Avadānaśataka · Chapter 17

iti ||
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | yan mayā ratnaśailasya tathāgatasya pañcavārṣikaṃ kṛtam*, tena me saṃsāre mahatsukham anubhūtam* | taddhaitukaś cedānīṃ tathāgatasyaivaṃvidhaḥ satkāraḥ | parinirvṛtasya ca me śāsane anekāni pañcavārṣikaśatāni bhaviṣyati | 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 ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_17 stutiḥ | (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 gāndharvikaśatāni goṣṭhikānāṃ prativasanti | tatra ca kāle supriyo nāma gāndharvikarājo 'bhyāgataḥ | tasyaivaṃvidhā śaktiḥ: ekasyāṃ tantryāṃ sāpta svarān ādarśayati, ekaviṃśatiṃ mūrcchināḥ | sa ṣaṇmahānagarāṇy apaṭukāny udghoṣayamāṇaḥ śrāvastīm anuprāptaḥ | śrāvastīnivāsibhiś ca gāndharvikai rājñe niveditam* | rājāha: alpotsukā bhavantu bhavantaḥ, vayam atra kālajñā bhaviṣyāma iti ||
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atha supriyasya gāndharvikarājasyaitad abhavat: evam anuśrūyate rājā prasenajid gāndharve 'tīva kuśalaḥ | yanv aham anena saha vādam ārocayeyam iti | tataḥ supriyo gāndharvikarājo yena rājā prasenajit kauśalas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalam idam āvocat*: śrutaṃ me rājan yathā tvaṃ gāndharvakuśala iti | yadi te aguru, mīmāṃsasveti | tato rājñā prasenajitā tasya vikṣepaḥ kṛtaḥ | uktaś ca: sādho asti me gurur jetavane sthito 'nuttaro gāndharvikarājaḥ | ehi tat samīpaṃ yāsyāma iti | atha rājā prasenajit kauśalaḥ pañcamātrair gāndharvikaśataiḥ parivṛtaḥ supriyeṇa gāndharvikarājenānekaiś ca prāṇiśatasahasrair jetavanaṃ gataḥ ||
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 navānupūrvavihārasamāpattikuśalānāṃ 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

tato bhagavān vaineyajanānugrahārthaṃ laukikaṃ cittam utpāditavān* | aho bata pañcaśikho gandharvaputraḥ saptagandharvasahasraparivṛto vaiḍūryadaṇḍāṃ vīṇām ādāya matsakāśam upasaṃkrāmed iti | sahacittotpādāt pañcaśikho gandharvaputraḥ saptagandharvasahasraparivṛto bhagavantaṃ yathāvad abhyarcya bhagavato vaiḍūryadaṇḍāṃ vīṇām upanayati sma | tataḥ supriyo gandharvarājo bhagavataḥ purastād vīṇām anuśrāvitum ārabdhaḥ | yata ekasyāṃ tantryāṃ sapta svarāṇi ekaviṃśatiṃ mūrcchanāś ca darśayitum ārabdhaḥ, yac chravaṇād rājā prasenajid anyatamaś ca mahājanakāyaḥ paraṃ vismayam āpannaḥ | tato bhagavān api vaiḍūryadaṇḍāṃ vīṇām āśrāvitavān*: yata ekaikasyāṃ tantryām aneke svaraviśeṣā mūrcchanāś ca bahuprakārā darśitāḥ, te ca śūnyākāreṇaiva | idaṃ ca śarīraṃ vīṇāvad ādarśitavān*, svarān indriyavat, mūrcchanāś cittadhātuvat* | yac chravaṇād āvarjitaḥ supriyo gandharvarājo vīṇāṃ gandhakuṭyāṃ niryātya bhagavatsakāśe pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā
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parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣākṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||
tata āvarjitā devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragā bhhagavacchāsane rakṣāvaraṇaguptiṃ kartum ārabdhāḥ | pañcānām api gāndharvikaśatānāṃ prītisaumanasyajātānām etad abhavat*: vayaṃ nīce karmaṇi vartāmahe kṛcchravṛttayaś ca | yan nu vayaṃ rājānaṃ vijñāpya bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ nagarapraveśenopanimantrayemahīti | yāvat tair gāndharvikair labdhānujñair bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃgho nagarapraveśenopanimantritaḥ | adhivāsitaṃ ca bhagavatā teṣāṃ gāndharvikāṇāṃ tūṣṇībhāvena | tatas tair gāndharvikair rājāmātyapaurajānapadasahāyaiḥ sarvā śrāvastī nagarī apagatapāṣāṇaśarkarakaṭhallā gandhodakapariṣiktā nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇā vicitradhūpadhūpitā puṣpavitānamaṇḍitā | te ca gāndharvikāḥ svayam eva vīṇām ādāya mṛdaṅgaveṇupaṇavādiviśeṣair upasthānaṃ cakruḥ, praṇītena cāhāreṇa bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ saṃtarpayāmāsuḥ ||
tato bhagavān smitam akārṣīt* | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti, tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhān niścārya kāścid adhastād gacchanti, kāścid upariṣṭād gacchanti | yā adhastād gacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanam avīcim arbudaṃ nirarbudaṃ aṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvam utpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakās teṣu śītībhūtā nipatanti, ye śītanarakās teṣūṣṇībhūtā nipatanti | tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante | teṣām evaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ, āhosvid anyatropapannā iti | teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavān nirmitaṃ visarjayati | teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati: na hy eva vayaṃ bhavanta itaś cyutāḥ, nāpy anyatropapannāḥ | api tv ayam apūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ, asyānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti | te nirmite cittam abhiprasādya tan narakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti, yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti | yā upariṣṭād gacchanti, tāś cāturmahārājikāṃs trayastriṃśān, yāmāṃs tuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhān apramāṇābhān ābhāsvarān parīttaśubhān apramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnān anabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalān abṛhān atapān sudṛśān sudarśanān akaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyam anātmety udghoṣayanti, gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante:
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāram iva kuñjaraḥ

yo hy asmin dharmavinaye apramattaś cariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati

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atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastād antardhīyante | narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale 'ntardhīyante | tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyām antardhīyante | pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ntardhīyante | manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunor antardhīyante | balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale 'ntardhīyante | cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale 'ntardhīyante | devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, nābhyām antardhīyante | śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye 'ntardhīyante | pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyām antardhīyante | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante ||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūrṇāyām antarhitāḥ | athāyuṣmān ānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha:
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarān niṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ |
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantād
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva

gāthāś ca bhāṣate:
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagaty uttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ
smitam upadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ

tatkālaṃ svayam adhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām* |
dhīrābhir munivṛṣa vāgbhir uttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ

nākāsmāl lavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitam upadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitam upadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ

iti
bhagavān āha: evam etad ānanda, evam etat | nāhetvapratyayam ānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | paśyasy ānanda ebhir gāndharvikair mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam* | evaṃ bhadanta | ete ānanda gāndharvikāḥ anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca yathākālānugatāṃ pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya anāgate 'dhvani varṇasvarā nāma pratyekabuddhā bhaviṣyanti hīnadīnānukampakāḥ prāntaśayanāsanabhaktā ekadakṣiṇīyā lokasya | ayam eṣāṃ deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasāda iti ||
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bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayānāṃ chettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta bhagavatā kuśalamūlāni kṛtāni yeṣām ayam anubhāva iti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaitāni 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 karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | *{auch: karmāṇy api kalpaśatair api |}*
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām*