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tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamāmantrayate sma- āgamaya ānanda yena śrāvastīti| evaṃ bhadantetyāyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣīt| atha bhagavān yena śrāvastī tena cārikāṃ prakrāntaḥ| yāvadanyatamasmin pradeśe brāhmaṇaśchinnabhakto halaṃ vāhayati, tasyārthāya dārikā peyāmādāya gatā| bhagavāṃśca taṃ pradeśamanuprāptaḥ| dadarśa sa brāhmaṇo buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam| sahadarśanāccāsya bhagavati prasāda utpannaḥ| na tathā dvādaśavarṣābhyastaḥ samathaścittasya kalyatāṃ janayati, aputrasya vā putrapratilambhaḥ, daridrasya vā nidhidarśanam, rājyābhinandino vā rājyābhiṣekaḥ, yathopacitakuśalamūlasya sattvasya tatprathamato buddhadarśanam| sa tāṃ peyāmādāya laghulaghveva yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| upasaṃkramya bhagavantametadavocat-iyaṃ bho gautama peyā| yadyasti mamāntike'nukampā, pibedbhagavān gautamaḥ peyāmiti| tato bhagavatā brāhmaṇasya jīrṇakūpo darśitaḥ-sacette brāhmaṇa parityaktā, asmin jīrṇakūpe prakṣipeti| tena tasmin jīrṇakūpe prakṣiptā| sa jīrṇakūpo vāpyāyamānaḥ peyāpūrṇaḥ, yathāpi tadbuddhānāṃ buddhānubhāvena devatānāṃ ca devatānubhāvena| tato bhagavatā sa brāhmaṇo'bhihitaḥ-cāraya mahābrāhmaṇa peyāmiti| sa cārayitumārabdhaḥ| bhagavatā tathā adhiṣṭhitā yathā sarvasaṃghena pītā| sa ca jīrṇakūpo vāpyāyamānastathaiva peyāpūrṇo'vasthitaḥ| tato'sau brāhmaṇo bhūyasya mātrayā abhiprasanno bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastānniṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya| tasya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, pūrvavadyāvadānādikālopacitaṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| atikrānto'haṃ bhadanta, atikrāntaḥ| eṣo'haṃ bhagavantaṃ buddhaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca| upāsakaṃ ca māṃ dhāraya adyāgreṇa yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇopetaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatamabhiprasannam| athāsau brāhmaṇo vaṇigiva labdhalābhaḥ śasyasaṃpanna iva kṛṣīvalaḥ śūra iva vijitasaṃgrāmaḥ sarvaroganirmukta ivāturo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyānandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavato'ntikāt prakānto yāvatkṣetraṃ gataḥ| paśyati tasmin kṣetre sauvarṇān yavān saṃpannān| dṛṣṭvā ca punarvismayotphullalocano gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



aho guṇamayaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam|

adyaiva vāpitaṃ bījamadyaiva phaladāyakam||1||



tato'sau brāhmaṇastvaritatvaritaṃ rājñaḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ| upasaṃkramya jayenāyuṣā vardhayitvā rājānamuvāca-deva, mayā yavāḥ prakīrṇāḥ, tai sauvarṇāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ| tasyādhiṣṭhāyakena prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti| rājñā adhiṣṭhāyako'nupreṣitaḥ| brāhmaṇena rāśīkṛtya bhājitaḥ| rājabhāgaḥ| svābhāvikā yavāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ| adhiṣṭhāyakena rājñe niveditam| rājñā samādiṣṭampunarbhājayateti| taiḥpunarbhājitam| tathaiva rājabhāgaḥ svābhāvikā yavāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ| evaṃ yāvat saptakṛtvo bhājitam| tathaiva| rājā kutūhalajātaḥ svayameva gataḥ paśyati-tathaiva| tenāsau brāhmaṇo'bhihitaḥ-brāhmaṇa, tavaitatpuṇyanirjātam| alaṃ rājabhāgena, yathābhipretaṃ tanmamānuprayaccheti| tatastena brāhmaṇena parituṣṭena yaddatam, tatsauvarṇāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ||



tato bhagavān saṃprasthitaḥ| yāvadanyatamasmin pradeśe pañcakāryaśatānyutpāḍutpāṇḍukāni sphuṭitapāṇipādāni śaṇaśāṭīnivāsitāni lāṅgalāni vāhayanti| te'pi balīvardā baddhaiḥ prayoktraiḥ pratodayaṣṭibhiḥ kṣatavikṣatagātrā muhurmahurniśvasanto vahanti| dadṛśuste kārṣakā buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaṃ pūrvavadyāvadupacitakuśalamūlasattvasya tatprathamato buddhadarśanam| tato yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāḥ| adrākṣīdbhagavāṃstān kārṣakān dūrādeva| dṛṣṭvā ca punarvineyāpekṣayā mārgādapakramya purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ| ete kārṣakā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekāntaniṣaṇṇāḥ| tato bhagavatā teṣāṃ kārṣakāṇāmāśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, pūrvavadyāvadanādikālopacitaṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotaāapattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| te dṛṣṭasatyā yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| praṇamayya bhagavantamidamavocan - deśaya bhadanta, svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam| carema bhagavato'ntike brahmacaryamiti| te bhagavatā ehibhikṣukayā pravrajitāḥ pūrvavadyāvatte'vasthitā buddhamanorathena| teṣāṃ bhagavatā avavādo dattaḥ| tairyajyamānaiḥ pūrvavadabhivādyāśca saṃvṛttāḥ| te'pi balīvardā yokrktrāṇi varatrāṇi ca chittvā yena bhagvāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāḥ| upasaṃkramya bhagavantaṃ sāmantakena anuparivāryāvasthitāḥ| teṣāṃ bhagavatā tribhiḥ padārthairdharmo deśitaḥ pūrvavadyāvadyathā gaṅgāvatāre haṃsamatsyakūrmāṇāṃ yāvad dṛṣṭasatyāḥ svarbhavanaṃ gatāḥ||



bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ-kiṃ nu taiḥ kārṣakapūrvakairbhikṣubhiḥ karma kṛtaṃ yena kārṣakāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ, bhagavataśca śāsane pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam? tairbalīvardapūrvakairdevaputraiḥ kiṃ karma kṛtam, yena balīvardeṣūpapannāḥ, satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtamiti ? bhagavānāha-ebhireva bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupācitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pūrvavadyāvatphalanti khalu dehinām||



bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'sminneva bhadrakalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma śāstā loka udapādi| pūrvavat| sa vārāṇasīnagarīmupaniśritya biharati ṛṣivadane (patane) mṛgadāve| tasya śāsane etāni pañca karṣakaśatāni pravrajitānyabhūvan| tatraibhirna paṭhitaṃ na svādhyāyitaṃ nāpi manasikāro vihitaḥ| kiṃ tu śraddhādeyaṃ bhuktvā bhuktvā saṃgaṇikābhirataiḥ kausīdyenābhināmitam||



kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yāni tāṇi pañca bhikṣuśatāni, etānyeva tāni paznca karṣakaśatāni| yo'sau vihārasvāmī, sa evāsau gṛhapatiryasyaite kārṣakāḥ| yadebhirvihārasvāmisantakaṃ śraddhādeyaṃ paribhujya na paṭhitaṃ na svādhyāyitaṃ nāpi manasikāro vihitaḥ, kiṃ tu saṃgaṇikābhirataiḥ kauśīdyenābhināmitam, tena karmaṇā pañca janmaśatāni tasya vihārasvāminaḥ kārṣakāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ| yāvadetarhyapi tasyaiva kārṣakā jātāḥ| yadebhiḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śāsane pravrajya brahmacaryaṃ caritam, enaitarhi mama śāsane pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| te ca balīvardapūrviṇo devaputrāḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śāsane pravrajitā āsan| tatraibhiḥ kṣudrānukṣudrāṇi śikṣāpadāni khaṇḍitāni| tena karmaṇā balīvardeṣūpapannāḥ| yanmamāntike cittamabhiprasāditam, tena deveṣupapannāḥ| yatkāśyape samyaksaṃbuddhe brahmacaryaṃ vāsitam, tenedānīṃ devaputrabhūtaiḥ satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam| iti bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇāmekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, pūrvavādyāvadābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ| ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||



tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamāmantrayate sma-āgamaya ānanda yena toyikā| evaṃ bhadantetyāyuṣmānānando bhagavato'śrauṣīt| bhagavāṃstoyikāmanuprāptaḥ| tasmiṃśca pradeśe brāhmaṇo lāṅgalaṃ vāhayati| athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtagātraṃ pūrvavadyāvatsamantato bhadrakam| dṛṣṭvā saṃlakṣayati-yadi bhagavantaṃ gautamamupetya abhivādayiṣyāmi, karmaparihāṇirme bhaviṣyati| atha nopetyābhivādayiṣyāmi, puṇyaparihāṇiḥ| tatko'sāvupāyaḥ syādyena me na karmaparihāṇiḥ syānnāpi puṇyaparihāṇiriti ? tasya buddhirutpannā-atrastha evābhivādanaṃ karomi| evaṃ na karmaparihāṇirbhavati nāpi puṇyaparihāṇiriti| tena yathāgṛhītayaiva pratodayaṣṭyā tatrasthenābhivādanaṃ kṛtam-abhivādaye buddhaṃ bhagavantam| tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate-kṣaṇa ānanda eṣa brāhmaṇaḥ| sacedasyaivaṃ samyakpratyātmajñānadarśanaṃ pravartate| etasmin pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopito'sthisaṃghātastiṣṭhatīti| athānenopasaṃkramya vandito bhaveyam| evamanena dvābhyāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhābhyāṃ vandanā kṛtā bhavet| tatkasya hetoḥ ? asmin ānanda pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopito'sthisaṃghātastiṣṭhatīti| athāyuṣmānānando laghulaghveva caturguṇamuttarāsaṅgaṃ prajñapta bhagavantamidamavocat-niṣīdatu bhagavān prajñapta evāsane| evamayaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo dvābhyāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhābhyāṃ paribhukto bhaviṣyati, yacca kāśyapena samyaksaṃbuddhena, yaccaitarhi bhagavateti| niṣaṇṇo bhagavān prajñapta evāsane| niṣadya bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma-icchatha yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātamavikopitaṃ draṣṭum ? etasya bhagavan kālaḥ, etasya sugata samayo'yam| bhagavān bhikṣūṇāṃ kāsyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopitaṃ śarīrasaṃghātamupadarśayatu, dṛṣṭu bhikṣavaścittamabhiprasādayiṣyanti| bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam| dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavanto laukikaṃ cittamutpādayanti, tasmin samaye kuntapipīlikādayo'pi prāṇino bhagavataścetasā cittamājānanti| nāgāḥ saṃlakṣayanti- kiṃ kāraṇaṃ bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam ? bhagavān kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātamavikopitaṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ| tatastaiḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasyāvikopitaḥ śarīrasaṃghāta ucchrāpitaḥ| tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma-gṛhṇīta bhikṣavo nimittam| antardhāsyatīti| antarhitaḥ||



rājñā prasenajitā śrutam-bhagavatā śrāvakāṇāṃ darśanāya avikopitaḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghāta ucchrāpita iti| śrutvā ca punaḥ kutūhalajātaḥ sārdhamantaḥ- pureṇa kumārairamātyairbhaṭabaklāgrairnaigamajanapadaiśca draṣṭuṃ saṃprasthitaḥ| evaṃ virūḍhako'nāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatiḥ, ṛṣidattaḥ purāṇasthāpatiḥ, viśākhā mṛgāramātā, anekāni ca prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kutūhalajātāni draṣṭuṃ saṃprasthitāni pūrvakaiśca kuśalamūlaiḥ saṃcodyamānāni| yāvadasau antarhitaḥ| taiḥ śrutam-antarhito'sau bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śarīrasaṃghāta iti| śrutvā ca punasteṣāṃ duḥkhadaurmanasyamutpannam-vṛthā asmākamāgamanaṃ jātamiti||



athānyatamena cipāsakena sa pradeśaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtaḥ| evaṃ cetasā cittamabhisaṃskṛtam- asmānme padāvihārāt kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃstasya mahājanakāyasyāvipratisārasaṃjananārthaṃ tasya copāsakasya cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ

padāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān||2||



anyatamenāpyupāsakena tasmin pradeśe mṛttikāpiṇḍo dattaḥ| evaṃ cittamabhisaṃskṛtam-padāvihārasya tāvadiyatpuṇyamākhyātaṃ bhagavatā| asya tu mṛttikāpiṇḍasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavān tasyāpi cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇapiṇḍaṃ

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta

āropayenmṛttikapiṇḍamekam||3|| iti||



tacchrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmṛtpiṇḍasamāropaṇaṃ kṛtam| aparaistatra muktapuṣpāṇi kṣiptāni, evaṃ cittamabhisaṃskṛtam-padāvihārasya mṛttikāpiṇḍasya ceyatpuṇyamuktaṃ bhagavatā, asmākaṃ tu muktapuṣpāṇāṃ kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇamūḍhaṃ

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta

āropayenmuktakapuṣparāśim||4|| iti|



aparaistatra mālāvihāraḥ kṛtaḥ, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam-muktapuṣpāṇāṃ bhagavatā iyatpuṇyamuktam| asmākaṃ mālāvihārasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇī suvarṇavāhā

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto

mālāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān||5|| iti|



aparaistatra dīpamālā dattā, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam-mālāvihārasya bhagavatā iyatpuṇyamuktam| asmākaṃ pradīpadānasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthā bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇakoṭyo

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ

pradīpadānaṃ prakaroti vidvān||6|| iti|



aparaistatra gandhābhiṣeko dattaḥ, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam-pradīpadānasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam| asmākaṃ gandhābhiṣekasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇarāśayo

jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto

gandhābhiṣekaṃ prakaroti vidvān||7|| iti|



aparaistatra dhvajapatākāropaṇaṃ kṛtam, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam-padāvihārasya mṛtpiṇḍadānasya muktapuṣpāṇāṃ mālāvihārasya pradīpadānasya gandhābhiṣekasya ca iyatpuṇyamuktaṃ bhagavatā, asmākaṃ chatradhvajapatākāropaṇasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaparvatā

meroḥ samā nāsya samā bhavanti|

yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta

āropayecchatradhvajapatākam||8||



eṣāṃ hi dakṣiṇā proktā aprameye tathāgate|

samudrakalpe saṃbuddhe sārthavāhe anuttare|| 9|| iti|



teṣāmetadabhavat -parinirvṛtasya tāvadbhagavataḥ pūjākaraṇādi yatpuṇyamuktaṃ bhagavatā, tiṣṭhataḥ kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti| atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate-



tiṣṭhantaṃ pūjayedyacca yaccāpi parinirvṛtam|

samaṃ cittaprasādena nāsti puṇyaviśeṣatā|

evaṃ hyacintiyā buddhā buddhadharmāpyacintiyā||10||



acintiyaiḥ prasannānāmapratihatadharmacakrapravartinām|

samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ nālaṃ guṇapāramadhigantum||11|| iti||



tato bhagavatā tasya mahājanakāyasya tathāvidhā dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmahān viśeṣo'dhigataḥ| kaiścicchrāvakabodhau cittānyutpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekabodhau, kaiściduṣmagatāni pratilabdhāni, kaiścid mūrdhānaḥ, kaiścitsatyānulomāḥ kṣāntayaḥ, kaiścicchrotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam, kaiścitsakṛdāgāmiphalam, kaiścidanāgāmiphalam, kaiścitsarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| yadbhūyasā sā parṣadbuddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā| sārdhaṃ tatra brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhistasmin pradeśe mahaḥ sthāpitaḥ- toyikāmahastoyikāmaha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā||



iti toyikāmahāvadānamekatriṃśattamam||