Avadānaśataka · Chapter 22

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani pūrṇo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | atha pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | aśrauṣīd rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ: pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carann asmākaṃ rājadhānīm anuprāpta iti | śrutvā ca punar mahatyā rājarddhyā mahatā rājānubhāvena samanvāgato yena bhagavān pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekānte niṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktaṃ pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho bodhikarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ pūrṇaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārair upanimantritavān* | adhivāsitaṃ ca pūrṇena samyaksaṃbuddhena rājñas tūṣṇībhāvena | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārair upasthāpya bhagavato ratnamayapratimāṃ kārayitvā buddhaharṣaṃ kāritavān*, yatrānekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrair mahāprasādo labdhaḥ | tathetutatpratyayaṃ ca te parinirvṛtāḥ ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 54 --------------------
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | yan mayā pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya tādṛśī pūjā kṛtā, tena me saṃsāre 'nantaṃ sukham anubhūtam*, tenaiva ca hetunā tathāgatasya ca me śreṣṭhinā śakreṇa ca īdṛśī pūjā kṛtā | 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* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 55 --------------------
tṛtīyo vargaḥ |
tasyoddānam*:
candano hy atha padmaś ca cakraṃ daśaśirās tathā |
sūkṣmatvak* śītadīptaś ca nāvikā gandhamādanaḥ |
nirmalo valgusvaraś ca vargo bhavati sattamaḥ ||
AVŚ_21 candanaḥ | (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 saśrāvakasaṃgho magadheṣu janapadeṣu cārikāṃ caran gaṅgātīram anuprāptaḥ | tena khalu punaḥ samayena gaṅgātīrasya nātidūre stūpam avarugṇaṃ vātātapābhyāṃ pariśīrṇam* | bhikṣubhir dṛṣṭvā bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ kasya bhagavann ayaṃ stūpa iti | bhagavān āha: candano nāma pratyekabuddho babhūva, tasyeti | bhikṣava ūcuḥ: kuto bhagavaṃś candanasya pratyekabuddhasyotpattir nāmābhinirvṛttiś ceti | bhagavān āha: icchatha yūyaṃ bhikṣavaḥ śrotuṃ yathā candanasya pratyekabuddhasyotpattir nāmābhinirvṛttiś ca? evaṃ bhadanta | tena hi bhikṣavaḥ śṛṇuta, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuruta, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca praśāntakalikalahaḍimbaḍamaraṃ taskararogāpagataṃ śālīkṣugomahiṣīsaṃpannam* | dhārmiko dharmarājo dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayati | so 'putraḥ putrābhinandī śivavaruṇakuberaśakrabrahmādīn anyāṃś ca devatāviśeṣān āyācate tadyathā: ārāmadevatā vanadevatāś catvaradevatāḥ śṛṅgāṭakadevatā balipratigrāhikā devatāḥ | sahajāḥ sahadhārmikā nityānubaddhā api devatā āyācate | asti caiṣa loke pravādo yadāyācanahetoḥ putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | tac ca naivam* | yady evam abhaviṣyad ekaikasya putrasahasram abhaviṣyat tadyathā rājñaś cakravartinaḥ | api tu trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | katameṣāṃ trayāṇām* | mātāpitarāu raktau bhavataḥ saṃnipatitau, mātā {ca} kalyā bhavati ṛtumatī, gandharvaś ca pratyupasthito bhavati | eṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ sthānānāṃ saṃmukhībhāvāt putrā jāyante duhitaraś ca | sa caivam āyācanaparas tiṣṭhati | tasya codyāne mahāpadmini | tatra padmam atipramāṇaṃ jātam* | tad divase divase vardhate na tu phullati | tata ārāmikeṇa rājñe niveditam* | rajñā uktaḥ parīkṣyatām etat padmam iti | yāvad apareṇa samayena sūryodaye tat padmaṃ vikasitam* | tasya ca padmasya karṇikāyāṃ dārakaḥ paryaṅkaṃ baddhvāvasthitaḥ, abhirūpo darśanīyaḥ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 56 --------------------
prāsādiko gauraḥ kanakavarṇaś chatrākāraśirāḥ pralambabāhur vistīrṇalalāṭaḥ uccaghoṣaḥ saṃgatabrūs tuṅganāsaḥ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtagātro 'śītyānuvyañjanair virājitagātraḥ | tasya mukhāt padmagandho vāti śarīrāc ca candanagandhaḥ | tata ārāmikeṇa rājñe niveditam* | tato rājā sāmātyaḥ sāntaḥpuraś ca tad udyānaṃ gataḥ | sahadarśanāt tena dārakeṇa rājā saṃbhāṣitaḥ: ehi tāta, ahaṃ te 'putrasya putra iti | tato rājā hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramudita uvāca: evam eva putra yathā vadasīti | tato rājā padminīm avagāhya taṃ dārakaṃ padmakarṇikāyāṃ gṛhītvā pāṇitale sthāpitavān* | yatra yatra sa dārakaḥ pādau sthāpayati, tatra tatra padmāni prādurbhavanti | tatas tasya candana iti nāma kṛtam* ||
yadā candano dārako 'nupūrveṇa mahān saṃvṛttaḥ, tadā nāgarai rājā vijñaptaḥ: ihāsmākaṃ deva nagaraparva pratyupasthitam* | tad arhati devaś candanaṃ kumāram utsraṣṭam* (Speyer: utsraṣṭum)| asmābhiḥ saha parvānubhaviṣyati, padmaiś ca sarvam adhiṣṭhānam alaṃkariṣyatīti | rājāha: evam astv iti | tataś candanaḥ sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣito 'mātyaputraparivṛto vividhair vādyair vādyamānai rājakulād bahir upayāti nagaraparva pratyanubhavitum* | tatra tasya gacchataḥ padavinyāse padavinyāse padmāni prādurbhavanti darśanīyāni manoramāṇi ca | tāny arkaraśmibhiḥ spṛṣṭamātrāṇi mlāyanti śuṣyanti ||

atha tasya śuddhasatvasya kalyāṇāśayasya pūrvabuddhāvaropitakuśalamūlasya taddarśanād yoniśo manasikāra utpannaḥ: yathemāni padmāni utpannamātrāṇi śobhante, arkaraśmiparitāpitāni mlāyanti śuṣyanti, evam etad api śarīram iti | tasyaivaṃ cintayatas tulayata uparīkṣamāṇasya saptatriṃśad bodhipakṣyadharmā abhimukhībhūtāḥ | te tasyaiva janakāyasya madhye sthitena pratyekabodhiḥ sākṣātkṛtā | yāvac chuddhāvāsakāyikair devais tasmai kāṣāyāṇy upanāmitāni | tāni ca prāvṛtya gaganatalam utpatitaḥ, vicitrāṇi ca prātihāryāṇi kartuṃ pravṛttaḥ, yaddarśanād rājñāmātyanaigamasahāyena mahān prasādaḥ pratilabdho vicitrāṇi ca kuśalamūlāny avaropitāni | bhagavān āha: ataś candanasya pratyekabuddhasyotpattir nāmābhinirvṛttiś ceti ||
bhikṣavo bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta candanena pratyekabuddhena karmāṇi kṛtāni yenāsya śarīraṃ sugandhi tīkṣṇendriyaś ceti | bhagavān āha: kāśyape bhagavati pravrajito babhūva, tatrānena keśanakhastūpe gandhāvasekaḥ kṛtaḥ, puṣpāṇi cāvaropitāni, pratyekabodhau cānena mārgo bhāvitaḥ | 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* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 57 --------------------
AVŚ_22 padmaḥ | (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 | ācaritam etan madhyadeśe yadārāmikāḥ padmāny ādāya vīthīṃ gatvā vikrīṇate | atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | anyatamā ca strī dārakaṃ svabhujābhyām ādāya vīthīm avatīrṇā | dadarśa ca sa dārako buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ prasādajātaḥ sahasā bāhum abhiprasārya ārāmikasakāśāt padmaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavato mūrdhni prakṣiptavān* | tatas tat padmaṃ śakaṭaśakramātraṃ (Speyer: śakaṭacakramātraṃ) bhūtvopari vihāyasi sthitam* | bhagavantaṃ ca gacchantam anugacchati, tiṣṭhantaṃ tiṣṭhati | tato bhagavatā padmarāgasadṛśā prabhā utsṛṣṭā sakalā śrāvastī avabhāsitā, taddhaitukaṃ ca rājāmātyapaurāḥ āvarjitāḥ ||
tato bhagavatā smitam upadarśitam* | dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye 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

-------------------- Vaidya, p. 58 --------------------
atha tā arciṣas trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātum anvāhiṇḍya bhagavantam eva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti | tad yadi bhagavān atītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ntardhīyante | anāgataṃ 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 | pratyekabodhiṃ 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