Avadānaśataka · Chapter 49

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tataḥ sa preto bhagavati cittaṃ prasādya kālagataḥ pretamarddhikeṣūpapannaḥ | tataḥ pretamaharddhikaś calavimalakuṇḍaladharo hārārdhahāravirājitagātro maṇiratnavicitramauliḥ kuṅkumatamālapatraspṛkkādisaṃsṛṣṭagātras
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 121 --------------------
tasyām eva rātrau divyānām utpalapadmakumudapuṇḍarīkamandāravāṇām utsaṅgaṃ pūrayitvā sarvaṃ jetavanam udāreṇāvabhāsenāvabhāsya bhagavataṃ puṣpair avakīrya bhagavataḥ purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | bhagavatā tathāvidhā dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā prasādajātaḥ prakrāntaḥ ||
bhikṣavaḥ pūrvarātrāpararātraṃ jāgarikāyogam anuyuktā viharanti | tair dṛṣṭo bhagavato 'ntike udāro 'vabhāsaḥ, yaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃdigdhā bhagavantaṃ paprachuḥ: kiṃ bhagavan asyām rātrau brahmā sahāṃpatiḥ śakro devendraś catvāro lokapālā bhagavantaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkrāntāḥ? bhagavān āha: na bhikṣavo brahmā sahāṃpatir na śakro devendro nāpi catvāro lokapālā māṃ darśanāyopasaṃkrāntāḥ | api sa pretaḥ kālaṃ kṛtvā pretamaharddhikeṣūpapannaḥ | sa imāṃ rātriṃ matsakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ | tasya mayā dharmo deśitaḥ | sa prasādajātaḥ prakrāntaḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣavo mātsaryaprahāṇāya vyāyantavyam* | ete doṣā na bhaviṣyanti, ye tasya śreṣṭhinaḥ pretabhūtasya | ity evaṃ bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo 'nye ca devāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādayo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_49 putrāḥ | (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 rājagṛham upaniśritya viharati sma veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | athāyuṣmān nāladaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyaḥ paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntaḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratisamarpya pretacārikāṃ prakrāntaḥ ||
sa gṛdhrakūṭaparvatasāmantake pretīṃ dadarśa yamarākṣasasadṛśīṃ rudhirabinducitām asthiśakalāparivṛtāṃ śmaśānamadhya ivāvasthitam* | rātriṃdivena pañca putrān prasūya tādṛśaṃ duḥkham anubhūya putrasnehe saty api kṣutkṣāmatayā putrāṃs tān bhakṣayantīm* | tataḥ sthaviro nāladas tāṃ pṛṣṭavān: kiṃ tvayā prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yenaivaṃvidhaṃ duḥkham anubhavasīti | pretī āha: āditye hi samudgate na dīpena prayojanam* | bhagavantam etam arthaṃ paripṛccha | sa te asmākīnāṃ karmaplotiṃ vyākariṣyatīti | yāṃ śrutvā anye 'pīha satvāḥ pāpāt karmaṇaḥ prativiraṃsyantīti | athāyuṣmān nālado yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ ||
tena khalu samayena bhagavān pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya catasṛṇāṃ parṣadāṃ madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ deśayati kṣaudraṃ madhv ivāneḍakam* | anekaśatā ca parṣad bhagavataḥ sakāśān madhuramadhuraṃ dharmaṃ
-------------------- Vaidya, p. 122 --------------------
śṛṇoty anijyamānair indriyaiḥ | tato buddhā bhagavantaḥ pūrvālāpinaḥ ehīti svāgatavādinaḥ smitapūrvaṃgamāś ca | tatra bhagavān āyuṣmantaṃ nāladam idam avocat*: ehi nālada, svāgataṃ te, kutas tvaṃ nālada etarhy āgacchasīti | nālada āha: āgacchāmy ahaṃ bhadanta pretacārikāyāḥ | tatrāhaṃ pretīm adrākṣaṃ yamarākṣasasadṛśīṃ rudhirabinducitām asthiśakalāparivṛtāṃ śmaśānamadhya ivāvasthitam* | āha ca:
pañca putrān ahaṃ rātrau divā pañca tathāparān* |
bhakṣayāmi janitvā tān nāsti tṛptas tathāpi me

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