Avadānaśataka · Chapter 48

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bhagavān āha: pāpakāriṇī nandaka sā pretī | icchasi tasyā karmaplotiṃ śrotum*? evaṃ bhadanta | tena hi nandaka śṛṇu, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuru, bhāṣiṣye ||
bhūtapūrvaṃ nandaka asminn eva bhadrakalpe viṃśatisahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | vārāṇasyām anyatamā śreṣṭhiduhitā | sā dharmābhilāṣiṇī | yāvad asau dharmaṃ śrutvā saṃsāradoṣadarśinī nirvāṇe guṇadarśinī saṃvṛttā | sā mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitā | tasyā arthaṃ jñātibhir bhikṣuṇīvarṣakaḥ kāritaḥ | sā tatra śaikṣāśaikṣībhir bhikṣuṇībhiḥ sārdhaṃ prativasati | yāvat tayā pramādāc chikṣāśaithilyaṃ kṛtam* | tato bhikṣuṇībhir duḥśīleti niṣkāsitā | tatas tayā dānapatir gṛhebhyaḥ pravṛttakāni chandakāni # # # <The gap may be filled ou by ācchinnāni; Speyer: kurkuraiḥ śṛgālaiś ca.> śaikṣāśaikṣīṇāṃ ca avarṇo bhāṣitaḥ | bhikṣavaś ca ye śīlavantaḥ, tān dṛṣṭvā nayane nimīlitavatī ||
kiṃ manyase nandaka yā sā śreṣṭhiduhitā, iyaṃ sā pretī | yat tayā varṣake mātsaryaṃ kṛtam*, tena preteṣūpapannā | yat tayā naityakasamucchedaḥ kṛtas tena kākair gṛdhraiḥ kurkuraiś cābhidrutā | yat tayā śaikṣāśaikṣīṇāṃ bhikṣuṇīnām avarno bhāṣitaḥ, tena daurgandhyam āsāditam* | yat tayā śīlavato bhikṣūn dṛṣṭvā nayane nimīlite, tena jātyandhā saṃvṛttā | iti hi nandaka ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi te nandaka ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ te nandaka śikṣitavyam* ||
asmin khalu dharmaparyāye bhāṣyamāṇe daśabhiḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam* | tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma: ime cānye ca ādīnavā mātsarye vāgduścarite ceti jñātvā mātsaryasya vāgduścaritasya ca prahāṇāya vyāyantavyam* | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo 'nye ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādayo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 120 --------------------
AVŚ_48 śreṣṭhī | (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 | śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ śreṣṭhī āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | so 'pareṇa samayena jetavanaṃ nirgataḥ | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punar bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tasmai bhagavatā saṃsāravairāgyikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā yāṃ śrutvā saṃsāradoṣadarśī nirvāṇe guṇadarśī bhūtvā bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ | pravrajitaś ca jñāto mahāpuṇyaḥ saṃvṛtto lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇām* | sa gṛhītapariṣkāro labdhaṃ labdhaṃ saṃcayaṃ karoti, na tu sabrahmacāribhiḥ saha saṃvibhāgaṃ karoti | sa tena mātsaryeṇa sevitena bhāvitena bahulīkṛtena pariṣkārādhyavasitaḥ kālagataḥ svake layane preteṣūpapannaḥ ||
tato 'sya sabrahmacāribhir muṇḍikāṃ gaṇḍīṃ parāhatya śarīrābhinirhāraḥ kṛtaḥ | tato 'sya śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā vihāram āgatāḥ | tato layanadvāraṃ vimucya pātracīvaraṃ pratyavekṣitum ārabdhāḥ | yāvat paśyanti taṃ pretaṃ vikṛtakaracaraṇanayanaṃ paramabībhatsāśrayaṃ pātracīvaram avaṣṭabhyāvasthitam* | tathāvikṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhikṣavaḥ saṃvignā bhagavate niveditavantaḥ | tato bhagavāṃs tasya kulaputrasyānugrahārthaṃ śiṣyagaṇasyodvejanārthaṃ mātsaryasya cāniṣṭavipākasaṃdarśanārthaṃ bhikṣugaṇaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛtas taṃ pradeśam anuprāptaḥ | tato 'sau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cāsya bhagavato 'ntike prasādo jātaḥ | sa vyapatrapitavān* | tato bhagavān sajalajaladagambhīradundubhisvaraḥ pretaṃ paribhāṣitavān: bhadramukha tvayaivaitad ātmavadhāya pātracīvaraṃ samudānītam*, yenāsyapāyeṣūpapannaḥ | sādhu mamāntike cittaṃ prasādaya, asmāc ca pariṣkārāc cittaṃ virāgaya | mā haiva itaḥ kālaṃ kṛtvā narakeṣūpapatsyasa iti | tataḥ pretaḥ saṃghe pātracīvaraṃ niryātya bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya atyayaṃ deśitavān* | tato bhagavatā pretasya nāmnā dakṣiṇā ādiṣṭā:
ito dānād dhi yat puṇyaṃ tat pretam anugacchatu |
uttiṣṭhatu kṣipram ayaṃ pretalokāt sudāruṇāt*