Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra · Chapter 6

aśrauṣīd varṣākāro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātraḥ || bhagavān gautamo magadheṣu janapadeṣu caryāṃ caran pāṭaligrāmakam anuprāptaḥ pā(ṭa)ligrāmake viharati pāṭalake caitye || (paryu)pā(sate ta)ṃ pāṭaligr(āmīyakā brāhmaṇagṛha)patayaḥ ||

śrutvā ca punaḥ pāṭaligrāmakān niṣkramya yena bhagavāṃs t(e)nopajagāma || upetya bhagavat(ā) sā(r)dh(aṃ) s(aṃ)mukh(aṃ saṃ)m(o)dan(īṃ) saṃra(ṃ)j(anīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisār)yaikānte nyaṣīdat ||

ekāntaniṣaṇṇaṃ varṣākāraṃ brāhmaṇamagadha(ma)hāmātraṃ bhagavān dhārmyā kathayā sandarśayati samādāpayati samutte(jayati saṃ)praharṣayati || anekaparyāyeṇa dhārmyā kathayā sandarśayitvā samādāpa(yi)tvā samuttejayitvā saṃpraharṣayi(t)vā tūṣṇīm abhūt ||

atha v(arṣākā)ro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātra utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā ye(na) bhagavāṃs tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantam idam avocat ||

adhivāsayatu me bhavāṅ gautamaḥ śvo bhaktena sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghena || adhivāsayati bha(ga)vān varṣākārasya brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātrasya tūṣṇīṃbhāvena ||

atha varṣākāro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātro bhagavatas tūṣṇīṃbhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā (bhagava)to bhāṣitam abhinandyānumodya bhagavato 'ntikāt prakrāntaḥ ||

atha varṣākāro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātras tām eva rātriṃ śuciṃ praṇītaṃ khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ samudānīya kālyam evotthāyāsanakāni prajñapyodakamaṇiṃ pratiṣṭhāpya bhagavato dūtena kālam ārocayati || samayo bho gautamo sadyo bhaktaṃ yasyedānīṃ bhavāṅ gautamaḥ kālaṃ manyate ||

atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivasya pātracīvaram ādāya bhikṣusaṃghaparivṛto bhikṣusaṃghapuraskṛto yena varṣākārasya brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātrasya bhaktābhisāras tenopajagāma || upetya purastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane nyaṣīdat ||

atha varṣākāro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātraḥ sukhopaniṣaṇṇaṃ buddhapramukhaṃ bhikṣusaṃghaṃ viditvā śucinā praṇītena khādanīyabhojanīyena svahastaṃ santarpayati saṃpravārayati || śucinā praṇītena khādanīyabhojanīyena svahastaṃ santarpayitvā saṃpravārayitvā bhagavantaṃ bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastam apanītapātraṃ sauvarṇaṃ bhṛṅgāraṃ gṛhītvā bhagavataḥ purato 'sthāt || āyācamāna evaṃ cāha ||

ito dānād yaḥ puṇyābhiṣyandaḥ kuśalābhiṣyandaḥ sa bhavatu pāṭaliputravāstavyānāṃ devatānāṃ dīrgharātram arthāya hitāya sukhāya || teṣāñ ca nāmnā dakṣiṇām ādiśasva ||

atha bhagavān varṣākārasya brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātrasya tad dānam anayā(bhyanu)modanayābhyanumodate ||

yo devatāḥ pūjayati
śrāddhaḥ puruṣapudgalaḥ ||
śāstur vākyakaro bhavati
buddhair etat praśaṃsitam | 1

yasmin pradeśe medhāvī
vāsaṃ kalpayati paṇḍ(i)taḥ ||
śīlavantaṃ bhojayitvā
dakṣiṇām ādiśet tataḥ | 2

te mānitā mānayanti
pūjitāḥ pūjayanti ca ||
athainam anukampanti
mātā putram ivaurasam ||
devānukampitappoṣaḥ
sukhī bhadrāṇi paśyati | 3