Lalitavistara · Chapter 17

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duṣkaracaryāparivartaḥ saptadaśaḥ /
tena khalu punarbhikṣavaḥ samayena rudrako nāma rāmaputro rājagṛhaṃ nāma mahānagaramupanisṛtya viharati sma mahatā śiṣyagaṇena sārdhaṃ saptabhiḥ śiṣyaśataiḥ / sa tebhyo naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanasahavratāyai dharmaṃ deśayati sma / adrākṣīt khalvapi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo rudrakaṃ rāmaputraṃ saṃghegaṇinaṃ gaṇācāryaṃ jñātamabhīpsitaṃ bahujanapūjitaṃ paṇḍitasaṃmatam / dṛṣṭvā cāsyaitadabhūt - ayaṃ khalvapi rudrako rāmaputraḥ saṃghegaṇī gaṇācāryaḥ jñāto 'bhīpsito bahujanapūjitaḥ paṇḍitasaṃmataḥ / sacedahamasyāntikamupasaṃkramya vratatapamārabheyam, naiṣa mamāntike viśiṣṭasaṃjño bhavennāpi pratyakṣajñānena jñāto bhavennāpi saṃskṛtānāṃ sāśravānāṃ sopādānānāṃ dhyānasamādhisamāpattīnāṃ doṣo datto bhavet / yannvahaṃ tathārupamupāyamupasaṃdarśayeyaṃ yenaite ca pratyakṣā bhaveyuḥ / dhyānagocarāṇāṃ ca samāpattyārambaṇānāṃ laukikasamādhīnāmaniḥsaraṇatā darśitā bhavet / yannvahaṃ rudrakasya rāmaputrasya sakāśamupasaṃkramya svasamādhiguṇaviśeṣodbhāvanārthaṃ śiṣyatvamabhyupagamya saṃskṛtasamādhīnāmasāratāmupadarśayeyamiti //
atha khalu bhikṣavo bodhisattva idamarthavaśamadhikṛtya yena rudrako rāmaputrastenopasaṃkrāmat / upasaṃkramya rudrakaṃ rāmaputrametadavocat - kaste mārṣa śāstā, kasya vā dharmaṃ deśitamājānāsi?
ityevamukte rudrako rāmaputro bodhisattvamevamāha - na me mārṣa kaścicchāstā / api tu khalu punaḥ svayameva mayedaṃ samyagadhigatamiti / bodhisattva āha - kiṃ bhavatādhigatam? āha - naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanasamāpattermārgaḥ / bodhisattva āha - labhemahi vayaṃ bhavataḥ sakāśādavavādānuśāsanīyasya samādhermārgam? āha - vāḍhamastviti / yāvaddatto 'vavādo 'bhūt //
tato bodhisattva ekāntaṃ gatvā paryaṅkamābhujyopaviśati sma / samanantaropaviṣṭasya ca bodhisattvasya puṇyaviśeṣeṇa ca jñānaviśeṣeṇa ca pūrvasucaritacaryāphalaviśeṣeṇa ca sarvasamādhiparicayaviśeṣeṇa ca dhyānapramukhāni sarvāṇi laukikāni lokottarāṇi samāpattiśatānyāmukhībhavanti sma sākārāṇi soddeśāni yathāpi taccittavaśavartitvāt / atha ca bodhisattvaḥ smṛtaḥ saṃprajānan utthāyāsanādyena rudrako rāmaputrastenopasaṃkrāmat / upasaṃkramya rudrakaṃ rāmaputramevamāha astyanyo 'pi mārṣa kaściduttare naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanasamāpattermārgaḥ? so 'bravīt - nāstīti //
tato bodhisattvasyaitadabhavat - na khalu rudrakasyaivāsti śraddhā vīryaṃ smṛtiḥ prajñā / mamāpyasti śraddhā vīryaṃ smṛtiḥ samādhiḥ prajñā /
atha bodhisattvo rudrakaṃ rāmaputramevamāha - mayāpyeṣa mārṣa dharmo 'dhigato yatra tvaṃ niryātaḥ / so 'vocat - tena hyāgaccha, tvaṃ cāhaṃ cemaṃ gaṇaṃ pariharāva iti / samānārthe ca bodhisattvaṃ ( Vaidya 181 ) sthāpayati sma ācāryasthāne ca / bodhisattva āha - naiṣa mārṣa mārgo nirvṛtaye na virāgāya na nirodhāya nopaśamāya nābhijñāyai na saṃbodhaye na śrāmaṇāya na brāhmaṇāya na nirvāṇāya saṃvartate //
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo rudrakasya rāmaputrasya saśiṣyasyāvarjanīkṛtva yāvadalamiti kṛtvā prakrāmat - alaṃ mamāneneti //
tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcakā bhadravargīyā rudrake rāmaputre brahmacaryaṃ caranti sma / teṣāmetadabhūt - yasya khalu vayamarthāya dīrgharātraṃ ghaṭāmahe udyujyāmahe, na ca śaknumo 'ntaṃ vā paryantaṃ cādhigantum, tacchramaṇena gautamenālpakakṛcchaṇādhigantuṃ sākṣātkṛtam / taccāsya na rocate / tathā cottari paryeṣate / niḥsaṃśayameṣa śāstā loke bhaviṣyati / yaccaiṣa sākṣātkariṣyati, tadasmabhyaṃ saṃvibhakṣyatīti / evaṃ vimṛṣya pañcakā bhadravargīyā rudrakarāmaputrasakāśādapakramya bodhisattvamanvabadhnan //
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo yathābhipretaṃ rājagṛhe vihṛtya magadheṣu cārikāṃ prakrāmat sārdhaṃ pañcakairbhadravargīyaiḥ //
tena khalu punaḥ samayenāntarācca rājagṛhasya antarācca gayāyā yo 'nyatamo gaṇa utsavaṃ karoti sma, tena ca gaṇena bodhisattvo 'bhinimantrito 'bhūt vāsena bhaktena ca sārdhaṃ pañcakairbhadravargīyaiḥ //
atha khalu bhikṣavo bodhisattvo magadheṣu caryāṃ caran yena māgadhakānāṃ gayā tāmanusṛtya tāmanuprāpto 'bhūt / tatra khalvapi bhikṣavo bodhisattvaḥ prahāṇārthī viharati sma gayāśīrṣe parvate / tatrāsya viharatastisra upamāḥ pratibhānti sma aśrutapūrvā anabhijñātapūrvāḥ / katamāstisraḥ? ye kecitte khalvapi śramaṇabrāhmaṇāḥ kāmebhyo 'navakṛṣṭakāyā viharanti sma / kāmebhyo 'navakṛṣṭacittāśca viharanti sma / yāpi caiṣāṃ kāmeṣu nandiḥ kāmeṣu rāgaḥ kāmeṣu chandaḥ kāmeṣu tṛṣṇā kāmeṣu pipāsā kāmeṣu mūrchā kāmeṣu paridāhaḥ kāmeṣvadhyavasānatā, sāpyanupaśāntā / kiṃ cāpi te ātmopakramikāṃ śarīropatāpikāṃ duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāmamanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayante / atha tarhi abhavyā eva te uttarimanuṣyadharmādalamāryajñānadarśanaviśeṣaṃ sākṣātkartum / tadyathāpi nāma puruṣo 'gnyarthī jyotirgaveṣī jyotiṃ paryeṣamāṇaḥ sa ārdraṃ kāṣṭhamādāya ārdrāṃ cottarāraṇīmudake prakṣipya mathnīyāt, abhavyo 'sāvagnimutpādayituṃ tejaḥ prāduṣkartum / evameva ya ime śramaṇabrāhmaṇāḥ kāmebhyo 'navakṛṣṭakāyā anavakṛṣṭacittāśca viharanti, yāpyeṣāṃ kāmeṣu nandiḥ kāmeṣu rāgaḥ kāmeṣu chandaḥ kāmeṣu tṛṣṇā kāmeṣu pipāsā kāmeṣu mūrchā kāmeṣu paridāhaḥ kāmeṣvadhyavasānaṃ tadapyanupaśāntam / kiṃ cāpi te ātmopakramikāṃ śarīropatāpikāṃ duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāṃ vedanāṃ vedayante / atha tarhi abhavyā evottarimanuṣyadharmādalamāryajñānadarśanaviśeṣaṃ sākṣātkartum / iyaṃ bodhisattvasya prathamā upamā pratibhāti sma //
bhūyaścāsyaitadabhūt - ya ime śramaṇabrāhmaṇāḥ kāmebhyo vyapakṛṣṭakāyacittā viharanti, yāpi teṣāṃ kāmeṣu nandīti sarvaṃ kartavyaṃ yāvajjyotiṃ paryeṣata iti / sa ārdraṃ kāṣṭhamādāya sthale sthāpayitvā ārdrāṃ cottarāraṇiṃ mathnīyāt, abhavyo 'sāvagnimutpādayitum / evameva ye ime śramaṇabrāhmaṇā iti sarvaṃ pūrvavatkāryaṃ yāvadabhavyā uttarimanuṣyadharmādalamāryajñānadarśanaviśeṣaṃ sākṣātkartum / iyaṃ dvitīyā upamā pratibhāti sma pūrvamaśrutā cāvijñātā ca //

punaraparaṃ ya ime śramaṇabrāhmaṇā bhavantaḥ kāmebhyo vyapakṛṣṭakāyacittā viharanti, yāpi teṣāṃ kāmeṣu nandiḥ / iti sarvaṃ peyālam / tadapyeṣāmupaśāntam / kiṃ cāpi te ātmopakramikāṃ śarīropatāpikāṃ duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukāṃ vedanāṃ vedayante / atha khalu punarbhavyā eva te uttarimanuṣyadharmādalamāryajñānadarśanaviśeṣaṃ sākṣātkartum / tadyathāpi nāma iha syātpuruṣo 'gnyarthī jyotirgaveṣī jyotiḥ paryeṣamāṇaḥ, sa śuṣkaṃ kāṣṭhamādāya śuṣkāṃ cottarāraṇiṃ sthale pratiṣṭhāpya mathnīyāt, sa bhavyo 'gnimabhinirvartayituṃ tejaḥ prāduṣkartum / evameva ya ime bhavantaḥ śramaṇabrāhmaṇā iti sarvaṃ yāvadvedanāṃ vedayanta iti / atha ca punarbhavyā eva te uttarimanuṣyadharmādalamāryajñānadarśanaviśeṣaṃ sākṣātkartum / iyaṃ tṛtīyā upamā pratibhāti sma aśrutapūrvā ca avijñātapūrvā ca //
atha khalu bhikṣavo bodhisattvasyaitadabhūt - ahaṃ khalvetarhi kāmebhyo vyapakṛṣṭakāyo viharāmi vyapakṛṣṭacittaśca / yāpi me kāmeṣu nandīti sarvaṃ yāvattadapi me upaśāntam / kiṃ cāpi ahamātmopakramikāṃ śarīropatāpikāṃ duḥkhāmiti peyālaṃ yāvadvedanāṃ vedmi / atha khalvahaṃ bhavya evottarimanuṣyadharmādalamāryajñānadarśanaviśeṣaṃ sākṣātkartum //
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo yathābhipretaṃ gayāyāṃ vihṛtya gayāśīrṣe parvate jaṅgāvihāramanucaṃkramyamāṇo yenorubilvā senāpatigrāmakastadanusṛtastadanuprāpto 'bhūt / tatrādrākṣīnnadīṃ nairañjanāmacchodakāṃ sūpatīrthāṃ prāsādikaiśca drumagulmairalaṃkṛtāṃ samantataśca gocaragrāmām / tatra khalvapi bodhisattvasya mano 'tīva prasannamabhūt - samo batāyaṃ bhūmipradeśo ramaṇīyaḥ pratisaṃlayanānurūpaḥ / paryāptamidaṃ prahāṇārthikakulaputrasya / ahaṃ ca prahāṇārthī / yannvahamihaiva tiṣṭheyam //
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvasyaitadabhūt - pañcakaṣāyakāle 'hamiha jambudvīpe 'vatīrṇo hīnādhimuktikeṣu sattveṣvākīrṇatīrthyavargeṣu nānādṛṣṭipraskanneṣu kāyapiṇḍagrāhābhiniviṣṭeṣu nānāvidhaiścātāpanaparitāpanaiḥ kāyaśuddhiṃ paryeṣante, prajñāpayanti ca saṃmūḍhāḥ / tadyathā - mantravicārakairhastapralehakairnayācanakairanāmantraṇakairanekamūlikairamatsyamāṃsakairavārṣikaiḥ surātuṣodakarvajanairekatripañcasaptakulabhikṣāgrahaṇairmūlaphalaśaivālakakuśapatragomayagomūtrapāyasadadhisarpiḥ phāṇitāmapiṣṭakamabhakṣaṇapānaiḥ sārasikāpotakasaṃdaṃśikotsṛṣṭasaṃprakṣālakaiḥ / grāmyāraṇyābhiśca vṛttibhiḥ / govratamṛgaśvavarāhavānarahastivrataiśca sthānamaunavīrāsanaiśca ekālāpakairyāvatsaptālāpakaiḥ / ekabhaktā ekāhorātracāturthyapañcaṣaṭkālāntarāśca ( Vaidya 183 ) pakṣakṣapaṇamāsakṣapaṇacāndrāyaṇaiśca gṛdhrolūkapakṣadhāraṇaiśca phalamuñjāsanavalkaladarbhabalbajoṣṭrakambalājakambalakeśakambalacarmaniveśanaiśca ārdrapaṭāstopakajālaśayanaiśca bhasmaśarkarāpāṣāṇaphalakakaṇṭakatṛṇamusalaśayanāvākchirotkuṭukasthaṇḍilaśayanaiśca ekavāsadvitricatuṣpañcaṣaṭsaptabahuvāsobhirnagnabhāvaiśca sthānāsthānavidhibhiśca dīrghakeśanakhaśmaśrujaṭāmakuṭadhāraṇaiśca ekakolatilataṇḍulāhāraiśca bhasmamasinirmālyoddhṛtatamorajapāṃśupaṅkaparimrakṣaṇaiśca lomamuñjakeśanakhacīvarapañjarakaraṅkadhāraṇaiśca uṣṇodakataṇḍulodakaparisrāvitakāmbalikasthālīpānīyapānaiśca aṅgāradhātukaṣāyatridaṇḍamuṇḍikakuṇḍikakapālakhaṭvāṅgadhāraṇaiśca śuddhiṃ pratyavagacchanti saṃmūḍhāḥ / dhūmapānāgnipānādityanirīkṣaṇapañcatapaikapādordhvabāhusthānaikacaraṇaiśca tapaḥ saṃcinvanti / tuṣādyaṅgāradāhanikumbhasādhanapakvaśilāpacanāgnijalapraveśanamarutīrthagamanamaraṇaiśceṣṭāṃ gatiṃ mṛgayante / oṃkāravaṣaṭkārasvadhākārasvāhākārāśīrvacanastuticayanāvāhanajapyamantrādhyayanadhāraṇakaraṇaiśca śuddhiṃ pratyavagacchanti / śuddhaṃ cātmānaṃ manyamānā imānāśrayante / tadyathā - brahmendrarudraviṣṇudevīkumāramātṛkātyāyanīcandrādityavaiśravaṇavaruṇavāsavāśvinaunāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragarākṣasapretabhūtakumbhāṇḍapārṣadagaṇapatipiśācāṃśca devarṣirājarṣibrahmarṣīśca namasyanti, teṣu ca sārasaṃjñino bhavanti / pṛthivyaptejovāyvākāśaṃ cāśrayante / girīnadīnadyutsasarohradataḍāgasāgarasaraḥpalvalapuṣkariṇīkūpavṛkṣagulmalatātṛṇasthāṇugoṣṭhaśmaśāna - catvaraśṛṅgāṭakāntarāpaṇamukhāni cāśrayante / gṛhastambhopalamusalāsidhanuparaśuśaraśaktitriśūlāṃśca namasyanti / dadhighṛtasarṣapayavapratisarādūrvāmaṇikanakarajatādibhiśca maṅgalaṃ pratyavagacchanti / evaṃvidhāni ime tīrthyāḥ kurvante, āśrayante ca saṃsārabhayabhītāḥ //
iha ca kecitparatra manyante svargāpavargāvasmākametebhyo nirvartsyeta iti mithyāmārgaprayātā aśaraṇe śaraṇasaṃjñino 'maṅgalye maṅgalasaṃjñino 'śuddhyā śuddhiṃ manyatoyannvahaṃ tādṛśaṃ vratatapoviśeṣamālabheyaṃ yathā sarvaparapravādinaśca nigṛhītāḥ syuḥ, karmakriyāpraṇaṣṭānāṃ ca sattvānāṃ karmakriyāvipraṇāśamādarśayeyam / dhyānagocarāṇāṃ ca rūpāvacarāṇāṃ ca devānāṃ dhyānaviśeṣopadarśanādāvarjanaṃ kuryāmiti //
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattva evaṃ cintayitvā ṣaḍvarṣikaṃ mahāghoraṃ vratatapaḥsuduṣkarātsuduṣkarāṃ duṣkaracaryāmālabhate sma / kena kāraṇenocyate duṣkaracaryeti? duṣkarakārikaiṣā, tenocyate duṣkaracaryeti / na sa kaścitsattvaḥ sattvanikāye saṃvidyate manuṣyo vā amanuṣyo vā, yaḥ samarthastathārūpaṃ duṣkaraṃ caritum, anyatra caramabhavikādbodhisattvāt, ya āsphānakadhyānaṃ samāpadyate sma / kena kāraṇenocyate āsphānakamiti? sa caturthadhyānamādita eva samāpadyamāna āśvāsapraśvāsānuparodhayati saṃnirodhayati / akalpaṃ tad dhyānamavikalpamaniñjanamapanītamaspandanaṃ sarvatrānugataṃ ca sarvatra cāniśritam / na ca tad dhyānaṃ jātu kenacitsamāpannaṃ pūrvaṃ śaiṣyeṇa vā aśaiṣyeṇa vā pratyekabuddhena ( Vaidya 184 ) vā caryāpratipannena vā bodhisattvena / ataścāsphānakaṃ nāmocyate / ākāśamaspharaṇamakaraṇamavikaraṇaṃ tacca sarvaṃ spharatīti hyākāśasamaṃ tad dhyānam / tenocyate āsphānakamiti //
atha khalu bhikṣavo bodhisattvo lokasyāścaryasaṃdarśanārthaṃ tīrthikānāṃ ca darpanirghātanārthaṃ parapravādināṃ ca nigrahārthaṃ devānāṃ cāvarjanārthamucchedaśāśvatavādināṃ ca sattvānāṃ krarmakriyāpraṇaṣṭānāṃ karmakriyāvatāraṇārthaṃ puṇyaphalodbhāvanārthaṃ jñānaphalasaṃdarśanārthaṃ dhyānāṅgavibhajanārtha kāyabalasthāmasaṃdarśanārthaṃ cittaśauryasaṃjananārthaṃ ca asaṃskṛtāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ paryaṅkamābhujya niṣīdati sma / niṣadya ca svakāyaṃ cetasā nigṛhṇīte sma, niṣpīḍayati sma //

tato me bhikṣavo haimantikāsvaṣṭakarātriṣu tathā kāyaṃ nigṛhṇato niṣpīḍayataḥ kakṣābhyāmapi svedāḥ praśravanti sma / lalāṭādapi svedāḥ praśravanti sma / bhūmau nipatanti sma avaśyāyanta ūṣmāyanto bāṣpāyantaḥ / tadyathāpi nāma balavān puruṣo durbalataraṃ puruṣaṃ grīvāyāṃ gṛhītvā niṣpīḍayet, evameva bhikṣava imaṃ kāyaṃ cetasā nigṛhṇato niṣpīḍayataḥ kakṣābhyāmapi svedāḥ praśravanti sma / lalāṭādapi svedāḥ praśravanti sma / bhūbhau nipatanti sma avaśyāyanta ūṣmāyanto bāṣpāyantaḥ //
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt - yannvahamāsphānakaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyeyam / tato me bhikṣava āsphānakaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyato mukhato nāsikātaścāśvāsapraśvāsā upaniruddhāvabhūtām / karṇachidrābhyāmuccaśabdā mahāśabdā niścaranti sma / tadyathāpi nāma karmāragagayā mathyamānāyāmuccaśabdo mahāśabdo niścarati, evameva me bhikṣavo mukhanāsikābhyāmāśvāsapraśvāsāvuparuddhāvabhūtāṃ śrotachidrābhyāmuccaśabdo mahāśabdo niścarati sma //
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt - yannvahaṃ bhūya āsphānakaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyeyamiti / tato me bhikṣavo mukhanāsikāśrotrāṇyuparuddhāni cābhūvan / teṣūparuddheṣu vāyururdhvaṃ śiraḥkapālamupanihanti sma / tadyathāpi nāma bhikṣavaḥ puruṣaḥ kuṇḍayā śaktyā śiraḥkapālamupahanyād, evameva me bhikṣavo mukhanāsikāśrotreṣūparuddheṣu āśvāsapraśvāsā urdhvaṃ śiraḥkapālamupanighnanti sma //
tāṃ cāvasthāṃ dṛṣṭvā bodhisattvasya tatra keciddevā evamāhu - kaṣṭaṃ bhoḥ kālagato batāyaṃ siddhārthaḥ kumāraḥ / apare evamāhuḥ - nāyaṃ kālagataḥ / api tudhyānavihāra eṣo 'rhatāmevaṃvidha iti / tasyāṃ ca velāyamimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣanta -
mā khalvayaṃ śākyanarendragarbho hyapūrṇasaṃkalpa ihaiva raṇye /
kṛtvā trilokaṃ dukhitaṃ hyanāthaṃ kālaṃ kariṣyatyakṛtārtha eva

hā sattvasārā sadṛḍhapratijñā saddharmayajñena nimantritābhūt /
vayaṃ purā te tuṣiteṣu nāthā kva sā pratijñā tava śuddhasattva

atha te devaputrāstrāyatriṃśeṣu deveṣu gatvā māyādevyā evamarthaṃ śrāvayanti - kālagataḥ kumāraḥ / atha māyādevī apsarāgaṇaparivṛtā ardharātrasamaye nairañjanāyāstīre yena bodhisattvastenopasaṃkrāntā / sā paśyati sma bodhisattvaṃ śuṣkagātram / kālagatamiva dṛṣṭvā bāṣpagadgadakaṇṭhā roditumārabdhā / tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata -
yadā jāto 'si me putra vane lumbinisāhvaye /
siṃhavaccāgṛhītastvaṃ prakrāntaḥ sapta padā svayam

diśāṃ cālokya cature vācā te pravyāhṛtā śubhā /
iyaṃ me paścimā jātiḥ sā te na paripūritā

asitenābhinirdiṣṭo buddho loke bhaviṣyasi /
kṣuṇṇaṃ vyākaraṇaṃ tasya na dṛṣṭā tena nityatā

cakravartiśriyaṃ putra napi bhuktā manoramā /
na ca bodhimanuprāpto yāto 'si nidhanaṃ vane

putrārthe kaṃ prapadyāmi kaṃ va krandāmi duḥkhitā /
ko me dadyekaputrasya kiṃcitprāṇasya jīvitam

bodhisattva āha -
kaiṣā ati tvāṃ karuṇaṃ rudāsi prakīrṇakeśā vinivṛttaśobhā /
putraṃ hyatīvā paridevayantī viceṣṭamānā dharaṇītalasthā

māyādevī āha -
mayā tu daśamāsāṃ vai kukṣau vajra ivā dhṛtaḥ /
sā te 'haṃ putrakā mātā vilapāmi suduḥkhitā

atha bodhisattva āśvāsayannuvāca - na bhetavyaṃ putralālase, śramaṃ te saphalaṃ kariṣyasi / amoghaṃ buddhaparityāgam / asitanirdeśaṃ ca vyaktaṃ kariṣyāmi / dīpaṃkarasya vyākaraṇaṃ vyaktīkariṣyāmi ca /
api śatadhā vasudhā vikīryeta meruḥ plave cāmbhasi ratnaśṛṅgaḥ /
candrārkatārāgaṇa bhū pateta pṛthajano naiva ahaṃ mriyeyam /
yasmānna śoko tvayi atra kāryo na vai cirād drakṣyasi buddhabodhim

sahaśravaṇādeva devī māyā saṃpraharṣitaromakūpajātā bodhisattvaṃ māndāravapuṣpairabhyavakirya tripradakṣiṇīkṛtvā divyatūryaiḥ saṃpravādyamānairyena svabhavanaṃ tenopajagāma //
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt - santyeke śramaṇabrāhmaṇā ye alpāhāratayā śuddhiṃ manyante / yannvahamalpāhāratayā pratipadyeyamiti / abhijānāmyahaṃ bhikṣava ekamevādvitīyaṃ kolamāhāramāhartum / syātkhalu punarbhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ eṣā buddhiḥ - mahattaraṃ tatra kāle kolamāsīditi / na khalvevaṃ draṣṭavyam / atha khalviyadeva tatra kāle kolamabhūt / tasya me bhikṣava ekameva kolamāhāramāharato 'dvitīyaṃ kāyo 'tyarthaṃ karśito 'bhūddurbalaḥ / tadyathāpi nāma bhikṣava āsītakīparvāṇi vā kālāparvāṇi vā, evameva me 'ṅgapratyaṅgānyabhūvan / tadyathāpi nāma karkaṭapārśukā, evameva me pārśukā abhūvan / tadyathāpi nāma vāhanakāraśālāyāṃ vā hastiśālāyāṃ vā jīrṇāyāmubhayato vivṛtāyāṃ gopānasyāntarikāśca virājante vyavabhāsante, evameva me pārśukā antaḥkāye ubhayato virājante sma vyavabhāsante sma / tadyathāpi nāma vartanyā veṇī unnatāvanatā bhavati samaviṣamā, evaṃ me pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭako 'bhūdunnatāvanataḥ samaviṣamaḥ / tadyathā tiktakālābustaruṇo lūna āmlāno bhavati saṃmlānaḥ samutpuṭakajātaḥ evameva śira āmlānamabhūtsaṃmlānaṃ samutpuṭakajātam / tadyathāpi nāma grīṣmāṇāṃ paścime māse kūpatārakā dūragatā bhavanti, kṛcchreṇa saṃprakāśyante, evameva me 'kṣitārakau duragatāvabhūtāṃ kṛcchreṇa saṃprakāśyete sma / tadyathāpi nāmājapadaṃ voṣṭrapadaṃ vā, evameva me kakṣākukṣivakṣādīnyabhūvan / tato yadāhaṃ bhikṣavaḥ pāṇinā kukṣiṃ spṛśāmīti pṛṣṭhikaṇṭakamevāsprākṣam / uttiṣṭhāmīti cābhisaṃskurvaṃstathaivāvakubjaḥ prayāmeṇa prāpatam / tataḥ kṛcchreṇotthito 'pi pāṃśukṛtāni gātrāṇi pāṇinā pramṛjato me pūtiromāṇi kāyācchīryante sma / yāpi me 'bhūtpaurāṇī śubhavarṇatanuḥ sāpyantaradhādyathāpīdaṃ rūkṣapradhānaṃ prahitātmanaḥ / sāmantāśca me gocaragrāmavāsina evaṃ saṃjānante sma - kālako bata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ / śyāmako bata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ / madguracchavirbata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ / yāpyasyābhūtpaurāṇī śubhavarṇā nibhā, sāpyantarhitā //
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt - yannvahaṃ bhūyasyā mātrayālpāhāratayā pratipadyeyamiti / abhijānāmyahaṃ bhikṣava ekameva taṇḍulamadvitīyamāhāramāhartum / syādbhikṣavo yuṣmākamevaṃ mahattaraṃ taṇḍulaṃ tasmin kāle 'bhūditi / na khalvevaṃ draṣṭavyam / athaitāvāneva tasmin kāle taṇḍulo 'bhūt / tasya me bhikṣava ekaṃ taṇḍulamāharataḥ kṣipraṃ kāyo 'bhūditi pūrvavadyāvanmadguracchavirbata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautama iti / yāpyasya sābhūtpaurāṇī śubhavarṇatanuḥ sāpyantarhiteti //
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt - yannvahaṃ bhūyasyā mātrayālpāhāratāyai pratipadyeyamiti / abhijānāmyahaṃ bhikṣava ekameva tilamadvitīyamāhāramāhārayitum / peyālaṃ / yāvatsāpyasya śubhavarṇatanurantarhiteti //
tasya me bhikṣava etadabhūt - santyeke śramaṇabrāhmaṇā ye 'nāhāratayā śuddhiṃ manyante / yannvahaṃ sarveṇa sarvamanāhāratāyai pratipadyeyamiti / tato 'haṃ bhikṣavo 'nāhārasthito 'bhūvan / tasya me bhikṣavo 'nāhārasya kāyo 'tīva śuṣko 'bhūt kṛśo durbalaḥ, tadyathāpi nāma āsitakīparvāṇi vā kālāparvāṇi vā / tato dviguṇatriguṇacaturguṇapañcaguṇadaśaguṇaṃ me kṛśānyaṅgapratyaṅgānyabhūvan / tadyathā karkaṭakapārśukā vāhanaśālāyāṃ vā gopānasī (pārśve) dviparivartanā veṇīvatpṛṣṭhīkaṇṭakaḥ / tiktālābuvacchiraḥkapālam, kūpatārakā ivākṣitārake / so 'haṃ bhikṣavaḥ sādhukamuttiṣṭhāmīti gātrāṇyabhisaṃskurvannavakubjaḥ prāpatam / kṛcchreṇāpi cotthitaḥ pāṃśukṛtāni me gātrāṇi pramṛjataḥ pūtimūlāni romāṇyaśīryanta / yāpi me sābhūcchubhavarṇatanunibhā, sāpyantaradhāt / tadyathāpi tadrūkṣapradhānaprahitātmakatvāt / sāmantāśca me gocaragrāmavāsino janā evaṃ saṃjānante sma - kālako bata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ / śyāmako bata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ / madguracchavirbata bhoḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ / yāpyasya sābhūtpaurāṇī śubhavarṇanibhā sāpyantarhiteti //
rājāpi tadā śuddhodanaḥ pratipratidivasaṃ bodhisattvasyāntike dūtaṃ preṣayati sma //
iti hi bhikṣavo bodhisattvo lokasyādbhutakriyāsaṃdarśanārthaṃ pūrvavadyāvatkarmakriyāpraṇaṣṭānāṃ sattvānāṃ karmakriyāvatāraṇārthaṃ puṇyasaṃcayānāṃ codbhāvanārthaṃ mahājñānasya ca guṇasaṃdarśanārthaṃ dhyānāṅgānāṃ ca vibhajanārthamekatilakolataṇḍulena ṣaḍvarṣāṇi duṣkaracaryāmanuvartayantamupadarśayati sma / adīnamānasaḥ ṣaḍvarṣā bodhisattvo yathā niṣaṇṇa evāsthāt paryaṅkena / na ca īryāpathāccyavate sma / nātapācchāyāmagamanna chāyāyā ātapam / na ca vātātapavṛṣṭiparitrāṇamakaronna ca daṃśamaśakasarīsṛpānapanayati sma / na coccārapraśrāvaśleṣmasiṃhāṇakānutsṛjati sma / na ca samiñjanaprasāraṇamakarot / na ca pārśvodarapṛṣṭhasthānenāsthāt / ye 'pi ca te mahāmeghā durdinavarṣāśaniśaradgrīṣmahaimantikāḥ, te 'pi bodhisattvasya kāye nipatanti sma / na cāntato bodhisattvaḥ pāṇināpi pracchādanamakarot / na cendriyāṇi pithayati sma / na cendriyārthān gṛhṇite sma / ye ca tatrāgaman grāmakumārakā vā grāmakumārikā vā gopālakā vā paśupālakā vā tṛṇahārikā vā kāṣṭhahārikā vā gomayahārikā vā, te bodhisattvaṃ pāṃśupiśācamiti manyante sma / tena ca krīḍanti sma / pāṃśubhiścainaṃ mrakṣayanti sma //
tatra bodhisattvastaiḥ ṣaḍbhirvarṣaistāvallūhanyūnadurbalakāyaḥ saṃvṛtto 'bhūt, yadasya karṇaśrotābhyāṃ tṛṇatūlakaṃ prakṣipya nāsāśrotābhyāṃ niṣkāsyate sma / nāsāśrotābhyāṃ prakṣipya karṇaśrotābhyāṃ ( Vaidya 188 ) niṣkāsyate sma / karṇaśrotābhyāṃ prakṣipya mukhadvāreṇa niṣkāsyate sma / mukhadvāreṇa prakṣipya karṇanāsikāśrotābhyo niṣkāsyate sma / nāsāyāṃ prakṣipya karṇanāsikāmukhadvāreṇa niṣkāsyate sma //
ye ca te devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragā manuṣyāmanuṣyā bodhisattvasya guṇeṣu pratyakṣāḥ, te rātriṃdivaṃ samadhiṣṭhā bodhisattvasya pūjāṃ kurvanti sma / praṇidhānāni ca kurvanti sma //
tatra bodhisattvena tai ṣaḍbhirvarṣairduṣkaracaryāṃ saṃdarśayatā paripūrṇāni dvādaśanayutāni devamanuṣyāṇāṃ tribhiryānaiḥ paripācitānyabhūvan //
tatredamucyate -
tasya ca guṇānvitasya purādviniṣkramya bodhisattvasya /
cintā upāyayuktā sattvārthahitāya utpannā

pañcasu kaṣāyakāle hīne 'dharmādhimuktike loke /
jāto 'smi jambudvipe dharmakriyauddhure loke

ākīrṇa tīrthikagaṇaiḥ kautūhalamaṅgalairime yuktā /
kāyopakramakaraṇairmanyante bāliśāḥ śuddhim

agnipraveśamaruprapātapāṃśubhasmādimakṣitā nagnāḥ /
kāyaparitāpanārthaṃ pañcātapayogamanuyuktāḥ

mantrāvicārakaraṇā keciddhastāvalehakā abudhāḥ /
na ca kumbhamukhakaroṭānna dhārakuśalāntarācca gṛhṇanti

na ca yatra svānubhavatī na cāhitaṃ tena tiṣṭhavākyasya /
kulabhikṣa eka gṛhyā śuddhaṃ manyantihātmānam

varjenti sarpitailaṃ phāṇitadadhidugdhamatsyamāṃsāni /
śyāmākaśākabhakṣā mṛṇālagarḍulakaṇābhakṣāḥ

mūlaphalapatrabhakṣāḥ kuśacīvaracarmakambaladharāśca /
apare bhramanti nagnāḥ satyamidaṃ mohamanyaditi mūḍhāḥ

dhārenti ūrdhvahastā urdhvaṃkeśā jaṭāśca dhārenti /
mārgānatipranaṣṭā amārgasaṃsthāḥ sugatigamanakāmāḥ

tṛṇamusalabhasmaśayanāḥ kaṇṭakaśayanāśca utkuṭadhyāyi /
sthita kecidekapāde ūrdhvamukhāścandrasūrya paśyantaḥ

utsāṃ sarasataḍāgāṃ sāgarasaritaśca candrasūryau ca /
vṛkṣagiriśailaśikharāṃ kumbhaṃ dharaṇīṃ namasyante

vividhaiśca kāraṇaiste kāyaṃ pariśodhayanti saṃmūḍhāḥ /
mithyādṛṣṭiparītāḥ kṣipraṃ prapatantyapāyeṣu

yannūnamahaṃ vratatapa duṣkaracaryāṃ samārabhe ghorām /
yaṃ duṣkaraṃ na śakyaṃ carituṃ devairmanuṣyairvā

āsphānakaṃ ca dhyānaṃ dhyāyeyaṃ vajrakalpadṛḍhasthānam /
yaṃ dhyānaṃ na samarthāḥ pratyekajināpi darśayitum

santīha devamanujāḥ tīrthika lūhavratena hṛṣyante /
teṣa paripākaheto duṣkaravratatapa rabheya sūtīvram

paryaṅkamābhujitvā upaviṣṭo 'bhūtsthale asaṃstīrṇe /
kolatilataṇḍulenā āhāravidhiṃ vidarśayati

āśvāsaviprahīnaḥ praśvāsavarjitu na ceñjate bālavān /
ṣaḍvarṣāṇi pravaraṃ dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

kalpaṃ no na vikalpaṃ na ceñjanaṃ nāpimanyena pracāram /
ākāśadhātuspharaṇaṃ dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

na ca ātapātu chāyāṃ chāyāyā nātapaṃ gataścāsau /
meruriva niṣprakampyo dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

na ca vātavṛṣṭichadanaṃ na daṃśamaśakāsarīsṛpātrāṇam /
avikopitayā caryā dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

na ca kevalamātmārthaṃ dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam /
anyatra karuṇacitto bhāvī lokasya vipulārtham

ye grāmadārakāśca gopālāḥ kāṣṭhahāratṛṇahārāḥ /
pāṃśupiśācakamiti taṃ manyante pāṃśunā ca mrakṣanti

aśucīnā ca kirante vividhāste kāraṇāśca kārenti /
na ca iñjate bhramati vā dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

na ca namati no vinamate na kāyaparirakṣaṇā spṛśati /
kiṃcinnoccāraprasravaṃ śabdeṣu na saṃtrasī na paraprekṣī

saṃśuṣkamāṃsarudhiraṃ carmasnāyvasthikāśca avaśiṣṭā /
udarācca pṛṣṭhivaṃśo vidṛśyate vartitā yathā veṇī

ye te kṛtādhikārā devāḥ suranāgayakṣagandharvāḥ /
pratyakṣaguṇadharasyā karonti pūjāṃ divārātrau

praṇidhiṃ ca kurvate te vayamapi tādṛśa bhavāmahe kṣipram /
yatha eṣa gaganacitto dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

na ca kevalamātmārthaṃ na dhyānasvādanānna sukhabuddhyā /
anyatra karuṇabuddhyā kariṣyatyarthaṃ vipula loke

nihatāḥ parapravādā dhyāmīkṛta tīrthikā mativihīnāḥ /
karmakriyā ca darśita yā proktā kāśyape vācā

krakucchandakasya bodhi bodhiriha sudurlabhā bahubhi kalpaiḥ /
janatāyā ityarthaṃ dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam

dvādaśanayutā pūrṇā vinīta marumānuṣāstribhiryānaiḥ /
etadadhikṛtya sumati dhyāyatyāsphānakaṃ dhyānam