Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra · Chapter 40

(tena khalu samayena kuśinagaryāṃ su)bhadraḥ parivrājaka(ḥ) prativasati jīrṇo vṛddho mahallakaḥ ||

sa vi(ṃśatiśatavayaskaḥ kauśināgarāṇāṃ mallānāṃ satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito 'rhan saṃmataḥ ||)

(aśr)auṣīt s(u)bhadraḥ parivrājakaḥ || adya śramaṇasya gautamasya (rātryā madhyame yāme 'nupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati ||)

(asti ca me dharmeṣu kāṅkṣitat)v(am ā)śā ca me santiṣṭhate pratibalaś ca (me) sa bhavāṅ gautamas t(at kāṅkṣitatvaṃ prativinodayitum ||)

(saced yena bhagavāṅ gautamas tenopasaṅkrameyam upasaṅkramya pṛccheyaṃ) kañcid eva pradeśam || saced avakāśaṃ kuryāt praśnasya vyākaraṇā(ya ||)

(śrutvā ca punaḥ kuśinagaryā niṣkramya yena yamakaśālavanaṃ tenopasaṅkrāntaḥ ||)

(tena khalu samaye)nāyuṣmān ānanda ārāmadvāre 'bhyavakāś(e) c(aṅk)r(ame caṅkramyate ||)

(adrākṣīt) subhadraḥ p(a)r(ivrājaka āyuṣmantam ānandaṃ dūrād eva || dṛṣṭvā ca punar yenāyuṣmān ānanda)s t(e)nopajagām(a || upetyāyuṣmanta)m ānandam idam avocat ||

śrutaṃ me bho ānandādya śramaṇ(asya gautamasya rātryā madhyame yāme 'nupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati ||)

(asti) ca me dharmeṣu kāṅkṣitatvam āśā ca me santiṣ(ṭhat)e pratibalaś ca me sa bh(avāṅ gautamas tat kāṅkṣitatvaṃ prativinodayitum ||)

(saced yena bhagavāṅ gautama)s tenopasaṅkrameyam upasaṅkramya pṛccheyaṃ kañcid eva pradeśaṃ sac(ed avakāśaṃ kuryāt praśnasya vyākaraṇāya ||)

(ānandāha || alaṃ subhadra mā bhagavantaṃ viheṭhaya śrāntakāyo bhagavāṅ klāntakāyaḥ sugataḥ ||)

(dvir api trir api subha)d(ra)ḥ parivrā(jaka āyuṣmantam ā)nandam idam avocat ||

śrutaṃ (bho ānanda purāṇānāṃ parivrājakānām antikāj jīrṇānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ mahatāṃ caraṇācāryāṇāṃ ka)dācit karh(icit tathāgatā ar)hantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā lo(ka utpadyante tadyathodumbaraṃ puṣpaṃ ||)

(tasya cādya bhagavato gautamasya rātryā madhyame yāme 'nu)padhiśe(ṣe nirvāṇadhātau parini)rvāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

(asti ca me dharmeṣu kāṅkṣitatvam āśā ca me santiṣṭhate pratibalaś ca me sa bhavāṅ gautamas tat kāṅkṣitatvaṃ prativinodayitum ||)

(saced yena bhagavāṅ gautamas tenopasaṅkrameyam upasaṅkramya pṛccheyaṃ kañcid eva pradeśam || saced avakāśaṃ kuryāt praśnasya vyākaraṇāya ||)

(punar a)py (ā)yuṣmān ān(andaḥ subhadraṃ parivrāja)k(a)m (i)dam avocat ||

(alaṃ subhadra mā tathāgataṃ viheṭhaya śrāntakāyo bhagavāṅ klāntakāyaḥ sugataḥ ||)

(imaṃ ca punar āyuṣmata ānandasya subhadreṇa) par(iv)r(ājakena) s(ā)rdham antarāk(athāṃ viprakṛtām aśrauṣīd bhagavān divyena) śrotr(e)ṇa vi(śuddhe)nātikrānta(mā)nuṣeṇa || śrutv(ā ca punar āyuṣmantam ānanda)m āmantrayate ||

al(am ānanda) mā subhad(r)aṃ pariv(rājakaṃ vāraya pravi)śatu pṛcchatu yad yad evākāṅkṣate || tat kasmād dhetoḥ || ayaṃ (me paści)mo 'nyatī(r)thik(a)p(arivrājakaiḥ sārdham a)ntarākath(ā)samu(dāhāraḥ || ayaṃ ca m)e paścimo bhav(iṣyati sākṣācchrā)vakāṇām ehibhikṣukapravr(ajitānāṃ yad uta subhadraḥ parivrājakaḥ ||)

(atha subha)dra(ḥ) parivrājako bhag(avatā kṛtāvakāśo hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramudita) udagraḥ prītisaumanasyajā(to yena bhagavāṃs) t(e)nopa(saṃkrāntaḥ ||)

(upasaṃkramya bhagavat)ā sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanī(ṃ) saṃrañjan(īṃ) kathā(ṃ) vividhām upasa(ṃ)hṛtyaikānte nyaṣīdat ||

ekāntaniṣaṇṇ(aḥ subhadraḥ parivrājako bhagavanta)m (i)dam avo(cat ||)

pṛccheyam ahaṃ bho gautama kañcid eva pradeśam || saced avakāśaṃ kuryāt praśnasya vyākar(aṇāya ||)

<Nur Tib. und Chin.>

(yānīmāni bho gauta)ma pṛthag loke tīrthyāyatan(ā)n(i) tadyathā pūraṇaḥ kāśyapo maskarī gośālīputraḥ saṃjayī (vai)ru(ṭī)p(ut)r(o 'jitaḥ keśakambalaḥ kakudaḥ kātyāyano nir)grantho jñātiputraḥ pratyajñāsiṣur ime s(vāṃ) svā(ṃ) pratijñām ||

atha bhagavāṃs tasyāṃ vel(āyā)ṃ gā(th)e babhāṣe ||

(ekonatriṃśo vayasā subhadra
yat prāvrajaṃ kiṃ ku)ś(a)laṃ gaveṣī ||
pañcāśad (varṣā)ṇi samādhikā(ni
ya)taś cāha(ṃ) pravrajita(ḥ) subhadra | 1

śīlaṃ samā(dhiś caraṇaṃ ca vidyā
caikāgratā cetaso bhāvitā me ||
ārya)sya dharmasya pradeśavaktā
ito bahirdh(ā) ś(ra)maṇo hi nāsti | 2

yasmin subhadra dharmavinaya āryāṣṭāṅgo mārgo nopalabhy(ate prathamaḥ śramaṇa)s tatra nopalabh(yate) dv(i)t(ī)yas tṛtīy(aś catu)r(thaḥ) ś(ra)m(aṇas ta)tra nopala(bh)yate ||

yasmiṃs tu subhadra dharmavinaya āryāṣṭāṅgo mā(r)ga upal(abhyate prathamaḥ) ś(ra)maṇas tatropalabhyate (dvitīyas tṛtīyaś caturtha)ḥ śramaṇas t(atropa)labhyate ||

asmin subhadrārye dharmavinaye ā(ryāṣṭāṅgo mārga upalabhyate tadya)thā samyagd(ṛ)ṣ(ṭiḥ samyaksaṅkalpaḥ samyagvāk samyakkarmāntaḥ samyagājīvaḥ) samyagvyāyāmaḥ samyaksmṛt(i)ḥ samyaksam(ā)dh(iḥ || iha) prath(amaḥ śramaṇa upalabhyata iha dvitīya iha tṛtīya iha caturtho na santīto bahiḥ) ś(ra)maṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ||

śūnyāḥ paraprav(aca)n(ā)ḥ śramaṇair vā brāhmaṇair vā || evam (atra parṣadi samyaksiṃhanādaṃ nadā)mi ||

asmin kha(lu dharmapa)ryāye (bhā)ṣyamāṇe subhadrasya parivrājakasya virajo vigatamalaṃ dharmeṣu dharmacakṣur utp(annam ||)

(atha subhadraḥ parivrājako dṛṣṭadharmā prāptadhar)m(ā) paryava(gā)ḍhadharmā tīrṇakāṅkṣ(as tī)rṇavicikitso 'parapratyayo 'nanyan(e)y(aḥ śāstuḥ śāsane dharmeṣu vaiśāradyaprāpta utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam u)ttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yenāyuṣmān ānandas t(e)nāñjaliṃ praṇamyāyuṣmantam ā(na)nd(am ida)m avoc(at ||)

(lābhā bhadantānandena sulabdhā yad bhagavatānand)o mahācāryeṇa mahā(cā)ryāntevāsyabhiṣekeṇābhiṣiktaḥ || asmākam api syur lābhāḥ sul(a)bdh(ā yad va)yaṃ (labhemahi svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam ||)

(a)thāyuṣ(mā)n ānando bhagavantam idam avocat ||

aya(ṃ) bhadanta subhadraḥ pari(v)r(ājaka ākāṅkṣate svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam ||)

(tatra bhagavān) subh(adraṃ) parivrājakam āmantrayate ||

ehi bhikṣo cara brahmacar(ya)m ||

saiva (ta)sy(āyuṣ)m(ataḥ) pravr(aj)y(ā)bhūt saivopasaṃpat sa eva bh(i)kṣubhāva(ḥ ||)

evaṃ pravrajitaḥ (sa) āyuṣm(ān eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā vyahārṣīt || eko vyapakṛṣṭo 'pramatta ātāpī prahitātmā viharan)

yasy(ār)th(aṃ) kulaputrāḥ k(e)ś(aśma)ś(rū)ṇy avat(ā)rya k(āṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya) samyag eva śraddhayāgārād anagārikāṃ pravrajanti tad anuttaraṃ brahmacaryaparyavasānaṃ dṛṣṭa eva dharme svayam abhijñāya sākṣ(ātkṛtyopasaṃpadya prave)dayati ||

kṣīṇā me jātir uṣitaṃ brahmacaryaṃ kṛtaṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparam asmād bhavaṃ prajānāmi ||

ājñātavān sa āyuṣmān (ar)h(an) babhū(va suvimuktaḥ ||)

(puna)r athāyuṣmataḥ subhadrasyaitad abhavat ||

na mama pratirūpaṃ syād yad ahaṃ śāstāraṃ parinirvāyantaṃ paśyeyaṃ yannv ahaṃ prathamatar(aṃ parinirvāyeyam iti ||)

tatrāyuṣmān subhadraḥ prathamataraḥ parinirvṛta(ḥ) ||

tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayate ||

tasmāt tarhi bhikṣavo 'dyāgreṇā(nya)t(īrthi)kā na pravrājayitavyā nopasaṃpādayitavyāḥ sthāpayitvā jñātiśākyaṃ vāgneyaṃ vā jaṭilam ||

jñātiśākya āgacchet tīrthikadhvajena yady (ā)k(ā)ṅ(kṣeta) dharmavinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvaṃ tam e(vākāṅkṣa)m(ā)ṇaṃ bhikṣavaḥ pravrājayeyur upasaṃpādayeyuḥ ||

tat kasmād dhetoḥ || dadāmy ahaṃ jñātīnāṃ (jñātyabhyanujñāna)m ||

anyatīrthikaparivrājakā āgaccheyur yady ākāṅkṣey(uḥ svākhyāte dharma)vinaye pravrajyām upasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvaṃ tata enāṃ bhikṣavaś caturo māsā(n upādhyāyenākā)lakaiś cīvaraiḥ parivāsayitavyaṃ manyeyuḥ ||

(caturṇāṃ māsā)nām atyayāt parivāsinaḥ paryupāsya bhikṣusaṃghasyārādhitacittās tata en(ān ākāṅkṣamāṇān pravrāja)y(e)yur upasa(ṃ)p(ā)day(e)yuḥ ||

pravrāj(a)y(a)t(a bhik)ṣ(ava) āgneyāñ jaṭilān || upasaṃpādayata bhikṣava āgneyāñ jaṭilān || tat kasmād dhetoḥ ||

karmavādi(no hi bhikṣava) āgneyā jaṭilāḥ kriyāvādino hetuvādino vīrya(vādinaḥ ||)

(ta)smāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam ||

yat karmavādinaś ca bhaviṣyāmaḥ kriyāvādi(naś ca hetuv)ādinaś ca vīryavādinaś ca || evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam ||

(tasmāt ta)rhi bhikṣavo ye te dharmā dṛṣṭadharmahitāya s(aṃ)vartante dṛṣṭadharmasukhāya sāṃp(arāyahitāya) sāṃparāyasukhāya te bhikṣubhir udgṛhya paryavāpya ta(thā tathā dhā)rayitavyā grāhayitavyā vācayitavyā yathedaṃ brahmacaryaṃ cira(sthitikaṃ bha)viṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya (lokānu)kaṃpāyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanuṣyāṇām ||

katame te dharmā dṛṣṭad(harma)h(i)tāya saṃvartante pūrvavad yāvad devamanuṣyāṇām ||

tadyathā sūtraṃ geyaṃ (vyā)karaṇaṃ gāthodānanidānāvadānetivṛttakajātakavaipulyādbhutadharmopadeśāḥ || ime te dharmā dṛṣṭadharmahitāya saṃvartante pūrvavad yāvad devamanuṣyāṇām ||