Avadānaśataka · Chapter 59

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani asminn eva bhadrake kalpe viṃśatisahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm upaniśritya viharati
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ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve | tatra ca kāle bhikṣūṇāṃ viniścaye vartamāne tripiṭo bhikṣuḥ pañcaśataparivāro viniścaye 'avasthitaḥ | tatra ca bhikṣavaḥ śaikṣāśaikṣāḥ | te tripiṭaṃ praśnaṃ pṛcchanti | sa na śaknoti vyākartum* | tena kupitena kharaṃ vākkarma niścāritam*: ime ca mahiṣā kiṃ prajānantīti | śiṣyair apy asyoktam: ime mahiṣīpālāḥ kiṃ prajānantīti ||
bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau mahiṣaḥ, ayam asau tripiṭaḥ | ye te śiṣyāḥ, ime te mahiṣīpālāḥ | tena karmaṇā pañca janmaśatāni mahiṣeṣūpapannāḥ | imāni ca pañca mahiṣīpālaśatāni saṃvṛttāni | yan mamāntike cittaṃ prasāditaṃ tena deveṣūpapannaḥ, satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtam* | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava vāgduścaritaprahāṇāya vyāyantavyaṃ yathā ete doṣā na bhaviṣyanti ye mahiṣasya mahiṣīpālāṇāṃ ca | eṣa eva guṇagaṇo bhaviṣyati yas tasyaiva devaputrabhūtasya | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_59 upoṣadhaḥ | (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 punaḥ samayena devānāṃ trāyastriṃśānām upoṣadho nāma devaputro 'sakṛdasakṛd bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāmati dharmaśravaṇāya | yāvad apareṇa samayena upoṣadho nāma devaputraḥ pañcaśataparivāro yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | atha bhagavān upoṣadhasya devaputrasya āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśīṃ caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān, yāṃ śrutvā upoṣadhena devaputreṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sa dṛṣṭasatyas trir udānam udānayati: idam asmākaṃ bhadanta na mātrā kṛtaṃ na pitrā na rājñā na devatābhir neṣṭena svajanabandhuvargeṇa na pūrvapretair na śramaṇabrāhmaṇair yad bhagavatāsmākaṃ kṛtam* | ucchoṣitā rudhirāśrusamudrāḥ, laṅghitā asthiparvatāḥ, pihitāny apāyadvārāṇi, vivṛtāni svargamokṣadvārāṇi, pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ smo devamanuṣyeṣu | āha ca:
tavānubhāvāt pihitaḥ sughoro
hy apāyamārgo bahudoṣayuktaḥ |
apāvṛtā svargagatiḥ supuṇyā
nirvāṇamārgaś ca mayopalabdhaḥ

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tvadāśrayāc cāptam apetadoṣaṃ
mayādya śuddhaṃ suviśuddhacakṣuḥ | (Speyer: suviśuddha cakṣuḥ)
prāptaṃ ca śāntaṃ padam āryakāntaṃ
tīrṇaś ca duḥkhārṇavapāram asmi

naravarendra narāmarapūjita
vigatajanmajarāmaraṇāmayam* |
bhavasahasrasudurlabhadarśana
saphalam adya mune tava darśanam*

avanamya tataḥ pralambahāraś
caraṇau dvāv abhivandya jātaharṣaḥ |
parigamya ca dakṣiṇaṃ jitāriṃ
suralokābhimukho divaṃ jagāma