Avadānaśataka · Chapter 69

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīm upaniśritya viharati | yāvad vipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayād ivāgnir nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtaḥ, tasya rājñā bandhumatā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samantayojanaś catūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośam uccatvena, yatrānekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kārān kṛtvā svargamokṣaparāyaṇāni bhavanti | yāvad goṣṭhikānāṃ
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śataṃ nirgatam* | taṃb stūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgataguṇān anusmṛtya tais tatra stūpe ekapuruṣeṇa vā ekadehinā vā ekātmanā vā ekacitteneva ekātmabhāveneva (Speyer: ekapuruṣeṇevaikadehinevaikātmanevaikacittenevaikātmabhāveneva) sarvair ekasamūhībhūtaiḥ prasannacittakaiḥ prītijātair ekātmanībhūtais tatra stūpe puṇyadhūpagandhamālyavilepanāni naivedyarasarasāgrabhojyāni sarvopahārāṇi copaḍhaukitāni | dhvajavitānacchatrāṇi cāropitāni | āropya ekasamūhībhūtvā ekasvareṇa stūtiṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaśatasahasraṃ kṛtam* | tatas taiḥ sarvair ekātmabhāvenaikacittakena praṇidhānaṃ kṛtvā: anena kuśalamūlenāsmākaṃ tathaivaikātmajātā ekacittakāḥ samānadehāḥ samānācārāḥ samānadharmāḥ samānapuṇyāḥ samanirvāṇā bhavantu iti | tatraiva stūpe evaṃ bhaktiparāyaṇā nirvṛttāḥ ||
### <The text in all MS is mutilated. The para must beginn with kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavaḥ ... saṃvṛttāḥ.> {kiṃ manyadhve bhukṣavaḥ ... saṃvṛttāḥ} | tenaiva hetunā idānīm ekapeśījātāḥ samarūpāḥ samadehabhāvāḥ samātmacittāḥ samabalavīryaparākramāḥ samācārāḥ samadharmeṣu parāyaṇāḥ samaṃ srotāpattiphalaṃ prāptāḥ, samaṃ cārhatvaṃ prāptāḥ | iti hi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇām ekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ, ekāntaśuklānām ekāntaśuklaḥ, vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśraḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava ekāntakṛṣṇāni karmāṇy apāsya vyatimiśrāṇi ca, ekāntaśukleṣv eva karmasv ābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||
idam avocad bhagavān* | āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||
AVŚ_69 sūryaḥ | (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 kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme | kapilavastuni anyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī | tena sadṛśāt kulāt kalatram ānītam* | sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati | tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jāto 'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko maheśākhyaḥ śirasi maṇiratnayuktaḥ | ### <Tib transl. seems to add afew sentaneces here, describing the sun line splendour of the gem on the crest. Cf. tasya maṇiratnasya prabhayā sarvaṃ gṛham avabhāsitaṃ sūryasyeva.> | tasya jatau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate: kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti | jñātaya ūcuḥ: yasmād asya dārakasya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtam*, tasya maṇiratnasya prabhayā sarvaṃ gṛham avabhāsitaṃ sūryasyeva, tasmād asya
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sūryo nāma bhavatu iti | sūryo dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyām aṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām* | so 'ṣṭābhir dhātrībhir unnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiś cottaptottaptair upakaraṇaviśeṣaiḥ | āśu vardhate hradastham iva paṅkajam* | sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalas tyāgaruciḥ pradānakauśalo mahati tyāge vartate |
yāvad apareṇa samayena sūryo dārako nyagrodhārāmaṃ gataḥ | athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | sahadarśanāc cānena bhagavato 'ntike cittaṃ prasādya svaśirasi maṇiratnam uddhṛtya bhagavata upanāmitam* | tataḥ prasādajāto bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastān niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya | tato bhagavatā sūryasyānukampām upādāya tan maṇiratnam upagṛhyāśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā tena sūryeṇa dārakeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | sa dṛṣṭasatyo dānapradānāni datvā śramaṇabrāhmaṇavanīpakān duḥkhitān satvān saṃtarpayitvā mātāpitarāv anujñāpya bhagavataḥ śāsane pravrajitaḥ | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: kāni bhadanta sūryeṇa dārakeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāny yena śirasi maṇiratnaṃ jātam*, yena ca maheśākhyo 'rhatvaṃ ca prāptam iti | bhagavān āha: sūryeṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | sūryeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca:
na praṇaśyanti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api |
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām*