikṣavo dharmakathikā yuktamuktapratibhānāḥ | kasmānnaitānadhyeṣayasi ? sa tairabhihitaḥ-mahalla, kiṃ tvayā adhigatam ? sa kathayati-ekottarikā | te kathayanti-tvaṃ tāvanmahalla khustikayā ekottarikayā dharmaṃ deśayasi | amī bhikṣavastṛpitā dharmakathikā yuktamuktapratibhānāḥ | kasmānnaitānadhyeṣayasi ? sa kathayati-āryāḥ, yūyaṃ kasyārthe na deśayata ? kimahaṃ nivārayāmīti ? te kathayanti-nandopananda, prativadatyeṣo'smākaṃ mahallaḥ | kuruta asyotkṣepaṇīyaṃ karma | sa saṃlakṣayati-yadi me utkṣepaṇīyaṃ karma kariṣyanti, nāgabhavane'pyahamavakāśaṃ na lapsye | sa teṣāṃ śayitakānāṃ taṃ vihāramantarhāpayitvā mahāsamudraṃ praviṣṭaḥ | te vālukāsthale śayitakāstiṣṭhanti | nandopananda, uttiṣṭha siṃhāsanaṃ prajñāpaya, dharmaṃ deśayāmaḥ | te kathayanti-ko'pyasau devo vā nāgo vā yakṣo vā bhagavatyabhiprasannaḥ buddhe dharme saṃghe kārān kurvan, so'smābhirviheṭhitaḥ | etat prakaraṇaṃ bhikṣavo bhagavata ārocayanti | bhagavānāha-yo'sau bhikṣavo nirmito yadi ṣaḍvargikairbhikṣubhirna viheṭhito'bhaviṣyat, yāvacchāsanakoṭimuddhāṭako buddhe dharme saṃghe kārānakariṣyat | bhagavān saṃlakṣayati-yaḥ kaścidādīnavo bhikṣavaḥ, anadhīṣṭo dharmaṃ deśayati, tasmānna bhikṣuṇā'ndhīṣṭena dharmo deśayitavyaḥ | bhikṣuranadhīṣṭo dharmaṃ deśayati, sārisāro bhavati | anāpattayastanmukhikayā nirgatā bhavanti ||



śravastyāṃ buddharakṣito nāma gṛhapatiḥ prativasati āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogaḥ | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatramānītam | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍate ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramataḥ paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasattvā saṃvṛttā | āyuṣmān śāriputro vaineyāpekṣayā tatkulamupasaṃkrāntaḥ | tena sa gṛhapatiḥ sapatnīkaḥ śaraṇagamanaśikṣāpadeṣu pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ| apareṇa samayena sā tasya patnī āpannasattvā saṃvṛttā | āyuṣmān śāriputrasya ca vaineyakālaṃ jñātvā ekākyeva tat kulamupasaṃkrāntaḥ | sa gṛhapatiḥ kathayati-nāstyāryaśāriputrasya kaścit paścācchramaṇaḥ ? sa kathayati-gṛhapate, kimasmākaṃ kāśadhānādvā kuśadhānādvā paścācchramaṇā bhavanti ? api tu ye bhavadvidhānāṃ sakāśāllabhyante, asmākaṃ te paścācchramaṇā bhavanti | buddharakṣito gṛhapatiḥ-ārya, mama patnī āpannasattvā saṃvṛttā | yadi putraṃ janayiṣyati, tamahamāryasya paścācchramaṇaṃ dāsyāmi | sa kathayati-gṛhapate, aupayikam ||



sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānāṃ (atyayāt) prasūtā | dārako jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaśchatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhurvistīrṇalalāṭaḥ saṃgatabhrūstuṅganāsaḥ | tasya jñātayaḥ saṃgamya samāgamya trīṇi saptakānyekaviṃśatidivasāni vistareṇa jātasya jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpayanti-kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāma ? ayaṃ dārako buddharakṣitasya gṛhapateḥ putraḥ | bhavatu dārakasya saṃgharakṣito nāma | yasminneva divase saṃgharakṣito jātaḥ, tasminneva divase pañcānāṃ vaṇikśatānāṃ pañca putraśatāni jātāni | teṣāmapi kulasadṛśāni nāmadheyāni vyavasthāpitāni | saṃgharakṣito dāraka unnīyate bardhyate kṣireṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍena anyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam | yadā mahān saṃvṛttaḥ, tadā āyuṣmān śāriputrastasya vaineyakālaṃ jñātvā ekākyeva tatkulamupasaṃkramya nimittamupadarśayitumārabdhaḥ | buddharakṣitena gṛhapatinā saṃgharakṣito'bhihitaḥ-putra, ajāta eva tvaṃ mayā āryaśāriputrasya paścācchramaṇo datta iti | caramabhavikaḥ sa āyuṣmatā śāriputreṇa pravrājita upasaṃpādita āgamacatuṣṭayaṃ ca grāhitaḥ ||



athāpareṇa samayena tāni pañca vaṇikśatāni mahāsamudragamanīyaṃ paṇyaṃ samudānīya mahāsamudramavatartukāmāni kathayanti-kiṃcidvayaṃ bhavanta āryakamavatārayāma yo'smākaṃ mahāsamudramadhyagatānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati| te kathayanti-bhavantaḥ, ayamasmākamāryasaṃgharakṣito vayasyakaḥ sahajanmikaḥ sahapāṃśukrīḍanakaḥ, etamevāvatārayāmaḥ | te tasya sakāśamupasaṃkrāntāḥ | ārya saṃgharakṣitaḥ, tvamasmākaṃ vayasyakaḥ sahajanmikaḥ sahapāṃśukrīḍanakaḥ | vayaṃ ca mahāsamudraṃ saṃprasthitāḥ | tvamapyasmābhiḥ sārdhamavatara, samudramadhyagatānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyasi | sa kathayati-nāhaṃ svādhīnaḥ | upādhyāyamavalokayata | te yenāyuṣmān śāriputrastenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya kathayanti - ārya śāriputra, ayamasmākamāryasaṃgharakṣito vayasyakaḥ sahajanmikaḥ sahapāṃśukrīḍanakaḥ | vayaṃ mahāsamudraṃ saṃprasthitāḥ | eṣo'pyasmābhiḥ sārdhamavataratu, asmākaṃ mahāsamudramadhyagatānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati | sa kathayati-bhagavantamavalokayata | te bhagavataḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntāḥ | bhagavan, vayaṃ mahāsamudraṃ saṃprasthitāḥ | ayamasmākamāryasaṃgharakṣito vayasyakaḥ sahajanmikaḥ sahapāṃśukrīḍanakaḥ | eṣo'pyasmābhiḥ sārdhaṃ mahāsamudramavataratu | asmākaṃ mahāsamudramadhyagatānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati | bhagavān saṃlakṣayati-astyeṣāṃ kānicit kuśalamūlāni ? asti | kasyāntike pratibaddhāni ? saṃgharakṣitasya bhikṣoḥ | tatra bhagavān saṃgharakṣitamāmantrayate-gacchasaṃgharakṣita, bhayabhairavasahiṣṇunā bhavitavyam | adhivāsayatyāyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito bhagavatastūṣṇībhāvena ||



atha tāni pañca vaṇikśatāni kṛtakautukamaṅgalasvastyayanāni śakaṭairbhārairmūḍhaiḥ piṭakairuṣṭrairgobhirgardabhaiḥ prabhūtaṃ paṇyamāropya mahāsamudraṃ asṃprasthitāni | anupūrveṇa grāmanagaranigamapallīpattaneṣu cañcūryamāṇāni samudrataṭamanuprāptāni | te nipuṇataḥ samudrayānapātraṃ pratipadya mahāsamudramavatīrṇāṃ dhanahārakāḥ | teṣāṃ mahāsamudramadhyagatānāṃ nāgairvahanaṃ vidhāritam | te devatāyācanaṃ kartumārabdhāḥ-yo'smin mahāsamudre devo vā nāgo vā yakṣo vā prativasati, sa ācakṣatu kiṃ mṛgayatīti | mahāsamudrācchabdo niścarati-āryasaṃgharakṣitamasmākamanuprayacchatheti| te kathayanti-āryasaṃgharakṣito'smākaṃ vayasyakaḥ sahajanmikaḥ sahapāṃśukrīḍanako bhadantaśāriputreṇānupradattako bhagavatānuparītakaḥ | śreyo'smākamanenaiva sārdhaṃ kālakriyā, na tveva vayaṃ saṃgharakṣitaṃ parityakṣyāmaḥ | te mantrayanta āyuṣmatā saṃgharakṣitena śrutāḥ | sa kathayati-bhavantaḥ, kiṃ kathayante ? kathayanti-ārya saṃgharakṣita mahāsamudrācchabdo niścaritaḥ-āryasaṃgharakṣitamasmākamanuprayacchatheti | sa kathayati-kasmānnānuprayacchadhvam ? te kathayanti-ārya, tvamasmākaṃ vayasyakaḥ sahajanmikaḥ sahapāṃśukrīḍanakaḥ | bhadantaśāriputreṇānupradattako bhagavatānupradattakaḥ | śreyo'smākaṃ tvayaiva sārdhaṃ kālakriyā | na tveva vayamārya saṃgharakṣita tvāṃ parityakṣyāmaḥ | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ saṃlakṣayati-yaduktaṃ bhagavatā bhayabhairavasahiṣṇunā te bhavitavyamitīdaṃ tat | sa pātracīvaraṃ gṛhītvā ātmānaṃ mahāsamudre prakṣeptumārabdhaḥ | sa tairdṛṣṭaḥ | te kathayanti-āryasaṃgharakṣita kiṃ karoṣi, āryasaṃgharakṣitaṃ kiṃ karoṣīti | sa teṣa kvikrośatāṃ mahāsamudre prapatitaḥ | muktaṃ tadvahanam | sa nāgairgṛhītvā nāgabhavanaṃ praveśitaḥ ||



ārya saṃgharakṣitaḥ, iyaṃ vipaśyinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya gandhakuṭī | iyaṃ śikhino viśvabhuvaḥ krakucchandasya kanakamuneḥ kāśyapasyeyaṃ bhagavato gandhakuṭī | ārya saṃgharakṣita, bhagavataḥ sūtraṃ mātṛkā ca devamanuṣyeṣu pratiṣṭhitam | vayaṃ nāgā vinipatitaśarīrāḥ | aho bata āryaḥ saṃghāṃ rakṣita ihāpyāgamacatuṣṭayaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayet | sa kathayati-evaṃ bhavatu | tena trayo nāgakumārā utsāhitāḥ | eko'bhihitaḥ-tvaṃ tāvat saṃyuktakamadhīṣva | dvitīyo'bhihitaḥ-tvamapi madhyamam | tṛtīyo'bhihitaḥ-tvamapi dīrghāgamamadhīṣva | sa kathayati-ahamapi tāmevaikottarikāṃ vimṛṣṭarūpāṃ prajvālayāmi | te'dhvetumārabdhāḥ | tatraikaścakṣuṣī nimīlayitvoddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti, dvitīyaḥ pṛṣṭhato'mukha uddeśaṃ gṛṇhāti, tṛtīyo dūrataḥ sthitvoddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti | sa eva teṣāmekaḥ sagauravaḥ sapratīśa iti karaṇīyaiśca sarvatra pūrvaṃgamaḥ | ārya uttiṣṭha, dantakāṣṭhaṃ visarjaya, bhagavato maṇḍalakamāmārjaya, caityābhivandanaṃ kuru, bhuṅkṣva, śayyāṃ kalpayeti | sarvaistairāgamānyadhītāni | sa kathayati- ārya, adhītānyebhirāgamāni | kiṃ dhārayiṣyanti āhosvinna dhārayiṣyanti ? sa kathayati-smṛtimattakā hyete dhārayiṣyanti, api tu doṣo'styeṣām | sa kathayati- ārya, ko doṣaḥ ? sarve hyeto'gauravā apratīśāḥ | ekastāvaccakṣuṣī nimīlayitvoddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti, dvitīya pṛṣṭhatomukha uddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti, tṛtīyo dūrataḥ sthitvoddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti | tvamevaikaḥ sagauravaḥ sapratīśa iti karaṇīyaiśca sarvatra pūrvaṃgamaḥ | sa kathayati- ārya, na hyete'gauravā apratīśāḥ | yastāvadayaṃ cakṣuṣī nimīlayitvoddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti, ayaṃ dṛṣṭiviṣaḥ | yo'pyayaṃ pṛṣṭhatomukha uddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti, eṣo'pi śvāsaviṣaḥ | yo'pyeṣa dūrataḥ sthitvoddeśaṃ gṛhṇāti, eṣo'pi sparśaviṣaḥ | ahameko daṃṣṭrāviṣaḥ| sa bhīta utpāṇḍūtpāṇḍūkaḥ kṛśāluko durbalako mlānako'prāptakāyaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | sa kathayati-ārya, kasmāt tvamutpāṇḍūtpāṇḍukaḥ kṛśāluko durbalako mlānako'prāptakāyaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ ? sa kathayati-bhadramukha, amitramadhye'haṃ vāsaṃ kalpayāmi | sacet yuṣmākamanyatamo'nyatamaṃ prakupyeta, māṃ nāmāvaśeṣaṃ kuryāt | sa kathayati-āryasya vayaṃ ca praharāmaḥ | api tu icchasi tvaṃ jambudvīpaṃ gantum? bhadramukha, icchāmi | tacca vahanamāgatam | sa tairutkṣiptaḥ ||



vaṇigbhirdṛṣṭaḥ | te kathayanti-svāgatamāryasaṃgharakṣitāya | sa kathayati-anumodantāṃ bhavantaḥ | mayā nāgeṣvāgamacatuṣṭayaṃ pratiṣṭhāpitam | te kathayanti-ārya saṃgharakṣita, anumodayāmaḥ | te taṃ vahane prakṣipya saṃprasthitāḥ | te'nupūrveṇaṃ samudratīraṃ gatvā sarve te vaṇijaḥ śayitāḥ | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito mahāsamudraṃ draṣṭumārabdhaḥ | uktaṃ bhagavatā-pañcāsecanakā darśanena |



hastināgaśca rājā ca sāgaraśca śiloccayaḥ |

asecanakā darśanena buddhaśca bhagavatāṃ varaḥ ||1|| iti |



ciraṃ mahāsamudraṃ paśyan jāgaritaḥ | so'paścime yāme gāḍhanidrāvaṣṭabdhaḥ śayitaḥ | te'pi vaṇijaḥ sarātramevotthāya sthorāṃllardayitvā saṃprasthitāḥ | te kathayanti prabhātāyāṃ rajanyām-kutrāyaṃ saṃgharakṣitaḥ ? tatraika evamāhuḥ-purastādgacchati | apara evamāhuḥ-pṛṣṭhata āgacchati | apara evamāhuḥ-madhye gacchatīti | te kathayanti-āryasaṃgharakṣito'smābhiśchoritaḥ | na śobhanamasmābhiḥ kṛtam | pratinivartayāmaḥ | āryasaṃgharakṣito bhavanto maharddhiko mahānubhāvo yaḥ samudramadhye na kālagataḥ | sa idānīṃ kālaṃ kariṣyati ? sthānametadvidyate yadasau agrata eva yāsyati | āgacchata, gamiṣyāmaḥ | te saṃprasthitāḥ ||



āyuṣmānapi saṃgharakṣitaḥ sūryasyābhyudgamanasamaye sūryāṃśubhistāḍitaḥ pratibuddho yāvanna kiṃcitpaśyati | prakrāntā vaṇijaḥ | so'pi panthalikāṃ gṛhītvā saṃprasthitaḥ | yāvadanyatamasyāṃ sālāṭavyāṃ vihāraṃ paśyatyudgataṃ mañcapīṭhavedikājālavātāyanagavākṣaparimaṇḍitam, bhikṣūṃśca saṃprāvṛtān saṃpracchannān śānteneryāpathenāvasthitān | sa teṣāṃ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ | sa tairuktaḥ-svāgataṃ bhadantasaṃgharakṣirāya | sa tairviśrāmitaḥ | viśrāmayitvā | vihāraṃ praveśito yāvat paśyati śobhanāṃ śayanāsanaprajñaptiṃ kṛtvā praṇītaṃ cāhāramupahṛtam | sa tairuktaḥ-bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, mā tṛṣito'si, mā bubhukṣito'si ? kathayati-āryāḥ, tṛṣito'smi, bubhukṣito'smi | bhadanta saṃgharakṣita bhuṅkṣva | sa kathayati-saṃghamadhye bhokṣyāmi | te kathayanti-bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, bhuṅkṣva, ādīnavo'tra bhaviṣyati | tena bhuktam | sa bhuktvā ekānte'pakramyāvasthitaḥ | yāvat teṣāṃ gaṇḍirākoṭitā | te svakasvakāni pātrāṇyādāya yathāgatya niṣaṇṇāḥ | sa ca teṣāṃ vihāro'ntarhitaḥ | ayomudgarāḥ prādurbhūtāḥ | taistāvadayomudgaraiḥ parasparamārtasvaraṃ krandadbhiḥ śirāṃsi bhagnāni, yāvat kālādakālībhūtam | tataḥ paścāt punarapi teṣām vihāraḥ prādurbhūtaḥ, te ca bhikṣavaḥ śānteneryāpathenāvasthitāḥ | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitasteṣāṃ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ | ke yūyamāyuṣmantaḥ, kena vā karmaṇā ihopapannāḥ ? bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, duṣkuhakā jambudvīpakā manuṣyāḥ | nābhiśraddadhāsyasi | sa kathayati-ahaṃ pratyakṣadarśī, kasmānnābhiśraddadhāsye ? te kathayanti-bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, vayaṃ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvakā āsan | tairasmākaṃ bhaktāgre raṇamutpāditam | te vayaṃ bhaktāgre raṇamutpādayitvā iha pratyekanarakeṣūpapannāḥ | sthānametadvidyate yadasmābhiritaścyutairnarakeṣūpapattavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | sādhu saṃgharakṣita, jambudvīpaṃ gatvā sabrahmacāriṇāmārocaya-mā āyuṣmantaḥ saṃghamadhye raṇamutpādayiṣyatha | mā asyaivaṃrūpasya dūḥkhadaurmanasyasya bhagino bhaviṣyatha tadyathā śramaṇāḥ kāśyapīyāḥ ||



sa saṃprasthitaḥ | yāvat paśyati dvitīyaṃ vihāramudgataṃ mañcapīṭhavedikājālavātāyanaparikṣiptaṃ gavākṣaparimaṇḍitaṃ bhikṣūṃśca suprāvṛtān supraticchannān śāntān śānteryāpathe vyavasthitān | teṣāmupasaṃkrāntaḥ | sa tairuktaḥ-svāgataṃ bhadantasaṃgharakṣitāya | sa tairviśrāmitaḥ | viśrāmayitvā vihāraṃ praveśito yāvat paśyati | śobhanāṃ śayanāsanaprajñaptiṃ kṛtvā praṇītaṃ cāhāraṃ samanvāhṛtya sa tairuktaḥ-bhadanta saṃgharakṣita bhuṅkṣva | tena dṛṣṭādīnavena bhuktam | bhuktvā ekānte'pakramyāsthitaḥ | teṣāṃ gaṇḍyākoṭitā | te svakasvakāni pātrāṇyādāya yathāgatya niṣaṇṇāḥ | sa ca vihāro'ntarhitaḥ, tadannapānamayorasaṃ prādurbhūtam | tairāryasvaraṃ krandadbhistāvadayorasena parasparamātmā sikto yāvat kālādakālībhūtam | tataḥ paścāt punarapi sa teṣāṃ vihāraḥ prādurbhūtaḥ | te ca bhikṣavaḥ punarapi śāntāḥ śānteryāpathenāvasthitāḥ | sa teṣāṃ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ-ke yūyamāyuṣmantaḥ, kena vā karmaṇā ihopapannāḥ ? duṣkuhakā bhadanta saṃgharakṣita jambudvīpakā manuṣyāḥ, nābhiśraddadhāsyanti | sa kathayati-ahaṃ pratyakṣadarśī, kasmānnābhiśraddadhāsye ? te kathayanti-bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, vayaṃ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvakā āsan | saṃghasya ca snehalābhe saṃpanne āgantukā bhikṣava āgatāḥ | tairasmābhiranāryaparigṛhītairevaṃ cittamutpāditam-na tāvadbhojayiṣyāmo yāvadete āgantukā bhikṣavo na prakrāntā bhaviṣyantīti | tairasmābhistattathaiva kṛtam | saptāhikaṃ cākāladurdinaṃ prādurbhūtam | tena tadannapānaṃ kledaṃ gatam| vayaṃ śraddhādeyaṃ vinipātayitvā iha pratyekanarakeṣūpapannāḥ| sthānametadvidyate yadasmābhiriha cyutairnakeṣūpapattavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | sādhu bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, jambudvīpaṃ gatvā sabrahmacāriṇāmārocaya-mā āyuṣmantaḥ śraddhādeyaṃ vinipātayiṣyatha, mā asya evaṃrūpasya duḥkhadaurmanasyasya bhāgino bhaviṣyatha, tadyathā brāhmaṇāḥ kāśyapīyāḥ ||



sa saṃprasthito yāvat paśyati tṛtīyaṃ vihāramudgataṃ mañcapīṭhavedikājālavātāyanagavākṣaparimaṇḍitaṃ pūrvavadyāvadāyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito bhuktvā ekānte'pakramyāvasthitaḥ | gaṇḍyākoṭitā | sa tena vihāra ādīptaḥ pradīptaḥ saṃprajvalita ekajvālībhūto dhmāyitumārabdhaḥ | te'pi tasminnārtasvaraṃ krandatastāvaddagdhā yāvat kālādakālībhūtam | tataḥ paścāt punarapi teṣāṃ vihāraḥ prādurbhūtaḥ, te ca bhikṣavaḥ śāntaśānteneryāpathenāvasthitāḥ | sa teṣāṃ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ-ke yūyamāyuṣmantaḥ, kena vā karmaṇā ihopapannāḥ ? duṣkuhakā bhadanta saṃgharakṣita jambudvīpakā manuṣyāḥ, nābhiśraddadhāsyasi | sa kathayati- ahaṃ pratyakṣadarśī, kasmānnābhiśraddadhāsye ? te kathayanti- bhadanta saṃgharakṣita vayaṃ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvakā āsan | duḥśīlāste vayaṃ śīlavadbhirbhikṣubhirniṣkāsitāḥ | tairasmābhirekaḥ śūnyavihāra āvāsitaḥ | yāvat tatraikaḥ śīlavān bhikṣurāgataḥ | asmākaṃ buddhirutpannā-tiṣṭhatu ayaṃ bhikṣuḥ | ayamapyeko'smākaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ śodhayiṣyati | sa tatraivaṃ sthito yāvat tasyānisaṅgena (?) punarapi bahavaḥ śīlavanto bhikṣava āgatāḥ | te vayaṃ tatrāpi nirvāsitāḥ | tairasmābhiramarṣajātaiḥ śuṣkāni kāṣṭhāni śuṣkāni tṛṇāni śuṣkāni gomayāni upasaṃhṛtya tasmin vihāre'gnirdagdhaḥ | tatra prabhūtāḥ śaikṣāśaikṣāḥ pudgalā dagdhāḥ | te vayaṃ śaikṣāśaikṣān pudgalān dagdhvā iha pratyekanarakeṣūpapannāḥ | sthānametadvidyate yadasmābhiriha cyutairnarakeṣūpapattavyaṃ bhaviṣyati | sādhu bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, jambudvīpaṃ gatvā sabrahmacāriṇāmārocaya-mā āyuṣmantaḥ sabrahmacāriṇāmantike praduṣṭacittamutpādayiṣyatha, mā asyaivaṃrūpasya duḥkhadaurmanasyasya bhāgino bhaviṣyatha tadyathā śramaṇāḥ kāśyapīyāḥ ||



āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ saṃprasthito yāvat sattvānadrākṣīt stambhākārān kuḍyākārān vṛkṣākārān patrākārān puṣpākārān phalākārān rajjvākārān saṃmārjanyākārānudūkhalākārān khaṭvākārān sthālikākārān ||



āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito janapadān gataḥ | anyatamasminnāśramapade pañcamātrāṇi ṛṣiśatāni prativasanti | tairāyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito dūrata eva dṛṣṭaḥ | te kathayanti-bhavantaḥ, kriyākāraṃ tāvat kurmaḥ-bahubollakāḥ śramaṇāḥ śākyaputrīyā bhavanti | nāsya kenacidvacanaṃ dātavyam | te kriyākāraṃ kṛtvā avasthitvāḥ | āyuṣmāṃśca saṃgharakṣitasteṣāṃ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya pratiśrayaṃ yācitumārabdhaḥ | na kaścidvācamanuprayacchati | tatraika ṛṣiḥ sa śukladharmaḥ | kathayati-kiṃ yuṣmākaṃ pratiśrayaṃ na dīyate ? api tu yuṣmākaṃ doṣo'sti | bahubollakā yūyam | samayenāhaṃ bhavataḥ pratiśrayaṃ dāsye, sacet kiṃcinna mantrayasi | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ kathayati-ṛṣeḥ evaṃ bhavatu | tatraika ṛṣirjanapadacārikāṃ gataḥ | tasya kutiḥ śūnyāvatiṣṭhati | sa kathayati-asyāṃ kuṭīkāyāṃ śyyāṃ kalpaya | āyuṣmatā saṃgharakṣitena sā kuṭikā siktā saṃmṛṣṭā saṃmārjitā sukumārīṃ gomayakāsiṃ cānupradattā | tairdṛṣṭaḥ | te kathayanti- bhadanta, śucyapi mārjantyete śramaṇāḥ śākyaputrīyāḥ | āyūṣmān saṃgharakṣito bahiḥ kuṭikāyāḥ pādau prakṣālya kuṭikāṃ praviśya niṣaṇṇaḥ paryaṅkamābhujya ṛjukāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhaṃ smṛtimupasthāpya | yā tasminnāśramapade devatā prativasati, sā rātryāḥ prathame yāme yenāyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitastenopasaṃkrāntā | upasaṃkramya kathayati-ārya saṃgharakṣita, dharmaṃ deśaya | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ kathayati-sukhitā tvam | na paśyasi mayā kriyākāreṇa pratiśrayaṃ labdham ? kiṃ niṣkāsāpayitumicchasi ? sā saṃlakṣayati- śrāntakāyo'yam, svapitu | madhyame yāme upasaṃkramiṣyāmi | sā madhyame yāma upasaṃkrāntā | upasaṃkramya kathayati-ārya saṃgharakṣita, dharmaṃ deśaya | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ kathayati-sukhitā tvam | na paśyasi mayā kriyākāreṇa pratiśrayaṃ labdham ? kiṃ niṣkāsāpayitumicchasi ? sā saṃlakṣayati -śrāntakāyo'yam, svapitu | paścime yāme upasaṃkramiṣyāmi | sā paścime yāme upasaṃkrāntā | upasaṃkramya kathayati- ārya saṃgharakṣita, dharmaṃ deśaya | āyūṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ kathayati - sukhitā tvam | na paśyasi mayā kriyākāreṇa pratiśrayaṃ labdham ? kiṃ niṣkāsāpayitumicchasi ? sā kathayati-ārya saṃgharakṣita, prabhātamidānīm | sacenniṣkāsayiṣyanti, gamiṣyasi | api tu nanūktaṃ bhagavatā bhayabhairajasahiṣṇūnā te bhavitavyamiti | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ saṃlakṣayati- śobhanaṃ bhagavatā bhayabhairavasahiṣṇūnā te bhavitavyamiti | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ saṃlakṣayati-śobhanaṃ kathayati-sacet sa niṣkāsayiṣyati, gamiṣyāmi| sa saṃlakṣayati-brāhmaṇā hyete | brāhmaṇapratisaṃyuktaṃ bhāṣayāmītyāyusmān saṃgharakṣito brāhmaṇavargaṃ svādhyāyitumārabdhaḥ -



na nagnacaryā na jaṭā na paṅko

nānāśanaṃ sthaṇḍilaśāyikā vā |

na rajomalaṃ notkuṭukaprahāṇaṃ

viśodhayenmohamaviśīrṇakāṅkṣam || 2||



alaṃkṛtaścāpi careta dharmaṃ

dāntendriyaḥ śāntaḥ saṃyato brahmacārī |

sarveṣu bhūteṣu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ

sa brāhmaṇaḥ sa śramaṇaḥ sa bhikṣuḥ ||3||



taiḥ śrutam | te saṃlakṣayanti-brāhmaṇapratisaṃyuktam | ityeka upasaṃkrānto dvitīyastṛtīyo yāvat sarve upasaṃkrāntāḥ | tathā tayā devatayā adhiṣṭhitam, yathā parasparaṃ na paśyanti | tataḥ paścādāyuṣmatā saṃgharakṣitena nagaropamaṃ sūtramupanikṣiptam | gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate -



yānīha bhūtāni samāgatāni

sthitāni bhūmyāmathavāntarikṣe |

kurvantu maitrīṃ satataṃ prajāsu

divā ca rātrau ca carantu dharmam ||4|| iti |



asmin khalu dharmaparyāye bhāṣyamāṇe sarvaistaiḥ sahasatyābhisamayādanāgāmiphalamanuprāptam | ṛddhiścāpi nirhṛtā | sarvaistai subhāṣitaṃ bhadantasaṃgharakṣitāyetyekanādo muktaḥ | tayā devatayā ṛddhyabhisaṃskārāḥ pratiprasrabdhāḥ | parasparaṃ draṣṭumārabdhāḥ | te'nyonyaṃ kathayanti-tvamapyāgataḥ ? āgato'ham | śobhanam | te dṛṣṭasatyāḥ kathayanti-labhemo vayaṃ bhadanta saṃgharakṣita svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam | caremo vayaṃ bhagavato'ntike brahmacaryam | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ kathayati-kiṃ matsakāśe pravrajatha, āho'svidbhagavataḥ ? te kathayanti-bhagavataḥ | āyūṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ kathayati-yadyevam, āgacchatha, bhagavataḥ sakāśaṃ gacchāmaḥ | te kathayanti- bhadanta saṃgharakṣita, kimasmadīyayā ṛddhyā gacchāmaḥ, āhosvit tvadīyayā ? āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitaḥ saṃlakṣayati-ebhirmadadīyenāvavādenaivaṃvidhā guṇagaṇā adhigatāḥ, ahaṃ laṅghanakopamaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | sa kathayati-tiṣṭhantu tāvadbhavanto muhūrtam | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito'nyatamaṃ vṛkṣamūlaṃ niśritya niṣaṇṇaḥ paryaṅkamābhujya ṛjuṃ kāyaṃ praṇidhāyaṃ pratimukhaṃ smṛtimupasthāpya | uktaṃ bhagavatā -pañcānuśaṃsā bāhuśrutye | dhātukuśalo bhavati, pratītyasamutpādakuśalo bhavati, sthānāsthānakuśalo bhavati, aparapratibaddhā cāsya bhavati avavādānuśāsanīti | tenodyacchatā ghaṭatā vyāyacchatā sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam | arhan saṃvṛttastraidhātukavītarāgaḥ pūrvavadyāvanmānyaḥ pūjyaścābhivādyaśca saṃvṛttaḥ | te āyuṣmatā saṃgharakṣitenābhihitāḥ - bhavantaḥ, gṛhṇīdhvaṃ madīyaṃ cīvarakarṇikam, yāsyāmaḥ | āyuṣmataḥ saṃgharakṣitasya cīvarakarṇike lagnāḥ | athāyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito vitatapakṣa iva haṃsarājastata eva ṛddhyā uparivihārasā prakrāntaḥ ||



yāvat tāni pañca vaṇikśatāni bhāṇḍaṃ pratisāmayanti | teṣāmupari chāyā nipatitā | sa tairdṛṣṭaḥ | te kathayanti- ārya saṃgharakṣita, āgatastvam ? āgato'ham | kutra gacchasi ? sa kathayati-imāni pañca kulaputraśatānyākāṅkṣanti svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam | te kathayanti -ārya saṃgharakṣita, vayamapi pravrajiṣyāmaḥ | avatarasva yāvadbhāṇḍaṃ pratisāmayāma iti | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito'vatīrṇaḥ | tairbhāṇḍaṃ pratisāmitam | athāyuṣmān saṃgharakṣitastat kulaputrasahasramādāya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ ||



tena khalu samayena bhagavānanekaśatāyā bhikṣuparṣadaḥ purastānniṣaṇṇo dharmaṃ deśayati | adrākṣīdbhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ saṃgharakṣitaṃ dūrādeva | dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhikṣūnāmantrayate sma-eṣa bhikṣavaḥ saṃgharakṣito bhikṣu saprābhṛta āgacchati | nāsti tathāgatasyaivaṃvidhaṃ prābhṛtaṃ yathā vaineyaprābhṛtam | āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasraṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekāntaniṣaṇṇa āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito bhagavantamidamavocat-idaṃ bhadanta kulaputrasahasramākāṅkṣati svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣu bhāvam | taṃ bhagavān pravrājayati upasaṃpādayatyanukampāmupādāya | te bhagavatā ehibhikṣukayā ābhāṣitāḥeta bhikṣavaścarata brahmacaryam | bhagavato vācāvasāne muṇḍāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ saṃghāṭīprāvṛtāḥ saptāhāvaropitakeśaśmaśravaḥ pātrakarakavyagrahastā varṣaśatopasaṃpannasya bhikṣorīryāpathenāvasthitāḥ ||



ehīti coktā hi tathāgatena

muṇḍāśca saṃghāṭiparītadehāḥ |

sadyaḥ praśantendriyā eva tasthu-

revaṃ sthitā buddhamanorathena ||5||



bhagavatā teṣāmavavādo dattaḥ | tairudyacchamānairghaṭamānairvyāyacchadbhiḥ sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam | arhantaḥ saṃvṛttāstraidhātukavītarāgāḥ pūrvavadyāvat mānyāśca pūjyāśca abhivādyāśca saṃvṛttāḥ ||



āyuṣmān saṃgharakṣito buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ pṛcchati-ihāhaṃ bhadanta sattvānadrākṣaṃ kuḍyākārān stambhākārān vṛkṣākārān patrākārān puṣpākārān phalākārān rajjvākārān saṃmārjanyākārān khaṭvākārānudūkhakārān sthālikākārān | madhye'vacchinnaṃ tantunā dhāryamāṇaṃ gacchati | kasya karmaṇo vipākena ? bhagavānāha-yāṃstvaṃ saṃgharakṣitaṃ sattvānadrākṣīḥ kuḍyākārāṃste kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvakā āsan | taiḥ sāṃghikaṃ kuḍyaṃ śleṣmaṇā siṃhāṇakena vināśitam | te tasya karmaṇo vipākena kuḍyākārāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ | yathā kuḍyākārāḥ, evaṃ stambhākārāḥ sattvāḥ | yān saṃgharakṣita sattvānadrākṣīrvṛkṣākārāṃste kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvakā āsan | taiḥ sāṃghikāḥ puṣpavṛkṣāḥ phalavṛkṣāḥ paudgalikaparibhogena bhuktāḥ | te tasya karmaṇo vipākena vṛkṣākārāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ | yathā vṛkṣākārāḥ, evaṃ patrākārāḥ phalākārāḥ puṣpākārāḥ | yaṃ tvaṃ saṃgharakṣita sattvamadrākṣī rajjvākāram, sa kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvaka āsīt | tena saṃghikā rajjuḥ paudgalikaparibhogena paribhuktā | sa tasya karmaṇo vipākena rajjvākāraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | yathā rajjvākāraḥ, evaṃ saṃmārjanyākāraḥ | yaṃ tvaṃ saṃgharakṣita sattvamadrākṣīstapvākāraṃ (?) kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvaka āsīt śrāmaṇerakaḥ | so'pareṇa samayena pānakavāramuddiṣṭastadvārakaṃ nirmādayati | āgantukāśca bhikṣava āgatāḥ | sa taiḥ pṛṣṭa-śrāmaṇeraka, kiṃ saṃghasya pānakaṃ bhaviṣyati ? sa kathayati-nāstīti | te nirāśībhūtāḥ prakrāntāḥ | saṃghasya ca pānakaṃ saṃpannam | sa tasya karmaṇo vipākena tapvākāraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | yaṃ tvaṃ saṃgharakṣita sattvamadrākṣīrudūkhalākāram, sa kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvaka āsīt | tasya pātrakarma pratyupasthitam | tatraikaḥ śrāmaṇerakopasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śrāvaka āsīt | tasya pātrakarma pratyupasthitam | tatraikaḥ śrāmaṇerako'rhan | sa tenoktaḥ - śrāmaṇeraka, dadasva me khalastokaṃ kuṭṭayitvā | sa kathayati-sthavira, tiṣṭha tāvanmuhūrtam | vyagro'ham | paścāddāsyāmīti | so'marṣajātaḥ kathayati-śrāmaṇeraka, yadirocate, tvāmevāhamasmin udūkhale prakṣipya kuṭṭaye prāgeva khalastokam | yattadarhato'ntike kharaṃ vākkarma niścāritam, sa tasya karmaṇo vipākena udūkhalākāraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ | yāṃstvaṃ saṃgharakṣita sattvānadrākṣīḥ sthālyākārāṃste kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya kalpikārakā āsan | te bhikṣūṇāṃ bhaiṣajyāni kkāthayamānāḥ sthālikāṃ bhañjate | teṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ vighāto bhavati | te tasya karmaṇo vipākena sthālyākārāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ | yaṃ tvaṃ saṃgharakṣita sattvamadrākṣīrmadhye chinnastantunā dhāryamāṇo gacchasi, sa kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pravacane pravrajita āsīllābhagrāhikaḥ | tena yadvārṣikaṃ lābhaṃ tat haimantikaṃ pariṇāmitam, yaddhaimantikaṃ tadvārṣikam | tasya karmaṇo vipākena madhye chinnastantunā dhāryamāṇo gacchati ||



saṃgharakṣitāvadānaṃ trayoviṃśatimam ||