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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 61 - Suvarṇābha
saptamo vargaḥ|
suvarṇābha iti 61|
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhissārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme| kapilavastunyanyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanaspardhī| tena sadṛśātkulātkalatramānītam| sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati| tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ patnī āpannasattvā saṃvṛttā| sā aṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānāmatyayātprasūtā| dārako jāto 'bhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'tikrātto mānuṣavarṇasaṃprāptaśca divyaṃ varṇaṃ jāmbūnadaniṣkasadṛśassuvarṇavarṇayā cānena prabhayā sarvaṃ kapilavastu nagaramavabhāsitam| taddarśanānmātāpitarāvanye ca kutūhalābhyāgatāssattvāḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāścittayatti ca kuto 'yamīdṛśaḥ sattvaviśeṣa iti|| tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti| jñātaya ūcuḥ| yasmādanena jātena suvarṇavarṇayā prabhayā sarvaṃ kapilavastu nagaramavabhāsitaṃ tasmādbhavatu dārakasya suvarṇābha iti nāmeti|| suvarṇābho dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo 'nupradatto dvābhyāmaṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ | so 'ṣṭābhirdhātrībhirunnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣairāśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam| sa ca paṇḍito vyakto medhāvī śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ||
yāvadapareṇa samayena nūpamadamatto bahiradhiṣṭhānasya krīḍati saṃbahulāśca śākyānyagrodhārāmaṃ gacchatti| tatastena suvarṇābhena dṛṣṭāḥ pṛṣṭāśca kka bhavatto gacchattīti| tairuktaṃ nyagrodhārāmaṃ gacchāmo buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ draṣṭumiti|| suvarṇābhasya buddha ityaśrutapūrvaṃ nāma śrutvā sarvaromakūpāṇyāhṛṣṭāni paramaṃ ca kutūhalamutpannam| tasyaitadabhavat| yannvahamapi buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkrāmeyamiti| so 'pi nyagrodhārāmaṃ gacchati| tatastatra dadarśa suvarṇābhakumāro buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṅkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṅkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samattato bhadrakam| sahadarśanāccāsya nūpamadaḥ bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastānniṣaṇo dharmaśravaṇāya| tasya bhagavatā dharmo deśitaḥ| sa taṃ dharmaṃ śrutvā pravrajyābhilāṣī saṃvṛttaḥ| yāvanmātāpitarāvanujñāpya bhagavatsakāśamupasaṃkrāttaḥ| upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamayya bhagavattamidamavocat| labheyāhaṃ bhadatta svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasaṃpadaṃ bhikṣubhāvaṃ careyamahaṃ bhagavato 'ttike brahmacaryamiti| tato bhagavāngajabhujasadṛśaṃ suvarṇavarṇabāhumabhiprasārya suvarṇābhadārakamidamavocat| ehi kumāra cara brahmacaryamiti|
ehīti coktassa tathāgatena muṇḍaśca saṅghāṭiparītadehaḥ|
sadyaḥ praśāttendriya eva tasthāvevaṃ sthito buddhamanorathena||
yāvatsaptāhāvaropitakeśaśmaśrurdvādaśavarṣopasaṃpanneryāpathaḥ pātrakaravyagrahasto bhagavataḥ purastātsthitaḥ|| tasya bhagavatā manasikāro dattaḥ| tena yujyamānena vyāyacchamānena ghaṭamānenedameva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanavikaraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| arhansaṃvṛttastraidhātuvītarāgassamaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhassendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaśca saṃvṛttaḥ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| kāni bhadatta suvarṇabhena karmāṇi kṛtāni yenaivamabhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ pravrajya cācirarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtamiti|| bhagavānāha| suvarṇābhenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayānyodhavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyaṃbhāvīni| suvarṇābhena karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni ko 'nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati| na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyatte nābdhātau na tejodhātau na vāyudhātāvapi tūpātteṣveva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyatte śubhānyaśubhāni ca|
na praṇaśyatti karmāṇi api kalpaśatairapi|
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalatti khalu dehinām||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannassugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān| sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīmupaniśritya viharati|| yāvadvipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddho buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayādivāgnirnirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtastato rājñā bandhumatā bhagavataḥ śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samattayojanastūpaścaratnamayaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośamuccatvena stūpamahaśca prajñaptaḥ|| yāvadanyatamo gṛhapatistasminstūpamahe vartamāne nirgataḥ| tena tasmātstūpātsauvarṇavarṇa ādarśaḥ patito dṛṣṭaḥ| sa tenāvataṃsakaṃ kārayitvā tatra stūpe āropitaḥ| gandhadhūpapuṣpārcanaṃ kṛtvā pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam| ahamapyevaṃvidhānāṃ guṇānāṃ lābhī bhaviṣyāmyevaṃvidhameva śāstāramārāgayeyamiti||
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena gṛhapatirāsīdayaṃ sa suvarṇābhaḥ| yattena vipaśyinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya stūpe kārāḥ kṛtāstenāsyaivaṃvidho nūpaviśeṣaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ| yatpraṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tadihaiva janmanyarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| iti
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buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhissārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme| kapilavastunyanyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhana
yāvadapareṇa samayena nūpamadamatto bahiradhiṣṭhānasya krīḍati saṃbahulāśca śākyānyagrodhārāmaṃ gacchatti| tatastena suvarṇābhena dṛṣṭāḥ pṛṣṭāśca kka bhavatto gacchattīti| tairuktaṃ nyagrodhārāmaṃ gacchāmo buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ draṣṭumiti|| suvarṇābhasya buddha ityaśrutapūrvaṃ nāma śrutvā sarvaromakūpāṇyāhṛṣṭāni paramaṃ ca kutūhalamutpannam| tasyaitadabhavat| yannvahamapi buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ darśanāyopasaṃkrāmeyamiti| so 'pi nyagrodhārāmaṃ gacchati| tatastatra dadarśa suvarṇābhakumāro buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṅkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṅkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samattato bhadrakam| sahadarśanāccāsya
ehīti coktassa tathāgatena muṇḍaśca saṅghāṭiparītadehaḥ|
sadyaḥ praśāttendriya eva tasthāvevaṃ sthito buddhamanorathena||
yāvatsaptāhāvaropitakeśaśmaśrurdvādaśavarṣopasaṃpanneryāpathaḥ pātrakaravyagrahasto bhagavataḥ purastātsthitaḥ|| tasya bhagavatā manasikāro dattaḥ| tena yujyamānena vyāyacchamānena ghaṭamānenedameva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatana
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ
na praṇaśyatti karmāṇi api kalpaśatairapi|
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalatti khalu dehinām||
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannassugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān| sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīmupaniśritya viharati|| yāvadvipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddho buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayādivāgnirnirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtastato rājñā bandhumatā bhagavataḥ śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samattayojanastūpaśca
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena gṛhapatirāsīdayaṃ sa suvarṇābhaḥ| yattena vipaśyinaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya stūpe kārāḥ kṛtāstenāsyaivaṃvidho nūpaviśeṣaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ| yatpraṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ tadihaiva janmanyarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| iti
bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇāmekāttakṛṣṇo vipāka ekāttaśuklānāmekāttaśuklo vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśrastasmāttarhi bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇāni karmāṇyapāsya vyatimiśrāṇi caikāttaśukleṣveva karmasvābhogaḥ karaṇīya ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||