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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 69 - Sūrya
sūrya iti 69|
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmanuṣyairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme| kapilavastunyanyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī| tena sadṛśātkulātkalatramānītam| sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati| tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jāto 'bhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko maheśākyaḥ śirasi maṇiratnayuktaḥ| * * * *|| tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti| jñātaya ūcuḥ| yasmādasya dārakasya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ tasya maṇiratnasya prabhayā sarvaṃ gṛhamavabhāsitaṃ sūryasyeva tasmādasya sūryo nāma bhavatu iti|| sūryo dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyāmaṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām| so 'ṣṭābhirdhātrībhirunnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣairāśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam| sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalastyāgaruciḥ pradānakauśalo mahati tyāge vartate||
yāvadapareṇa samayena sūryo dārako nyagrodhārāmaṃ gataḥ| athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṅkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṅkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamiva ratnaparvataṃ samattato bhadrakaṃ sahadarśanāccānena bhagavato 'ttike cittaṃ prasādya svaśirasi maṇiratnasuddhṛtya bhagavata upanāmitam| tataḥ prasādajāto bhagavataḥ pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā purastānniṣaṇo dharmaśravaṇāya| tato bhagavatā sūryasyānukampāmupādāya tanmaṇiratnamupagṛhyāśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā yāṃ śrutvā tena sūryeṇa dārakeṇa viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| sa dṛṣṭasatyo dānapradānāni dattvā śramaṇabrāhmaṇavanīpakānduḥkhitānsattvānsaṃtarpayitvā mātāpitarāvanujñāpya bhagavataḥ śāsane pravrajitaḥ| tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānenedameva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śatanapatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃsanadharmatayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam| arhansaṃvṛttastraidhātukavītarāgaḥ| samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāpratisaṃvitprāpto bhavalābhalobhaparāṅmukhaḥ sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo 'bhivādyaśca saṃvṛttaḥ||
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| kāni bhadatta sūryeṇa dārakeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāni yena śirasi maṇiratnaṃ jātaṃ yena ca maheśākhyo 'rhattvaṃ ca prāptamiti|| bhagavānāha| sūryeṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayānyodhavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyabhāvīni| sūryeṇa 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 ekavate kalpe vipaśyī nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān| bandhumatīṃ rājadhānīmupaniśritya viharati| yāvadvipaśyī samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā indhanakṣayādivāgnirnirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtastasya rājñā bandhumatā śarīre śarīrapūjāṃ kṛtvā samattayojanaścatūratnamayaḥ stūpaḥ pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ krośamuccatvena yatrānekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kārānkṛtvā svargamokṣaparāyaṇāni bhavatti| tatra stūpamaho vartate| śrāddhā brāhmaṇagṛhapatayo vicitrairgandhamālyavilepanaiśchatrairdhvajaiḥ patākābhiḥ pūjāṃ kurvatti|| yāvadapareṇa puruṣeṇa rājñaḥ sakāśādyūtaṃ krīḍataḥ sūryāvabhāsaṃ maṇiratnaṃ nirjitam| tatastena prasādajātena vipaśyinaścaitye varṣāsthālyāṃ samāropitam| tataḥ pādayornipatya praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam| anenāhaṃ kuśalena cittotpādena deyadharmaparityāgena caivaṃvidhānāṃ guṇānāṃ lābhī syāmevaṃvidhaṃ śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamevaṃvidhena cūḍāyāṃ baddhena mātuḥ kukṣernirgaccheyamiti||
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena akṣadhūrta āsīdayaṃ sa sūryaḥ| yattena vipaśyinaḥ stūpe ratnaṃ samāropitaṃ tenāsya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ tenaiva hetunā abhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'rhattvaṃ ca sākṣātkṛtam| iti hi bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇānāṃmekāttakṛṣṇo vipāka ekāttaśuklānāmekāttaśuklo vyatimiśrāṇāṃ vyatimiśrastasmāttarhi bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇāni karmāṇyapāsya vyatimiśrāṇi caikāttaśukleṣveva karmasvābhogaḥ karaṇīya ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||
buddho bhagavānsatkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrairdhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhairdevairnāgairyakṣairasurairgaruḍaiḥ kinnarairmanuṣyairmahoragairiti devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṅghaḥ kapilavastuni viharati nyagrodhārāme| kapilavastunyanyatamaḥ śākya āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogo vistīrṇaviśālaparigraho vaiśravaṇadhanasamudito vaiśravaṇadhanapratispardhī| tena sadṛśātkulātkalatramānītam| sa tayā sārdhaṃ krīḍati ramate paricārayati| tasya krīḍato ramamāṇasya paricārayataḥ putro jāto 'bhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko maheśākyaḥ śirasi maṇiratnayuktaḥ| * * * *|| tasya jātau jātimahaṃ kṛtvā nāmadheyaṃ vyavasthāpyate kiṃ bhavatu dārakasya nāmeti| jñātaya ūcuḥ| yasmādasya dārakasya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ tasya maṇiratnasya prabhayā sarvaṃ gṛhamavabhāsitaṃ sūryasyeva tasmādasya sūryo nāma bhavatu iti|| sūryo dārako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyo datto dvābhyāmaṃsadhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ maladhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kṣīradhātrībhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ krīḍanikābhyāṃ dhātrībhyām| so 'ṣṭābhirdhātrībhirunnīyate vardhyate kṣīreṇa dadhnā navanītena sarpiṣā sarpimaṇḍenānyaiścottaptottaptairupakaraṇaviśeṣairāśu vardhate hradasthamiva paṅkajam| sa ca śrāddho bhadraḥ kalyāṇāśaya ātmahitaparahitapratipannaḥ kāruṇiko mahātmā dharmakāmaḥ prajāvatsalastyāgaruciḥ pradānakauśalo mahati tyāge vartate||
yāvadapareṇa samayena sūryo dārako nyagrodhārāmaṃ gataḥ| athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṅkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṅkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅga
bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavattaṃ papracchuḥ| kāni bhadatta sūryeṇa dārakeṇa karmāṇi kṛtāni yena śirasi maṇiratnaṃ jātaṃ yena ca maheśākhyo 'rhattvaṃ ca prāptamiti|| bhagavānāha| sūryeṇaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtānyupacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayānyodhavatpratyupasthitānyavaśyabhāvīni| sūryeṇa 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 eka
bhagavānāha| kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo 'sau tena kālena tena samayena akṣadhūrta āsīdayaṃ sa sūryaḥ| yattena vipaśyinaḥ stūpe ratnaṃ samāropitaṃ tenāsya śirasi maṇiratnaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ tenaiva hetunā abhinūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādiko 'rhattvaṃ ca sākṣātkṛtam| iti hi bhikṣava ekāttakṛṣṇānāṃ
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||