Chapter 66 - Spadmākṣa

spadmākṣa iti 66|

buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme| kapilavastunyanyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī| tena sadṛśātkulātkalatramānītam| sa tayā sārdha krīḍati ramate paricārayati| tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jāto 'bhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'bhinīlapadmanetro divyenendranīlamaṇiratnena śirasyābaddhena yena kapilavastu nagaramindranīlavarṇaṃ vyavasthāpitam|| tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti| jñātaya ūcuḥ| yasmādasya padmasadṛśe akṣiṇī tasmādbhavatu dārakasya padmākṣa iti nāmeti| padmākṣo dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyāmaṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām| so 'ṣṭābhirdhātrībhirunnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣairāśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam| sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmastyāgaruciḥ pradānābhirato mahati tyāge vartate| sa yena yena gacchati tena devamanuṣyaiḥ pūjyate 'bhyarcyate ca||

atha padmākṣo dārako 'pareṇa samayena nyagrodhārāmaṃ gataḥ| athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṅkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṅkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samattato bhadrakaṃ sahadarśanāccānena bhagavato 'ttike cittamabhiprasāditaṃ prasādajātaśca bhagavatpādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastānniṣaṇo dharmaśravaṇāya| tasmai bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā yāṃ śrutvā padmākṣeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| sa dṛṣṭasatyo dānapradānāni dattvā śramaṇabrāhmaṇakṛpaṇavanīpakaduḥkhitānsaṃtarpayitvā mātāpitarāvunajñāpya bhagavacchāsane pravrajitaḥ| tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānenedameva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| arhansaṃvṛttastraidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasatkāraparāṅmukhaḥ sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaśca saṃvṛttaḥ|| yāvadasau piṇḍapātapraviṣṭo mahājanakāyenodvīkṣyamāṇo jihreti| atha sa padmākṣo bhagavataḥ sakāśamupasaṃkramya bhagavattaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa| sādhu me bhagavāṃstathā karotu yathā maṇiratnamattardhīyeta|| bhagavānāha| karmajaṃ hyetanna śakyamattardhāpayitumapi tu tathā kariṣyāmi yacchrādvādrakṣyatti nāśrāddhā iti|| tato bhagavatā tathā kṛtam||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| kāni bhadatta padmākṣeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāni yenaivaṃ maheśākhyo 'rhattvaṃ ca prāptamiti|| bhagavānāha| padmākṣeṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayānyodhavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyaṃbhāvīni| padmākṣeṇa 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 kalpakoṭiśatairapi|
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalatti khalu dehinām||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo 'tīte 'dhvani ekanavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān| sa bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīmupaniśritya viharati| yāvadvipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvendhanakṣayādivāgnirnirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtastasya rājñā bandhumatā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samattayojanaścatūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ| tatrānekāni śatasahasrāṇi kārānkṛtvā svargamokṣaparāyaṇāni bhavatti|| yāvadanyatamaḥ sārthavāho mahāsamudrātsiddhayānapātro 'bhyāgataḥ| tena tatra mahadindranīlakaṃ ratnamānītam| tena vipaśyinaḥ stūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgataguṇānanusmṛtya tanmaṇiratnaṃ vipaśyinaḥ stūpavarṣasthālyāmupari nibaddham| tasyānubhāvena digvidiśaḥ sarvā nīlākārā avasthitāḥ| padmaiśca pūjāṃ kṛtvā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtamahamapyevaṃ guṇānāṃ lābhī syāmevaṃvidhameva śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti||

bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena sārthavāha āsīdayaṃ sa padmākṣaḥ| yattena vipaśyinaḥ stūpe maṇiratnamāropitaṃ tasya karmaṇo vipākenāsya maṇiratnaṃ śirasi prādurbhūtam| yannīlapadmaiḥ pūjā kṛtā tenābhinīlapadmanetraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ| yatpraṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ teneha janmanyarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| iti hi bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇāmekāttakṛṣṇo vipāka ekāttaśuklānāmekāttaśuklo vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśrastasmāttarhi bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇāni karmāṇyapāsya vyatimiśrāṇi caikāttaśukleṣveva karmasvābhogaḥ karaṇīya ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||

idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||