Avadanasataka [sanskrit]

51,731 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953

The Sanskrit edition of the Avadanasataka (literally “century of noble deeds”): a compilation of one hundred stories dealing with Buddhist legends in 100 chapters, combining both prose and metrical Sanskrit. Original titles: Avadānaśataka (अवदानशतक), Avadāna-śataka (अवदान-शतक)

Chapter 8 - Pañcāla

pañcāla iti 8

buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme|| tena khalu samayenottarapañcālarājo dakṣiṇapañcālarājena saha prativiruddho babhūva| *******************

atha rājā prasenajitkauśalyo yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekātte niṣaṇaḥ| ekātte niṣaṇo rājā prasenajitkauśalyo bhagavattamidamavocat| bhagavānnāma bhadattānuttaro dharmarājo vyasanagatānāṃ sattvānāṃ paritrātā anyonyavairiṇāṃ vairapraśamayitā| ayañcottarapañcālo rājā dakṣiṇapañcālarājena saha prativiruddhastau parasparameva mahājanavipraghātaṃ kutaḥ| tayorbhagavāndīrgharātrānugatasya vairasyopaśamaṃ kuryādanukampāmupādāyeti| adhivāsayati bhagavānnājñaḥ prasenajitaḥ kauśalyasya tūṣṇībhāvena|| atha rājā prasenajitkauśalyo bhagavatastūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvotthāyāsanātprakrāntaḥ||

atha bhagavāṃstasyā eva rātreratyayātpūrvānhe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya yena vārāṇasī kāśīnāṃ nagaraṃ tena cārikāṃ prakrāntaḥ| anupūrveṇa cārikāṃ caranvārāṇasīmanuprāpto vārāṇasyāṃ viharati ṛṣipatane mṛgadāve|| yāvattayorviditaṃ bhagavānasmadvijitamanuprāpta iti|| yāvadbhagavatā ṛddhibalena caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ nirmāyottarapañcālarājastrāsitaḥ| sa bhīta ekarathamabhiruhya bhagavatsakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ|| tasya bhagavatā vairapraśamāya dharmo deśitaḥ| sa taṃ dharmaṃ śrutvā bhagavatsakāśe pravrajitaḥ| tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena sarvalkteśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam||

dakṣiṇapañcālarājenāpi bhagavānsaśrāvakasaṅghastraimāsyaṃ śatarasenāhāreṇopanimantritaḥ śatasāhasreṇa ca vastreṇācchāditaḥ praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam| anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena cāndhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsamatīrṇānāṃ sattvānāṃ tārayitā amuktānāṃ mocayitā anāścastānāmāśvāsayitā aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti||

atha bhagavāndakṣiṇapañcālarājasya hetuparamparāṃ karmaparamparāṃ ca jñātvā smitaṃ prāvirakārṣīt| dharmatā khalu yasminsamaye buddhā bhagavataḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvatti tasminsamaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhānniścārya kāścidadhastādgacchatti kāścidupariṣṭhādgacchatti| adhastādgacchatti tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanamavīcimarbudaṃ nirarbudamaṭaṭaṃ hahavaṃ huhuvamutpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakāngatvā ye uṣṇanarakāsteṣu śītībhūtā nipatatti ye śītanarakāsteṣūṣṇībhūtā nipatatti| tena teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyatte| teṣāmevaṃ bhavati| kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavatta itaścyutā āho svidanyatropapannā iti| teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavānnirmitaṃ visarjayati| teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca evaṃ bhavati| na hyeva vayaṃ bhavatta itaścyutā nāpyanyatropapannā api tvayamapūrvadarśanaḥ sattvo 'syānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti| te nirmite cittamabhiprasādya tannarakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhi gṛhṇatti yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavatti| upariṣṭhādgacchatti tāścātarmuhārājikāṃstrāyastriśānyāmāṃstuṣitānnirmāṇaratīnyaranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikānbrahmapurohitānmahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhānapramāṇābhānābhāsvarānparottaśubhānapramāṇaśubhāñchubhakṛtsnānanabhrakānpuṇyaprasavānbṛhatphalānabṛhānatapānsuddaśānsudarśanānakaniṣṭhāndevāngatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyamanātmetyudghoṣayatti gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣatte|

ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane|
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ||
yo hyasmindharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati|
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāttaṃ kariṣyati||

atha arciṣastrisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātumanvāhiṇḍya bhagavattameva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchati| tadyadi bhagavānatītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'ttardhīyatte| anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati purastādattardhīyatte| narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati pādatale 'ttardhīyatte| tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati pārṣṇyāmattardhīyatte| pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati pādāṅguṣṭhe 'ttardhīyate| manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati jānunottardhīyatte| balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati vāme kare 'ttardhīyatte| cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati dakṣiṇe kare 'ttardhīyatte| devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati nābhyāmattardhīyatte| śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati āsye 'ttardhīyatte| pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati ūrṇāyāmattardhīyatte| anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati uṣṇīṣe 'ttardhīyatte||

atha arciṣo bhagavattaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata uṣṇīṣe 'ttarhitāḥ| athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavattaṃ papraccha|

nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro vaktrāttarānniṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ|
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samattāddivākareṇodayatā yathaiva||
gāthāśca bhāṣate|
vigatoddhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ|
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ smitamupadarśayati jinā jitārayaḥ||
tatkālaṃ svayamadhigamya vīra buddhyā
śrotṝṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānāṃ|
dhīrābhirmunivṛṣa vāgbhiruttamābhirutpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ||
nākasmāllavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitamupadarśayatti nāthāḥ|
yasyārthe smitamupadarśayatti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣatti te janaughā iti||

bhagavānāha| evametadānandaivametat| nāhetvapratyayamānanda tathāgatā arhattaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvatti| paśyasyānandānena dakṣiṇapañcālarājena mamaivaṃ bhadatta| eṣānanda pañcālarājo 'nena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya vijayo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati daśabhirbalaiścaturbhirvaiśāradyaistribhirāveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānairmahākaruṇayā ca| ayamasya deyadharmo yo mamāttike cittaprasādaḥ||

idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
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