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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 20 - Divyabhojana
divyabhojanam 20
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃśrāvakasaṅgho rājagṛhe viharati veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe| tatrānyataraḥ śreṣṭhī āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇapratispardhī tīrthyābhiprasannaśca| sa āyuṣmatā mahāmaugdalyāyanenāvarjitaḥ śāsane cāvatārito bhagavatyatyarthamabhiprasannaḥ| sa ca gṛhapatirudārādhimuktaḥ| tenāyuṣmānmahāmaudgalyāyana uktaḥ| sahāyo me bhava icchāmi bhagavataḥ pūjāṃ kartumiti| adhivāsayatyāyuṣmānmahāmaudgalyāyanastasya gṛhapatestūṣṇībhāvena|| athāyuṣmānmahāmaudgalyāyanastaṃ gṛhapatimādāya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrātta upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvaikātte niṣaṇaḥ| ekāttaniṣaṇa āyuṣmānmahāmaudgalyāyano bhagavattamidamavocat| ayaṃ bhadatta gṛhapatirākāṅkṣati bhagavattaṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaṃ bhojayituṃ tadasya bhagavānadhivāsayedanukampāmupādāyeti| adhivāsayati bhagavāṃstasya gṛhapatestūṣṇībhāvena|| atha sa gṛhapatirbhagavatastūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā śatarasamāhāraṃ samudānapati puṣpagandhamālyavilepanāni ca| āyuṣmatāpi mahāmaudgalyāyanena śakro devendro 'dhīṣṭaḥ kriyatāmasya gṛhapaterupasaṃhāra iti|| tataḥ śakreṇa devendreṇa veṇuvanaṃ nandanavanamabhinirmitamairāvaṇasupratiṣṭhitasadṛśāni ca nāgasahasrā<ṇi> *********************************************** vālavyajanena vījayatti supriyapañcaśikhatumburuprabhṛtīni cānekāni gandharvasahasrāṇyupanītāni ye vicitrairvādyaviśeṣairvādyaṃ kurvatti divyañcasudhābhojanam|| tataḥ sa gṛhapatirdivyamānuṣairupakaraṇairbhagavattamupasthāya sarvāṅgena bhagavataḥ pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdho 'nenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena cāndhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake buddho bhūyāsamatīrṇānāṃ sattvānāṃ tārayitā amuktānāṃ mocayitā anāśvastānāmāśvāsayitā aparinirvṛtānāṃ parinirvāpayiteti|
atha bhagavāṃstasya gṛhapaterhetuparamparāṃ karmaparamparāñca jñātvā smitaṃ prāviḥkārṣīt|| dharmatā khalu yasminsamaye buddhā bhagavattaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvatti tasminsamaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhānniścārya kāścidadhastādgacchati kāścidupariṣṭhādgacchatti| yā 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 dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati| na hyeva vayaṃ bhavatta itaścyutā nāpyanyatropapannā api tvayamapūrvadarśanaḥ sattvo 'syānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti| te nirmite cittamabhiprasādya tannarakavedanīyaṃ kakṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇatti yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavatti| yā upariṣṭhādgacchati tāścāturmahārājikāṃstrāyastriṃśānyāmāṃstuṣitānnirmāṇaratīnparanirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikānbrahmapurohitānmahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhānapramāṇābhānābhāsvarānparīttaśubhānapramāṇaśubhāñchubhakṛtsnānanabhrakānpuṇyaprasavānbṛhatphalānatapānsudṛśānsudarśanānakaniṣṭhāndevāngatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyamanātmetyudghoṣayatti gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣatte|
ārabhaghvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane|
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ||
yo hyasmindharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati|
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāttaṃ kariṣyatti||
atha tā arciṣastrisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātumanvāhiṇḍya bhagavattameva pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchatti| 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 'ttardhīyatte| manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati jānunottardhīyatte| balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati vāme karatale 'ttardhīyatte| cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati dakṣiṇe karatale 'ttardhīyatte| devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati nābhyāmattardhīyatte| śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati āsye 'ttardhīyatte| pratyekāṃ bodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati ūrṇāyāmattardhīyatte| anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati uṣṇīṣe 'ttardhīyatte||
atha tā arciṣo bhagavattaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata uṣṇīṣe 'ttarhitāḥ| athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavataṃ papraccha|
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro vaktāttarānniṣkrasitaḥ kalāpaḥ|
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samattāddivākareṇodayatā yathaiva||
gāthāśca bhāṣate|
vigatoddhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ|
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ smitamupadarśayatti jinā jitārayaḥ||
tatkālaṃ svayamadhigatya 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 gṛhapatinā mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam|| evaṃ bhadatta|| eṣānanda gṛhapatiranena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya divyānnado nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati daśabhirbalaiścaturbhirvaiśāradyaistribhirāveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānairmahākaruṇayā ca| ayamasya deyadharmo yo mamāttike cittaprasādaḥ|| etacca prakaraṇaṃ rājā bimbisāro māgadhakāśca paricārakāḥ śrutvā paraṃ vismayamāpannāḥ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| paśya bhagavanyāvadanena gṛhapatinā bhagavānsaśrāvakasaṅgho divyamānuṣībhirṛddhibhirabhyarcita iti|| bhagavānāha| tathāgatenaivaitāni bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayānyodhavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyaṃbhāvīni| mayaitāni karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati| na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni vāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyatte nābdhātau na tejodhātau na vāyudhātāvapi tūpātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyatte śubhānyaśubhāni ca|
na praṇaśyatti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatairapi|
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalatti khalu dehinām||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani pūrṇo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhansamyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān| atha pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carannanyatamāṃ rājadhānīmanuprāptaḥ|| aśrauṣīdrājā kṣatriyo mūrdhrābhiṣiktaḥ pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carannasmākaṃ rājadhānīmanuprāpta iti śrutvā ca punarmahatyā rājardyā mahatā rājānubhāvena samanvāgato yena pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikātte niṣaṇaḥ| ekātte niṣaṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhrābhiṣiktaṃ pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho bodhikarakairdharmaiḥ samādāpapati|| atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhrābhiṣiktaḥ purṇaṃ samyaksaṃbuddha saśrāvakasaṅghaṃ traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārairupanimantritavān| adhivāsitaṃ ca pūrṇena samyaksaṃbuddhena rājastūṣṇībhāvena| atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhrābhiṣiktaḥ pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārairupasthāya bhagavato ratnamayapratimāṃ kārayitvā buddhaharṣaṃ kāritavānyatrānekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmahāprasādo labdhaḥ| taddhetu tatpratyayaṃ ca te parinirvṛtāḥ||
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā babhūvāhaṃ saḥ| yanmayā pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya tādṛśī pūjā kṛtā tena me saṃsāre 'nattaṃ mukhamanubhūtaṃ tenaiva ca hetunā tathāgatasya ca me śreṣṭhinā śakreṇa ca īdṛśī pūjā kṛtā| tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yacchāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāma ityevaṃ bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ
atha bhagavāṃstasya gṛhapaterhetuparamparāṃ karmaparamparāñca jñātvā smitaṃ prāviḥkārṣīt|| dharmatā khalu yasminsamaye buddhā bhagavattaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvatti tasminsamaye nīlapītalohitāvadātā arciṣo mukhānniścārya kāścidadhastādgacchati kāścidupariṣṭhādgacchatti| yā 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 dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati| na hyeva vayaṃ bhavatta itaścyutā nāpyanyatropapannā api tvayamapūrvadarśanaḥ sattvo 'syānubhāvenāsmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhā iti| te nirmite cittamabhiprasādya tannarakavedanīyaṃ ka
ārabhaghvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane|
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ||
yo hyasmindharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati|
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāttaṃ kariṣyatti||
atha tā arciṣastrisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātumanvāhiṇḍya bhagavattameva pṛṣṭhataḥ
atha tā arciṣo bhagavattaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata uṣṇīṣe 'ttarhitāḥ| athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavataṃ papraccha|
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro vaktāttarānniṣkrasitaḥ kalāpaḥ|
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samattāddivākareṇodayatā yathaiva||
gāthāśca bhāṣate|
vigatoddhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ|
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ smitamupadarśayatti jinā jitārayaḥ||
tatkālaṃ svayamadhigatya 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 gṛhapatinā mamaivaṃvidhaṃ satkāraṃ kṛtam|| evaṃ bhadatta|| eṣānanda gṛhapatiranena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena ca trikalpāsaṃkhyeyasamudānītāṃ bodhiṃ samudānīya mahākaruṇāparibhāvitāḥ ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrya divyānnado nāma samyaksaṃbuddho bhaviṣyati daśabhirbalaiścaturbhirvaiśāradyaistribhirāveṇikaiḥ smṛtyupasthānairmahākaruṇayā ca| ayamasya deyadharmo yo mamāttike cittaprasādaḥ|| etacca prakaraṇaṃ rājā bimbisāro māgadhakāśca paricārakāḥ śrutvā paraṃ vismayamāpannāḥ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| paśya bhagavanyāvadanena gṛhapatinā bhagavānsaśrāvakasaṅgho divyamānuṣībhirṛddhibhirabhyarcita iti|| bhagavānāha| tathāgatenaivaitāni bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayānyodhavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyaṃbhāvīni| mayaitāni karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati| na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni vāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyatte nābdhātau na tejodhātau na vāyudhātāvapi tūpātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyatte śubhānyaśubhāni ca|
na praṇaśyatti karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatairapi|
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalatti khalu dehinām||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani pūrṇo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato 'rhansamyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān| atha pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carannanyatamāṃ rājadhānīmanuprāptaḥ|| aśrauṣīdrājā kṣatriyo mūrdhrābhiṣiktaḥ pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carannasmākaṃ rājadhānīmanuprāpta iti śrutvā ca punarmahatyā rājardyā mahatā rājānubhāvena samanvāgato yena pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikātte niṣaṇaḥ| ekātte niṣaṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhrābhiṣiktaṃ pūrṇaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho bodhikarakairdharmaiḥ samādāpapati|| atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhrābhiṣiktaḥ purṇaṃ samyaksaṃbuddha saśrāvakasaṅghaṃ traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārairupanimantritavān| adhivāsitaṃ ca pūrṇena samyaksaṃbuddhena rājastūṣṇībhāvena| atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhrābhiṣiktaḥ pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā traimāsyaṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārairupasthāya bhagavato ratnamayapratimāṃ kārayitvā buddhaharṣaṃ kāritavānyatrānekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmahāprasādo labdhaḥ| taddhetu tatpratyayaṃ ca te parinirvṛtāḥ||
kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā babhūvāhaṃ saḥ| yanmayā pūrṇasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya tādṛśī pūjā kṛtā tena me saṃsāre 'nattaṃ mukhamanubhūtaṃ tenaiva ca hetunā tathāgatasya ca me śreṣṭhinā śakreṇa ca īdṛśī pūjā kṛtā| tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yacchāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāma ityevaṃ
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||