Avadānaśataka · Chapter 47

iti ||
yāvad āyuṣmatā uttareṇa subahu paribhāṣya ekā yamalī labdhā | tataḥ sā saṃghāya dattā | yena ca bhikṣuṇā saṃghamadhyāt sā yamalī krītā, tena mānavake sthāpitā | tatas tayā pretyā rātrāv upāgatyāpahṛtā | tatas tena bhikṣuṇā āyuṣmata uttarāya niveditam* | uttareṇa gatvā pretīṃ paribhāṣya punar apy ānīya dattā | evaṃ yāvat trir api tasya bhikṣoḥ sakāśād apahṛtā, āyuṣmatā cottareṇānīya dattā | bhikṣuṇā ca sā pāṭayitvā cāturdiśāya bhikṣusaṃghāya vilepanikāyāṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 118 --------------------
sīvitā | tatas tayā na punar apahṛtā | ata eva mātsaryaṃ satvānāṃ viḍambanakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā mātsaryaprahāṇāya dhyāyitavyam* | tathā evaṃvidhā doṣā na syur yathā tasyāḥ pretyā iti ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo 'nye ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādayo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_47 jātyandhā | (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 | athāyuṣmān nandakaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyaḥ paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntaḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratisamarpya pretacārikāṃ carati sma | adrākṣīd āyuṣmān nandakaḥ pretīṃ dagdhasthūṇāsadṛśīṃ jātyandhāṃ svakeśaromasaṃchannāṃ sūcīchidropamamukhīṃ parvatopamakukṣiṃ durgandhāṃ śmaśānasadṛśīṃ kākair gṛdhraiḥ śvabhiḥ śṛgālaiś cābhidrutām* | ye 'syāḥ samantata utpāṭyotpāṭya māṃsaṃ bhakṣayanti | sā marmavedanābhyāhatā ārtasvaraṃ krandati duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukām amanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayanti | āyuṣmān nandakaḥ saṃvignaḥ pṛchati: kiṃ tvayā bhagini prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yenaivaṃvidhaṃ duḥkham anubhavasīti | pretī āha: āditye hi samudgate na dīpena prayojanam* | bhagavantam etam arthaṃ pṛccha | sa te asmākīnāṃ karmaplotiṃ vyākariṣyatīti | yāṃ śrutvā anye 'pīha satvāḥ pāpāt prativiraṃsyantīti | athāyuṣmān nandako yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ ||
tena khalu punaḥ samayena bhagavān pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ deśayati kṣaudraṃ madhv ivāneḍakam* | anekaśatā ca parṣad bhagavataḥ sakāśān madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ śṛṇoty anijyamānair indriyaiḥ | tato buddhā bhagavantaḥ pūrvālāpinaḥ ehīti svāgatavādinaḥ smitapūrvaṃgamāś ca | tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantaṃ nandakam idam avocat*: ehi nanadaka, svāgataṃ te, kutas tvaṃ nandaka etarhy āgacchasīti | nandaka āha: āgacchāmy ahaṃ bhadanta pretacārikāyāḥ | tatrāhaṃ pretīm adrākṣaṃ dagdhasthūṇāsadṛśīṃ svakeśaromasaṃchannāṃ sūcīchidropamamukhīṃ parvatopamakukṣiṃ durgandhāṃ śmaśānasadṛśīṃ kākair gṛdhraiḥ śvabhiḥ śṛgālaiś cābhidrutām*, ye 'syāḥ samantata utpāṭyotpāṭya māṃsaṃ bhakṣayanti | sā marmavedanābhyāhatā ārtasvaraṃ krandati duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukām amanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayamānām* | āha ca:
viśuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhapuṭā suduḥkhitā pravṛddhaśailopamacarvitāśrayā |
svakeśasaṃchannamukhī digambarā susūkṣmasūcīsadṛśānanā kṛśā

-------------------- Vaidya, p. 119 --------------------
nagnā svakeśasaṃchannā asthiyantravaducchritā |
kapālapāṇinī ghorā krandantī paridhāvate

bubhukṣayā pipāsayā klāntā vyasanapīḍitā |
ārtasvaraṃ krandamānā duḥkhāṃ vindati vedanām*

kiṃ tayā prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ martyaloke sudāruṇam* |
yena evaṃvidhaṃ duḥkham anubhavati bhayānakam*