Avadānaśataka · Chapter 13

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bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasi tvam ānanda anena śreṣṭhinā tathāgatasya saśrāvakasaṃghasyaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam*, mahājanakāyaṃ ca kuśale niyuktam* | evaṃ bhadanta | eṣa ānanda śreṣṭhī 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya abhayaprado nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati, daśabhir balaiś caturbhir vaiśāradyais tribhir āveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānair mahākaruṇayā ca | ayam asya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 30 --------------------
dvitīyo vargaḥ |
tasyoddānam*:
nāvā stambhaṃ ca snātraṃ ca tathetiḥ pratisārakam* (pratihāryakam*) |
pāñcavārṣikaṃ stutir varadaḥ kāśikaṃ divyabhojanam* ||
AVŚ_11 nāvikāḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati nadyā ajiravatyā adhastān nāvikagrāme | atha te nāvikā yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntāḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdan* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇāṃs tān nāvikān bhagavān dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati | anekaparyāyeṇa dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣya tūṣṇīm* | atha te nāvikā utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam ūcuḥ: adhivāsayatu bhagavān asmākaṃ nadyā ajiravatyās tīre śvo bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena | nausaṃkrameṇottārayiṣyāma iti | adhivāsayati bhagavān nāvikānāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena ||
atha nāvikā nadyā ajiravatyās tīram apagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallaṃ vyavasthāpayāmāsur ucchritacchatradhvajapatākaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ gandhaghaṭikāvadhūpitam* | praṇītam āhāraṃ kṛtavantaḥ | prabhūtaṃ ca puṣpasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā nausaṃkramaṃ puṣpamaṇḍapair alaṃkārayāmāsuḥ | bhagavataś ca dūtena kālam ārocayāmāsuḥ: samayo bhadanta sajjaṃ bhaktam*, yasyedānīṃ bhagavān kālaṃ manyata iti | atha bhagavān bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena nāvikagrāmakas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane nyaṣīdat* | atha te nāvikāḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati saṃpravārayati | anekaparyāyeṇa śucinā praṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena svahastaṃ saṃtarpya saṃpravārya bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ nīcatarāṇy āsanāni gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇā dharmaśravaṇāya | atha bhagavāṃs teṣāṃ nāvikānām āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśīṃ caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān, yāṃ śrutvā anekair nāvikaiḥ srotaāpattiphalāni prāptāni, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalāni kaiścid anāgāmiphalāni, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekabodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | sarvā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā | tatas tair nāvikair bhagavān mahatā satkāreṇa nausaṃkrameṇottāritaḥ sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 31 --------------------
bhikṣavo buddhapūjādarśanād āvarjitamanaso buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kutremāni bhagavataḥ kuśalamūlāni kṛtānīti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni, yena tathāgatasyaivaṃvidhā pūjā | icchatha bhikṣavaḥ śrotum? evaṃ bhadanta | tena hi bhikṣavaḥ śṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani bhāgīratho nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto janapadacārikāṃ caran gaṅgātīram anuprāptaḥ | tasmin samaye 'nyataraḥ sārthavāho 'nekaśataparivāro nadyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ sārtham uttārayati | tasmiṃś ca pradeśe mahattaskarabhayam* | atha dadarśa sārthavāho bhāgīrathaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛtam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ cittaṃ prasādayāmāsa | prasannacittaś ca bhagavantam āmantritavān: tatprathamataram eva bhagavantaṃ tārayiṣyāmīti | adhivāsayati bhāgīrathaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sārthavāhasya tūṣṇībhāvena | tatas tena sārthavāhena bhāgīrathaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto mahatyā vibhūtyā nausaṃkrameṇottāritaḥ | praṇītena cāhāreṇa saṃtarpyānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam* ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāho babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | mayā sa bhāgīrathaḥ, samyaksaṃbuddho dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto nausaṃkrameṇottāritaḥ, praṇītenāhāreṇa saṃtarpitaḥ, praṇidhānaṃ ca kṛtam* | tasya me karmaṇo vipākenānantasaṃsāre mahatsukham anubhūtam* | idānīm apy anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhasyaivavidhā pūjā | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yac chāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ | śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_12 stambhaḥ | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)

buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ kauravyeṣu janapadacārikāṃ caran kauravyaṃ nagaram anuprāptaḥ | sa ca kauravyo janakāyo buddhavaineya udāracitaḥ pradānaruciś ca | tato bhagavata etad abhavat*: yanv ahaṃ śakraṃ devendraṃ marudgaṇaparivṛtam āhveyeyam, yaddarśanād eṣāṃ kuśalamūlavivṛddhiḥ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 32 --------------------
syād iti | tato bhagavāṃl laukikaṃ cittam utpādayati: aho bata śakro devendro marudgaṇasahāyo gośīrṣacandanamayaṃ stambham ādāya gacched iti || sahacittotpādāc chakro devendro marudgaṇaparivṛto āgato yatra viśvakarmā catvāraś ca mahārājā anekadevanāgayakṣakumbhāṇḍaparivṛto gośīrṣacandanastambham ādāya | hāhākārakilakilāprakṣveḍoccair nādaṃ kurvāṇā bhagavato 'rthe gośīrṣacandanamayaṃ prāsādam abhisaṃskṛtavantaḥ | tatas tasmin prāsāde śakreṇa devendreṇa bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho divyenāhāreṇa divyena śayanāsanena divyair gandhamālyapuṣpaiḥ satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjitaḥ ||
atha kauravyo janakāyas tāṃ divyāṃ vibhūṣikāṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam āpanna imāṃ cintām āpede: nūnaṃ buddho bhagavāṃl loke 'gryaḥ | yat tu nāma sendrair devaiḥ pūjyata iti āvarjitamanā bhagavantam upasaṃkrāntaḥ | bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaḥ kauravyo janakāyas tasmin prāsāde 'tyarthaṃ prasādam utpādayati ||
tena bhagavāṃs tat prāsādam antardhāpya anityatāpratisaṃyuktāṃ tādṛśīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān*, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ kauravyanivāsibhir manuṣyaiḥ srotaāpattiphalāny anuprāptāni, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalāni kaiścid anāgāmiphalāni, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | sarvā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā |
tatas te bhikṣavo bhagavato divyapūjādarśanād āvarjitamanaso buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kutremāni bhagavatā kuśalamūlāni kṛtānīti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni, yena tathāgatasyaivaṃvidhā pūjā | icchatha bhikṣavaḥ śrotum? evaṃ bhadanta | tena hi bhikṣavaḥ śṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani brahmā nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | atha brahmā samyaksaṃbuddho dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | aśrauṣīd rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ: brahmā samyaksaṃbuddho dvāṣaṣṭyarhatsahasraparivṛto janapadacārikāṃ carann asmākaṃ vijitam anuprāpta iti | śrutvā ca punar mahatyā rājarddhyā mahatā rājānubhāvena yena bhagavān brahmā samyaksaṃbuddhas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya brahmaṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktaṃ bhagavān bodhikarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha sa labdhaprasāda utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam idam avocat*: adhivāsayatu
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 33 --------------------
me bhagavān asyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ traimāsyavāsāya | ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃgham upasthāsyāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārair iti | adhivāsayati brahmā samyaksaṃbuddho rājñas tūṣṇībhāvena | atha sa rājā mūrdhābhiṣikto bhagavato 'rthe gośīrṣacandanamayaṃ prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa | sa taṃ vicitrair vastrālaṃkārair alaṃkṛtaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ gandhaghaṭikādhūpitaṃ bhagavataḥ saśrāvakasaṃghasya niryātya traimāsyaṃ praṇītenāhāreṇa saṃtarpya vividhair vastraviśeṣair ācchādyānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhiṃ cakāra ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | yan mayā brahmaṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyaivaṃvidhā pūjā kṛtā, tasya me karmaṇo vipākenānantasaṃsāre mahatsukham anubhūtam* | idānīm apy anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhasyaivavidhā pūjā | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yac chāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ | śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_13 snātram* | (ed. Speyer, vol. I)
buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | tena khalu samayena śrāvastyāṃ pañcamātrāṇi vaṇikśatāni kāntāramārgapratipannāni | te mārgāt paribhraṣṭā vālukāsthalam anuprāptāḥ | te dharmaśramaparipīḍitāḥ kṣīṇapathyādanāś ca madhyāhnasamaye tīkṣṇakararaśmisaṃtāpitā jaloddhṛtā iva matsyāḥ pṛthivyām āvartante duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukām amanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayamānāḥ | tāni devatāsahasrāṇy āyācante: tadyathā śivavaruṇakuberavāsavādīni | na cainān kaścit paritrātuṃ samarthaḥ ||
tatra cānyatara upāsako buddhaśāsanābhijñaḥ | sa tān vaṇija āha: bhavanto buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchantv iti | tata ekaraveṇa sarva eva buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ ||

atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛttakānām ekārakṣāṇāṃ śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhipādacaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ caturṣu saṃgrahavastuṣu dīrgharātrakṛtaparicayānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ saptabodhyaṅgakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 34 --------------------
navānupūrva{vihāra}samāpattikuśalānāṃ daśabalabalināṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśaśatavaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya <ca> buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ kaḥ kṛcchrasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptaḥ ko 'pāyanimnaḥ ko 'pāyapravaṇaḥ ko 'pāyaprāgbhāraḥ | kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, kasya kāmapaṅkanimagnasya hastoddhāram anupradadyām*, kam āryadhanavirahitam āryadhanaiśvaryādhipatye pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, <kasyājñānatimirapaṭalaparyavanaddhanetrasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā cakṣur viśodhayāmi |> kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam*, kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam*, kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:
apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ |
na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet
yāvat paśyati bhagavān saṃbahulān vaṇijo vyasanasaṃkaṭasaṃbādhaprāptān* | tataś cakṣuḥsaṃpreṣaṇamātreṇa jetavane 'ntarhito bhikṣugaṇaparivṛtas taṃ pradeśam anuprāptaḥ | dadṛśus te vaṇijo bhagavataṃ sabhikṣusaṃgham* | dṛṣṭvā ca uccair nādaṃ muktavantaḥ | tato bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittam utpāditam*: aho bata śakro devendro māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛjatu, śītalāś ca vāyavo vāntv iti | sahacittotpādād bhagavataḥ śakreṇa māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛṣṭam*, śītalāś ca vāyavaḥ preṣitāḥ, yatas teṣāṃ vaṇijāṃ tṛṣā vigatā, dāhaś ca praśāntaḥ | tatas tair vaṇigbhiḥ saṃjñā pratilabdhā | bhagavatā caiṣāṃ mārga ākhyāto yena śrāvastīm anuprāptāḥ ||
te mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya tato bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntāḥ | teṣāṃ bhagavatā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā kaiścit srotaāpattiphalam adhigatam*, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalam*, kaiścid anāgāmiphalam*, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | yadbhūyasā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhagavān*, yāvad ime vaṇijo bhagavatā kāntāramārgāt paritrātāḥ | sahacittotpādāc ca māhendravarṣaṃ vṛṣṭam* | śītalāś ca vāyavaḥ pravātā iti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | mayaitāni karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca;
na praṇaśyanti karmāṇy api kalpaśatair api |
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām*